Pleasant Acres Stallions Announces the Arrival of multiple graded stakes-winner MR FISK – son of 4X Gr. 1 winner of nearly $17.5 million ARROGATE – to its Florida stallion roster for the 2025 breeding season at an $8,500 fee.

    “We are so excited to bring this talented, multiple graded-stakes-winning son of famed ARROGATE to Florida for our breeders,” said Director of Stallion Services Christine Jones. “With ARROGATE completing just three breeding seasons as a stallion, there are only a few select opportunities to breed to one of his sons. Furthering his line at Pleasant Acres Stallions is a win for his legacy, as well as a win for Florida.” 

    Trained by Bob Baffert, MR FISK broke his maiden at Santa Anita and a few months later placed second in the Affirmed Stakes going one and one sixteenth miles on the dirt at the same track. He won the Shared Belief Stakes and Gr. 3 Native Diver Stakes at Del Mar. At four, MR FISK went back to Santa Anita to capture the Gr. 3 Californian Stakes and Gr. 2 Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes – earning a Triple Digit Beyer. MR FISK was on the board 64% of the time in 7 out of 11 starts.

    MR FISK’s sire ARROGATE only had three crops. He was a 4X G1W – including the Travers Stakes, Breeders’ Cup Classic, Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes, and Dubai World Cup. He placed second in the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic. ARROGATE averaged nearly $2.7 million earnings per start as a three-year-old and overall averaged $1.58 million earnings per start throughout his career for a total of $17,422,600 in 9 out of 11 starts.

    MR FISK’s is out of PLEIN AIR (IRE), who is by world champion racehorse, MANDURO (GER). A powerful European success, MANDURO was a MG1 winner in Germany and in 2008, the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) ranked MANDURO #1 in the world for 2007. Sheikh Mohammad paid a reported $25 million ($23 million euros) to acquire the breeding rights to MANDURO in the summer of 2007. MANDURO is by MONSUN – four-time champion German sire who is considered the most successful stallion in the history of Germany.

    First dam PLEIN AIR is a two-time black type stakes winner on two continents. She was on the board 10 out of 14 starts (8 wins) and is half-sister to two-time black type stakes winner and four-time black type placed CLOSE YOUR EYES (ITY).

    “MR FISK is a physically outstanding individual who has graded stakes-winning success at the track. He also brings to Florida a pedigree line on his dam side that has provided stakes-winning speed, soundness, stamina, and durability throughout Europe,” said Jones. “We are proud to expand both sides of this impeccable and winning pedigree – filled with black type – to our breeders.”

    Mr Fisk (Arrogate) joins stallions Chess Chief (Into Mischief), Curlin’s Honor (Curlin), Doppelganger (Into Mischief), Gunnevera (Dialed In), Leinster (Majestic Warrior), Magic on Tap (Tapit), Neolithic (Harlan’s Holiday), Simplification (Not This Time) and Verifying (Justify). comments powered by Disqus