LEADING WINNERS BY HIS SIRE NO NAY NEVER INCLUDE: NAME SIRE OF DAM SIRE OF 2ND DAM GRADE ALCOHOL FREE Hard Spun Fairy King Gr.1 BLACKBEARD Born to Sea Pivotal Gr.1 LITTLE BIG BEAR Bering Miswaki Gr.1 MEDITATE Dalakhani Danehill Gr.1 TEN SOVEREIGNS Exceed And Excel Theatrical Gr.1 WHISTLEJACKET Bering Miswaki Gr.1 AESOP'S FABLES Shinko Forest Dancing Dissident Gr.2 ARIZONA English Channel Rainbow Quest Gr.2 ARRAY Oasis Dream Danehill Gr.2 BUBBLING Dashing Blade Indian Ridge Gr.2 CHESTNUT HONEY Chester House Relaunch Gr.2 LAKE FOREST El Prado Kris Gr.2 LAND FORCE Rock of Gibraltar Indian Ridge Gr.2 LES PAVOTS Oasis Dream Sadler's Wells Gr.2 MATRIKA High Chaparral Topsider Gr.2 MYSTERY POWER Haafhd Waajib Gr.2 NAY LADY NAY English Channel Rainbow Quest Gr.2 SHADN Sadler's Wells Habitat Gr.2 TRILLIUM Invincible Spirit Royal Applause Gr.2 TRULY ENCHANTING Fastnet Rock Giant's Causeway Gr.2 VISUALISATION Sadler's Wells Danehill Gr.2 WICHITA Dashing Blade Indian Ridge Gr.2 ZAIN CLAUDETTE Speightstown Affirmed Gr.2 ARMOR High Chaparral Mark of Esteem Gr.3 BATTLE CRY Dragon Pulse Dylan Thomas Gr.3 CAROLINE STREET So You Think Machiavellian Gr.3 HENRY ADAMS Galileo Encosta de Lago Gr.3 LOVE LOCKET Sea The Stars Indian Ridge Gr.3 MERRILY Selkirk Dansili Gr.3 MIDNIGHT MILE Galileo Darshaan Gr.3 NIKISOPHIA Indian Ridge Nashwan Gr.3 UNICORN LION High Chaparral Topsider Gr.3 VITALOGY Arch Woodman Gr.3 MATING SUGGESTIONS: Little Big Bear’s 7-length victory in the Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes was undoubtedly the best performance by a 2YO in 2022. He topped the European 2YO Classification by no less than 5lb, even though his nearest pursuers included Chaldean and Auguste Rodin, future winners of the 2,000 Guineas, Derby and Irish Derby. That Phoenix Stakes victory was Little Big Bear’s fourth consecutive success, and third black-type victory. Little Big Bear added another stakes victory in the Gr.2 Sandy Lane Stakes, before taking second place in the Gr.1 Commonwealth Cup. Speed was undoubtedly Little Big Bear’s forte, and the same applies to his younger brother Whistlejacket, who led virtually throughout in winning the Gr.2 July Stakes and Gr.1 Prix Morny. However, Little Big Bear’s pedigree suggests he will prove capable of siring plenty of smart milers, in addition to sprinters. His dam Adventure Seeker won the Listed Prix de Liancourt and was second in the Gr.3 Prix Cleopatre, both over 1m2½f. In doing so, she showed the stamina expected of a filly whose sire Bering won the Prix du Jockey-Club and whose second dam, All Along, won the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. 50
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