Little Big Bear
Stands at Coolmore
The highest-rated 2YO ever by NO NAY NEVER
First in-foal mares have sold for 220,000gns, €170,000, €140,000. €130,000, 120,000gns etc..
“Little Big Bear is a super horse; that’s the long and the short of it. Different class, different gear and matured very early for a big horse. He’s big, scopey, strong, clear winded and very, very fast – a class sprinter." Aidan O’Brien
EUROPEAN CHAMPION 2YO
1st Phoenix Stakes-Gr.1, Curragh, 6f, by 7 lengths
“Little Big Bear routs Phoenix rivals by seven lengths” BBC Sport
1st Anglesey Stakes-Gr.3, Curragh, 6½f, by 4¾ lengths
1st Windsor Castle Stakes-L.R., Royal Ascot, 5f
1st Maiden, Naas, 5f, by 3 lengths
TOP-CLASS SPRINTING 3YO
1st Sandy Lane Stakes-Gr.2, Haydock, 6f
2nd Commonwealth Cup-Gr.1, Royal Ascot, 6f
Rated 126p by Timeform at 2 years, 5lbs clear of all his contemporaries
A total outcross free of Sadler’s Wells and Danehill blood
- LITTLE BIG BEAR, NO NAY NEVER, SCAT DADDY, JOHANNESBURG, HENNESSY, STORM CAT & STORM BIRD - all Gr.1-winning 2YOs!
- Out of Longchamp Listed winner ADVENTURE SEEKER
- A full brother to Gr.1 Prix Morny winner WHISTLEJACKET
- Traces to the brilliant ALL ALONG
- Realised €320,000 as a yearling at Arqana