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Little Big Bear

Fee for 2026 €17,500

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Fee for 2026
€17,500
Bay 2020
16.1 hh (1.65 m)
Pedigree
No Nay Never - Adventure Seeker (Bering)
Distance won over
5f. to 6½f.
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The highest-rated 2YO ever by NO NAY NEVER


A TOTAL OUTCROSS FREE OF SADLER’S WELLS AND DANEHILL BLOOD.

 

LITTLE BIG BEARNO NAY NEVERSCAT DADDYJOHANNESBURGHENNESSYSTORM 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.

 

First in-foal mares have sold for 220,000gns, €170,000, €140,000, €130,000, 120,000gns etc..

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Testimonials

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Aidan O'Brien
Trainer

“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.”

Pedigree

Little Big BearNo Nay Never (USA)Adventure Seeker (FR)Scat Daddy (USA)Cat's Eye Witness (USA)Bering (GB)American Adventure (USA)Johannesburg (USA)Love Style (USA)Elusive Quality (USA)Comical Cat (USA)Arctic Tern (USA)Beaune (FR)Miswaki (USA)All Along (FR)

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Race Record

PRINCIPAL PERFORMANCES

European Champion 2YO

1st Phoenix Stakes-Gr.1, Curragh, 6f, by 7 lengths

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

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