Hawkbill was born in 2013. He is by Kitten's Joy out of Trensa by Giant's Causeway. Hawkbill, a son of North American Champion Sire Kitten's Joy and a half-brother to the Grade 1 Breeders' Futurity victor Free Drop Billy, is a two-time Group 1 winner. He beat the French 2,000 Guineas winner The Gurkha to win the Group 1 Eclipse Stakes at 3 and added another top-flight victory in the Group 1 Dubai Sheema Classic defeating Poet's Word by three lengths at 5.
Hawkbill entered stud in the GB in 2019. He moved to Japan for the 2020 season.