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. His first crop hit the track in 2022 and his first-crop colt Harry's Hero won 2 races in GB in 2022.