Tag: Bridlewood Farm

BY BROCK SHERIDAN Ocala, FL—Valiant Minister, the Florida sire of $2 million Cygames Breeders’ Cup Sprint (Grade 1)-winner Bentornato, will stand for $3,500 for the upcoming breeding season it was announced by Bridlewood Farm today. Owned by Susan Chu, the striking gray or roan son of Candy Ride (Arg) out of the Deputy Minister mare […]

“What They Were Meant to Be” By Steve Haskin / June 9th, 2025 “The 2025 triple Crown is over, leaving us with indelible memories and countless storylines. Attempting to summarize it and capture the true meaning of what we witnessed was a daunting task until a short seemingly innocuous quote hit a nerve and put […]

By Patricia McQueen Maritime Traveler, who had been the last living offspring of the the legendary Triple Crown winner, was laid to rest on Sunday [July 27] at the cemetery at Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, his home for the vast majority of his life. It was inevitable, but it’s still hard to accept. The very […]

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 7:42 pm | Updated: May 17, 2025 at 9:58 pm By Christina Bossinakis Baltimore, MD-Two weeks ago in the Kentucky Derby, Journalism (Curlin) endured a difficult trip and had to settle for second behind Sovereignty (Into Mischief). The colt’s connections–Eclipse Thoroughbreds, Bridlewood Farm, Don Alberto Stable, Bob LaPenta, Elayne Stables, […]

by Chris McGrath | May 7, 2025 | Build Your Horse on Rock …While that obviously remains true once a horse reaches the racetrack, by that stage it could already be too late. The importance of a good grounding was underlined by both the colts that won on Saturday. At Churchill, in fact, the point […]

Straight No Chaser (#8) and Florida-bred Bentornato (#6) – ©Alex Evers / Eclipse Sportswire / Breeders’ Cup BY BROCK SHERIDAN Leon King Stable Corp.’s Bentornato became the newest member of the Florida-bred millionaire’s club with a second-place finish to Straight No Chaser in the Grade 1 Cygames Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club […]

BY BROCK SHERIDAN Loco Abarrio had to survive a claim of foul but prevailed to win his first stakes race in the $150,000 FTBOA Gil Campbell Memorial Handicap at Gulfstream Park Saturday. The one-mile contest featured a field of six 3-year-olds and older bred in Florida and the purse included a $50,000 bonus for Florida […]

Making just his third start of the season, Florida-bred Bentornato found the winner’s circle for the first time as a 3-year-old, taking down top prize in Saturday’s $400,000 Gallant Bob Stakes (Grade 2) at Parx Racing. Ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., Bentornato utilized his speed to duel along the inside with fellow Florida-bred Sunny Breeze through the early stages […]

The Florida-bred filly was consigned by Denali Stud as agent for Bridlewood Farm and sold as Hip 153 to Douglas Scharbauer for $500,000 Monday during the first day of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. The bay filly is by Gun Runner out of the stakes-winning mare Osare, by Medaglia d’Oro. Osare is a half-sister to […]

Wathnan Racing’s Spiralizer made a notable debut at Churchill Downs Thursday with a two-length victory in a five-furlong maiden special weight against five other 2-year-olds. Ridden by Tyler Gaffalione for trainer Steve Asmussen, the Florida-bred son of Twirling Candy led from the start and was a length clear of Hedge in second through a quarter […]