Bridlewood Farm figured prominently in the 2009 rankings of North American stud farms in a recent article in the Thoroughbred Times. The article, in the Feb. 13 issue, is their annual review of industry data compiled from stats gathered in several categories.

In the Leading Stud Farms by Earnings of Stallion Progeny, Bridlewood was ranked 14th, with $14,208,568 in earnings, the highest ranked Florida farm on the list predictably dominated by Kentucky farms.

In the Leading Farms by Number of Wins by Stallion Progeny, Bridlewood had a very impressive ranking of 9th overall, the only non-Kentucky farm in the top 10. For the year, Bridlewood progeny won 783 races from 853 starters a nearly one-to-one ratio that no other farm in the top 10 approached. The number of winners speaks to the quality of Bridlewood's progeny when considering that every other farm ranked above them on the list had far more starters on the year.

Likewise in the Leading Farms by Number of Winners by Stallion Progeny, Bridlewood again ranked in 9th position in number of winners with 449, which translated into a win percentage of 52.64%, second best of the top 10 farms in the list.

Bridlewood also was in the Top 10 in the Number of Stakes Winners category, finishing eighth overall with a total of 36 winners. And in the leaders in terms of Percentage of Stakes Winners, Bridlewood ranked ninth. The farm was the only one from the state of Florida in the top 10 in either category.

In the most exclusive category, Number of Graded Stakes Winners, Bridlewood was once again the only farm outside of Kentucky to finish in the top 10. Their 16 graded stakes winners was good for eighth place.