Indian Gracey was never headed in a game victory in a one mile maiden special weight contest over Del Mar's main track on Sept. 5. The 2-year-old daughter of Bridlewood's Indian Ocean was making her third career start after finishing second in her previous two outings.

A chestnut filly trained and owned by Jerry Hollendorfer, Indian Gracey was two lengths up on the field after a quick half-mile in :46.25 seconds.  Despite the quick pace and getting pressure in the stretch, the winner was able to withstand a late charge by Star Presence to prevail in a good time of 1:37.77.

With the $31,200 payday, Indian Gracey has now earned $49,400 for Hollendorfer. The conditioner bought the filly this past April at the OBS 2-year-old Spring sale in central Florida.

Indian Ocean is a Florida top-five second-crop sire for 2010, with progeny earnings of $534,643.

Bridlewood stallion Act of Duty had three maiden winners over the July 31-Aug.1 weekend, with scores as Calder, Laurel, and Ellis Park. Act of Duty currently ranks among the Top 10 of Florida's second crop sires.

Delightful Dawn, a 2-year-old filly, kicked off the trio of winners on July 31 with a three-quarter length victory in a six furlong maiden special weight race on the main track. Delightful Dawn was a $47,000 purchase at the OBS Open sale this past March. She is out of Dakota Light, a five-time stakes winner who earned $376,714. Dakota Light is a half-sister to Captain Squire, winner of the Grade 1 Ancient Title S. and Grade 2 Laz Barrera Memorial.

At Laurel, Blue Tape was too much for his eight foes in a 5 1/2-furlong turf race on Aug. 1. The 3-year-old chestnut colt basically won in wire-to-wire fashion, scoring by 6 3/4-lengths in 1:02.90. Blue Tape is a half-brother to the stakes winners Mach Ride, who won the Grade 2 Smile Sprint S., and the three-time listed winner Blue Pepsi Lodge.

At Ellis Park, also on Aug. 1, 3-year-old Call Me Sir also dominated with a 3 1/2-length score going six furlongs on the main track. The Florida-bred is trained by Angel Hyland for his wife Maureen. Call Me Sir hails from the same family as the Grade 3 winner Strawberry Wine.

Dash Dot Dash has been invincible this summer at Calder, and if her 12-length victory in the $50,000 Our Dear Peggy S. on July 17 is any indication, the 4-year-old filly by Put It Back is going to be tough to handle for the rest of the year.

The Our Dear Peggy was originally scheduled for the turf, but the 1 1/16-mile race moved to the main track after rains rendered the turf unusable, reducing the Our Dear Peggy field from 13 to six starters. Dash Dot Dash is already a two-time stakes winner at Calder this year, winning both the Emergency Nurse S. and Take D'Tour S. by more than six lengths. The small field and stellar recent form made the dark bay or brown filly the 1-5 post time favorite.

Like she did in the Emergency Nurse, Dash Dot Dash went right to the front out of the gate and was well in hand for the first six furlongs. When jockey Jermaine Bridgmohan gave her the cue at the top of the stretch, she rocketed away from the field, quickly opening up six lengths. She continued to widen in the final furlong, stopping the clock in 1:45.42. Her 100 Beyer Speed Figure was the first triple-digit number of her career.

Dash Dot Dash is owned by Farnsworth Stables LLC, who claimed her Apr. 16 at Santa Anita, and is trained by Marty Wolfson. The dark bay or brown filly is now 7-4-2 in 19 lifetime starts, and after the $30,000 payday, she has now earned $265,742. She is a half-sister to Royal Regan, a two-time stakes winner who earned just shy of $200,000.

Besides Dash Dot Dash, Put It Back is represented by four other stakes horses on the year, including Jessica Is Back, winner of the Grade 1 Princess Rooney S. at Calder and third in the Fleur de Lis (G2) at Churchill Downs. Put It Back is currently ranked fourth on the Florida sires list after finishing 2009 in the same position.

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Top 5 Florida Sire Put It Back enjoyed another Grade 1 winner on perhaps Florida's biggest day of racing, when Jessica Is Back rallied to win the $350,000 Princess Rooney H. (G1) – the feature event at Calder's Summit of Speed Day on July 10th.

Jessica Is Back has been knocking on the door in top graded stakes around the country all season, and the 6-year-old mare most recently placed in the Fleur de Lis H. (G2) behind Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra around two turns. In the Princess Rooney, she turned back to six furlongs for the first time in 10 starts and raced over her home track in Miami for the first time since the end of  last year. Both moves proved to make for a winning formula, as the brilliant mare closed with a rush to win the Princess Rooney going away. The final margin was a widening two lengths, and the final time was 1:11.48 over a local main track that was playing slow all day.

Jessica Is Back's breakthrough win earned her a 95 Beyer Speed Figure, and it makes her a leading contender for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) at Churchill Downs this fall.

“I was confident she’d run good today turning back,” said trainer Marty Wolfson. “But she had run some good races sprinting as a 4-year-old, and in this race last year she just about got pushed over the fence. You have to see the replay to see how bad it was.”

The win moved Jessica Is Back's earnings to $771,765 for owner Farnsworth Stables. It was her third career stakes triumph and 12th win overall from 44 starts in a long and durable racing career. The career was awarded Saturday when she became a Grade 1 winner.

Bred in Florida by Larry Perkins, Jessica Is Back hails from the Jolie's Halo mare Jessica's Halo, connecting her on both sides of her family to Bridlewood Farm – which stood Jolie's Halo and currently stands Put It Back.

For Put It Back, it gives him his 15th graded stakes winner lifetime and cements his status as a Top 5 leading sire in Florida in 2010 with progeny earnings of $1,571,173.

Dash Dot Dash, a 4-year-old filly by Bridlewood's Put It Back, scored her second stakes win of 2010 with a dominating victory in the Emergency Nurse S. at Calder on July 3. The 6 1/4-length score came in wire-to-wire fashion over the 1 mile and 70 yard main track event.

Put It Back is represented by four other stakes horses on the year, including Jessica Is Back, winner of the Ocala S. and third in the Fleur de Lis (G2) at Churchill Downs. Put It Back is currently ranked sixth on the Florida sires list after finishing 2009 in fourth place on the same list.

Coming into the Emergency Nurse, Dash Dot Dash already had a convincing stakes win at Calder, a 6 3/4-length saunter in the Take d'Tour S. on May 29. In the Emergency Nurse, she was never threatened, bounding out to two length lead after a quarter mile. None of her foes got within a length at any point in the race. The final clocking of 1:39.90 was good for a 94 Beyer Speed Figure.

Dash Dot Dash is owned by Farnsworth Stables LLC, who claimed her out of her start on Apr. 16 at Santa Anita, a race she also won. The dark bay or brown filly is now 6-4-2 in 18 lifetime starts, earning $235,742. She is a half-sister to Royal Regan, a two-time stakes winner who earned just shy of $200,000.

Dash Dot Dash left little doubt who was the best filly in Calder's Take D'Tour S. with a resounding 6 3/4-length victory in the one mile and 70 yard contest for older fillies and mares.

The Take D'Tour was the third stakes victory for the 4-year-old daughter of Put It Back , who has spent nearly all of her career in California prior to this race. She got an ideal trip in the Take D' Tour, stalking in second for the first half-mile, then blowing by the early leader to take a commanding 3 1/2-length lead going into the homestretch. It was smooth sailing from there to the finish line, and despite jockey Jermaine Bridgmohan giving her little urging, her clocking of 1:44 1/5 was good for a lifetime best 96 Beyer Speed Figure.

Dash Dot Dash is owned by Farnsworth Stables LLC, who claimed her out of her last start on Apr. 16 at Santa Anita, a race she also won. The dark bay or brown filly is now 5-4-2 in 17 lifetime starts, earning $205,742. She is a half-sister to Royal Regan, a two-time stakes winner who earned just shy of $200,000.

Dash Dot Dash is the fourth stakes horse of the year for Put It Back. His leading earner for 2010 is Jessica Is Back, winner of the Ocala S. and second in the Sixty Sails H. (G2). Put It Back currently ranks fourth on Florida's General Sire list, the same position in which he finished in 2009.

Act of Duty had a pair of winners break their maidens on May 14, both at California racetracks.

Movie Duty, a 3-year-old filly, was a 5 1/4-length winner at Hollywood Park. The six furlong race was run over the Cushion track synthetic surface. Movie Duty had the lead virtually from the start, with none in the field of nine getting closer than a length of his lead.  The final clocking was a solid 1:10 1/5.

Funi Act, also three, got his win going 1 1/16-miles over the Golden Gate Fields turf course. The margin of victory was 1 1/4-lengths. Funi Act closed from sixth place with a four-wide move to mow down the competition despite slow fractions of :50 1/5 for the half-mile and 1:15 1/5 for six furlongs.

The May 15 race was the second career start for Funi Act, who made his debut at Tampa Bay Downs on Mar. 20. After finishing third in that race, he was purchased privately by current trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, who owns the gelding in partnership with MST Racing LLC. The winner's share of the purse was $15,000.

Put It Back's 3-year-old daughter Deposit Only made her stakes debut a winning one with a 2 3/4-length tally in the seven-furlong Cherokee Frolic S. at Gulfstream Park. The main track sprint was part of the closing-day card of the 2010 meet that featured six stakes for Florida breds.

Sent off as the 5-2 second choice in the Cherokee Frolic, Deposit Only vied for the lead right with Proud Trippi from the start. After a half-mile in a lively :45 4/5 seconds, Proud Trippi began to fade while Trippi's Sailor mounted a three-wide challenge. Deposit Only was up to the task, shaking off that foe as she pulled away in the stretch to win by 2 ¾-lengths.

Put It Back is represented by three stakes horses in 2010, including Ocala S. winner Jessica Is Back, who was also second in the Grade 3 Sixty Sails. Put It Back is Florida's lead sire of stakes winner for the past three years.

Deposit Only began her career just last Nov. at Calder with a win in her first lifetime start. Her consistency since that point is reflected in her 3-3-1 record in seven starts. She has earned $71,593 for co-owners Jose Pinchin and Graeme Whiteway. She is trained by Pinchin, who purchased her as a yearling at the 2008 OBS August sale.

A 2-year-old by Put It Back was the top-selling colt of Day 3 of the OBS spring sale, bringing a final hammer price of $140,000. The Ocala, Fla. sale runs Apr. 19-22.

Hip No. 703 was consigned by Secure Investments, Agent, and was sold to Patrice Miller, EQB Inc., Agent. The chestnut colt, whose eighth-mile breeze in :09 4/5 at the Under Tack show was co-fastest at the distance on Apr. 15, is out of stakes winner Abuela Esther (URU).

Indian Ocean solidified his status as a top-10 Florida second-crop sire with a seven furlong allowance victory by Allez Reef at Gulfstream Park on Apr. 3. Allez Reef, a 3-year-old colt, completed the sprint in quick 1:22 flat, slightly more than a second off the track record.

Allez Reef was never far off a hot pace of :44 4/5 seconds for the half-mile and 1:09 flat for six furlongs. Paizano, who had the lead from the outset, still held the lead in mid-stretch, but could not withstand Allez Reef's strong closing kick. The final margin of victory was 1 ½-lengths.

Allez Reef has been competing in one-turn races this winter at Gulfstream after mainly routing last year. The chestnut colt was second in the 2009 Foolish Pleasure S. last October at Calder Race Course. In eight lifetime starts, the consistent sophomore has been worse than second only once, earning $114,960 for Harris Racing, LLC.
 

Halo’s Image, Florida’s Leading Sire in 2004 and 2006, passed away after suffering an apparent heart attack while covering a mare the afternoon of Friday, March 12 at Bridlewood Farm in Ocala. He was 19.

Halo’s Image was one of the most prolific sons of Halo at stud. Bred by Arthur Appleton, the bay horse was owned and campaigned by his breeder and Happy Alter, who also trained Halo’s Image. As a racehorse, Halo’s Image was a six-time stakes winner and three-time graded stakes winner. He captured the Skip Away H. (G3), Tropical Park H. (G3) and Fred Hooper H. (G3), compiling earnings of $549,891.

His career at stud was even more successful, as he was a perennial leading sire in Florida. From 11 crops to race, Halo’s Image has sired 16 black-type winners – including three graded stakes winners – and his progeny have earned more than $20 million to date. His leading earner was Grade 1 winner Southern Image, also an Appleton homebred who was a Florida champion with earnings of over $1.8 million. He also sired Sir Oscar, who swept the Florida Stallion Stakes and was a five-time stakes winner at two.
 
“Halo’s Image was a lynch pen of our operation and a farm favorite. He embodied everything we strive to accomplish here at Bridlewood: excellence on the racetrack, excellence at stud and excellence in the relationships we established through him,” said George G. Isaacs, general manager at Bridlewood. “My personal memories of the joy this horse brought the Appleton family and Happy Alter throughout the years makes this a touch overwhelming and especially bittersweet at the moment. I feel like I just lost a dear old friend.”

Happy Alter added: “The combination of his racing career and his breeding career put him into a select group of Florida horses. I trained his mother, Sugar’s Image, who was the winningest Valid Appeal mare, and we chose to breed her to Halo. All my expectations became true when Halo’s Image hit the racetrack.”

Halo’s Image stood this season for a fee of $4,000. His half-brother, Unbridled’s Image, currently stands at Bridlewood.

Jessica Is Back, a daughter of Put It Back, lived up her to 1-5 favoritism on Saturday, Mar. 13, making the lead soon after the start and cruising to a nine-length victory in the $75,000 Ocala S. at Gulfstream Park. She has shown affinity for the south Florida track, running second last time out in the $300,000 Sunshine Millions Distaff S.

Put It Back was Florida's 2008 leading sire by both stakes winners (9) and stakes wins (15).

The victory was the 11th in 41 starts for Jessica Is Back, and her fourth in 10 starts since being claimed by Myron Miller's Farnsworth Stables and trainer Marty Wolfson last April. She has earned $506,385 for her owner.

Jessica Is Back, a 6-year-old daughter of Put It Back, covered the mile in 1:37.71 and returned $2.40.

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.

Multiple graded stakes winner Keyed Entry sired his first foal when a bay filly was born on Jan. 15 at Mayo West Farm in Ocala, FL.

Liam Benson, owner of Mayo West Farm, bred the filly from the Copelan mare Copelan’s Lilly.

“I’m very happy with the filly,” said Benson. “She’s very strong-bodied and very well-balanced.”

A 7-year-old stallion by Honour and Glory, Keyed Entry was a Gulfstream Park graded stakes winner at three and four, and he holds a current track record at the Miami-based racetrack. Keyed Entry stands his second season at Bridlewood Farm for a fee of $3,500.

Fly by Phil, a 3-year-old by Act of Duty, kicked off the New Year in style with a graded stakes victory in the $100,000 Tropical Park Derby (G3) Jan. 1 at Calder Race Course.

Making his stakes debut – and first start on grass, Fly by Phil showed an affinity for the turf by digging in determinedly in the stretch of the 1 1/8-mile race for newly-turned 3-year-olds. His head hit the wire first, stopping the clock in 1:52.89 over a yielding course.

Trained by Kathleen O’Connell, Fly by Phil earned a lifetime-high Beyer Speed Figure of 88, making him a serious player in the stakes picture for 3-year-olds this season in south Florida. He improved his stellar record to three wins and a pair of seconds from five starts, moving his earnings to $101,100 for owner and breeder Gilbert G. Campbell. Prior to his graded stakes triumph Friday, Fly by Phil broke his maiden and won an allowance race on dirt at Calder, and he now has won three straight.

Bridlewood Farm stallion Black Mambo had to be humanely euthanized on Wednesday, Dec. 9th after suffering from a severe case of EPM. He was 10.

“Black Mambo contracted EPM in June of this year. From Day 1, an aggressive treatment program was administered to combat this insidious disease. Although he fought valiantly, he was not able to recover from the damage that the parasite caused. In my entire career, I have never seen a horse so affected by this condition,” said George G. Isaacs, Bridlewood general manager.

“I would like to thank Dr. Corey Miller, Dr. Bob Bloomer and Dr. Kent Cantrell for their efforts in trying to save him. We’re very saddened by his passing and our hearts go out to all involved,” added Isaacs.

A stakes-placed performer by Kingmambo, Black Mambo currently sits No. 2 on the Florida Second-Crop Sires List with earnings of $1,196,779 in 2009. He has sired 40 winners this year to date, including multiple stakes winner Big Push.

Winey Taylor, a 2-year-old filly by Leading Freshman Sire Indian Ocean, captured her fourth win from five starts when she romped to a four-length win a $41,000 allowance race at the Meadowlands on Oct. 19th.

The dominant win was her first away from Calder, as Winey Taylor shipped up to the Northeast and proved much the best. In her previous start at Calder, she won an allowance race by five lengths, giving her back-to-back wins against allowance company by a combined nine lengths.

Winey Taylor started her racing career back in July with consecutive victories before finishing second in a $100,000 stakes race at Calder. Her win Monday gives her three allowance wins to go along with her stakes placing already at two.

Trained by Greg Sacco, the speedy bay filly has earnings of $84,600 for owner Red Oak Stable. She was bred in Florida by David Humphrey from the Twining mare Sweet Twiney Winey.

On October 16, 1977, the Training Division opened at Bridlewood Farm. Two men began working there that day and the Training Division has been one of the most accomplished in Florida ever since.

Eddie Barney (left) - nicknamed “Wolf”- and Robert J. McCord (middle) - known as Robert James - moved to Ocala in 1971 from their hometown of Hayneville, AL. They first began working together at Diamond C Farm before starting at Bridlewood, where they became best friends.

Wolf became foreman of Training Barn #1 in 1987 and has been there ever since.  The only time Wolf ever missed a day’s work was when he was diagnosed with lymphoma in early 2004, and under doctor’s orders he had to be admitted to the hospital for aggressive chemotherapy treatments.  Due to his tenacity and good attitude, he overcame his illness and was literally back to work the next day after being released by his doctor.  Robert McCord, as far as I know, has never missed a day’s work in 29 years.

In the last 32 years, Wolf and Robert have helped the Bridlewood Training Division produce over 100 stakes winners, including such personal favorites as Jolie’s Halo, Halo’s Image, Stormy Atlantic, Wild Event and My Gallant. I have known few men in my career who are more dedicated and loyal to their profession or employer.

On behalf of the Appleton family and your fellow employees, we thank you and salute you! It is our privilege and honor to work with you both.



George G. Isaacs
General Manager

Gimmeawink, a stakes-winning and stakes-producing son of leading sire Elusive Quality, has moved to Bridlewood Farm for the 2010 breeding season.

A Top 10 second-crop sire in Florida, Gimmeawink has 24 winners from 52 starters with progeny earnings of $691,583 in 2009, including his 3-year-old colt Casey’s On Call, winner of the Western Canada H. As a racehorse, Gimmeawink was a six-time stakes winner at three and earned $531,090 lifetime. He finished on the board in 18 of 23 starts and defeated such graded winners as Toccet, Domestic Dispute and Dynever.

Gimmeawink hails from the T.V. Commercial mare Miss Alethia, and he is a half-brother to multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire Showing Up.

“Gimmeawink is off to a solid start at stud,” said George G. Isaacs, general manager at Bridlewood. “With a big crop of 2-year-olds coming in 2010, the sky is the limit.”

Gimmeawink stood at Hidden Point Farm in 2009. His 2010 fee will be announced at a later date.

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Bridlewood Farm added one of the finest pedigrees in the stud book to its stallion ranks, as Mr. Sekiguchi – a regally bred $8-million yearling by Storm Cat – has arrived at the Ocala-based farm to stand the 2010 breeding season.

Mr. Sekiguchi is directly related to two of the most influential sires in modern history, as he’s by sire-of-sires Storm Cat out of a graded stakes-winning half-sister to A.P. Indy. His dam is the Seeking the Gold mare Welcome Surprise, who is also a half-sister to the late classic winner and top sire Summer Squall.

The sale topper at the 2004 Keeneland September yearling sale, Mr. Sekiguchi flashed brilliance as a racehorse, winning two of four starts while never finishing out of the exacta. He ran six furlongs in 1:08 2/5 in a Santa Anita allowance race before impressively winning another allowance race at that track in his final start. His promising racing career was shortened by a tibia injury.

“Mr. Sekiguchi embodies all of the right ingredients to be a top stallion,” said George G. Isaacs, Bridlewood general manager. “We’re excited about this unique opportunity. Seeing is believing. He’s a wonderful genetic and physical specimen, and we believe Florida breeders will like what they see.”

Mr. Sekiguchi stood the last two seasons at stud at John Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm in Lexington, KY, and his first foals hit the ground earlier this year.

“Mr. Sekiguchi bred 97 mares in his first year with us at Hill ’n’ Dale,” said Sikura. “He has great foals and we are bullish about his future. The move to Bridlewood will allow Mr. Sekiguchi to breed a good book of precocious mares at a farm that has a track record of making stallions including Stormy Atlantic who now stands at Hill’n’ Dale.

“The dip in the Kentucky market provides a great opportunity for Florida breeders to access a beautifully bred young son of Storm Cat from a great female family that boasts A.P. Indy and Summer Squall. I can’t think of another farm better suited to stand a horse with such great promise at stud,” he said.

A fee for Mr. Sekiguchi will be announced at a later date.

J Z’s Revenge, a 2-year-old filly from the first crop of Act of Duty, impressed in her second career start, winning a $50,000 maiden special weight heat in stylish fashion at Saratoga on August 27th.

Trained by Steve Asmussen for Zayat Stables, the dark bay filly rallied from off the pace in the stretch and proved best in the well-bred field, winning by a length and a quarter. The final time for five furlongs was 59 seconds flat.

“I always liked (J Z’s Revenge),” said Zayat Stables manager Sobhy Sonbol, who acquired the filly privately as a yearling. “She just looked like a fast racehorse, and that’s exactly what I want. She moved great and was a very pretty filly. She convinced us that she could compete at this level.”

J Z’s Revenge was bred in Florida by Lau-Mor Farms, LLC from the Mountain Cat mare Star Mountain.

Graded stakes winner Yesbyjimminy – Yes It’s True’s highest earning colt with a bankroll of $586,940 – has been retired from racing and will stand the 2010 breeding season at Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, FL.

A seven-time stakes winner, Yesbyjimminy has been a staple atop the sprint division in Florida over the last four years. He broke his maiden in his 2-year-old debut at Calder and went on to close out the meet as one of the fastest juveniles in Florida with four wins from five starts in sprints, including stakes wins in the Criterium S. and Fasig-Tipton Dash S.

At three, Yesbyjimminy earned a 110 Beyer Speed Figure winning the Eillo S. and placed third against the best sophomore sprinters in the country in the Carry Back S. (G2). Last year as a 4-year-old, the bay horse went on a six-race win streak where he captured four-straight stakes victories, including the Kenny Noe Jr. H. (G3), Jack Dudley Sprint H., Whippleton S. and Major Moran S. During that stretch, Yesbyjimminy recorded four triple-digit Beyers.

Out of the multiple stakes-producing Pentelicus mare Sisters Creek, Yesbyjimminy was campaigned during his racing career by trainer Eddie Plesa Jr. for Trilogy Stables. Now he joins the stallion ranks at Bridlewood as the only son of successful former Florida stallion Yes It’s True in the Sunshine State. Bridlewood stood the late Proud Accolade, a Leading Freshman Sire nationally who was also another top son of Yes It’s True.

“We are excited about Yesbyjimminy joining our stallion roster,” said George G. Isaacs, Bridlewood general manager. “With the success of Yes It’s True and Pentelicus as his foundation, along with his brilliant and very consistent race record, we feel he is a perfect fit for the Florida market. He is also a much needed outcross for the Florida mare population.”

A fee for Yesbyjimminy will be set at a later date. For more information on Yesbyjimminy, or any of Bridlewood Farm’s stallions, please click here.

Worstcasescenario, a 2-year-old daughter of Forbidden Apple bred and raised at Bridlewood Farm, showed that she could be something very special on August 19th, stepping up into graded stakes company at the toughest 2-year-old meet in North America – the historic Saratoga Racecourse – and decisively drawing away from a promising group of young fillies to win the $150,000 Adirondack S. (G2).

Worstcasescenario, who much like most of the field had broken her maiden in her first and only start at Belmont, broke well and was forwardly-placed by jockey Alan Garcia. As the field sorted out down the backstretch, the bay filly found herself stalking the favored and highly-touted Dashing Debby through fast early fractions, including hitting the half-mile mark in a swift 44.32 seconds.

With an impressive surge, Worstcasescenario moved up alongside the favored pacesetter and seemingly effortlessly kicked right on past her turning for home. Despite tracking the fast early pace, she showed her mettle in the stretch, finishing strongly and drawing clear of the field to prove much the best at the wire. The final margin was 4 1/4 lengths and the final time was 1:16.72 over a fast local maintrack.

Worstcasescenario was bred by the late Arthur Appleton from Bridlewood stallion Forbidden Apple, and she hails from the Halo mare Stacie's Halo. Bridlewood raised, broke and trained Worstcasescenario up until earlier this year when the filly was sold for $120,000 at the OBS April Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale to current owner Klaravich Stables, Inc. and W.H. Lawrence after breezing a bullet eighth of a mile in 9.3 seconds.

Trained now by Richard Violette, Jr., Worstcasescenario ran her record to a perfect 2-for-2 with earnings of $115,800.

Oceans of Honey is her sire's first stakes starter and winner

Oceans of Honey, a 2-year-old filly from the first crop of Indian Ocean, became her sire’s first stakes winner from his first stakes starter, running her record to a perfect 2-for-2 with a win in the $50,000 Tippett S. July 25 at Colonial Downs.

The speedy filly took it to the field of eight from the break of the gate, out-footing her rivals early and opening up a clear lead in the 5 ½-furlong turf dash. Oceans of Honey carved out fractions of 22.42, 45.78, 58.33 before finishing up in 1:05.11 over a firm local course to post a half-length victory while never being headed.

Trained by Odin Londono, Jr., the gray filly has started her promising career with two wins from as many starts, including an impressive 7 ¼-length debut win last month at Suffolk Downs. She now has earnings of $38,940 for owner Michelle Winters. B&B Thoroughbreds, LLC bred Oceans of Honey in Florida from the Halo’s Image mare Trust Me Honey.

Indian Ocean currently ranks as a Top 3 Freshman Sire in Florida with five winners – including stakes winner Oceans of Honey – with progeny earnings of $118,945 through July 25th. He stood 2009 for a fee of $4,000.

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Put It Back continues to show he’s Florida’s best when it comes to the highest level of racing, as the Bridlewood stallion again leads all sires in the Sunshine State with seven stakes winners in 2009. His latest became Jessica Is Back, who dominated the $75,000 Nancy’s Glitter H. at Calder on July 25th with an eye-popping 108 Beyer Speed Figure.

Stretching back out around two turns, the 5-year-old Jessica Is Back showed she is back and better than ever, as no horse got within two lengths of her throughout the 1 1/16-mile event. She skipped around the sloppy local main track and hit the wire 5 ½-lengths in front, stopping the clock in 1:45.96 on a track that was sealed after heavy rains.

Her 108 Beyer is the biggest number earned around two turns by a filly or mare in 2009 other than Rachel Alexander’s record-breaking 111 Beyer-performance in the Mother Goose (G1).

Jessica Is Back now owns a record of 9-10-1 from 35 starts for trainer Martin Wolfson. She moved her earnings to $327,280 for owner Farnsworth Stables LLC. Out of the Jolie’s Halo mare Jessica’s Halo, the chestnut was bred in Florida by Larry Perkins.

Put It Back’s leading sprinter In Summation showed he is still on top of his game at age six, returning from a five-month freshening to win the $60,000 John McSorley S. at Monmouth Park on July 12. It marked the eleventh career stakes triumph for the Grade 1 winner.

Trained by Christophe Clement, the classy bay horse rallied from last early on to prove best in the 5 ½-furlong dash, hitting the wire in 1:01.68 over a local turf course listed as good. A versatile runner with stakes wins on dirt, turf and synthetic surfaces, In Summation will embark on a campaign to the second-half of the year with a year-end goal being a run in either the Sprint (G1) or Turf Sprint on the Breeders’ Cup program at Santa Anita this fall. The Sprint, a race he was fourth in a year ago, is contested over the local Polytrack where In Summation is a graded stakes winner and track record setter.

Bred in Florida by the late Arthur I. Appleton, In Summation now holds a lifetime record of 12-6-1 from 29 starts with earnings of $1,226,166 for owner Waterford Stable. From those 29 starts, it’s worthy to note he broke his maiden first-time out in May of his 2-year-old season and has run in 28 consecutive stakes races – half being graded – without any starts in allowance races. He owns four graded stakes wins, including the Bing Crosby H. (G1), the Palos Verde H. (G2) and back-to-back scores in the El Conejo H. (G3).

In Summation is out of the Dayjur mare Fiesta Baby.

Many Kisses, a 3-year-old filly from the first crop of Unbridled's Image, displayed an impressive turn of foot in the stretch of the $55,000 LuLu's Ransom S. June 27th at Calder, swinging to the outside from the back of the pack and rallying widest of all down the center of the track to score a determined victory in the one-mile event.

Trained by David Fawkes, Many Kisses – who was making her stakes debut – stopped the clock in 1:41.22 over a track listed as “good” following hard rains earlier in the day, winning by a length. It marked the third consecutive win for the chestnut filly, and the $35,000-earned to move her career bankroll to $88,735 for owners Donald Stetler and Fawkes. She now boasts a record of 4-1-3 from 10 lifetime starts, only finishing off the board twice.

Many Kisses was bred in Florida by Wild Ride LLC from the Black Tie Affair mare Tarahumara.

Proud Accolade, a freshman sire of 2009, had to be humanely euthanized Tuesday, June 16 at Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, FL after suffering a severe neurological condition. He was seven.

“He began to show some mild signs of neurological problems in recent weeks, but his condition deteriorated rapidly early Tuesday morning to the point that we were left with no other alternative,” said George G. Isaacs, general manager at Bridlewood. “It’s heartbreaking. A plan was in place for upcoming surgery to try to alleviate the problems.”

Proud Accolade, by Yes It’s True out of the Septieme Ciel mare Proud Ciel, is represented by his first crop of 2-year-olds this year. His first winner came on June 6 when his colt Mr. Green won a 4 ½-furlong maiden race at Calder.

“Proud Accolade was already getting off to a strong start. He had an impressive first-out winner at Calder, and I’ve been hearing so many positive things about his offspring. He had become family and it’s been a tough day around here,” Isaacs said.

“Having raced Proud Accolade and his sire Yes It’s True, my family and I are deeply saddened by his passing” said Satish Sanan, co-owner of Padua Stables. “We had been so excited by his progeny, and were looking forward to a successful future for Proud Accolade.”

As a racehorse, Proud Accolade won the Champagne S. (G1) at two and the Hutcheson S. (G2) at three with earnings of $476,630 for owner Padua Stables, which stood the horse at its former Florida-based farm upon retirement. Proud Accolade moved to Bridlewood Farm in 2008 and stood this season for a fee of $4,000.

Grade 2 winner How’s Your Halo will look to pick up another Grade 2 victory and avenge his second-place finish in last year’s Smile Sprint H. when he lines up in that prestigious $350,000 event at Calder on July 11th. This year, however, the 6-year-old son of Halo’s Image enters fresh off an impressive score in the June 13th Ponche H., the local prep race for the Smile.

Trained and owned by Brian Prichard, How’s Your Halo won the $73,000 Ponche by a decisive four lengths, stopping the clock in 1:11.09 for six furlongs over a fast local main track, earning him a 100 Beyer Speed Figure. Prior to last year’s runner-up effort to Benny the Bull in the Smile, How’s Your Halo was second in the Ponche.

How’s Your Halo owns eight lifetime wins – four in stakes – with earnings of $535,948. He was bred in Florida by White Cross Farm from the stakes-winning Little Current mare Say How You Feel.

Bridlewood Farm stallion Mr. Livingston got his first stakes winner from his debut crop on Saturday, May 23rd when Livingston Street entered the $55,000 Ride the Rails S. at Calder Race Course on a two-race winning streak and captured the featured event at the Miami-based track.

Ridden by Manoel Cruz, Livingston Street settled towards the rear in the early stages of the mile-and-seventy-yards stakes race over a sloppy track, as pacesetter Sayers splashed through a half-mile in a solid 47.82 seconds. Cruz and Livingston Street started their rally on the far turn, steadily making progress to get into striking range turning for home. The 3-year-old gray moved out widest on the track and determinedly kept coming after the leaders inside the sixteenth pole, surging late to hit the wire on top. The final margin was three-quarters of a length, and the final time was 1:46.19 over the wet conditions.

For Livingston Street, his Ride the Rails triumph was in his stakes debut, and it marked his third straight win. It earned him a career high 82 Beyer and gave him his first win on dirt to go along with three turf victories. He now boasts a record of 4-1-0 from 10 starts with earnings of $84,790 for trainer Bill Kaplan and owners Teresa & James Remez and David and Teresa Palmer.

Kaplan also trained Mr. Livingston for the Palmers in his illustrious career on the racetrack, and now is the conditioner responsible for that stallion’s first stakes winner. Kaplan also trains D. C.’s Legacy for the Palmers. That colt was “Mr. L’s” first 2-year-old winner last summer at Calder.

Livingston Street was bred in Florida by Dr. & Mrs. Cornelius A. Link from the Eskimo mare Eskimo Mom. Mr. Livingston stands at Bridlewood for a fee of $2,500.

Leading Florida Sire Put It Back continued his red-hot year by getting his fifth stakes winner on May 17th when Our Friend Harvey won the $67,000 Lure S. at Belmont Park.

A 5-year-old bay gelding, Our Friend Harvey took the field gate-to-wire in the seven-furlong turf dash, stopping the clock in 1:23.17 over a firm course. Trained by Timothy Hills, he captured his second career stakes win and fourth overall win, moving his earnings to $190,271 for owner and breeder Larry Foggle.

It marked the sixth stakes win by a Put It Back runner in 2009, and the leading Bridlewood stallion sits comfortably atop the sires list with earnings of $1,327,722 through May 17th.

Bridlewood Farm stallion Indian Ocean sired his first winner on May 16th when his 2-year-old filly Rate Shock impressively romped by 8 ¼ lengths in a $32,000 maiden special weight heat at Calder Race Course.

Rate Shock broke on top as the heavy 3-10 favorite and never looked back, opening up on the field of seven 2-year-old fillies to win all alone at the wire. The final time of the 4 ½-furlong event was :53.90 over a fast local main track.

Bred in Florida by her owner Chester Bishop, the bay filly owns a win and a second from two lifetime starts with earnings of $27,820. She is trained by Thomas Schell.

Indian Ocean, a graded stakes winner by former Bridlewood stallion Stormy Atlantic, stands at the Ocala-based farm for a fee of $4,000.

What R the Odds, a 3-year-old filly by Lightnin N Thunder, made a triumphant seasonal debut on May 10th, picking up where she left off from her sensational 2-year-old season to win the $55,000 Emerald Downs S. at Hastings Racecourse.

Winning for the fourth time in as many starts, What R the Odds came back from an 8 ½-month layoff and exuded her class against the field of eight, stalking the early pace before winning by a length and three quarters on the wire. She stopped the clock in 1:17.81 for 6 ½ furlongs over a fast local main track.

At two, the gray filly broke her maiden and won the Timber Music S. and Lassie S., all in consecutive starts. The lone blemish on her record is runner-up effort in her debut, and she now sports an impressive record of 4-1-0 from five lifetime starts.

What R the Odds is trained by Mel Snow for Fran Snow. The filly was bred in Florida by Michael Fennessy from the Seattle Song mare Lindas Song. What R the Odds has earned $99,837 to date.

Distinguish, by Wagon Limit, captured his fourth career stakes win when winning the $50,000 Route 66 S. on May 9th at Will Rogers Downs.

The 8-year-old Distinguish is still going strong in stakes company. He won Saturday’s six-furlong event by a determined half-length as the favorite. The final time was 1:11.14 over an off track.

From 32 starts, the chestnut horse has been a win machine, sporting a record of 12-5-4 with earnings of $300,461.

Backbackbackgone, a 3-year-old son of Leading Florida Sire Put It Back, was triumphant in his turf debut April 22 at Hollywood Park, winning the $73,000 Harry Henson S. to claim his fourth stakes win already in his young career.

Ridden by Rafael Bejarano, Backbackbackgone broke on top in the six-furlong event and showed good speed, carving out fractions of 22.30, 44.39 and 56 flat into the stretch. The speedy colt pulled away late to hit the wire a decisive winner, 2 ½ lengths in front. He stopped the clock in a crisp 1:08.16 over a firm course, earning an 89 Beyer Speed Figure.

Trained by Peter Miller, Backbackbackgone won for the fifth time in seven starts, moving his earnings to $203,270 for owners Gerson Racing, Charleville Stables and John Rogitz. Miller purchased the colt on behalf of the owners for $65,000 last year as a 2-year-old in training at OBS.

Put It Back became the first Florida sire in 2009 to hit the $1 million mark in earnings this season. He is also the only Florida sire to have four stakes winners so far this year.

Indian Ocean, the speedy son of leading sire Stormy Atlantic, is represented by his first select two-year-olds at OBS March Select Sale.  Hip 498 a dark bay or brown colt consigned by O & H Bloodstock blazed a 1/4 mile in :20.3, the fastest 1/4 mile of the day and co-fastest of Friday's under tack show.

Bridlewood Farm’s freshman sire Proud Accolade was represented by his first crop of juveniles at the OBS February Select Sale of 2-year-olds in training on Feb. 17th, and his first colt to go through the ring was Hip No. 150, which sold for $90,000.

Consigned by D S B Stable, the colt out of the mare Classy Distinction was purchased by Mr. T Stables.

A Grade 1-winning juvenile himself, Proud Accolade stands 2009 at Bridlewood for a fee of $4,000.

How’s Your Halo, a 6-year-old by perennial leading Florida sire Halo’s Image, rallied gamely in the stretch to capture the $150,000 Richter Scale Sprint S. (G2) Feb. 14th at Gulfstream Park.

Ridden by Juan Leyva, How’s Your Halo ran down pacesetter Ikigai inside the sixteenth pole to post a half-length victory, stopping the clock in 1:23.16 in the seven-furlong event over a fast Gulfstream main track.

How’s Your Halo won his first graded stakes race and third overall stakes race. Now with seven career wins from 34 starts, he moved his earnings to $460,898 for owner and trainer Brian Prichard. White Cross Farm bred the 6-year-old bay horse.

If you’re a racehorse looking to make a good impression on Bridlewood Farm stallion director Jeff Schwietert, you should break sharply from the gate, sprint to the front of the pack and not look back until you’ve crossed the wire first.

That kind of front-running style allowed Keyed Entry to earn $322,852 during his 12-race career and was a major factor in helping him land his second job as a stallion at the Ocala farm, where he’ll stand for a $4,000 fee in his first year at stud. Schwietert and the rest of the Bridlewood team see plenty of similarities between Keyed Entry and another stallion sired by Honour and Glory, Put It Back, who stands at Bridlewood for an $8,500 stud fee.

“We stick with what works,” Schwietert said. “Keyed Entry’s racing ability was similar to Put It Back’s, and he’s been a nice stallion. There are a lot of similarities between the two horses. Both were very balanced and very talented. We expect that Keyed Entry will get a good group of mares, and we think he has a good chance to be a good stallion. I think he’s a good gamble as a stallion prospect.”

Put It Back has a proven record of producing stakes winners such as Black Bar Spin, In Summation, Smokey Stover, Hey Byrn and Backbackbackgone and was a Grade 2 winner himself, having captured the Riva Ridge Stakes at Belmont Park in 2001. Keyed Entry also was a Grade 2 winner, setting a track record for 7 ½ furlongs at Gulfstream Park while winning the 2006 Hutcheson Stakes in a time of 1:27.12.

In that race, Keyed Entry beat First Samurai, who now stands in Paris, Ky., for a $30,000 stud fee. First Samurai was one of the most talented 2-year-olds in the country in 2005, winning the Champagne Stakes (G1) at Belmont and the Hopeful Stakes (G1) at Saratoga before running third to Stevie Wonderboy in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). A win against a top-tier horse like that has Schwietert believing that Keyed Entry has what it takes to produce talented runners of his own.

“To me, what’s important is how did he race, who did he race against, and how did he do?” Schwietert said. “Keyed Entry ran on the front end, he ran against the best, and he beat the best. We went after this horse on his ability and his pedigree. He was the horse we identified and we wanted to get. He was very talented and had brilliant speed. To me, when you look at your top stallions over the course of history, they kind of showed that same type of speed. He was just a brilliant horse.”

Keyed Entry broke his maiden in his only start as a 2-year-old, then won an allowance at Gulfstream Park and the Hutcheson to start his career 3-for-3. He then lost by a neck to Like Now in a long stretch duel in the Gotham Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct and was third at the New York track behind Bob and John in the Wood Memorial (G1). Trainer Todd Pletcher then tried to stretch out the horse for the Kentucky Derby (G1), but the 1 ¼-mile distance proved to be unsuitable for his sprinting ability.

“Todd Pletcher thought enough of him that he took him to the Derby and tried to make a Derby horse out of him,” Schwietert said. “When you have that kind of speed and turn of foot, it’s difficult to get a mile and quarter. You want to be on the front end. Some horses are just one-paced, and they tend not to make the best stallions. This horse had that explosion.”

As a 4-year-old in 2007, Keyed Entry returned to the site of his Hutcheson victory to take the Deputy Minister Handicap (G3) at Gulfstream Park. He was retired after running twice as a 5-year-old, finishing his career with four victories and six finishes in the money.

Keyed Entry also had the pedigree of a winner. Honour and Glory earned $1.2 million on the racetrack and won the 1996 Metropolitan Handicap (G1) at Belmont. Keyed Entry’s dam, the Cryptoclearance mare Ava Knowsthecode, had three victories for $156,596 and has produced several runners, including Successful Mission, a 2-year-old colt by Successful Appeal who won the $76,750 I Take All Stakes at Belmont this year.

But to Schwietert, the most appealing thing about Keyed Entry is his willingness to get out front and lead talented fields, an ability he believes could make the stallion a bargain for breeders.

“This horse ran with the best horses in the country,” Schwietert said. “They weren’t ducking anybody with this horse. And he did it the hard way. I always say that the hard way is when you’re doing it on the front end because you’re doing all the work. Everybody else is just clocking you. Those tend to be the better stallions. He’s very well balanced, he’s got good muscle, and he was very fast.”

In the largest state-bred competition in the world - the seventh annual Sunshine Millions on Jan. 24th - two things stood out: Florida again dominated California in the two-state rivalry, and Bridlewood Farm products were again prominent in helping lead Florida to several big wins in the eight-race, $3.6 million event.

Wild Promises, a 5-year-old daughter of former Bridlewood stallion Wild Event, started it off by increasing her impressive win streak to six with a decisive victory in the $500,000 Filly & Mare Turf at Gulfstream Park. Trained by Greg Gilchrist for the late Harry Aleo, Wild Promises, a graded stakes winner, moved her career earnings to $644,609 with her 11th win from 17 starts, running the 1 1/8-mile event in 1:47 4/5 over firm turf.

“The race set up perfectly,” said Gilchrist. “She loves the grass.”

Wild Promises is out of the Frosty the Snowman mare Frosty Promise, making her the younger half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Icy Atlantic. She was bred by the late Arthur Appleton and raised at Bridlewood before being sold at two.

One race later at Gulfstream, Gilchrist, the late Aleo and Bridlewood Farm were connected to another impressive victor, as High Resolve took full command of the $300,000 Hill ‘N’ Dale Filly & Mare Sprint. The gray 4-year-old filly by leading sire Put It Back ran the full field of 12 off its feet from the gate, leading throughout before drawing clear to an authoritative 2 ¼-length win in the six-furlong event. The final time was 1:10.55 over a fast local main track.

“I was confident,” Gilchrist said of High Resolve.

Like Wild Promises, High Resolve sports an impressive record. She has never finished off the board in 10 lifetime starts and owns seven wins with earnings of $426,269. Bred by Steve & Bryan Tucker, she hails from the On to Glory mare Shari’s Glory.

Florida-breds won six of the eight races and outpointed California 56-16 in the contest. Winners received five points each, second place was worth three points and third was worth one point. Florida has won the event all seven years it's been held.

In Summation, the leading sprinter by Bridlewood Farm’s stallion Put It Back, cast in a new year with another graded stakes win, repeating in the $100,000 El Conejo Handicap (G3) at Santa Anita Park on New Year’s Day.

Now six, In Summation rallied from last in the four-horse field to post a length advantage at the wire, stopping the clock in 1:02.58 for 5 ½ furlongs over the local synthetic track.

Bred by the late Arthur Appleton, Grade 1 winner In Summation collected his tenth lifetime stakes win and fourth graded stakes triumph, and he moved his career earnings to $1,175,166 for owner Waterford Farm and trainer Christophe Clement. In last year’s El Conejo, he set a 5 ½-furlong track record.

Grade 1 winner and Grade 1 producer Wagon Limit returns to his Florida roots to stand stud at Bridlewood Farm in Ocala for the 2009 breeding season.

In his career as a stallion, Wagon Limit has already enjoyed regional success, having sired the champion Florida-bred sprinter Silver Wagon, a multiple Grade 1 winner of more than $1.1 million. He is also the sire of current top Florida-bred performer Rehoboth, a multiple stakes winner of $532,840.

Wagon Limit has sired 80 percent winners from starters from six crops to race, with progeny earnings exceeding $5.8 million. His average earnings per starter are $65,931.

As a racehorse, Wagon Limit was a major Grade 1 winner and earner of $992,660. He soundly defeated such racing stalwarts as Gentlemen and Skip Away in the 1998 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1). Earlier that year, Wagon Limit recorded the fastest Beyer Speed Figure run at a mile that season while winning the Winchester H. (G3) with a 118.

“We are pleased to stand this successful stallion for the Wagon Limit partnership,” said George Isaacs, general manager at Bridlewood. “If you are serious about breeding a racehorse, then you need to look extra close at Wagon Limit’s statistics. He’s a proven racehorse sire.”

Wagon Limit (Conquistador Cielo-Darlin Lindy, by Cox’s Ridge) will stand for $2,500.

Top west coast juvenile Backbackbackgone, by Put It Back, kept his record perfect with a win in the Jack Goodman Stakes at Santa Anita on Oct. 18, capping off a big Saturday for Bridlewood Farm stallions which also enjoyed major wins by 2-year-olds at Calder and Keeneland.

Backbackbackgone stayed unbeaten with a win in the $80,100 stakes event at the Oak Tree meet, running six furlongs in a swift 1:08 4/5 over the local synthetic track. The victory came fresh on the heels of big day for Bridlewood-produced juveniles, as La Chica Sensual, by Lightnin N Thunder, won the $400,000 My Dear Girl Stakes at Calder, and a son of Black Mambo, Big Push, emerged as a top Midwest 2-year-old with an impressive allowance score.

For Backbackbackgone, he goes 3-for-3 and picked up his second consecutive stakes win. The speedy colt won the Willard Proctor Memorial Stakes by four lengths at Hollywood Park this summer after breaking his maiden in his debut by 10 lengths at Bay Meadows. Bred in Florida by Louie Rogers and David McKathan, Backbackbackgone, who is out of the Defrere mare Pat’s Sister, moved his bankroll to $112,440 with the win for trainer Peter Miller and owners Gerson Racing, Charleville Stables and John Rogitz, whom purchased the colt for $65,000 earlier this year as a 2-year-old in training at OBS.

La Chica Sensual, a 2-year-old filly by Bridlewood stallion Lightnin N Thunder, scored a huge victory in the $400,000 My Dear Girl Stakes – the final leg of the Florida Stallion Series Stakes at Calder Race Course on Oct. 18.

In her first start around two turns, La Chica Sensual settled in mid pack in the full field of 14 down the backstretch. On the far turn, the classy filly ranged up and took control of the race, opening up in the stretch to hit the wire all alone. The final margin was an authoritative 4 ½ lengths, and she stopped the clock in 1:48.41 for 1 1/16 miles over a fast local main track.

The lucrative win moved La Chica Sensual’s career earnings to $365,660 for trainer Pablo Andrade and owners Jennifer Harries and Brenda Tabraue. The gray filly now boasts a record of four wins from six starts, including a victory in the Desert Vixen Stakes – the first leg of the FSS Stakes. La Chica Sensual fell a head short in the middle leg of the series, the Susan’s Girl Stakes a month ago.

“I’m very happy. It’s a shame that she couldn’t win the “triple crown”, but that’s racing," said Andrade. "We’ve worked hard to get this far. I think she’s the best 2-year-old filly on the grounds.  I’ll have to consult with the owners on what’s next for her.  She’s a runner, though.  As she develops, I think she’s going to like the longer distances.”

Out of the Unbridled mare Lerma, La Chica Sensual was bred by the late Arthur Appleton.

Big Push, a 2-year-old colt from the first crop of Bridlewood Farm’s Black Mambo, was impressive in capturing his second consecutive victory on Oct. 18th when the speedy colt proved best in an entry-level allowance race at Keeneland Race Course.

Big Push vied through quick fractions of 21.89, 45.36 and 57.13 before finishing fast in the six-furlong heat to stop the clock in 1:09.56, a length a head of the field of 10.

Now 2-for-3 lifetime, Big Push moved his earnings to $47,284 for owner Majestic Farms, C & DeBill Racing and trainer Richard Scherer. Bred by Rustlewood Farm, Inc., the bay colt was a $45,000 graduate at the OBS April 2-Year-Olds In Training Sale earlier this year.

High Resolve, a daughter of leading Florida stallion Put It Back, got back to her winning ways on September 13th with an easy win in the $52,000 Sweepida Stakes at Stockton Park.

The speedy gray filly was never seriously challenged in the six-furlong stakes event, opening up on the far turn and cruising home to stop the clock in a crisp 1:09.61 while being eased up by rider Russell Baze. She was all alone at the wire, finishing 4 ¾ lengths clear of the runner-up.

Bred in Florida by Steve and Bryan Tucker out of the On to Glory mare Shari’s Glory, High Resolve ran her near-perfect record to six wins from seven starts. Now a four-time stakes winner, the 3-year-old filly moved her earnings to $224,050 for her late owner Harry Aleo. Greg Gilchrist trains High Resolve.

Put It Back has eight stakes winners so far in 2008, which also includes top juvenile Backbackbackgone and Grade 1 winner and track record-setter In Summation.

Bridlewood Farm’s freshman sire Mr. Livingston enjoyed a pair of impressive maiden winners on the September 6th card at Calder Race Course, when Ms. Lively and Livingston Street each captured maiden special weight events in their respective turf and two-turn debuts.

Ms. Lively won the opener on the program – a $27,000 race for 2-year-old fillies going a mile over a good course. Trained by Bill Kaplan, the gray filly rallied to take a 1 ¾-length advantage under the wire in 1:38.82 under jockey Juan Leyva.

Out of the Great Above mare Notatinkertoy, Ms. Lively moved her earnings to $16,190 for owners Jim Hanna and David and Teresa Palmer, who bred Ms. Lively and also campaigned Mr. Livingston.

Two races and nearly an hour later, Livingston Street - also trained by Kaplan and ridden by Leyva - roared from tenth place down the backstretch to win a $27,000 race for 2-year-old colts and geldings going away by 6 ¼ lengths, displaying a remarkable turn of foot in the stretch. The final time of the 1 1/16-mile event on good turf was 1:45.14.

Livingston Street is out of the Eskimo mare Eskimo Mom, and the gray gelding was bred by Dr. & Mrs. Cornelius A. Link. James and Teresa Remez are the winning owners of Livingston Street, who moved his earnings to $19,050.

Bridlewood Farm’s young stallions enjoyed a solid debut with their respective first crop of yearlings to be offered at public auction during the OBS August Sale, as exciting young sires Indian Ocean and Act of Duty had several pricey lots go through the ring of the four-day sale on August 18-21.

Indian Ocean, a graded stakes winner by former Bridlewood stallion and leading sire Stormy Atlantic, had yearlings of $85,000, $42,000, $40,000 and $30,000 go through the ring during the Select portion of the sale for a strong average of $49,250, which was the highest average among Florida sires with first yearlings for the Select session. The impressive average was more than 12 times Indian Ocean’s introductory fee of $4,000.

The success of his first yearlings didn’t stop there. He also had two fillies sell for $50,000 and $40,000, respectively, in the Open portion of the sale.

Act of Duty, a regally-bred son of Mr. Prospector, also made noise with a colt from his debut crop. Hip No. 97 during the Select session commanded a final bid of $55,000, 11 times Act of Duty’s stud fee of $5,000.

Bridlewood Farm was strongly represented on August 16th in the $100,000 Desert Vixen Stakes – the first of a series of three Florida Stallion Stakes events for 2-year-old fillies at Calder Race Course – when promising debutantes by Lightnin N Thunder and Black Mambo finished first and second in the six-furlong heat.

The show was stolen by Lightnin N Thunder’s La Chica Sensual, who showed why she was a heavy favorite in the race by drawing off to an impressive 8 ¼-length triumph. The rising star stopped the clock in 1:11.61 over a fast Calder main track, and the performance earned La Chica Sensual a gaudy 88 Beyer Speed Figure.

The win was her third from four starts with her lone defeat coming in the form of a runner-up effort in the JJsDream Stakes last month at Calder. The Desert Vixen victory marked her first in a stakes race. Bred in Florida by the late Arthur I. Appleton from the Unbridled mare Lerma, La Chica Sensual moved her career earnings to $95,660 for owners Jennifer Harries and Brenda Tabraue. Pablo Andrade is the winning trainer.

Rallying strongly to be a clear second was Black Russian, by exciting first-crop sire Black Mambo. Black Russian, who ducked in at the start and raced at the back of the pack early, flew home late in just her second career start after breaking her maiden impressively a month ago in her debut, giving promise of a bright future as the distances increase.

Black Russian is a Rustlewood Farm homebred and is campaigned by trainer Steven Standridge.

Bridlewood Farm has reached an agreement with Padua Stables to break and train the top entity’s racing bloodstock starting immediately.

“The Appleton family and Bridlewood team are very excited for the opportunity and challenge to work with the Padua team by developing their great young equine prospects,” said George G. Isaacs, general manager at Bridlewood. “Padua has a very solid program in place, and it will be our undivided goal to complement that and to help them achieve greatness at the racetrack.”