BY BROCK SHERIDAN 

OCALA, FL—Bridlewood Farm has announced that Valiant Minister will stand for a fee of $3,000 and Tunwoo will stand for $2,000 for the 2026 breeding season.

Valiant Minister, by Candy Ride (Arg) out of Spooky Minister, by Deputy Minister, is the sire of several multiple-stakes winners including Florida-bred millionaire Bentornato, second in the 2024 $2 million Cygames Breeders’ Cup Sprint (Grade 1) and a leading contender in this year’s Breeders’ Cup Sprint. A recent winner of the Louisville Thoroughbred Society Stakes (Listed), Bentornato also counts among his victories the 2024 Gallant Bob Stakes (G2) and the 2023 Dr. Fager and Affirmed divisions of the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes.

Tunwoo – ©Louise Reinagel

Valiant Minister is also the sire of stakes winners Outfoxed ($497,554) and Loco Abarrio ($461,554) and stakes-placed runners Iron Hand, Brit’s Candyman and Candycrumbs. 

Tunwoo is a son of leading sire Medaglia d’Oro out of the graded stakes-producing A.P. Indy mare Sea Gift. He is the sire of multiple stakes-winner Time Passage ($261,255) and stakes-placed runner Tee At One, who was second in the 2023 Kent Stakes at Delaware Park.

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