Baoma Sets 2021 Fees for Stallions at Bridlewood Farm

Baoma Corp. has set 2021 stud fees for its stallions Chitu , Valiant Minister , and Tunwoo , who are all standing at Bridlewood Farm near Ocala, Fla.

Grade 1-placed grade 3 winner Chitu, a 9-year-old son of Henny Hughes out of Sea Gift (A.P. Indy), will stand for a reduced fee of $3,500, down from $4,500 this year. Baoma Corp. said it lowered his fee to show its appreciation to breeders who have supported the stallion and to encourage new breeders to use the second-crop sire, who is the third-leading Florida-based sire of his class this year.

Chitu's winners this year include Windy City Red, who finished third in the Speakeasy Stakes on the grass at Santa Anita Park.

First-crop yearling sire Valiant Minister , a 7-year-old son of Candy Ride  out of Spooky Minister (Deputy Minister), remains at $3,000 for 2021. He sired a yearling filly out of the Distorted Humor  mare Resilient Humor who was among the top 10 highest-priced yearlings at the recent Ocala Breeders' Sales October Sale, bringing $120,000.  

Baoma also stands Tunwoo, a Medaglia d'Oro  half brother to Chitu and the only son of his sire standing in Florida. Tunwoo was highly regarded as a yearling. He didn't sell, but he brought a final bid of $775,000 in 2016 at The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton's select sale in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The stallion entered stud in 2019 and will stand for $2,500.