Bold Forbes was a champion thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1976 Kentucky Derby and 1976 Belmont Stakes.
12 Facts About Bold Forbes
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Bold Forbes was a bay horse bred in Kentucky by Lee Eaton.
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Bold Forbes was campaigned in Puerto Rico as a two-year-old, where he won seven of eight starts in 1975.
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Bold Forbes was then transferred to the United States where he won the Saratoga Special Stakes and the Tremont Stakes.
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Bold Forbes won the San Jacinto Stakes, Wood Memorial Stakes and Bay Shore Stakes.
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Bold Forbes lost Horse of the Year honors to six-year-old champion Forego.
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Bold Forbes was retired to stud after his three-year-old season with earnings of $546,536.
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Bold Forbes sired 13 crops through 1990 with 460 named foals and 304 winners, 30 of which were stakes winners, and his offspring have won over $18 million.
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Some of Bold Forbes' offspring include champions Tiffany Lass and Bold Apparel, as well as Grade I stakes winner Air Forbes Won.
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Bold Forbes was a resident of the Hall of Champions for nine years.
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Bold Forbes died on August 9,2000, at the age of 27 after being humanely euthanized due to renal failure and complications from gastroenteritis.
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In 1975, at age two, Bold Forbes started 8 times, winning seven times and finishing third once, for earnings of $86,250.