Bold Lad (IRE)
| Bold Lad | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Bold Ruler |
| Grandsire | Nasrullah |
| Dam | Barn Pride |
| Damsire | Democratic |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1964 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Lady Granard |
| Owner | Lady Granard |
| Trainer | Paddy Prendergast |
| Record | 9: 5-1-1 |
| Earnings | £24,790 |
| Major wins | |
| Youngsters Stakes (1966) Coventry Stakes (1966) Champagne Stakes (1966) Middle Park Stakes (1966) Tetrarch Stakes (1967) |
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| Awards | |
| Top-rated British Two-year-old (1966) Timeform Top-rated Two-year-old (1966) |
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Bold Lad (foaled 1964) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career which lasted from May 1966 until June 1967 he ran nine times and won five races. Bold Lad was unbeaten in 1966 and was the highest-rated two-year-old of the season in the United Kingdom and Ireland. He failed to reproduce his best form in 1967, but went on to be a successful stallion.
Bold Lad was a bay horse with a small white star standing 16 hands high. He was bred in Ireland by American-born Beatrice Mills Forbes, 8th Countess of Granard, sister of Gladys Mills Phipps and Ogden L. Mills who owned his sire, Bold Ruler, an eight-time Leading sire in North America. Bold Lad's dam, Barn Pride, was a descendant of the mare Edvina, a member of family 2-e and the ancestor of the 2000 Guineas winner Martial. The colt was sent into training with Paddy Prendergast at his stables near the Curragh in Ireland.
In 1962 Bold Ruler had sired another Champion Two-Year-Old Colt named Bold Lad who raced in the United States for owner/breeders Gladys Mills Phipps and Ogden L. Mills.
Bold Lad began his career by winning the Youngsters Stakes in Ireland and was then sent to Royal Ascot to contest the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot in which he defeated a field which included Royal Palace. He won the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster defeating the previously unbeaten Ribocco, after which Prendergast described him as the best two-year-old he had ever trained, including Windy City. In September he won the Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket. In the Free Handicap, a ranking of the season's best juveniles, he was rated three pounds clear of runner-up Royal Palace giving him Champion honors in Ireland and England.
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