Bold Venture (horse)
| Bold Venture | |
|---|---|
| Sire | St Germans |
| Grandsire | Swynford |
| Dam | Possible |
| Damsire | Ultimus |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1933 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Morton L. Schwartz |
| Owner | Morton L. Schwartz King Ranch (at stud) |
| Trainer | Max Hirsch |
| Record | 11: 6 – 2 – 0 |
| Earnings | $68,300 |
| Major wins | |
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Triple Crown wins: Kentucky Derby (1936) Preakness Stakes (1936) |
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| Honours | |
| Bold Venture Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack | |
| Last updated on November 6, 2008 | |
Bold Venture (March 4, 1933 – March 22, 1958), was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.
Bold Venture was sired by St Germans, a multiple British stakes winner and second-place finisher in the 1924 English Derby. After his importation to stand at Greentree Stud in Lexington, Kentucky, St Germans became the leading sire of 1931, when his son Twenty Grand won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. St Germans' own sire, Swynford, also a stakes winner, was a top British stallion whose other sons included 1924 English Derby winner Sansovino (who thus defeated his half-brother St Germans), Challenger (also imported to the United States, where he sired American Horse of the Year Challedon), Lancegaye (imported to the U.S. and sire of Kentucky Derby winner Cavalcade), and Blandford, a leading sire in Europe and the sire of four English Derby winners. Bold Venture's dam, Possible, was by Ultimus, a son of Commando.
Bold Venture, trained by Hall of Fame conditioner Max Hirsch, was entered in the 1936 Kentucky Derby without achieving a single stakes win. His rider was apprentice jockey Ira "Babe" Hanford, who had been riding in races for less than a year. Hanford's contract was owned by Hirsch's daughter, Mary, also a trainer. Just as Hanford's mount had never won a stakes race, no apprentice had ever won the Derby. Bold Venture was held at 20-1 odds in the Derby.
That year, Brevity, owned by Joseph E. Widener of Elmendorf Farm, was the favorite. Brevity had won the Florida Derby and had equaled the world record for 1 1/8 miles. Indian Broom, owned by Austin C. Taylor, was second favorite after lowering Brevity's record in the Marchbank Handicap.
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