Boldboy
| Boldboy | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Bold Lad (IRE) |
| Grandsire | Bold Ruler |
| Dam | Solar Echo |
| Damsire | Solar Slipper |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 1970 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Mrs T V Ryan |
| Owner | Lady Beaverbrook |
| Trainer | Dick Hern |
| Record | 47:14-10-9 |
| Earnings | £131,073 |
| Major wins | |
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Greenham Stakes (1973) Prix de la Porte Maillot (1973) Diadem Stakes (1973) Challenge Stakes (1973, 1977) Abernant Stakes (1974, 1976, 1977, 1978) Lockinge Stakes (1974) Sanyo Stakes (1976, 1977) Duke of York Stakes (1977) Vernons Sprint Cup (1977) |
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| Awards | |
| Timeform rating 126 (1973), 125 (1974), 122 (1975), 126 (1976), 126 (1977), 124 (1978), 112 (1979) | |
Boldboy (1970 – September 1998) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He raced for eight seasons in the 1970s and was one of the most popular and successful racehorses of his era. As a two-year-old he showed ability, but his ungovernable temperament led to his being gelded. In the following year he won the Greenham Stakes, Prix de la Porte Maillot, Diadem Stakes and Challenge Stakes. In 1974 he won the Lockinge Stakes and recorded the first of his four wins in the Abernant Stakes. After failing to win in 1975 he returned to form in 1976 to win the Abernant Stakes and the Sanyo Stakes. He reached his peak in 1977, when he repeated his previous wins in the Abernant Stakes, Sanyo Stakes and Challenge Stakes as well as taking the Vernons Sprint Cup. He won a fourth Abernant Stakes in 1978 and was retired in the following year. Apart from his wins he was placed in many important races but, as a gelding, was unable to compete in European Group One events under the rules which prevailed at the time.
Boldboy was a bay gelding with a white star bred in Ireland by Mrs T V Ryan. He was one of the second crop of foals sired by Bold Lad (IRE) (not to be confused with the American horse Bold Lad), the leading European two-year-old of 1966. Bold Lad (IRE) was a successful breeding stallion, siring Waterloo and Never So Bold as well as being the grandsire of Chief Singer and Kooyonga. Boldboy's dam, Solar Echo, won only one minor race but was descended from Singapore's Sister, a sister of the St Leger winner Singapore.
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