Bold Forbes

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Bold Forbes (March 31, 1973 - August 9, 2000) was a thoroughbred racehorse.

Bold Forbes was a dark bay colt foaled in Kentucky, the son of Irish Castle (sired by Bold Ruler) out of the dam Comely Nell. He raced in Puerto Rico as a two-year-old where he was the 1975 champion. Sent to the United States, he was trained by Laz Barrera and won both the 1976 "Kentucky Derby" and "Belmont Stakes" under the renowned Puerto Rican jockey Angel Cordero Jr..

Bold Forbes

Owner: A Syndicate, raced by E. Rodrigues Tizol on loan from Stone Farm, Inc.
Breeder: Lee Eaton and Red Bull Stables
Trainer: Lazaro S. Barrera
Jockey: Angel Cordero, Jr.

Accomplishments

Champion Two Year Old - Puerto Rico - 1975;
Champion Three Year Old - 1976;
Winner of the:

1976 "Kentucky Derby",

The "Belmont Stakes",

The "Wood Memorial Stakes",

The "San Jacinto" and

"Saratoga Special Stakes";

Bold Forbes arrived at the Kentucky Horse Park's Hall of Champions, located at Lexington, Kentucky on April 1991 and died Agusust 9, 2000 at the age of 27. There is a memorial dedicated to the horse in the "Memorial of Champions" in the "Hall of Champions".

Bold Forbes

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