Bold Forbes -- 1976 Kentucky Derby winner!

Here is a photo of the fabulous Bold Forbes at the Kentucky Horse Park relaxing. He won the 1976 Kentucky Derby. He was born in the United States, but owned by a Puerto Rican gentleman, Enrique Rodriguez Tizol. He was ridden brilliantly by Angel Cordero, Jr. to a victory over Honest Pleasure with Braulio Braeza. He won the Belmont Stakes, but came in third in the Preakness.

He was the Champion 2 year-old in Puerto Rico and then Champion 3 year-old in the United States. He was inducted into the Puerto Rican Racing Hall of Fame in 1985, and Cordero nicknamed him "the Puerto Rican Rolls Royce!" His final record was 18: 13, 1, 4 and he produced some very famous babies. He was euthanized on August 9, 2000 because of renal failure and gastroenteritis at the Kentucky Horse Park and is now buried at the Hall of Champions. Wonderful blessed creature.

My girls are related to him through the immediate links of Nasrullah, Discovery, Menow, Bull Lea, Ultimus, Blenheim and Man o' War!

You can read more about him at the following links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bold_Forbes

or

http://thoroughbredchampions.com/biographies/bforbes.htm

or

http://www.completerider.com/scboldforbes.htm

or

http://www.kyhorsepark.com/kids/sub.php?pageid=95&sectionid=1

Kentucky 2007: Claiborne's Pulpit!

Here is a photo of Pulpit, a 1994 stallion standing at stud at Claiborne Farms and right in this photo showing off in Secretariat's old pasture!! Can you believe it? He was so fun to watch. He was standing way far up on a hill under a tree, but when we ladies stepped out of the stallion barn, he cantered playfully down to his water trough and splashed around like the stallion he is! He walked along the fence line to greet us. What was funny is that he seemed so friendly, but when a lady in our group was charmed by him and stepped forward to pet him, he stepped forward so aggressively that everyone could just *tell* that he was waiting to get his licks in! Such a stud! Such a nasty old sexy stud!!!

Anyway, to look at this pot-bellied sex kitten, you would never know that he is truly a living tapestry of good breeding. His relatives are truly the stars in the firmament of the equine world. Here are some of his A-List relatives: his own dad, A.P. Indy by Seattle Slew. He also has Secretariat, Blenheim, Buckpasser, Hail to Reason, Mr. Prospector, Honest Pleasure, Nijinsky, Knight's Daughter (bred by His Royal Majesty and the mom of Round Table, yet another horse in Pulpit's background). And he even has a dash of Busher, lucky ole sexy bastard! So, of course, my own girls are related to this specially bred Claiborne Farms fella. Some of their shared relatives include Princequillo, Count Fleet, Nasrullah, War Admiral, Baby League, Equipoise, Blue Larkspur, and Discovery. His total record was 6: 4-1-0 and $712,200. But his career ended early.