Bold Forbes

Sire:

Irish Castle

Grand Sire:

Bold Ruler

Dam:

Comely Nell

Dam Sire:

Commodore

Sex:

Stallion

Foaled:

1973

Birth Date:

3/31/73

Death Date:

8/9/00

Breeder:

Eaton Farms & Red Bull

Owner(s):

Est�ban Rodriguez Tizol

Trainer(s):

Laz Barrera

Jockey(s):

Angel Cordero Jr.
Jorge Velásquez

Record:

18:13-1-4

Earnings:

$546,536

Major Race Wins

Tremont Stakes (1975)

Clasico Dia de Los Padre (1975)

Saratoga Special Stakes (1975)

Belmont Stakes (1976)

Kentucky Derby (1976)

Wood Memorial Stakes (1976)

Bay Shore Stakes (1976)

San Jacinto Stakes (1976)

Vosburgh Stakes (1976)

San Vicente Stakes (1976)

Awards / Honors

U.S. Champion 3-Year-Old Male (1976)

General

Bold Forbes was a thoroughbred racehorse colt foaled in Kentucky who 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 arrived at the Kentucky Horse Park's Hall of Champions, located at Lexington, Kentucky on April 1991 and died August 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".

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