Bold Reasoning
Bold Reasoning (April 29, 1968 – April 24, 1975) was an American thoroughbred racehorse. He is best known as being the sire of the 1977 Triple Crown winner, Seattle Slew.
Bold Reasoning | |
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Sire | Boldnesian |
Grandsire | Bold Ruler |
Dam | Reason To Earn |
Damsire | Hail To Reason |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1968 |
Country | United States |
Colour | Brown |
Breeder | Leon Savage |
Owner | Kosgrove Stable |
Trainer | Nick Gonzales |
Record | 12: 8-2-0 |
Earnings | $189,564 |
Major wins | |
Jersey Derby (1971) Withers Stakes (1971) |
Background
Bold Reasoning was foaled in Florida. He was out of the Hail To Reason mare Reason To Earn, by the Santa Anita Derby winner Boldnesian, a son of Bold Ruler.
Racing career
Bold Reasoning recorded his most important successes as a three-year-old in 1971, winning the Jersey Derby and the Withers Stakes. Bold Reasoning set a new track record at Belmont Park for six furlongs a four-year-old in 1972.
Stud record
Upon retirement, Bold Reasoning only produced three crops of foals at Claiborne Farm before his death on April 24, 1975, due to a breeding shed accident in which he cracked his pelvis. He had to be euthanized after the injury caused severe colic.[1] He sired Seattle Slew in his first crop of foals and the top-rated French two-year-old Super Concorde in his second.
References
- Timeform staff (1978). Racehorses of 1977. Timeform. ISBN 0-900599-25-1.