Bold Reasoning (April 29, 1968 – April 24, 1975) was an American

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. He is best known as being the sire of the 1977

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winner,

Seattle Slew Seattle Slew (February 15, 1974 – May 7, 2002) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who became the tenth winner of the American Triple Crown (1977). He is one of only two horses to have won the Triple Crown while being undefeated in ...

Background

Bold Reasoning was foaled in

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. He was out of the

Hail To Reason Hail to Reason (April 18, 1958 – February 24, 1976) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and an influential sire. In a racing career cut short by injury, he was named the American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt of 1960 after winning seven stake ...

mare Reason To Earn, by the

Santa Anita Derby The Santa Anita Derby is an American Grade 1 thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run each April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is currently run at a distance of miles on the dirt and carries a purse of $400,000. It is one ...

winner Boldnesian, a son of

Bold Ruler Bold Ruler (April 6, 1954 – July 11, 1971) was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse who was the 1957 Horse of the Year. This following a three-year-old campaign that included wins in the Preakness Stakes and Trenton Handicap, in whic ...

Racing career

Bold Reasoning recorded his most important successes as a three-year-old in 1971, winning the

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and the

Withers Stakes The Withers Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three years old horses over the distance of miles on the dirt scheduled annually in February at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. The event currently carries a purse o ...

. Bold Reasoning set a new track record at

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for six furlongs a four-year-old in 1972.

Stud record

Upon retirement, Bold Reasoning only produced three crops of foals at

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before his death on April 24, 1975, due to a breeding shed accident in which he cracked his pelvis. He had to be

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after the injury caused severe colic. He sired Seattle Slew in his first crop of foals and the top-rated French two-year-old Super Concorde in his second.

References

{{reflist 1968 racehorse births 1975 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in Florida Racehorses trained in the United States Thoroughbred family 1-k