Great Forgotten Horses

[Pedigree Ann]

Originally Posted by Linny

Bold N Determined was probably 3yo filly of her year and no one remembers her.
Whenever you ask about "forgotten" horses, everyone says "Sham." By definition, he's not forgotten.

Bold 'n Determined won the Oaks (the CCA version), the Spinster, the Santa Susana (now Santa Anita Oaks), Kentucky Oaks, and Fantasy S, and she beat Genuine Risk the only time the pair met, in the Maskette S (G2) at Belmont. But Genuine Risk had all the glamor of being a Kentucky Derby winner, even though she had won only two G1 races all year, while Bold 'n Determined had won five G1s.

[prudery]

Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

Bold 'n Determined won the Oaks (the CCA version), the Spinster, the Santa Susana (now Santa Anita Oaks), Kentucky Oaks, and Fantasy S, and she beat Genuine Risk the only time the pair met, in the Maskette S (G2) at Belmont. But Genuine Risk had all the glamor of being a Kentucky Derby winner, even though she had won only two G1 races all year, while Bold 'n Determined had won five G1s.

Excellent example---she was terrific .

[Linny]

To me Bold N Determined is the most overlooked horse of my (race following) lifetime, which dates to Secretariat. She was probably better than Genuine Risk and yet no one seems to know who she was. She lost the Mother Goose by a nose to Sugar and Spice (Alydar's sister) and but for that nose would have been the only filly to win the KY Oaks and the old NY filly Triple Crown.

[Sightseek]

1980 Maskette

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7nBbPe0R7M

[Pedigree Ann]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

1980 Maskette

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7nBbPe0R7M

Wow, what a field! Genuine Risk, Bold 'n Determined, Davona Dale (the previous year's Filly Triple plus Ky Oaks winner), and another distinguished 3yo Love Sign (Alabama S and its prep the Test). They had won 11 G1s among them at the time and would add more later. Now that's the kind of 5-horse stakes race that is worth watching.