Bold Ruler with owner, Mrs. Henry Carnegie Phipps and Eddie Arcaro, painting by Robert Oli
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Bold Ruler
Dark bay colt foaled in 1954. Died in 1971. By Nasrullah-Miss Disco, by Discovery
Breeder:
Mrs. Henry Carnegie Phipps, Wheatley Stable
Owner:
Mrs. Henry Carnegie Phipps, Wheatley Stable
Trainer:
James "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons
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RACE RECORD
| YEAR |
AGE | STARTS |
1ST | 2ND |
3RD | EARNED |
| 1956 | 2 |
10 | 7 |
1 | 0 | $139,050 |
| 1957 | 3 |
16 | 11 |
2 | 2 | $415,160 |
| 1958 | 4 |
7 | 5 |
1 | 0 | $209,994 |
| TOTALS: |
33 | 23 |
4 | 2 | $764,204 |
Midway through his first season at 2, Bold Ruler was being hailed as a successor to Nashua. Both were sired by Nasrullah, trained by Fitzsimmons, and ridden by Eddie Arcaro, clearly a winning mixture. Bold Ruler began his 3-year-old campaign by breaking a track record in the Flamingo. He then captured the Preakness, set 7 furlong and 1 1/8 mile records in New York, and won four other stakes with 130 pounds or more. Bold Ruler was named Champion 3-Year-Old, Champion Sprinter, and Horse of the Year for 1957.
Bold Ruler defeats Clem by a nose in the Suburban
©Keeneland-Morgan
In the Suburban at 4, Bold Ruler conceded 25 pounds to runner-up Clem and won the 1 1/4 mile race. He gave a similar performance in the 1 1/4 mile Monmouth, his final victory before injury forced his retirement.
Bold Ruler sired 25% stakes winners and produced 11 champions, including Hall of Famers Gamely and Secretariat. He led America's sire list eight years; only Lexington in the 19th century led more times. In 1966 Bold Ruler was the first sire whose progeny earned more than $2 million in a season. His offspring earned a million or more each year from 1964-70 (inclusive), also a record. Bold Ruler died at Claiborne Farm in 1971. Bold Ruler was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1973.
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