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1957 Horse of the Year Bold Ruler, a 1954 son of Nasrullah, shown winning the Preakness Stakes.
THE NASRULLAH SIRE LINE BOLD RULER
Bold Ruler was a top runner for Nasrullah, and he followed in his sires’ footsteps as a leading sire. He made 33 starts with 23 wins, four seconds and two thirds earning $764,204. He won 16 stakes, including the Futurity Stakes, Preakness Stakes, Bahama Stakes, Suburban Handicap, Toboggan Handicap and Carter Handicap. He was the 1957 Horse of The Year and the 1958 Champion Sprinter. His sire record shows that he sired 366 foals with 240 winners and 82 stakes winners. His runners include Champions Bold Bidder, Gamely, Lamb Chop, Secretariat and Wajima. He
Bold Ruler is the sire of Champions such as Secretariat, shown after winning the Preakness Stakes.
led the sire list from 1963 to 1969 and then again in 1973, the year Secretariat won the Triple Crown.
WHAT LUCK
What Luck, a 1967 son of Bold Ruler, was the winner of two of his six starts earning $12,375. He went on to be a successful sire of Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses. His Thoroughbred runners earned $18,410,997 with 39 stakes winners including 1983 Champion Older Mare Ambassador of
Luck and 1977 Champion Sprinter What
A Summer. As a Quarter Horse sire, What Luck sired foals that earned $1,904,268 with 19 stakes winners. His stakes horses include
Lucks Gay Chic, the 1982 AQHA Racing Champion Aged Stallion and a million- dollar sire of $1,098,800. Lucks Image Girl by What Luck is a multiple stakes winner including the 1979 World’s Championship Classic. She was out of Mackay’s Image by Mackay Boy by Top Deck.
The dam of What Luck was Irish Jay by Double Jay by Balladier by Black Toney by Peter Pan, a grandson of Domino. The dam of Double Jay was Broomshot by Whisk Broom by Broomstick by Ben Brush. This makes Double Jay a Domino/Ben Brush cross - the kind of cross we see in Top Deck who is linebred to Domino and Ben Brush. The dam of Irish Jay was Irish Witch by Bold Irishman by Sir Gallahad III. The dam of Irish Witch was Witchlike by Diavolo by Whisk Broom and the dam of Witchlike is Romanesque by Sir Gallahad II. Once more we see some of the blood found in Top Deck.
MASTER HAND
Master Hand by Bold Ruler made 23 starts with six wins, seven seconds and four thirds earning $96,575. He was second in the Californian Stakes, Toboggan Stakes and Cape Canaveral, and third in the Los Angeles Stakes and Rosen Stakes. The Thoroughbred runners sired by Master Hand earned $4,072,097 with
1982 AQHA Racing Champion Aged Stallion Lucks Gay Chic, Lucks Image Girl, by What Luck, at Blue Ribbon Downs in 1977. by What Luck, winning a race at Ruidoso Downs in 1982.
What Luck, a 1967 son of Bold Ruler.
Lucks Image Girl is by Mackays Image, shown
winning the 1964 Hard Twist Stakes. Mackay Boy is the dam of Mackays Image. Speedhorse Archives
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