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| | Susan's Turf Talk - Of Horses and Pedigrees |
 | | The only reason he didn't sire more stakes winners (although some 23 percent of all of his progeny won stakes races, an astounding feat) was that Bold Ruler was euthanized in 1971 as a result of cancer. |
 | | Seven of the ten Kentucky Derby winners of the 1970s came directly from the Bold Ruler line, with Secretariat being a son of Bold Ruler, Seattle Slew being a great-grandson (through Bold Reasoning and Boldnesian), and the rest (Dust Commander, Cannonade, Foolish Pleasure, Bold Forbes, and Spectacular Bid) were grandsons of Bold Ruler. |
 | | In addition, racing history's greatest filly, Ruffian, was a daughter of the Bold Ruler son Reviewer (she was out of the Native Dancer mare Shenanigans). |
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