Bold (1948–1952) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that is best remembered for winning the 1951 Preakness Stakes and for being killed when struck by lightning at the age of four while pastured at his Upperville, Virginia farm.
Bold was a dark bay horse bred by his owners, the Virginia-based Brookmeade Stable.
[1] Bold did not run in the Kentucky Derby and did not appear as a three-year-old until ten days before the Preakness Stakes.
[2] He ran twice at Pimlico Race Course winning once and then finishing second by a neck to Alerted in the Preakness Prep over 8+1⁄2 furlongs[3] The Kentucky Derby winner Count Turf had not been entered in the Preakness and Bold, ridden for the first time by Eddie Arcaro, started second favourite at 4.1 : 1 behind the Greentree Stable entry which comprised Big Stretch and Hall of Fame.
The colt was equipped with a set of asymmetrical blinkers which blocked the vision in his right eye to prevent him drifting away from the rail.