Pink Lloyd Goes After Second Straight Bold Venture Title
At 1h53, on September 23, 2021 • By WOODBINE
Multiple stakes winner and seven-time Sovereign Award recipient Pink Lloyd looks to add to his illustrious career with a win in Saturday’s Grade 3 $150,000 Bold Venture Stakes at Woodbine.
Owned by Entourage Stable and trained by Hall of Fame conditioner Robert Tiller, 9-year-old Pink Lloyd, whose huge hardware haul includes Canada’s 2017 Horse of the Year honours, will take on five rivals in the 6 ½-furlong main track Bold Venture.
The chestnut son of top sire Old Forester comes into the race off back-to-back runner-up performances in the Grade 3 Jacques Cartier and Grade 3 Vigil, contested on June 20 and August 1, respectively.
“He’s like me, he’s getting old,” quipped the 71-year-old Tiller, who will also send out Reconfigure. “He was tons the best in his last race, and he should have won it easily. He was in tight – that’s the kind of luck I’ve had lately with three or four of my horses – and grabbed a couple of times. If you watch the replay, you’ll see how much the best he was.”
The gelding, who sports a record of 26-3-2 from 35 starts, is also one of the most decorated thoroughbreds to have ever raced at Woodbine.
Tiller, who has 2,054 career wins, likes what he sees in his stable star ahead of the Bold Venture test.
