This write up of Bold Minstrel is always worth a look, in my opinion. He really was an amazing horse.
https://www.chronofhorse.com/article/legendary-horses-bold-minstrel/
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A truly great horse. But “Fatty” 
come on, why not “Big Boy” or “Mr Large” 
And to take three top riders to the wins that he did, an absolutely amazing. 
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Another reason Jimmy Wofford’s quotes will live on forever:
Bill Steinkraus came out of the corner next to me on his way to a 6-foot 7-inch puissance wall. With his uncanny eye for a distance, Bill saw a steady seven strides to a deep distance. This is just what you want when you are about to jump a big puissance wall. Unfortunately, Fatty saw a going six, grabbed the bit and opened up his stride. The book will tell you that you can’t jump that big a fence from that big a stride, but Fatty left it standing
“Unfortunately, Fatty saw a going six” 
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Incredible how well rounded he was at such high levels. Love that. I think today’s horse is not nearly as well rounded at the higher levels. I’m sure some are, but you don’t see it that often.
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Aww. My dog’s nickname is BFF: Big Fat Fat. I think Fatty is endearing.
He wasn’t a TB. Bit embarrassing to get that wrong coth.
OK this is hilarious. His TB sire was Bold and Bad and his mother was a halfbred mare by Royal Minstrel used to test the stallion’s fertility and “somewhat facetiously named Wallis Simpson” according to “Great Horses of the USET.” What a diss 
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He was 75% TB. So, if a registered WB has 1/4 TB blood, is that no longer a WB?
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Building on your post, ParadoxFarm. He may be more than 75% as Wallis Simpson’s dam’s breeding isn’t widely known (if anyone knew what it was at all).
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