This horse was a champion throughout its 1978 two-year-old season, and it also won the 1979 Kentucky Derby, a race for three-year-old horses. Spectacular Bid’s jockey, Ronnie Franklin, won the race in his Kentucky Derby debut.
This horse was a champion throughout its 1978 two-year-old season, and it also won the 1979 Kentucky Derby, a race for three-year-old horses. Spectacular Bid’s jockey, Ronnie Franklin, won the race in his Kentucky Derby debut.
"Of the horses I'm familiar with," trainer "Buddy" Delp said in a 2001 interview with the Los Angeles Times, "only Citation and Secretariat would have run with the Bid."
Spectacular Bid\'s Triple Crown bid fell short when he finished third in the Belmont, in part, some say, because of a safety pin that penetrated the frog of his hoof on the morning of the race.
Spectacular Bid: (foaled 1976), American racehorse (Thoroughbred) who in 1979 won two of the Triple Crown events: the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes. Considered one of the great racers...
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"Of the horses I'm familiar with," trainer "Buddy" Delp said in a 2001 interview with the Los Angeles Times, "only Citation and Secretariat would have run with the Bid."
Spectacular Bid\'s Triple Crown bid fell short when he finished third in the Belmont, in part, some say, because of a safety pin that penetrated the frog of his hoof on the morning of the race.
Spectacular Bid: (foaled 1976), American racehorse (Thoroughbred) who in 1979 won two of the Triple Crown events: the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes. Considered one of the great racers...
Spectacular Bid horse page with past performances, results, pedigree, photos and videos. Spectacular Bid horse rating and status. See who is a fan of Spectacular Bid.
