Eclipse Award Champion 2-Year-Old Male 1978 Receive Past the Wire directly in your inbox and stay up to date on Horse Racing, including the latest Thoroughbred Racing News and more. By comparison, Secretariats longest streak was five. At the end of the year, he was unanimously voted the Eclipse Award for Champion 3-Year-Old Male and was runner-up to Affirmed for Horse of the Year. As a 4-year-old, Spectacular Bid won all nine of his races and set five track records at distances of seven furlongs, one mile, 1 miles, and twice at 1 miles. (The 2018 Triple Crown winner, Justify, retired after only six races.). | Try Prime for unlimited fast, free shipping, Previous page of related Sponsored Products. To ensure that Bid would enter, officials at the Meadowlands had sweetened the pot, raising the purse from $250,000 to $350,000. During his final year, Spectacular Bid compiled then-record earnings of US$2,781,607 and was named American Champion Older Male Horse and Horse of the Year. . He was undefeated in nine races at 4 and was named 1980s Horse of the Year. He won the first two legs with relative ease, but a bad ride by his jockey,Ronnie Franklin, coupled with an injury from a safety pin (and yes, there was a safety pin), caused him to finish third in the Belmont Stakes. : His dam was the gray mare Spectacular by Promised Land, who, as a descendant of the broodmare Fly By Night, was a member of the same branch of Thoroughbred Family 2-d which also produced the Kentucky Derby winners Northern Dancer and Cannonade. Spectacular Bid retired as the all-time leading money winner in North America with purse earnings of nearly $2.8 million and with a record of 30 starts, 26 wins, 2 seconds, and 1 very momentous third. Delp said his horse stepped on a safety pin that morning, saying the wound and minor infection caused problems as post time neared. Racing Hall of Fame inductee and an eight-time Leading sire in North America. His grandsire was Bold Ruler, a U.S. Though he lost the Belmont Stakes, Spectacular Bid finished his career with victories in 12 of his final 13 starts. In three of those losses--two as a 2-year-old--he was ridden by the erratic Ronnie Franklin. He had impressively won the first . [6] Spectacular Bid was inbred 3x3 to the stallion To Market, meaning that this horse appears twice in the third generation of his pedigree. Spectacular Bid ran the distance in 1:20. And his loss was the beginning of a painful and frustrating Triple Crown drought: It was 37 years before fans saw another horse win all three races. Horse of the Year at 4 during an undefeated 1980 campaign, his dominance was best reflected in that years Woodward Stakes, when no one would face him and he cantered around Belmont Park in the sports last walkover in a Grade 1 stakes. Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. That would be Spectacular Bids last defeat as he won the 1979 Meadowlands Cup and then all nine of his starts at four. Jockey/s: Ronnie Franklin, Jorge Velasquez, William Shoemaker. Then he won the Grade II San Fernando Stakes, and finally, he won the Grade I Strub Stakes at 1 miles, running the fastest 1 miles ever on a dirt track, 1:57.8, and breaking a 30-year-old record of 1:58.2 set by Hall of Famer Noor carrying under 130 pounds in 1950. This work examines Spectacular Bid from his humble beginningshe was born in a mud puddle on a horse farm in Versailles, Kentuckyto his recognition as one of the greatest American racehorses. Out of thirty races contested, the Bid won twenty-six and this during racing's 'golden age'. His first race back was in August 1979 in an allowance race at Delaware Park. Bid Amount - Enter US $0.99 or more. No other horses decided to challenge Spectacular Bid that day. Spectacular Bid followed this performance with a win at the Marlboro Cup at Belmont Park, beating both horses he had lost to in the Belmont Stakes: Coastal and Golden Act. [36], Legend = Triple Crown winners, = Filly, Legend = Triple Crown Winners, = Filly. At 2----Edge Spectacular Bid Secretariat didn't race in a single, not one, graded race as a two year old. On the morning of the 1979 Belmont Stakes, Spectacular Bid stepped on .more Get A Copy Kindle Store $11.99 Amazon Stores Libraries Hardcover, 280 pages Delp moved quickly to place Spectacular Bid in stakes company. Completed CPARS reports are used to support future acquisitions. One seemingly simple win shy of becoming the sports third straight Triple Crown champion, he tired in the stretch and suffered a loss that had no shortage of alibis, including, of all things, a safety pin. Eclipse Award Champion Older Male 1980, Won the Kentucky Derby 1979 That was the Baltimore chant before the Preakness. See the estimate, review home details, and search for homes nearby. Be With Us! Delp and Spectacular Bid took on 1978 Triple Crown champion Affirmed in the 1979 Jockey Club Gold Cup. Eight times he matched or set a track record. The back story of each of his races is wonderful. Ft. 17078 Needles Ct, Leesburg, VA 20176 - $7/sq ft smaller lot SOLD AUG 3, 2021 $1,250,000 E Last Sold Price 4 Beds 5.5 Baths 7,461 Sq. In 2003, Spectacular Bid suffered a fatal heart attack on June 9, 24 years to the day that he lost in the Belmont Stakes. But this was an altogether different match than what Ireland have been used to in the past against Italy. I bought this book at Peters first Starbucks promotion, out of friendship and curiosity. Bids record is the sixth-oldest world record still standing. Bid was and always will be my favorite race horse. He broke seven track records and equaled another. Maybe fatigue finally caught up with him. Affirmed horse rating and status. The Contract Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) is a web-enabled system used to document contractor and grantee performance information as required by Federal Regulations. 8 wins in 9 starts, most impressively, but not nearly against the caliber of horses that Bid faced at 2. The favorite faded in the closing stages and lost second place to Golden Act near the finish. The gray son of Bold Bidder won 26 of 30 starts in a magnificent career that spanned 1978-80. The Bid uncorked a similar move entering the far turn and drew off by 5 1/2 lengths. In the Preakness, only four challengers showed up to face him and he won by 5 lengths for his 12th straight victory. Spectacular Bid, a battleship gray horse who was the offspring of Spectacular and Bold Bidder, ran at ages 2, 3 and 4 and started a total of 30 racesunheard of for a horse today, who may run only a fourth as many races. We dont share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we dont sell your information to others. Landaluce: The Story of Seattle Slew's First Champion (Horses in History), The Fast Ride: Spectacular Bid and the Undoing of a Sure Thing, Sir Barton and the Making of the Triple Crown (Horses in History), Frankel: The Greatest Racehorse of All Time and the Sport That Made Him, Winx: The Full Story of the World's Best Racehorse, Out of the Clouds: The Unlikely Horseman and the Unwanted Colt Who Conquered the Sport of Kings. Derby winners Carry Back (1961), Forward Pass (1968), Dust Commander (1970), Cannonade (1974), Pleasant Colony (1981), Swale (1984), Unbridled (1990), and Go for Gin (1994) all came up short at Gulfstream before reaching the winner's circle on the first Saturday in May. Sunday Silence (1989) On New Year's Day, 1989, it would have been no surprise if an image of Easy Goer bounding clear to win the Belmont by eight lengths materialized in a crystal ball. In a final, ironic twist, he suffered a fatal heart attack on June 9, 24 years to the day that he lost in what was his most famous race, the Belmont Stakes. Go bet!" It could have been the infamous safety pin; it could have been just an off day, but Spectacular Bid lost in the Belmont Stakes -- probably the race for which he's best remembered. A former journalist, Lee maintains a blog, Hooks & Harmony (www.hooksandharmony.com), and a horse racing blog, The Way to Churchill Downs (www.thewaytochurchilldowns.com), which focuses on Kentucky Derby hopefuls. "[14], On the morning of the Belmont Stakes, a freak accident was discovered: Spectacular Bid had stepped on a safety pin. [25], Spectacular Bid concluded his career with a walkover in the Woodward Stakes on September 20, 1980, at Belmont, covering the 1 miles in 2:02.4. The author demonstrates this by giving the back story even in his losses (which were very few.) But the Derby field -- and Spectacular Bid's skeptics -- were dealt a resounding defeat by the 3-5 favorite. The Grand Slam bid rolls on. By the end of his first year of racing, Spectacular Bid had won seven races in nine starts, set one track record and tied another, won US$384,484 and been unanimously voted the Eclipse champion two-year-old colt for the year. Sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction! (Milt Toby/Blood-Horse), Spectacular Bid at the start of the 1980 Woodward. Delp thereafter announced Spectacular Bid's retirement.[26]. As of 2012 he remains one of the two most inbred Kentucky Derby winners in the last 50 years (Big Brown was similarly inbred to Northern Dancer).[7]. Spectacular Bid also won the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap (carrying 130 pounds) on a sloppy track March 2. An Eclipse Award winner in each of his three seasons, Spectacular Bid won at 15 different racetracks in nine different states, broke seven track records, had win streaks of 12 and 10, respectively, and was described by his trainer as "the greatest horse to ever look through a bridle." Full bio Inducted 1982 Foaled 1976 Sire Bold Bidder Dam Only one has done it in the last 15 years. [17][18] Delp, who had commented dismissively on Coastal's chances before the race, offered few excuses: "[Spectacular Bid] may not be a mile-and-a-half horse. One of the most spectacular declines in NFL history provided a runway for the Oilers' eventual relocation. Beautifully renovated and updated.and ready for you to call it home! You will never look at a horse the same. Retired with a career record of 26-2-1 from 30 starts, Spectacular Bids earnings were a record $2,781,607. Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout. But the Derby field -- and Spectacular Bid's skeptics -- were dealt a resounding defeat by the 3-5 favorite. He weakened as Coastal surged past him along the rail to win by 3 lengths and Golden Act, the Preakness runner-up, collared him in the final strides to take second by a neck. It was indeed a remarkable career, one that started in unassuming fashion at Pimlico Race Course on June 30, 1978, with a 3 -length win. In the waning years of what might prove to be the last great decade of thoroughbred racing, three unlikely characters a colt with a fair to middling pedigree, a trainer known for claiming races instead of stakes races, and a jockey who had only barely begun riding horses at the time the colt was born -- shot across the racing world like a meteor across the night sky, and while their bid to join the ranks of Triple Crown winners came up short, theirs is nonetheless a spectacular story . 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