Spectacular Bid...grrr..easily should have been Triple Crown winner...why they kept that kid as his jockey, i’ll never know...just dumb...
Yeah, Shoemaker rode Bid to that 1 1/4 record in ‘80. The Shoe should’ve been on him for the TC races the previous year. The ‘70s were gold for racing fans — Secretariat, Ruffian, Seattle Slew, Affirmed, Alydar, Spectacular Bid...