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there actually should have been 4 triple crown winners in the 70’s....Spectacular Bid in 1979. For some bizarre reason, the trainer, Bud Delp,kept that moron Ronnie Franklin as his jockey.....kid had no reason to be on any horse , let alone that great colt. Ugh.

Good point. I think the defeat in the Belmont was blamed on a leg bandage safety pin that somehow came loose during the race.

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oh yea.....i remember that pin story. At the time, most couldnt understand why Delp kept Frankiln on that caliber of horse. I guess he tried to keep the whole “young superstar jockey” thing going after Steve Cauthen had did it a year earlier. Only problem...Cauthen could really ride. Great great jockey at that time.