Spectacular Bid
SpeciesHorse Racing
American Thoroughbred champion and record-setting racehorse
1.25Uncommon
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Spectacular Bid
- Horse Racing
Spectacular Bid was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won 26 of 30 races and earned a then-record $2,781,607. He won the 1979 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, but finished third in the Belmont Stakes after hurting his foot before the race. In 1980, he was undefeated in nine races and was named American Horse of the Year. He held the world record for the fastest 10 furlongs on dirt.
- Major wins
- 1979 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes
- Racing record
- 26 wins in 30 races
- 1980 honor
- American Horse of the Year
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Spectacular Bid (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q3492865
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Visindar. CC BY-SA 4.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsVisindar, Own workModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
- Popularity
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