Spectacular Bid

The greatest horse to ever look through a bridle. Sums up the Bid enough.
his trainer, Grover "Buddy" Delp, passed away on December 30, 2006

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• almost
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[waffledude13]

bud delp is my grandfather

[carlykaiser]

You have no idea how awesome that is!

[waffledude13]

yea its pretty awesome but it was really upsetting when he passed away...my dad (gerald delp) was holding his hand as he passed away

[carlykaiser]

I'm very sorry. It is still very cool that he's your grandfather. I bet he had awesome stories

[rscarbro100]

@JTeufel We already seen Secretariat could run a 1 1/4 mile in 1:57 4/5 'Pulling Up' in the Marlboro Cup.Source Daily Racing Manual. SI Whitney Towerr said the track did not fancy R.R. or Cougar who liked nothing but real fast. The Bid was fast but he ran that 1:57 4/5 as a 4 yr. old on a track rated as one of the fastest in the country was done from the chute. The Bid was more matured & faster as a 4 yr. old. A horse does not reach his maturity until he is 4 & sometimes 5.

[jkmooreelle]

@SECby31 Neither one of the records you mentioned will never be broken. Secretariat, Spectacular Bid and Dr Fager are the three fastest horses I have ever seen in my life. For any horse to break the sub 2 minute mile and quarter is remarkable anyways.

[JTeufel]

@SECby31 ok I see what you mean about the Onion comment but it was light hearted. I certainly do not dislike big red, he was amazing I was six when he won the TC and watched it on if I am right in saying ABC WW of sports...11/4 will be broken first, not enough races in USA at 1/1/2...by the way the effort against Affirmed although a loss for the Bid was amazing I am sure you would agree. Would have been nice if big red ran at 4.....

[SECby31]

@JTeufel from way back (I can't remember the race as a 2 yr old when he made a frightening move from last to first, and the early charge at Preakness is legendary), and all this know-how by the age of three. He was a magician on the track and was retired before even reaching his peak. Spectacular Bid is a legend who achieved great things on the track, but Secretariat is in a class of his own.

[SECby31]

@JTeufel I shouldn't have belittled Bid's WR, but your "Onion" bit rubbed the wrong way. Yes, Sec was ill in that race, and showed what he could do when healthy against an "Onion" a few weeks later. By the way, which WR do you think will be broken first - the 1 1/4 on dirt or the 1 1/2? I have always valued quality over quantity, and the sheer variety of Sec's wins has never been surpassed - from the outside (many times giving up ground, yet powering through) from the inside, on the lead, cont..

[JTeufel]

@SECby31 I am scratching my head at "so what"....You implying I am not smart is a bit silly. The Bid's WR still stands, you cannot say there are no fast tracks anymore any circumstance, face it man the record could have been broken since then. but it hasn't. I was a teenager when the Bid ran, saw him at Monmouth as I only lived down the road from there. The WR is impressive. End of story.

[SECby31]

@JTeufel Yes, fastest 1 1/4 on a super fast track in California. So what?! Sec set an unofficial time matching that as a THREE YEAR OLD on a slower track. Any smart person watching HOW Sec won KD and Belmont would deduce that the big red colt would defeat mighty Bid over 1 1/4 and leave him in his dust over 1 1/2. Remember Sec hadn't peaked yet when forced to call it quits. Scary indeed!

[rscarbro100]

@jkmooreelle I agree 100% on his astonishing record as a 4 year old. The best I believe in racing history. I am really impressed to say the least. I have said & will again say he in the top 5 of all time. They are several horses that are tough & I mean real tough to determine who is the best. I do not know for sure how Big Red would done as a 4 year old. But one thing for sure, if he was anything like what he was as a 3 year old then the lights are out for any horse being better than him IMO.