Spectacular Bid

Trainer:Bud Delp
Owner: Hawksworth Farm
Foaling Date: 1976
Pedigree: Bold Bidder and Spectacular of Promised Land
Dosage: 9-14-18-3-0
Dosage Index / CD: 3 / 1

Notes: Champion 2-Year-Old Colt, 1978. Champion 3-Year-Old Colt, 1979. Champion Older Horse & Horse Of The Year, 1980, when he went undefeated , (nine for nine). Set or equaled 8 Track and American Records. Holds World Record for 1 1/4 miles on dirt: 1:57 4/5. Retired to a world-reco rd stallion syndicatio n totaling $22,000,00 0. Inducted into the Hall Of Fame, 1982.

Facts

• won 26 races of 30 started, earning $2,781,607 USD over his career

• set four new track records at distances of 7/8ths of a mile, 1 1/4 miles, and twice at 1 1/8 miles

• syndicated for US$22 million and put to stud at Claiborne Farm, Kentucky