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Crab Daddy
23
Jan
  • Brittany Russell
  • Crab Daddy
  • Gary Capuano
  • Laurel Park
  • Linda Albert
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Sacred Thunder
  • Spectacular Bid
  • Tony Eclipse

Crab Daddy hopes to scuttle to Spectacular Bid win

  • The Biz / 12 months
  • 0
  • 4 min read

The Pennsylvania-bred, Maryland-sired, Chesapeake-named Crab Daddy will look to win his second career stake in Saturday’s Spectacular Bid at Laurel Park.

Songbird
16
Nov
  • Afleet Alex
  • Barbaro
  • Delaware Handicap
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Oaks
  • Delaware Park
  • Havre de Grace
  • Royal Delta
  • Songbird
  • Spectacular Bid

Best horses to run at Delaware Park are…

  • Mike Valiante / 2 years
  • 5
  • 8 min read

With the offseason upon us, Mike Valiante pondered: who were the best horses to run at Delaware Park in the last 60 years? Here are his answers.

23
Feb
  • Spectacular Bid

Spectacular Bid: Three different looks

  • Jennifer Kelly / 3 years
  • 2
  • 6 min read

A new book about the people behind Spectacular Bid has prompted our Jennifer Kelly to dig into her library to review a trifecta of Bid books.

Spectacular Bid
10
May
  • Grover Bud Delp
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness
  • Preakness Memories
  • Spectacular Bid
  • Triple Crown

Preakness Memories: Spectacular Bid, greatest to look through a bridle

  • Chelsea Lowman / 7 years
  • 3
  • 6 min read

Our Preakness Memories series reaches back to tell the stories of past Preakness winners. Here, 1979 and Spectacular Bid.

09
Mar
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Ron Franklin
  • Spectacular Bid

Jockey Ron Franklin, 58, passes from lung cancer

  • The Biz / 8 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Jockey Ronnie Franklin, who won two legs of the Triple Crown aboard the great Spectacular Bid, died Thursday at age 58.

17
Feb
  • Harry Meyerhoff
  • Marengo Road
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Michael Trombetta
  • Spectacular Bid

Harry Meyerhoff, owner of Spectacular Bid, passes

  • The Biz / 10 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Maryland native Harry Meyerhoff, who campaigned Hall of Famer Spectacular Bid, passed away February 11.

19
Feb
  • Fragile Dream
  • Highland Mills
  • mid-Atlantic breeding
  • Seattle Slew
  • Spectacular Bid
  • Toujours L'Audace

On breeding: Lessons learned

  • George Rowand / 12 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

It wasn’t all wine and roses for George Rowand’s breeding operation. They bred some bad horses, too — and learned some important lessons. Part 3 of 3.

07
Feb
  • history
  • Spectacular Bid

Today in Racing History: The Bid

  • Richard Hackerman / 12 years
  • 2
  • 1 min read

We debut a new (occasional) feature, Today in Racing History, with this tidbit on The Bid.

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