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.
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.
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.
Our Preakness Memories series reaches back to tell the stories of past Preakness winners. Here, 1979 and Spectacular Bid.
Jockey Ronnie Franklin, who won two legs of the Triple Crown aboard the great Spectacular Bid, died Thursday at age 58.
Maryland native Harry Meyerhoff, who campaigned Hall of Famer Spectacular Bid, passed away February 11.
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.
We debut a new (occasional) feature, Today in Racing History, with this tidbit on The Bid.