NTRA Eclipse 50

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

They have Spectacular Bid as an 80s horse.

Point taken although the difference between his 1980 year and her 2010 year is night and day.

His 1980 year was about as good a year as you could have, no?

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

His 1980 year was about as good a year as you could have, no?

That was a near-mythologic campaign, east and west, all sorts of track records, a world record or two, and capped with a ceremonial walkover in the Woodward.

Sadly, the fantasy was ruined a bit when I found out that Spectacular Bid was actually entered in the Jockey Club Gold Cup that year, too. But he was nursing a sore suspensory and for some inexplicable reason, Buddy Delp was actually contemplating running him, standing him in ice all morning long on race day. Mercifully he called it off at the 11th hour, but what a disaster that could have proved to be if he tried to run (especially since he was always suspect at 12 furlongs).

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

Point taken although the difference between his 1980 year and her 2010 year is night and day.

His 1980 year was about as good a year as you could have, no?

His 1980 season is arguably the best ever and would definitely have earned him horse of the decade for the 80s.