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The Fast Ride: Spectacular Bid and the Undoing of a Sure Thing wild horses From his philosophy on horsesby Jack Gilden In an era of spectacular thoroughbreds, Spectacular Bid was perhaps the most exalted racehorse of them all. In 1979 he won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakesand transcended his sport on a run of twelve consecutive stakes victoriesbut his quest for the Triple Crown was lost with a third place finish in the Belmont Stakes due to a series of bizarre events that have never been accurately reported. In The Fast Ride, Jack Gilden