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March 26, 1979
Unspectacular was the word for Spectacular Bid's performance in the Florida Derby, because of Jockey Ron Franklin's hairy ride. Nonetheless, the kid is back on the Kentucky Derby favorite's back in the Flamingo at Hialeah. Bill Leggett reports.
Unspectacular was the word for Spectacular Bid's performance in the Florida Derby, because of Jockey Ron Franklin's hairy ride. Nonetheless, the kid is back on the Kentucky Derby favorite's back in the Flamingo at Hialeah. Bill Leggett reports.
The captains outrageous and their kooky crews set sail each springtime in a race called, variously, the Ensenada, the Enchilada and the Tequila Derby, in which, as Coles Phinizy relates, the victor gets the usual spoils, the loser a costly spittoon.