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At Pimlico - 5 1/2 furlongs. Came within 2/5ths of a second of the track record. William Phillips of DRF proclaims "We've got a Kentucky Derby horse!"
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At Pimlico - 5 1/2 furlongs. 3-10 favorite; set track record.
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Monmouth Park - 5 1/2 furlongs. Runs in the slop and jumps over puddles.Groton High wins.
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Delp scratches him from the Sapling Stakes
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Delaware Park. Franklin hesitates to go outside, then gets blocked in on the rail. Rallies to finish 2nd behind Strike Your Colors.
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Atlantic City. Wins by 15 lengths in 1:20 4/5. Margin of victory is still a record. Coastal finishes 5th.
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At Belmont - 1 mile. Jorge Velasquez aboard. Beats General Assembly by 2 3/4 lengths (held up). Time: 1:34 4/5, 2/5 of a second slower than the stakes record.
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At Monmouth Park - 1 1/16 miles. Photo finish. Won by a neck over Strike Your Colors. Time: 1:43 1/5—1 second slower than the track record. Overcame being boxed in, going wide, slowing down. Bad ride by Velasquez.
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Laurel Park - 1 1/16 miles. Bid wins by 8 1/2 lengths over General Assembly. Went to the lead and kept it. Broke the track record by nearly a full second.
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Keystone Racetrack, Philadelphia. Wins by 6 lengths. Stalked the leaders this time.
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7 furlongs - Gulfstream Park. 1-20 favorite. Wins in the mud by 3 3/4 lengths over Lot O' Gold. Time: 1:21 2/5, only 3/5 of a second slower than the track record.
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Gulfstream Park - 1 1/16 miles. Wins by 8 1/2 lengths over Lot O' Gold.
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Gulfstream Park - 1 1/8 miles. Franklin gets in trouble and has to check Bid twice and go around the outside.Still wins by 4 1/2 lengths over Lot O' Gold. Delp calls Franklin an "idiot." Franklin refers to Cordero and Velasquez as "spics."
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Hialeah - 1 1/8 miles. Wins by 12 lengths over Strike the Main, but was in a slow time of 1:48 2/5.
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Keeneland - 1 1/8 miles. Wins by 7 lengths over Lot O' Gold. Time was a slow 1:50, 2 seconds slower than the Flamingo. Doubts begin to creep in.
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Churchill Downs - 1 1/4 miles. Wins by 2 3/4 lengths over General Assembly. Time: 2:02 2/5.
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Pimlico - 1 3/16 miles. Wins by 5 1/2 lengths over Golden Act. Time: 1:54 1/5 - Fastest Preakness on a wet track. Cordero made Franklin go wide on the backstretch, but he moved in front of Cordero on Screen King, and he had check him.
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Belmont - 1 1/2 miles. Bid steps on a safety pin before the race. Franklin goes after a speedy pacesetter, doesn't change leads. Finishes third behind Coastal and Golden Act.
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Delaware Park, 1 1/16 miles. Wins by 17 lengths.
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Belmont Park, 1 1/8 miles. Affirmed scratched because of high weight assigned (133 lbs). Wins by 5 lengths over General Assembly; Coastal finishes third. Time: 1:46 3/5, just a second behind Secretariat’s track record
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Develops a viral infection, 104-degree temperature, misses showdown with Affirmed again.
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Belmont, 1 1/2 miles. Affirmed jumps out to a 1 1/2 length lead in the first 100 yards and never looks back. Bid takes three moves on Affirmed but never gets closer than a neck. Loses by 3/4 of a length.
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Meadowlands, 1 1/4 miles. Wins by 3 lengths over Smarten; Valdez third. Time: 2:01 1/5, breaking the track record by two-fifths of a second.
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Santa Anita, 7 furlongs. Wins by 5 lengths over Flying Paster. Time: 1:20, 3/5 of a second faster than the track record, set in 1954, and just 1/5 of a second off the world record.
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Santa Anita, 1 1/8 miles. Goes off at 1-98. Wins by 1 1/2 lengths over Flying Paster, who gave him a scare. Time: 1:48.
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Santa Anita - 1 1/4 miles. Sets world record for 1 1/4 miles. Relaunch took a huge lead, then Bid moved up, passed him. Flying Paster went along but couldn't catch him.
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Santa Anita, 1 1/4 miles. Assigned 130 lbs. Muddy track. Wins by 5 lengths over Flying Paster. Time: 2:00 3/5.
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Hollywood Park - 1 1/16 miles. Given 132 lbs. Wins by 7 lengths over Peregrinator. Don Pierce tried to box Bid in, but Shoemaker found a hole and squeezed through it. Time: 1:40 2/5
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Hollywood Park, 1 1/8 miles. The "$10,000 horseshoe" incident. Wins by 4 1/4 lengths over Paint King. Time: 1:45 4/5, setting a track record that had lasted since 1964 and just 2/5 of a second slower than the world record set by Secretariat. Bid becomes the richest Thoroughbred of all time.
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Arlington Park, 1 1/8 miles. Given 130 lbs. Sent off at 1-20 odds. Wins by 10 lengths over Hold Your Tricks. Time: 1:46 1/5, breaking the track record shared by Damascus and Jatski.
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Monmouth Park, 1 1/8 miles. Given 132 lbs, goes off at 1-9. Wins by 1 3/4 lengths over the filly Glorious Song. Time: 1:48. Delp strategizing? “I told you. I told you that weight spread would make him go all out today.”
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Cites heavy weight assignment of 136 lbs. Winter's Tale wins Marlboro Cup.
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Belmont - 1 1/4 miles. First walkover since Coaltown in 1949. Fans booed Bid in the post parade. Time: 2:02 3/8
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Delp caused controversy by refusing to let NYRA vet Manuel Gilman examine Bid. Decided to scratch him at 4 p.m. Retired.
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