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First win
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!" -
Second win
At Pimlico - 5 1/2 furlongs. 3-10 favorite; set track record. -
Finishes 4th in Tyro Stakes
Monmouth Park - 5 1/2 furlongs. Runs in the slop and jumps over puddles.Groton High wins. -
Bid gets colic
Delp scratches him from the Sapling Stakes -
Finishes 2nd in Dover Stakes
Delaware Park. Franklin hesitates to go outside, then gets blocked in on the rail. Rallies to finish 2nd behind Strike Your Colors. -
Wins World's Playground Stakes
Atlantic City. Wins by 15 lengths in 1:20 4/5. Margin of victory is still a record. Coastal finishes 5th. -
Wins Champagne Stakes
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. -
Wins Young America Stakes
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. -
Wins Laurel Futurity
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. -
Wins Heritage Stakes
Keystone Racetrack, Philadelphia. Wins by 6 lengths. Stalked the leaders this time. -
Wins Hutcheson Stakes
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. -
Wins Fountain of Youth Stakes
Gulfstream Park - 1 1/16 miles. Wins by 8 1/2 lengths over Lot O' Gold. -
Wins Florida Derby
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." -
Wins Flamingo Stakes
Hialeah - 1 1/8 miles. Wins by 12 lengths over Strike the Main, but was in a slow time of 1:48 2/5. -
Wins Blue Grass Stakes
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. -
Wins Kentucky Derby
Churchill Downs - 1 1/4 miles. Wins by 2 3/4 lengths over General Assembly. Time: 2:02 2/5. -
Wins Preakness Stakes
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. -
Finishes 3rd in Belmont Stakes
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. -
Period: to
Rehab from pin injury
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Ron Franklin arrested for cocaine possession
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Wins Allowance race
Delaware Park, 1 1/16 miles. Wins by 17 lengths. -
Wins Marlboro Cup
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 -
Gets sick, skips Woodward
Develops a viral infection, 104-degree temperature, misses showdown with Affirmed again. -
Finishes 2nd in Jockey Gold Cup
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. -
Wins Meadowlands Cup
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. -
Wins Malibu Stakes
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. -
Wins San Fernando Stakes
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. -
Wins Strub Stakes
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. -
Wins Santa Anita Handicap
Santa Anita, 1 1/4 miles. Assigned 130 lbs. Muddy track. Wins by 5 lengths over Flying Paster. Time: 2:00 3/5. -
Syndicated for $22 million
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Wins Mervyn Leroy Handicap
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 -
Wins Californian Stakes
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. -
Wins Washington Park Handicap
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. -
Wins Haskell Invitational
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.” -
Delp scratches Bid from Marlboro Cup
Cites heavy weight assignment of 136 lbs. Winter's Tale wins Marlboro Cup. -
Wins Woodward Stakes
Belmont - 1 1/4 miles. First walkover since Coaltown in 1949. Fans booed Bid in the post parade. Time: 2:02 3/8 -
Injured, scratched from Jockey Club Gold Cup
Delp caused controversy by refusing to let NYRA vet Manuel Gilman examine Bid. Decided to scratch him at 4 p.m. Retired. -
Retires to Claiborne Farm
