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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — For many racing fans of a certain age, it is impossible to make it through the Triple Crown without reflecting on the glory days of the 1970s. Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed, and Spectacular Bid were extraordinary horses who would have excelled had they competed in any other decade, before or since. Although bad luck in the Belmont prevented Spectacular Bid from joining the other three in sweeping the Triple Crown, trainer Bud Delp wasn’t the only one who came to believe that the Bid was “the greatest horse ever to look through a bridle.” The four [&hellip...

Michael Dubb and Morris Bailey’s Prince of Jericho, beaten by Coffeewithchris in his stakes debut last month, avenged that loss by pouncing on the co-favorite at the top of the stretch and steadily drawing away to win Saturday’s $100,000 Spectacular Bid by four lengths at Laurel Park.

Coffeewithchris, who became a stakes winner with his 16-1 upset of last month’s Heft in his juvenile finale, wheels back in three weeks

"This is one of the great horses of all-time," said trainer John Sadler. "Most trainers don't get a horse like this, so I'm just feeling very blessed."

Grade 3 winner First Captain, exiting the first off-the-board finish of his career, will get an opportunity to rebound as well as give Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey his first victory in the historic $300,000 Pimlico Special (G3) Friday at Pimlico Race Course.