Spend A Buck - 1985 Kentucky Derby

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1. JFern11 Says:
   February 28th, 2007 at 9:41 pm

   Spend A Buck was my favorite…

2. cf1970 Says:
   March 1st, 2007 at 10:57 am

   Yep, he was an excellent horse. I’m very surprised there have been no other comments about him until this point. His time of 2:00 2/5 was superb and one of the quickest in Derby history. Spend A Buck seems to be strangely under-appreciated, in my opinion. Thanks for commenting. Take care.

3. gullybear20 Says:
   March 17th, 2007 at 10:42 am

   Wow, I had never seen him race before, but I just watched his son Einstein win a grade II race and thought I would check him out. Very impressive KD win. Thanks for sharing it us.

4. cf1970 Says:
   March 17th, 2007 at 2:22 pm

   You’re welcome. Spend A Buck impressed me too, very much. Take care.

5. KidsTVFan Says:
   July 20th, 2007 at 2:33 pm

   Is that Mike Battaglia calling this derby? He is race caller at Turfway Park?

6. cf1970 Says:
   July 20th, 2007 at 3:01 pm

   It sure was. Thanks for watching.

7. 12exceller Says:
   July 24th, 2007 at 6:07 pm

   Ugh.. Mike Battaglia. Great race though, won by a totally under-rated classy horse. He went on to the Preakness and Belmont, as well as a race in between the Preakness and Belmont. Is that even thinkable these days??!!

8. BE109 Says:
   September 29th, 2007 at 12:57 pm

   Spend a Buck was a horse with the exciting running style of “catch me if you cause I’m going to the front”. 2:00 2/5 final time is incredible considering the early fractions! Where he really impressed me was in the Jersey Derby. Running torrid fractions Spend a Buck lost the lead at the 1/4 pole,but he came right back and went on to win. Most horses would have called it a day right then!

9. smadonna Says:
   February 3rd, 2008 at 7:30 am

   Spend a Buck actually skipped the Preakness and Belmont to run for and win a big bonus in the Jersey Derby on Memorial Day weekend.

   Tank’s Prospect, who got a couple of calls in this Derby, would go on to set a record in the Preakness two weeks later. The Belmont was won by Creme Fraiche, who was narrowly beat by Spend a Buck in a thrilling Jersey Derby stretch.

   After seeing this race again though, your comment about Spend a Buck being totally underrated is right on the money.

10. jmplays44 Says:
    April 23rd, 2008 at 4:48 pm

    Maybe Big Brown can do the same this year? Then again, maybe not. 45 and 4 and he just kept a runnin’! That’s mighty fine.

11. aeropostalbabie1 Says:
    May 4th, 2008 at 12:15 am

    THIS IS THE SIRE OF A HORSE NAMED “FAST WILLIE” AT MY LESSON BARN!!! i didn’t know he was such a HUGE deal!

    i guess willie sucked on the track (unlike his daddy) so its strange to think that an awesome horse like this is the sire of a dufus horse named willie but he sure s hilarious.

    Willie is getting into some jumping now and is about 8 i think. he should make an AMAZING hunter soon GREAT VIDEO

12. aeropostalbabie1 Says:
    May 4th, 2008 at 12:17 am

    sad what happened at the Kent. derby today. but Bid Brown pulled it off.

    RIP EIGHT BELLES!

13. superemperador1 Says:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 6:05 am

    wonder if he woulda won the triple crown!

14. cf1970 Says:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 9:44 am

    I feel he would have had a very good chance. Along with the informative Jersey Derby comments offered here previously, I also vaguely recall reading or hearing somewhere that his owner, trainer or both didn’t feel he would get the 1.5 mile Belmont distance anyway; but I could be mistaken. It’s a shame that it happened and the organizers of the Triple Crown sweetened the pot to make sure it didn’t happen again. Let’s hope not anyway.

15. cf1970 Says:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 9:48 am

    My mistake: Spend A Buck’s actual final time was 2:00 1/5. It still stands as the fourth fastest Derby win ever.

16. UpstateinNY Says:
    April 13th, 2009 at 8:04 am

    I was there for this race, sitting in a box at the finish line; we had the exacta 25x, it paid$117.00! Greatest weekend!

17. MayorClint Says:
    May 2nd, 2009 at 6:51 pm

    The 111th running of the Kentucky Derby was my first attendance at a horse race and I had bet $200. to win on a
    horse named Spend A Buck based solely on the name. I can
    certainly understand how people get hooked on this sport.
    I’ve never attended another race. Quit while your ahead.

18. TOJAKE6 Says:
    June 2nd, 2009 at 7:38 am

    Actually The Jersey Derby is now ran at Monmouth Park. It is also on the Turf now. Does not have the “lustre” it once had when it was the Garden State Park.

19. gocashbaby Says:
    January 6th, 2010 at 11:34 pm

    What a great ride by Angel.

20. Hipico1 Says:
    January 19th, 2010 at 6:24 pm

    And the fastest wire-to-wire ever. Bold Forbes was fastest before that.

21. july2dude Says:
    January 21st, 2010 at 2:53 pm

    what a year 1985 was fior spend a buck! and all these years later his son einstein wins santa anita handicap!

22. HenryofNavarre Says:
    April 9th, 2010 at 11:12 am

    Great race! One of the greatest performance in the Derby!

23. bobfritz1466 Says:
    April 29th, 2010 at 9:31 pm

    What a horse. I was there that day and had every dollar I had on him. I watched the race from a monitor behind the clubhouse and will never forget seeing him come home five in front.

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