Woodward Stakes
Shoemaker rode three-time champion Spectacular Bid in the horse's final 13 races from 1979 to 1980 losing only once during that stretch. This included Spectacular Bid's perfect nine for nine 1980 season, culminating in a walkover in the Woodward Stakes. In his autobiography "Shoemaker" (1988) he called Spectacular Bid the greatest horse he rode in his storied career.