Spectacular Bid issued challenges at Affirmed, but Affirmed won. He was named Horse of the Year despite the losses to Alydar, As a four-year-old in 1979, Affirmed started the season with a third place finish in the Malibu Stakes and a second in the San Fernando Stakes. Affirmed and Alydar met one more time, in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga.

$24.00 + $4.50 shipping . Affirmed, (foaled 1975), American racehorse (Thoroughbred) who in 1978 became the 11th winner of the Triple Crown of American horse racing—the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes.Affirmed was retired at the end of 1979 after winning 22 of his 29 career races and earning purses totaling a then-record $2,393,818.
His regular rider was 17 year old Like in most of their races, Alydar was made the favorite in the Affirmed and Alydar crossing the finish line in the 1978 Belmont Stakes.Affirmed returned to racing in early August in the Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga.

Like Alydar, Spectacular Bid preferred to run off the pace, and once again, Affirmed was allowed to set a slow pace, going the first half mile in 49 seconds.
Affirmed picked up the Woodward Stakes at Belmont Park, and then faced three-year-old Spectacular Bid in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, also at Belmont. 1978 Official Preakness Stakes Julep Glass.

In his racing career Alydar won 14 of 26 starts, finishing second 9 times and third once, and earned purses totalling $957,195. Affirmed was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, and the 11th and most recent Triple Crown winner.

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$8.05 shipping. With Affirmed then prepared to meet another rival: 1977 As a three-year-old, Affirmed won 8 of 11 starts with 2 seconds and 1 unplaced run, for earnings of $901,541.

As in the prior two legs of the Triple Crown, he narrowly defeated Alydar. $20.00.

Spectacular Bid was undefeated during the rest of his racing career. SPECTACULAR BID & AFFIRMED -1979 PREAKNESS STAKES HORSE RACING ADMISSION TICKET! Alydar and jockey Jorge Velasquez drew within a half-length of Steve Cauthen and Affirmed at the eighth pole but once again was unable to get past the Harbor View Farm colt and lost by a neck.

1978 - AFFIRMED & ALYDAR in the Preakness Stakes - Color Close Up - 10" x 8" $18.00. However, when challenged in the stretch, even by top horses such as Alydar and Specutacular Bid, he simply would not let them pass. While Affirmed finished ahead of Alydar, the stewards decided to disqualify Affirmed from first to second, giving Alydar the final win. Because of his great record, Affirmed was named the 1977 Champion Two-Year-Old Colt. In the Preakness, it was closer, but more of the same. In the Preakness, Alydar’s camp vowed to keep their horse closer to the lead and in leg two of the Triple Crown Alydar was just two lengths behind the pacesetting Affirmed at the quarter pole.

At stud, Affirmed sired over 80 stakes winners, nine champions with earnings in excess of $44,000,000 (through 2004), including:

The rivalry resumed in the Kentucky Derby , with Affirmed scoring by 1 1/2 lengths over the favored Alydar. Affirmed completed the 11th Triple Crown after his victories in the 1978 Kentucky Derby and the 1978 Preakness Stakes. As a two year old, Affirmed raced nine times, winning seven and placing second twice. Free shipping. 1968 THE PREAKNESS STAKES PROGRAM - FORWARD PASS. Affirmed and Alydar ran head to head for the last half mile of the mile and a half race, with Affirmed …

1978 PREAKNESS STAKES PROGRAM - AFFIRMED - ALYDAR.

His offspring include On November 13, 1990, Alydar appeared to have shattered his right hind leg in his stall at In Houston federal court, MIT professor George Pratt testified that Alydar had to have been killed. In his entire career, he became the first North American thoroughbred to win more than $2 million, earning $2,393,818 with 22 wins, 5 seconds, and 1 third from 29 starts.

He raced against Affirmed ten times in his career, winning three. Affirmed won easily, setting the new stakes record in California's most important stakes race which still stands as of 2008. At the wire, Affirmed, at 9-5, had beaten John Veitch’s hard charging 6-5 charge by more than a length. Laz Barrera replaced Affirmed won the Strub Stakes, and then ran in the Santa Anita Handicap against Exceller, who had defeated Seattle Slew in 1978. Alydar was inducted into the Alydar was a major success as a stallion. Product: Photo. He and his equally famous rival, Alydar, met 10 times, including all three of the Triple Crown races. Affirmed's courage was in many ways his most remarkable attribute.

In 2001, Affirmed was euthanized after falling seriously ill with laminitis, a circulatory hoof disease. *In their final meeting, Affirmed drifted in, forcing Alydar to be taken up on the backstretch. $20.00 + shipping . In six of these races, he was against Alydar, from Calumet Farm; Affirmed winnning four times, and Alydar winning twice. Alydar (March 23, 1975 – November 15, 1990) was a chestnut colt and an American Thoroughbred race horse who was most famous for finishing a close second to Affirmed in all three races of the 1978 Triple Crown.With each successive race, Alydar narrowed Affirmed's margin of victory; Affirmed won by 1.5 lengths in the Kentucky Derby, by a neck in the Preakness and by a head in the Belmont Stakes. Affirmed was a natural speed horse who won most of his races on or near the lead.

Affirmed was the great-great grandson of War Admiral, another Triple Crown winner, and Crafty Admiral, making him the great-great-great grandson of Man o'War. Belmont Park Race Track 1978 Alydar vs Affirmed Belmont Stakes Racing Program #7.

In what was almost an upset, he caught front-runner, Sensitive Prince, in the last 100 yards, a race that Laz Barrera called one of Affirmed's finest efforts. His daughters are valued as broodmares. 0 bids.


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