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1975 - Horse | Deceased
Owner(s):
Harbor View Farm
Trainer:
Lazaro S. Barrera
Bred:
Florida (USA) by Harbor View Farm
Pedigree:
Exclusive Native  -  Won't Tell You  by  Crafty Admiral
Rating:
 
 
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What the Horse Racing Nation is saying about Affirmed...

My favorite horse of all time (aside from Secretariat) because he's the only one who ever had to fight Alydar for the Triple Crown.
Affirmed, the 1978 Triple Crown winner, was euthanized at age 26 due to chronic musculo-skeletal problems.Read More
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  • travel_vic · While it is rational to be upset, if you have ever really been around a old horse that cannot get up, THAT is more heartbreaking than taking him out of his misery · 28 days ago ·
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  • likin sparks · One of my favorites is gone now but I would have to agree with you TV, horses are born to run and they love it, when they are no longer able to run they become miserable they will sometimes cry to, so sad. R.I.P. Affirmed you were a beast. · 28 days ago ·
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For all of the great performances that can be found in the Jockey Club Gold Cup history, it was a runner-up finish that remains my favorite.Read More
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  • Floridaf · What an amazing race! Exceller may have won it, but Seattle Slew certainly did not make it easy. I wish we saw races like this on a frequent basis still. · 39 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · The Slew crew were nuts....Recall when Slew O'Gold needed bute in the inaugural BC Classic. The ones who had screamed the most about its use, overloaded the poor guy and he was sick from the high dose, all to get him to that race. It was obvious mid srtretch that he had nothing in the tank anyway. Hypocrites who rad too many of thier wone press clippings · 39 days ago ·
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Monmouth Park’s biggest day of the year is the Haskell. There is great racing and a really big crowd. A lot of the crowd comes to increase their collection of racing memorabilia with the traditional Haskell Hat giveaway. Monmouth has been giving hats away since at least 1988.Read More
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  • AndyScoggin · John Henry broke his maiden at JnD-Jefferson Downs??? Is that right? It was May 20, 1977. · 213 days ago ·
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  • 12thCrown · Good stuff - Every time we move my wife "asks" that I consolidate my # of boxes. I'm 38 (born in the year of the great horse) and started collecting around 1990 with Lil E. Tee/Pine Bluff programs at Oaklawn Park. I occassionally find a winner's trophy from a quarter or T'bred race at antique shops. · 41 days ago ·
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Alydar, one of the top sires in America and runner-up in all three Triple Crown races to Affirmed, was euthanized at Calumet Farm.Read More
  • shadowno · Julie, shouldn't you substute Murdered for Euthanized? Great horse, Great sire, crying shame he was worth more dead than alive. How in hell did the Kentucky bluebloods and Calumet heirs let that criminal fat slob JT Lundy, gain control of that farm is beyond belief even given the connected by marriage angle. · 55 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · True well substantiated killing for insurance plot · 55 days ago ·
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Legendary horses throughout history continue to thrill us when we read accounts of their greatness. This sampling of horse profiles spans eras, countries and even breeds!Read More
It has been 33 years, and we have not seen a Triple Crown winner since. As for Affirmed and Alydar, they would only race one more time, in a rather unsatisfactory result of a disqualification in the Travers. Affirmed would retire with three consecutive championships. Alydar can easily be called the ...Read More
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  • LAZMANNICK · Pincay rode Affirmed in the Juvenile Stakes at two, the S A Derby and the Travers at three, and then became his fulltime rider for his final seven races at four. · 62 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · the comment however was about his four year old season after the kid went elsewhere · 62 days ago ·
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In the fifth of their ten meetings, Alydar...Read More
In their only race together, champions Affirmed and Spectacular Bid met in the Jockey Club Gold Cup.Read More
She is the only horse ever to win three Breeders' Cup races of any kind. In three months she will no doubt be favored to win an almost unbelievable fourth consecutive BC Mile. She races against males more often than against her own gender. As if we needed any more proof of the greatness of Goldikova...Read More
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  • KyOaksRunner · I really hope the turf comes up firm for the Prix Jacques le Marois in a couple of weeks, that would make Group 1 #15 if she wins! Rooting for her all the way. · 191 days ago ·
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  • CraigBradshaw · she's a very impressive horse at one mile. she'll be in very competitive company this november if all the suspects show up. · 142 days ago ·
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For the first time in history, two Triple Crown winners met in a race, the Marlboro Cup at Belmont Park.Read More
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  • icyhotboo · I believe Slew was as good as any of them. · 146 days ago ·
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  • ruffed grouse · Seattle Slew is was the best horse I have been fortunate enough to see. · 146 days ago ·
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Samuel D. Riddle purchased the yearling Man o’ War for...Read More
Blind Luck vs. Havre De Grace #6 continues a wonderful tradition of rivalry in the sport of kings ...Read More
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  • ChristineDix · Alysheba and Bet Twice? Sunday Silence and Easy Goer? Wow-you could go on all day! · 212 days ago ·
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  • cpsoren121 · Good call Melaina! It's nice to see a rivalry again! I know the media was trying with AK and Shackelford, but with the injuries and all... · 212 days ago ·
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On Gold Cup Eve, while most fans are busy handicapping the big race, I found myself in a slightly more nostalgic mood, and the Hollywood Gold Cup is an easy race for which to wax poetic. Seabiscuit and Citation, Swaps and Round Table, Native Diver and Ack Ack, Ferdinand and Cigar, Skip Away and Lava...Read More
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  • AndyScoggin · Loved Affirmed especially with Steve Cauthen up. · 215 days ago ·
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  • TiznowReynolds · I've always been a huge fan of the Gold Cup...many many awesome horses have ran/won it. · 215 days ago ·
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THE Match Race took place at Belmont Park between Locust Hill Farm's undefeated super filly, Ruffian, and the Kentucky Derby winner, Foolish Pleasure.Read More
1) The Hollywood Gold Cup is a Grade 1 race run over the synthetic surface at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California. The race is run at a distance of 1 1/4 miles and is open to 3-year-olds and up. 2) The race was run for the first time in 1938 and has been run every year since with the exception o...Read More
Arlington Heights, Illinois is the place to be as a raucous crowd of more than 50,000 thoroughbred racing enthusiasts have come today to see one thing. The greatest horses in racing history that all share the common thread of having a name that begins with the letter A, racing in one of the most eag...Read More
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  • cmymcadoo · When Can we expect Un-"B"-lievable Stakes from Belmont? Will it be run on Bastille Day? I think you should run the whole alphabet. It would be tremendous fun! You can post a poll for 2 days prior to the running and maybe give away random gifts (hats, t-shirts, etc.) to one of those who picked the winners. · 226 days ago ·
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  • ChristineDix · Alysheba was the most tenacious horse of the 20th century...and one of the most underrated! Glad he won!!! · 217 days ago ·
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With all the excitement of the recently completed Triple Crown, I have not had a chance to venture into the racing laboratory of late. I put a stop to that trend late last night. I put on my racing lab coat, turned on the Bunsen burners, started mixing potions, and tested any and all hypothesis that...Read More
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  • MikeRullo · mr fantasty - your odds on A.P. Indy at 15-1 is a joke, He would be no higher than 3-1 · 229 days ago ·
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  • BrianZipse · Mike, you are way off ... Against two triple crown winners, Alydar, Alysheba, et all? No possibility of even single digits. · 229 days ago ·
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In the fastest workout of the day for six furlongs, Secretariat went the distance in 1:12 4/5 at Belmont over a sloppy track. He would make his debut 10 days later, in a July 4 race for maiden runners at Aqueduct. ~1972Read More
The news came in today that Preakness champion, Shackleford is confirmed as a go for next week's Belmont Stakes. It was not a surprise, as trainer Dale Romans has been saying all along, that provided the son of Forestry was thriving, he would enter him in the third leg of racing's Triple Crown. I to...Read More
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  • zatt · Yes, Mucho Macho Man makes 3 ... hopefully this is the start of a new trend! · 249 days ago ·
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  • ljeannette · This is so exciting! It woud be great to have a nice rivalry like in 78. · 249 days ago ·
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Affirmed - Pedigree

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Exclusive NativeRaise A NativeNative Dancer
Raise You
Exclusive Shut Out
Good Example
Won't Tell YouCrafty AdmiralFighting Fox
Admiral's Lady
Scarlet RibbonVolcanic
Native Valor

Affirmed - Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video10/06/791stL PincayBel81 1/2mDJockey Club Gold Cup03+ MAffirmedSpectacular BidCoastal2:27.40
View DetailsView Video09/22/791stL PincayBel81 1/4 mDWoodward-G103+ MAffirmedCoastalCzaravich2:01.60
View Details08/29/791stL PincayBel61 mileDAllow04+ MAffirmedIsland SultanPrefontaine1:34.00
View DetailsView Video06/24/791stL PincayHol101 1/4 mDHollywood Gold Cup-G104 MAffirmedSirladText1:58.40
View Details05/20/791stL PincayHol81 1/16 mDCalifornian-G104 MAffirmedSyncopateHarry's Love1:41.40
View DetailsView Video03/04/791stL PincaySA81 1/4 mDSanta Anita Handicap-G104 MAffirmedTillerExceller1:58.60
View Details02/04/791stL PincaySA81 1/4 mDStrub Stakes-G104 MAffirmedJohnny's ImageQuip2:01.00
View Details01/20/792ndS CauthenSA81 1/8 mDSan Fernando-G204 MRadar AheadAffirmedLittle Reb1:48.00
View Details01/07/793rdS CauthenSA57 fDMalibu-G104 MLittle RebRadar AheadAffirmed1:21.00
View DetailsView Video10/14/785thS CauthenBel51 1/2mDJockey Club Gold Cup-G103 MExcellerSeattle SlewGreat Contractor2:27.20
View Details09/16/782ndS CauthenBel31 1/8 mDMarlboro Cup Invitational-G103+ MSeattle SlewAffirmedNasty and Bold1:45.80
View DetailsView Video08/19/781stS CauthenSar41 1/4 mDTravers Stakes-G103 MAffirmedAlydarNasty and Bold2:02.00
View DetailsView Video08/08/781stS CauthenSar51 1/8 mDJim Dandy-G303 MAffirmedSensitive PrinceAddison1:47.80
View DetailsView Video06/10/781stS CauthenBel81 1/2mDBelmont Stakes-G103 MAffirmedAlydarDarby Creek Road2:26.80
View DetailsView Video05/20/781stS CauthenPim81 3/16 mDPreakness-G103 MAffirmedAlydarBelieve It1:54.40
View DetailsView Video05/06/781stS CauthenCD81 1/4 mDKentucky Derby-G103 MAffirmedAlydarBelieve It2:01.20
View Details04/16/781stS CauthenHol51 1/8 mDHollywood Derby-G103 MAffirmedThink SnowRadar Ahead1:48.20
View DetailsView Video04/02/781stS CauthenSon81 1/8 mDSanta Anita Derby-G103 MAffirmedBalzacThink Snow1:48.00
View Details03/18/781stS CauthenSA61 1/16 mDSan Felipe-G203 MAffirmedChance DancerTampoy1:42.60
View Details03/08/781stS CauthenSA56 1/2 fDAllow0 AffirmedSpotted ChargerDon F.1:15.60
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