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Alydar

Owner(s):
Calumet Farm
Trainer:
John M. Veitch
Bred:
Kentucky (USA) by Calumet Farm
Pedigree:
Raise A Native  -  Sweet Tooth  by  On-And-On
Rating:
 
 
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What the Horse Racing Nation is saying about Alydar...

If you had to name some of the top sires (in the past century as it is hard to judge those we have little information on), who would you rank near the top? I may be biased, but Alydar is up there for me
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  • Sullivan · Sadler's Wells I did not include because he was not American. Same with Ribot. Of those, Sadler's Wells / Dynaformer / Blushing Groom and Broad Brush. Blushing Groom and Dynaformer are hard to put infront of each other · 19 days ago ·
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  • Jay S. · Seattle Slew, Northern Dancer, Bold Ruler, Storm Cat, Mr. Prospector, and Alydar, just to name a few that I thought were very good. · 19 days ago ·
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After watching several of the Kentucky Derbies from the 70s and the 80s, my conclusion that I missed out on all the best runnings of the race was solidified.Read More
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  • rafirox · Great comment, vic. · 21 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · Rail makes the earlies easier to contend and win so the lates now are even more compromised. · 21 days ago ·
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The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) and the Saratoga 150 Committee today announced a new attraction designed to pay homage to the most accomplished thoroughbreds to compete at Saratoga Race Course during its 150-year history. Read More
  • skipaway2000 · No Fourstardave in the inaugural class? This list is invalid! · 59 days ago ·
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  • Mike in SB · I thought Fourstardave would be in the first group, but he still has a street named after him. · 59 days ago ·
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This horse should be WAY higher on the list! He would have probably won the Triple Crown if he hadn't been born the same year as Affirmed! I think he maybe could have beaten Seattle Slew maybe.
Very hard to separate Alydar so far from Affirmed
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  • travel_vic · Horse got hurt running, the rider did not do anything about that or he would have cooled his heels for 30 days plus.....Things happen it is just the biased mind that ascribes, RETROSPECTIVELY, cause and effect to those RANDOM events · 109 days ago ·
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  • Dressage3295 · From what I remember, the jockey tried to cut off Alydar but Affirmed ended up clipping him. Got 2nd while injured. Never came back after that. · 109 days ago ·
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Was 2012 a year of disappointment? Was it a year where the depth of divisions was so lacking that a Turf Miler would be named Horse of the Year, Turf Champion, and Champion Older Male? Or was 2012 a year with such an outstanding group of horses, that it took one so brilliant, so versatile, and so ta...Read More
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  • dani.pugh · Just because a turf miler is named HOTY doesn't mean a weak older male division. If the times of the races were sub par and the numbers were way down, I could see it but that was far from the case. The numbers that the older males threw were higher than numbers we have seen in recent years. Times were just as good if not better for that group. Just because one did not establish themselves doesn't mean it was a bad bunch. That could just as well me the group all around was talent and full of depth. It wasn't like a longshot beat the favorite. The horses that won were already well respected. RTG had a very consistent year, as did Fort Larned, MMM, and Flat Out. The Whitney, FO, FL, and RTG went 123. Look at their records, you see they run consistently fast. They were evenly matched, but also one of the best groups of older males we have seen in a long time. Times and numbers say that. · 124 days ago ·
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  • cocoa2 · "Just because a turf miler is named HOTY doesn't mean a weak older male division." LIKE · 124 days ago ·
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Do you ever wonder why we haven't had a Triple Crown winner in what seems like forever? What made Affirmed so different from the horses we have now? This is a look back at what Affirmed accomplished in winning the 'crown and why he was the last to do it.Read More
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  • travel_vic · you were going on about how one colt did or did not make the Triple his own, and that LIE about the pin was on idiots way of covering up what just happened to be a less than spectacular performance with the wonderfully rider, Ronnie Franklin · 126 days ago ·
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  • TampaBayDowns Fan · OK...thanks for pointing that out?? · 126 days ago ·
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May have not been the better race horse compared to Affirmed, but was definitely the better sire.
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  • ruffian75 · I don't think that this rivalry surpasses Alydar-Affirmed, but Paradise Creek and Lure matched up on near-equal terms when they hooked up. · 139 days ago ·
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  • cocoa2 · Domino and Henry of Navarre, sorry. Easy Goer and Sunday Silence meant more to me. · 139 days ago ·
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Top 10 horse all time, no doubt. He only loss to Affirmed. He won the Travers, Blue Grass, Florida Derby, and Champagne. He placed in all three TC races to Affirmed, and Overall margin in TC was two lengths. He beat him three times, I believe. He sired Alysheba, Althea, and more. Four time G1 winner. If not being with Affirmed, he would have easily won the TC. His one and only flaw, he was born in the same year as Affirmed.
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  • travel_vic · IN BREEDING is one of many problems, MASKING inheritable problems is another · 261 days ago ·
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  • Cocoa2 · Our horses ate just as good, but they show their stuff in training and warm ups instead of races. · 261 days ago ·
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In the conclusion of their 10 race rivalry, Alydar scored his third "success" against Affirmed in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Racecourse, when his adversary was disqualied from first place.Read More
Let’s start Travers Week with a Preview and a question. Which horse won the only running of the Travers that featured the Derby, Preakness, and Belmont winners?Read More
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  • timgsmith10 · Deep field? This is a field of benchwarmers · 277 days ago ·
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  • Sysonby · you won't be able to take Hanson, he's retired · 276 days ago ·
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Make no mistake; Saratoga Race Course is the finest racetrack in America. Read More
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  • airedale2008 · Yesterday I had my inaugural visit to Saratoga Springs to experience racing at its best. The NYRA does a great job with a free walking tour of the stable area to show fans how horses live off the track and a demonstration of a starting gate. Where else in America can you see stables with slate roofs? The National Museum of Racing is superb, with so much to see that a second visit is required on Woodward and Forego Stakes day. It was a pleasure to film the Alabama, from horses walking up the track to the finish, and seeing my pick Questing win in a front running romp by 9 in the fastest time since 1980. If you haven’t seen horse racing at Saratoga, go. · 279 days ago ·
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  • buckpasser · Glad you had a good time at Saratoga · 279 days ago ·
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When a deep and competitive field lines up for Saturday’s Whitney Handicap, one thing you will not see is a three-year-old taking on his elders. It seems that in today’s age of less racing for our biggest stars, a sophomore in the Whitney has gone the way of the dodo. It wasn’t always like this, bet...Read More
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  • travel_vic · Murdered for blood money by crooks at Calumet. I was priveledged to see him before his demise there in the paddocks outsde their amazing office: all their Triple Crown trophies were on display. · 295 days ago ·
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  • AmbitiousD · I was quietly hoping Bodemeister might go to the Whitney after missing the Haskell with a fever... · 295 days ago ·
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NY State of Racing's Matt Shifman ranks the Top 10 Saratoga Champions!Read More
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  • buckpasser · Shadowno. Good one. I think you're right. Definitely from NJ · 316 days ago ·
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  • buckpasser · Tv I forgot what happened to Linda's Chief. Thanks for reminding me · 316 days ago ·
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Affirmed, ridden by Laffit Pincay Jr., became the first horse to top $2 million in earnings after he won the Hollywood Gold Cup.Read More
Furture rivals Affirmed and Alydar met for the first time, in the Youthful Stakes at Belmont Park.Read More
I recently received a heartfelt note from a fellow fan of horse racing regarding the status of the champion filly from the 1970’s, Davona Dale. My first reaction was that the filly I remember so well as a runner must have passed away by now, but just like the sender of the note, I could not recall a...Read More
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  • amberflash · (the 2007 date was corrected by Coolmore to 1997) · 344 days ago ·
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  • buckpasser · She may well have been buried at Calumet. Our Mims who died after leaving Calumet was buried there with the permission of dekwiakotski. · 344 days ago ·
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Rosemarie is making the trip to Belmont this year to watch I'll Have Another go for immortality...Read More
  • Floridaf · Lovely sentiment, Rosemarie. I agree that IHA is a warrior and will not back down. Here's to (hopefully) having a 12th Triple Crown winner. · 353 days ago ·
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  • LongLiveBigRed · I envy you, Rosemarie. Soak up every moment. · 352 days ago ·
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It's been a long time coming. Will I'll Have Another be heroic enough to fly where only 11 others have soared?Read More
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  • travel_vic · I was working in an outpatient orthopedic clinic and wagered a hand surgeron that Affirmed would take each leg of the Triple. Funny, he has never bet with me again · 353 days ago ·
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  • cardsbymarcy · This ARTICLE brings tears of joy to my eyes! I am sure on Saturday we all will be hugging and crying. Godspeed I'll Have Another. · 353 days ago ·
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John Veitch trained Alydar for Mrs. Lucille Markey and Calumet Farm, and according to Veitch, neither of them ever considered sitting out the Belmont. “Mrs. Markey didn’t think it would be proper for us not to continue the rivalry,” he said by phone from Kentucky. “She would never let any… Read More

Alydar - Pedigree

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Raise A NativeNative DancerPolynesian
Geisha
Raise YouCase Ace
Lady Glory
Sweet ToothOn-And-OnNasrullah
Two Lea
Plum CakePonder
Real Delight

Alydar - Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video08/19/781st Sar41 1/4 mDTravers Stakes-G103 MAlydarAffirmedNasty and Bold2:02.00
View Details07/22/781stJ FellAP81 1/4 mDArlington Classic-G203 MAlydarChief Of DixielandGordie H.2:00.20
View DetailsView Video06/10/782ndJ VelasquezBel81 1/2mDBelmont Stakes-G103 MAffirmedAlydarDarby Creek Road2:26.80
View DetailsView Video05/20/782ndJ VelasquezPim81 3/16 mDPreakness Stakes-G103 MAffirmedAlydarBelieve It1:54.40
View DetailsView Video05/06/782ndJ VelasquezCD81 1/4 mDKentucky Derby-G103 MAffirmedAlydarBelieve It2:01.20
View Details04/27/781stJ VelasquezKee71 1/8 mDBlue Grass-G103 MAlydarRaymond EarlGo Forth1:49.30
View Details04/01/781stJ VelasquezGP91 1/8 mDFlorida Derby-G103 MAlydarBelieve ItDr. Valeri1:47.00
View Details03/04/781stJ VelasquezHia91 1/8 mDFlamingo-G10 AlydarNoon Time SpenderDr. Valeri1:47.00
View Details11/26/772ndJ VelasquezAqu81 1/8 mDRemsen-G20 Believe ItAlydarQuadratic1:47.80
View DetailsView Video10/29/772nd Lrl41 1/16 mDLaurel Futurity-G102 MAffirmedAlydarStar de Naskra1:44.20
View DetailsView Video10/15/771st Bel61 mileDChampagne Stakes-G102 MAlydarAffirmedDarby Creek Road1:36.60
View DetailsView Video09/10/772nd Bel57 fDFuturity-G102 MAffirmedAlydarNasty and Bold1:21.60
View DetailsView Video08/27/772nd Sar56 1/2 fDHopeful Stakes-G102 MAffirmedAlydarRegal And Royal1:15.40
View Details08/13/771stE MapleMth86 fDSapling02 MAlydar  1:10.60
View Details07/27/771st Bel85 1/2 fDTremont02 MAlydar  0:00.00
View DetailsView Video07/16/771st Bel85 1/2 fDGreat American 0 AlydarAffirmedGoing Investor1:03.60
View Details06/24/771st Bel4  MSW0 Alydar  0:00.00
View DetailsView Video06/15/775th Bel85 1/2 fDYouthful02 MAffirmedWood NativeSensitive Nose1:05.00