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Alydar

1975 - Horse | Deceased
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:
 
 
seabiscuit 17
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What the Horse Racing Nation is saying about Alydar...

While I question the logic of HBO in putting the second episode of “Luck” on the same night of the Super Bowl, I admittedly did enjoy having the time to watch the episode without the distractions, and stats, and highlights of football’s grand finale running through my head.Read More
  • icyhotboo · "slowly developing saga" Watching this is more akin to watching the universe spread out in real time. I have a rule of thumb for movies and TV shows. Movies, if it doesn't interest you in 12 minutes stop watching because it won't. TV 6 minutes. · 6 hours ago ·
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  • Mary Z. · After two episodes, I still love Luck. I haven't found any part of it to be boring. Good advice to the detractors. · 6 hours ago ·
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This Saturday, August 6, 2011, the 84th running of The Whitney Handicap (G1) will take place at one of the great race tracks in the country, Saratoga. Here’s a look back at some of the great champions of the race ...Read More
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  • skipaway2000 · Commentator!! Amazing horse - and I did not remember his Whitneys were years apart! WOW! · 189 days ago ·
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  • SherriLytle · Love this!!! · 12 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. · 54 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · True well substantiated killing for insurance plot · 53 days ago ·
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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. · 61 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · the comment however was about his four year old season after the kid went elsewhere · 60 days ago ·
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In the fifth of their ten meetings, Alydar...Read More
Will racing’s next super star come from Saturday's Champagne?Read More
  • brooklyn.steve · Speightscity gets my vote. I think that win was legit, and I think this race sets up nicely for him. As you pointed out, the cut back will only help. Nice breakdown of the race. · 124 days ago ·
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  • DeadHeat · Speight IMO is the horse for Union to watch, not alpha. He ran very big over a very tring and very slow track. For a two year old to run in a race 9f that early is different and good. Could the competition have been weak? Yes, it is a strong possibility. However, if the colt is good enough the 9f foundation he has will give him a big edge over those, like Union Rags who are stretching out. · 123 days ago ·
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Early in the summer I remember several of the Monmouth Park writers having a discussion about the quality of racing after The Haskell. Which hearkens the question: Is there life after The Haskell?Read More
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  • BrianZipse · Just saw that ... Monmouth still rolls out great racing post-Haskell, for sure! · 174 days ago ·
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  • joerada · I would agree, I think I watched a Breeders Cup Filly win the Colleen last Saturday! · 172 days ago ·
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New Jersey-bred horses have had an impact at Monmouth Park and on the national racing scene for almost a century. Top New Jersey-breds have been conditioned by Hall of Fame trainers, won the Kentucky Derby, or were owned by celebrities. Three New Jersey-breds are in the racing Hall of Fame in Sarato...Read More
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  • cj.callahan · Great blog. Keep up the good work! · 256 days ago ·
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  • AndyScoggin · Who's The Cowboy becomes the 8th NJ Bred millionaire in Race 10 Mth July 25, 2011. · 196 days ago ·
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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! · 211 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... · 210 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. · 213 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. · 213 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
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. · 224 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!!! · 216 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 · 227 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. · 227 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! · 248 days ago ·
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  • ljeannette · This is so exciting! It woud be great to have a nice rivalry like in 78. · 248 days ago ·
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In my excitement for tomorrow's big race, I find myself recalling my favorite all-time editions of the Preakness. There were many great ones over the years, in one of my favorite races, but one special running stands head and shoulders above the rest. 22 years ago today, the world witnessed the grea...Read More
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  • ChristineDix · I agree completely-best Preakness ever! Losing Easy Goer after siring only 99 foals was one of the biggest blows to breeding-as well as the loss of SS to Japan and his death at 16. And yes, I am still mad at PD for the ride! · 262 days ago ·
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  • cleclair1994 · the way i saw it it was exactly the same race as the derby just a 1/16 shorter. shackleford takes the lead on on back stretch opens up at the top of the lane and animal kingdom runs at him. the only difference between the derby and the preakness was a 1/16. that is the difference between a triple crown possibility and shackleford being over bet the rest of the year. even dialed in ran the exact same race. he just had less horses to suck along by to end up finishing 4 and not 8. animal kingdom is the real horse. he obviously loves 1 1/4. that is the championship distance. not 1 3/16. · 262 days ago ·
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This horse reminds me a LOT of Sham. He was a great and wonderful horse full of talent. But just caught at the wrong time, behind another great one(Affirmed) Like Sham and Secretariat...
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  • zxswordxz · I'm not trying to discredit Prove Out but I'm almost certain if Red was 100%, it would have been a different race but we'll never know. He was the ultimate horse! Just wish we can see another one like him but today breeding is so different, we get a lot of weak horse, so many horse have injury compare to those days it is unbeliverable that they don't change breeding style. · 266 days ago ·
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  • icyhotboo · There are days when horses run that they are virtually unbeatable.This was one of those days · 266 days ago ·
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Like Alydar really belongs at #159! He is a top 50 horse!
I am thrilled to be heading to Keeneland today. It is not only one of America’s finest racetracks, but it is nestled lovingly in the middle of the rolling bluegrass hills of horse country. Lexington, Kentucky is the heart and soul of thoroughbred horse racing, and Keeneland is a beautiful place to p...Read More
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  • KyOaksRunner · I agree with you Brian, it's kind of a shame to have such a prestigious prep on synthetics after so many years of effective dirt prepping. · 296 days ago ·
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  • TiznowReynolds · Sad to say but anymore the Bluegrass just isn't a great race. Pretty much a turf race that lets a horse get in who probably won't impact the Derby. The losers of the Bluegrass lately have been one's to watch it seems like. · 295 days ago ·
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If alydar had run just a second sooner in his rush.. prolyl woulda beat affirmed a few more times :)

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 Video08/19/782nd Sar41 1/4 mDTravers Stakes-G103 MAffirmedAlydarNasty 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-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 DetailsView Video10/29/772nd Lrl41 1/16 mDLaurel Futurity-G102 MAffirmedAlydarStar de Naskra1:44.20
View DetailsView Video10/15/771st Bel61 mileDChampagne-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-G102 MAffirmedAlydarRegal And Royal1:15.40
View DetailsView Video07/16/771st Bel85 1/2 fDGreat American 0 AlydarAffirmedGoing Investor1:03.60

 

 

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