June 10, 1978 - Once more, it was Affirmed and Alydar dueling down the stretch. Affirmed had won the Kentucky Derby by 1½ lengths, the Preakness by a nose. For the last half-mile in the 1½-mile ...

Name the greatest rivalries between individuals in sports history. Bird-Magic, Nicklaus-Palmer, Ali-Frazier, Pearson-Petty, Navratilova-Evert, McEnroe-Borg, Russell-Chamberlain spring to mind. But don ...

Their names echoed throughout Saratoga Springs in the summer of 1978. From the whispers through the elms to the shouting down Broadway and Union Avenue, the Spa pulsated with the names of Affirmed and ...

This book that tells the compelling story of world famous racehorse, Alydar and his career, the gruesome details of his mysterious death, and the long process of unearthing of the facts and the ...

It was a legendary rivalry that has galloped through time without any yanking on the reins. It was Bird-Magic, Ali-Frazier, Sampras-Agassi. Except, they could tell us about theirs. Thirty years ago, ...

In the Preakness at Pimlico, the second act of horse racing’s most fabled trilogy, Affirmed reprises his 1½-length Kentucky Derby victory, beating Alydar to the wire again by a neck. Affirmed trailed ...

Bruce Lunsford's Art Collector takes on three other graded stakes winners in the $135,000 Alydar Stakes, a restricted 1 1/8-mile test for older horses who have not won a stakes other than state-bred ...

LEXINGTON It has been 20 years since their classic Triple Crown battles, which forever linked Affirmed and Alydar. On the racetrack, it was usually a nose or a neck that separated the two, but once ...

The Belmont Stakes, long recognized as the definitive race in the Triple Crown series, will seize its traditional role tomorrow when Kentucky Derby winner Monarchos and Preakness winner Point Given ...

Every spring, on the first Saturday in May, one Thoroughbred will wear the blanket of roses in the winner's circle after the Kentucky Derby (G1). Yet of the many horses in American racing who have ...

Affirmed won the 11th Triple Crown in history. Almost 37 years would pass until the next Triple Crown would be captured, by American Pharoah in 2015. Affirmed and Alydar raced only one more time in ...