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 ...

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 ...

In the memorable 1978 Triple Crown series, Calumet Farm’s Alydar finished second to Harbor View Farm’s Affirmed in all three races by a grand total of approximately 2 lengths. Alydar’s Hall of Fame ...

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 ...

There are millions of words that can be used to describe the intense emotions rolled into a classic rivalry. Yet there's just one word, with only three letters, that stamps certain athletic battles as ...

The 106th Champagne Stakes (gr. I) may not have pointed out the best 2-year-old colt, but it certainly pointed out the two best 2-year-old colts. Big, strong Alydar, second to Affirmed in the Hopeful ...

Never, but never, has there been another thoroughbred rivalry to compare with it. Affirmed, tested as no previous Triple Crown winner has been, came on again after being passed in the stretch ...