United States Racing Hall of Fame (1989) #27 on the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Alydar Stakes at Hollywood Park Alydar Stakes at Saratoga Race Course
Last updated on June 26, 2011
Alydar (March 23, 1975 – November 15, 1990) was an American Thoroughbred race horse and sire. A chestnut colt, he was most famous for finishing a close second to Affirmed in all three races of the 1978 Triple Crown. With each successive race, Alydar narrowed Affirmed's margin of victory; Affirmed won by 1.5 lengths in the Kentucky Derby, by a neck in the Preakness and by a head in the Belmont Stakes. Alydar has been described as the best horse in the history of Thoroughbred racing never to have won a championship.[2] Alydar's fame continued when he got older. He died under suspicious circumstances.
^Alydar's five-generation pedigree and race record Retrieved 2011-06-26.
^Morris, Tony; Randall, John (1999). A Century of Champions. Portway Press. ISBN 1-90157015-0.
Alydar (March 23, 1975 – November 15, 1990) was an American Thoroughbred race horse and sire. A chestnut colt, he was most famous for finishing a close...
Affirmed was well known for his famous rivalry with Alydar, whom he met ten times, including Alydar coming second in each of the three 1978 Triple Crown...
The Alydar Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Made a Listed...
"Questions About Alydar". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 5, 2013. June 2001 Texas Monthly article titled The Killing of Alydar by Skip Hollandsworth...
Cauthen, won the race by 1 1/2 lengths over Alydar. Believe It finished 3rd, 1 1/4 lengths behind Alydar, and 30:1 longshot Darby Creek Road finished...
racing stable in Lexington, Kentucky, named one of her outstanding colts, "Alydar" in his honor because she always addressed the prince as, "Aly Darling"...
sire, he produced 11 stakes winners. A bay colt, Alysheba was sired by Alydar out of the mare Bel Sheba, by Lt. Stevens. He was bred by Preston Madden...
holding on to a head lead. Alydar is outside of him and challenging that lead. The two are heads apart and Alydar's got a lead! Alydar put a head in front right...
1978. Ridden by eighteen-year-old Steve Cauthen, Affirmed defeated rival Alydar with Jorge Velásquez in the saddle. At the time the race was the third-slowest...
needed] The racetrack was also the site of Affirmed's epic stretch duel with Alydar in the 1978 Belmont Stakes, a victory that gave Affirmed the Triple Crown;...
Affirmed finished the Travers ahead of rival Alydar but was disqualified for crowding Alydar off the rail. Alydar was awarded the win. It was the last of 10...
Free Handicap. He sired 74 stakes winners, including Majestic Prince and Alydar. In its 1988 obituary for the horse, The New York Times called him "the...
Allez France: French Arc winner and first filly to win a million dollars Alydar: finished second to Affirmed in all three 1978 Triple Crown races; successful...
The 1978 FIFA World Cup starts in Argentina. June 10 – Affirmed holds off Alydar to win the Belmont Stakes and becomes the last horse to win the U.S. Triple...
daily management of the firm to five partners. In 2015, the firm acquired Alydar Capital. It now operates as the public equity investment arm of Summit Partners...
winner, Train Robbery, a daughter of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Alydar. Conditioned for racing by Hall of Fame trainer, D. Wayne Lukas, at age...
fastest at the farm as a yearling. He is a son of U.S. Racing Hall of Famer Alydar, Strike the Gold was purchased in 1990 for $500,000 from breeder Calumet...
first in the 1978 Travers Stakes but was disqualified, giving his big rival Alydar the win. At Saratoga, but not in the Travers, Secretariat was defeated by...
Cauthen, won the race by a head over runner-up Alydar, repeating Affirmed's close victory over Alydar in the Kentucky Derby. Believe It finished 3rd,...
the prior two legs of the Triple Crown, he narrowly defeated Alydar. Affirmed and Alydar ran head to head for the last half mile of the mile and a half...
out of the mare Winglet, a daughter of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Alydar. She was sired by Strawberry Road, a winner of important Group One races...
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