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	KELO V. NEW LONDON
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	Affirmed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Affirmed, a chestnut colt born February 21, 1975, at Harbor View Farm, Ocala, Florida – died January 12, 2001 at Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, was an American thoroughbred race horse that won the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1978, only the 11th horse to accomplish the feat.
		Affirmed narrowly defeated his arch rival Alydar in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes to claim the Triple Crown.
		Affirmed and Alydar's stretch duel in the Belmont was one of the greatest in racing history.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Affirmed (533 words)

	Affirmed
		Affirmed won the Youthful when he took the lead in the stretch and won by a neck.
		Affirmed started the early pace but was soon left alone in the lead.
		Affirmed was shadowed however, when he was retired to stud.
	www.students.dsu.edu /peterssh/Race/race/affirmed.htm (438 words)

	ESPN Classic - Affirmed beat Alydar in 7 of 9 meetings
		Affirmed poked his nose ahead in front five strides from the finish, and kept inching ahead.
		Affirmed was the 11th Triple Crown winner and, for the first time, there were successive winners (Seattle Slew won in 1977).
		Affirmed, though, was disqualified in that 1978 Travers because of Pincay's tactics.
	espn.go.com /classic/s/add_affirmed_alydar.html (744 words)

	ESPN.com - Horse Racing - Affirmed the last to wear the Crown
		Affirmed was from the sixth crop of Exclusive Native, a major stakes winner at two and three.
		Affirmed was out of Won't Tell You, a daughter of Crafty Admiral, which Wolfson purchased with the intention of breeding to Exclusive Native.
		Affirmed stood at Jonabell until his death on January 12, 2001, at the age of 26, when he was humanely put to sleep due to musculoskeletal problems relating to the infirmities of advancing age.
	espn.go.com /horse/ftboa/2003/0519/1556379.html (3681 words)

	Triple Crown Winner Affirmed Euthanized - bloodhorse.com
		Last October, Affirmed had undergone surgery by Dr. Larry Bramlage to realign the ankle joint after the stallion was experiencing discomfort due to a chronic condition from a ligamentous injury to the back of his pastern on his left foreleg.
		Affirmed was returned to Jonabell where he was buried next to the stallion complex at Jonabell Farm, along with the familiar flamingo pink and fl silks of owner/breeder Lou and Patrice Wolfson's Harbor View Farm.
		Affirmed was champion 2-year-old of 1977, champion 3-year-old and Horse of the Year in 1978, and a repeat Horse of the Year winner in 1979.
	breeding.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=2447 (1219 words)

	Jonabell Farm - Affirmed - News
		In October, Affirmed had experienced discomfort due to a chronic condition from a ligamentous injury to the back of his pastern on his left foreleg.
		Affirmed was returned to Jonabell where he was laid to rest.
		He was buried with the familiar flamingo pink and fl silks of owner/breeder Lou and Patrice Wolfson's Harbor View Farm next to the stallion complex at Jonabell Farm.
	www.affirmedtribute.com /oldpages/news.html (227 words)

	Thoroughbred Times On-Line - Road to the Triple Crown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Affirmed was born on February 21, 1975 at Harbor View Farm in Florida.
		Affirmed once again stalked the early pace, but when longshot Track Reward started backing up after about a half-mile, Affirmed was left alone in the lead.
		Affirmed would never lose again, winning six Grade 1 races, capping off his career with victories on the East Coast in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) and Woodward Stakes (G1) to wrap up honors as Horse of the Year and champion older horse.
	www.thoroughbredtimes.com /tc/winners/affirmed (1175 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Affirmed wore racing's Triple Crown 26 years ago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Affirmed's Triple Crown came just a year after Seattle Slew –; the last undefeated horse to sweep the series – and four years after Secretariat accomplished the feat.
		Affirmed was trained by the late Laz Barrera, a Cuban whose mangling of the English language provided comic relief during the stress of the Triple Crown.
		Affirmed clung to his slight advantage and hit the wire a head in front, finishing the 1½ miles in 2:26 4-5.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20040531-2237-rac-affirmedstriple.html (752 words)

	Affirmed-Alydar races still classic
		Affirmed, a sleek golden-haired son of Exclusive Native bred in Florida by Lou Wolfson's Harbor View Farm, won the first meeting, the Youthful Stakes, in which Alydar finished fifth.
		Affirmed, trained by the exuberant Barrera, who had conditioned Bold Forbes to win the 1976 Derby, was voted champion 2-year-old and repaired to California to prepare for the Kentucky Derby.
		Affirmed was on the brink of winning the Triple Crown, a feat accomplished with seeming ease the year before by Seattle Slew, and four years before by Secretariat, considered by many to be the greatest racehorse of all time.
	www.freep.com /sports/othersports/horse1_20030501.htm (1560 words)

	SI.com - SI Online - SI Flashback: Catching up with ... Affirmed - Friday June 06, 2003 06:13 PM
		These are golden years in the life of Affirmed, who 20 years ago became horse racing's last Triple Crown winner and who today reigns on a private acre of plush pastureland at Jonabell Farms in Lexington, Ky. On dry mornings he canters coltishly about, often before admirers.
		Affirmed is then attentively groomed and served a midday repast of fresh oats, cracked corn and bran, all mixed in sweet molasses.
		Affirmed, the second choice, outlasted favored Alydar by 1 1/2 lengths in the Kentucky Derby.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /si_online/news/2003/06/06/affirmed_flashback (392 words)

	Affirmed Tribute Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Affirmed was the last thoroughbred to win racing's prestigious Triple Crown, which consists of the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes.
		Affirmed, with his champion demeanor, had much in common with the Mantuan horses, which are believed to be ancestors of the modern thoroughbred.
		Affirmed was stretched out in the straw on his side, with his back to the door.
	www.wam.umd.edu /~etobey/affirmed.html (1409 words)

	Affirmed and Alydar were A-OK in 1978 - The Washington Times: Sports - June 07, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Affirmed won seven races and Alydar three, including once by disqualification in their final meeting in the Travers at Saratoga.
		It was now or never for Affirmed's Triple Crown bid, and Cauthen resorted to what he called "my secret weapon." Switching his whip to his left hand, the jockey smacked his horse on the flank.
		Affirmed, who was Horse of the Year at ages 3 and 4, won 22 of 29 races and earned $2,393,818; Alydar's numbers were 14 victories (and nine seconds) in 26 races for $957,195.
	washingtontimes.com /sports/20040607-011215-6909r.htm (998 words)

	Affirmed: 1978 Triple Crown Winner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Affirmed, one of the most famous horses in recent racing history, is best known for his great rivalry with Calumet Farm's Alydar which came to a climax in the 1978 American Classics.
		Affirmed and Juan were loyal friends, and often spent afternoons napping together in the horse's stall.
		Affirmed wintered in California, and in February he was teamed with a new rider, Laffit Pincay, Jr.
	sky.prohosting.com /spiletta/UTHOF/affirmed.html (1914 words)

	National Museum of Racing - Hall of Fame
		A champion in each of his racing seasons, Affirmed was bred in Florida by Lou Wolfson and carried his colors to Horse of the Year honors in 1978 and '79 with Laz Barrera as trainer.
		Affirmed's 2 and 3-year-old seasons were dominated by neck and neck competition with Calumet colt, Alydar.
		Affirmed was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1980.
	www.racingmuseum.org /hall/horse.asp?ID=3 (340 words)

	ESPN.com - Affirmed: A champion in every way
		She bred and raced Affirmed with her husband, Louis Wolfson, and for three solid years their Harbor View Farm colors never flew higher than they did aboard their graceful chestnut colt.
		Affirmed was no fop, no perfumed pretty boy.
		Locked together from the start, with Affirmed on the inside, they went the half in 45.60, the three-quarters in 1:09.60, the mile in 1:34.20.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1012787&type=story (826 words)

	CBS News \| Champion Affirmed Put Down \| January 12, 2001 21:01:55
		Affirmed was retired to stud in 1979 after a career that included wins in 14 stakes races and more than $2.3 million in earnings.
		Affirmed had surgery in October to repair a dislocated left front pastern joint, but laminitis soon developed in his right hoof.
		Affirmed did not have as successful a stud career as Alydar, who was euthanized in 1990 after breaking a leg in his stall, or Seattle Slew, still standing at Three Chimneys.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2001/01/12/sports/main263926.shtml (630 words)

	Kentucky.gov: - affirmed
		In 1978, Affirmed became the third Horse of the Decade, and the last horse to win the elusive Triple Crown.
		With jockey Steve Cauthen aboard, Affirmed beat Alydar by one and a half lengths in the Kentucky Derby, by a neck in the Preakness, and by a head in the
		The temporary Affirmed exhibition on display now is included with park admission, as will be the permanent exhibition next year.
	www.kentucky.gov /NR/exeres/6926E816-14B9-4CB2-B5D5-CF4160DFD775.htm (590 words)

	CNN/SI - 1999 Belmont Stakes - Triple Crown winner Affirmed in the breeding business - Wednesday June 09, 1999 02:29 PM
		Posted: Wednesday June 09, 1999 02:29 PM Affirmed, the 11th and last Triple Crown winner, is now spending most of his time in the breeding grounds.
		But at age 24, Affirmed is beginning to show very subtle signs of age.
		Affirmed gets $30,000 a session and normally goes about 50 times a year.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /more/horseracing/1999/belmont/news/1999/06/02/affirmed_profile (856 words)

	SI.com - Horse Racing - Racing marks 25 years since Affirmed, Alydar's Triple Crown tussle - Saturday April 26, ...
		Affirmed by 11/2 lengths, by a neck, by a head.
		Alydar, a striking, reddish-gold son of Raise a Native, headed to Florida under the tutelage of the young John Veitch, the son of Hall of Famer Syl Veitch.
		For the next 300 yards, exhausted, the two drew upon every ounce of energy and battled to the wire, with Affirmed desperately clinging to his narrow advantage and somehow hanging on to win in 2:26 4/5 by a short head.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /horse_racing/news/2003/04/26/affirmed_alydar_ap (1685 words)

	Affirmed wore racing's Triple Crown 26 years ago (phillyBurbs.com) \| Other Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Affirmed's Triple Crown came just a year after Seattle Slew - the last undefeated horse to sweep the series - and four years after Secretariat accomplished the feat.
		The results of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness were close: Affirmed defeated Alydar by 1 1/2 lengths and a head.
		Affirmed clung to his slight advantage and hit the wire a head in front, finishing the 1 1/2 miles in 2:26 4-5.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/47-06012004-309293.html (847 words)

	Cauthen, Affirmed last to wear the Crown - Belmont Stakes - MSNBC.com
		Affirmed, with Steve Cauthen up, right, battles Alydar, with Jorge Valasquez up, down the stretch to win the Belmont Stakes on June 10, 1978.
		The results of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness were close: Affirmed won by 1½ lengths and a head.
		Affirmed’s Triple Crown came just a year after Seattle Slew — the last undefeated horse to sweep the series — and four years after Secretariat accomplished the feat.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/5106091 (894 words)

	Affirmed-Alydar duels: 'Electrifying' classics
		The instant Affirmed crossed the finish line in the 1978 Belmont to become racing's 11th--and last--Triple Crown winner, the series became a classic.
		Whether it was a clod of dirt that struck him in the eye--and he did return with a swollen eye--or a miscalculation by Velasquez, Alydar quickly dropped back, trailing Raymond Earl and then Sensitive Prince by more than 12 lengths as he ran ninth in the field of 11.
		Alydar finished his career with 14 victories--and nine seconds--in 26 starts and earned $957,195, while Affirmed, who was Horse of the Year at age 3 and 4, won 22 of 29 races and $2,393,818.
	www.suntimes.com /output/horse/cst-spt-trip01.html (2432 words)

	TripleCrown winner Affirmed dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Affirmed, who won thoroughbred racing's last Triple Crown in 1978 with a series of riveting stretch duels alongside Alydar, was euthanized Friday following months of leg problems.
		Alydar finished second to Affirmed in all three races, coming closer to victory each time.
		Affirmed won by 1 1/2 lengths in the Derby, a neck in the Preakness and a mere head in the Belmont.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/horses/sorhfs27.htm (779 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Affirmed And Alydar : Thoroughbred Legends (Thoroughbred Legends, No. 15) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Affirmed and Alydar's rivalry is considered by many to be the greatest in Thoroughbred racing's history and one of the most riveting in all of sports.
		When they hit the wire and Affirmed has a NOSE in front it was simply the luck of the bob.
		These two horses were equals, and while Affirmed deserves the glory of being a Triple Crown winner, Alydar went on to become on of the greatest sires of all time.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1581500734?v=glance (967 words)

	AffirmedTribute.com - a Tribute site to the great Affirmed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Due to an overwhelming outpouring of affection and appreciation for AFFIRMED, Jonabell Farm felt compelled to devote a website to this magnificent Thoroughbred.
		The 1978 Triple Crown winner, Hall of Fame member, and two-time Horse of the Year spent the last several years of his stud career at Jonabell Farm prior to his death in January, 2001.
		Currently, you can view pages that showcase AFFIRMED's outstanding career at stud, his incomparable race record, and a small grouping of news and tribute pages.
	www.affirmedtribute.com (159 words)

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