I was at this race... I was selling tshirts. my tshirt said: "Believe It... Alydar is Affirmed!" The guy I was selling for had bet the farm on Alydar.
Throughbreds were faster than they are now,we don't have a triple crown winner since Affirmed! And there should be a rule that no horse can run in the belmont stakes unless he had run in the derby and the preakness too..
Coming into this race Sensitive Prince was undefeated! Believe It had crushed the Wood Memorial field and then you had Affirmed and Alydar. Alydar would have been a 2/3 year old champ almost any other year, but the same is true for Believe It! Alydar beat him in the Tremont and Florida Derby, he creamed Alydar in the Remson. Believe It could also have been going for the triple crown in most other years- THAT is how great the division was!
In addition to owning a 7-3 heads-up advantage, Affirmed proved his superiority over Alydar as a 4 year old. Whereas Alydar was only 2 for 6 at age 4, with only one graded stakes win (grade 3), Affirmed won the last 7 races of his career at age 4, with 6 of those wins coming in grade 1s. Affirmed won the gr1 Strub by 10, the Santa Anita Cap by 4.5 under 128, grade 1 Californian by 5 under 130, the gr1 Hollywood Gold Cup under 132, the gr1 Woodward, and gr1 Jockey Club Gold Cup over the Bid.
My daughter does "Eventing" with one of Affirmed's grandsons...ferriers, vets, everyone who has met "Diamond" says he has the biggest heart...must be his pedigree.
alan30189 Says:
20/05/2012 4:32:31 AM
Actually, Affirmed beat Alydar seven times out of the ten that they raced each other. I just think Cauthen was the better jockey.
iloveriothebunny Says:
11/03/2012 7:46:18 AM
Affirmed is my horse's sire. My horse's racing name is adjust :)
DerbyDeals Says:
11/01/2012 10:01:01 AM
My, my Steve Cauthen. Seems like that's been a hundred years ago.
MCMLXIXwasagoodyear Says:
15/08/2011 2:59:52 AM
I was at this race... I was selling tshirts. my tshirt said: "Believe It... Alydar is Affirmed!" The guy I was selling for had bet the farm on Alydar.
ryan12378 Says:
24/06/2011 5:14:09 AM
1978 was the last year the triple crown was won 33 years i was born that year 1978
Caballerango08 Says:
14/06/2011 4:41:45 PM
The last real Champ....beat Alydar was not easy...did it three times..amazing...
twoking10 Says:
19/03/2011 12:32:49 AM
Alydar, like Sham 5 years earlier, was one of those great horses who picked the wrong year to be born.
cf1970 Says:
18/02/2011 6:10:55 AM
Steve had just turned 18, on May 1st, five days previous to his Derby win on Affirmed.
burningrosegirl98 Says:
17/02/2011 11:30:41 PM
Wow. The jockey was young. Exactly how old was he?
Jiltedin2007 Says:
26/09/2010 6:43:42 PM
RIP: Affirmed. There will NEVER be another horse like you!
ginita105 Says:
21/08/2010 8:33:09 PM
Throughbreds were faster than they are now,we don't have a triple crown winner since Affirmed! And there should be a rule that no horse can run in the belmont stakes unless he had run in the derby and the preakness too..
tkkrupnikas Says:
2/05/2010 12:08:04 AM
My Uncle was in this race. Unfourtunatly he got in last. But atleast he made it to th Kentucky derby.
HollywoodParkSteward Says:
27/04/2010 1:38:12 AM
Coming into this race Sensitive Prince was undefeated! Believe It had crushed the Wood Memorial field and then you had Affirmed and Alydar. Alydar would have been a 2/3 year old champ almost any other year, but the same is true for Believe It! Alydar beat him in the Tremont and Florida Derby, he creamed Alydar in the Remson. Believe It could also have been going for the triple crown in most other years- THAT is how great the division was!
jhordanian Says:
11/05/2009 1:16:01 AM
In addition to owning a 7-3 heads-up advantage, Affirmed proved his superiority over Alydar as a 4 year old. Whereas Alydar was only 2 for 6 at age 4, with only one graded stakes win (grade 3), Affirmed won the last 7 races of his career at age 4, with 6 of those wins coming in grade 1s. Affirmed won the gr1 Strub by 10, the Santa Anita Cap by 4.5 under 128, grade 1 Californian by 5 under 130, the gr1 Hollywood Gold Cup under 132, the gr1 Woodward, and gr1 Jockey Club Gold Cup over the Bid.
aosics Says:
9/12/2008 3:37:55 AM
My client owns a stallion sired by Alydar and the mare Fargaze.
Barbaro2012 Says:
11/07/2008 6:54:31 AM
Any horse that wins the Triple Crown is great!
Alydar did a great job too, so did Barbaro and Street Sense
Tromminator Says:
7/07/2008 3:20:17 AM
Actually, he'd just turned 18. Steve was born May 1, 1960.
However, he'd started racing a couple of years before that. You are right, he was young.
jazzaboomer Says:
8/06/2008 11:55:37 AM
My daughter does "Eventing" with one of Affirmed's grandsons...ferriers, vets, everyone who has met "Diamond" says he has the biggest heart...must be his pedigree.
gregarious24 Says:
7/06/2008 9:57:24 PM
orangecountydrums - That was my exact reaction, too. Haha.
Wando2000 Says:
3/06/2008 8:44:33 PM
He turned 18 shortly before the Belmont, so I guess technically he's 17 in this race.