Alydar - Wkp
Alydar (March 23, 1975 – November 15, 1990) was a chestnut colt and race horse who was most famous for finishing a close second to Affirmed in all three races of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, a feat not achieved before or repeated since.
With each successive race, Alydar narrowed Affirmed's margin of victory: Affirmed won by a length in the Kentucky Derby, by a head in the Preakness, and by a nose in the Belmont Stakes.
Alydar has been described as the best horse in the history of Thoroughbred racing never to have won a championship
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John: Maybe no one will get this reference, but going through the individual judgments had me thinking of the 1978 Triple Crown races between Affirmed and Alydar, when the horses ran 1-2 in each leg.
