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29-22-5-1
(USA) 29-22-5-1, $2,393,818 - 1978 Triple Crown winner and 1978 Eclipse Award Winner as Horse of the Year. Affirmed was euthanized on January 12, 2001 from complications of laminitis and buried whole--the ultimate honor for a race horse--at Jonabell Farm where he stood at stud, wearing the flamingo pink silks of his original owners, Harbor View Farm. [1]
In the Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, Affirmed was ranked #12.
Photo by Pat Bayes. Died 2001.
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