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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. In the Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, Affirmed was ranked #12. AFFIRMED had a famous rivalry with ALYDAR, who ran 2nd in every leg of the 1978 Triple Crown. Foaled February 21, 1975
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