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Spectacular Bid, the horse whose trainer said was the greatest horse to ever look through a bridle, won the 1979 Kentucky Derby and Preakness.
Spectacular Bid, the horse whose trainer said was the greatest horse to ever look through a bridle, won the 1979 Kentucky Derby and Preakness.
Affirmed was a Florida-bred that was the last Triple Crown winner until 2015, when American Pharoah would break the drought of 37 years.
Seattle Slew, the $17,500 auction purchase that brought his owner’s so much more, became the first horse to win the Triple Crown while undefeated.
Bold Forbes, or as jockey Angel Cordero called him, “The Puerto Rican Cadillac”, was actually bred in Kentucky by Eaton Farms and Red Bull Stable.
Foolish Pleasure, the undefeated 2YO Champion Male, would take the 1975 Kentucky Derby, becoming the first of two Derby winners for trainer LeRoy Jolley and jockey Jacinto Vasquez.
Secretariat, aka “Big Red”, was the horse that ended the 25 year Triple Crown drought.
Riva Ridge, “Ole Pea Head”, was the horse responsible for saving Meadow Stable, which made him very special to owner Penny Chenery.
Canonero II, (Can-yo-nay-roe), or “The Caracas Cannonball”, was a Venezuelan champion that defied the odds and won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness in 1971
