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Word: alydar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...easy enough to name the great horses: Secretariat, Seabiscuit, Affirmed, Alydar. Now name the men who rode them. When you've got almost 1,000 lb. of magnificent thoroughbred thundering along a track, it's hard to pay much mind to the little man riding on his back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Secrets of Jockeying: Why Horses Go Fast | 7/21/2009 | See Source »

...greatest rivalry in horseracing reached a climax at the Belmont, when Affirmed nosed out Alydar at the finish. Affirmed won the crown, and Alydar was the bridesmaid all three times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Love for Big Brown | 5/22/2008 | See Source »

When he went to Belmont for the first time in October 1977, Crist watched a horse named Affirmed edge out Alydar in a photo-finish. Without knowing it, he witnessed the early stages of what would become one of horse racing’s greatest rivalries...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Right on Track: Crist Finds Joy in Being a Players’ Professional | 6/4/2003 | See Source »

EUTHANIZED. AFFIRMED, 26, winner of the last Triple Crown in 1978 after three stretch races with Thoroughbred rival Alydar; after suffering a host of leg ailments; in Lexington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jan. 22, 2001 | 1/22/2001 | See Source »

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