Affirmed, the handsome chestnut colt who won thoroughbred racing's last Triple Crown in 1978 with a series of riveting stretch duels alongside Alydar, was euthanized Friday following months of leg ...

Thirty years later, Patrice Wolfson still can feel the grandstand at Belmont Park shaking as Affirmed and Alydar battled down the track’s yawning stretch. Affirmed was a half-mile from history in the ...

ARCADIA, Calif. - A large red tree just fell in the forest, and everybody heard. Affirmed is dead. There will never be another. "It's the end of an era," said Patrice Wolfson said on Friday between ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Louis Wolfson, who bred and raced 1978 Triple Crown winner Affirmed with wife Patrice, died Sunday night at his home in Bal Harbour, Fla. Wolfson was 95 and had been suffering from ...

Affirmed Success, a multiple grade 1 winner and true warrior on the New York racing circuit, was euthanized Feb. 16 at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Facility in Georgetown, Ky., where he ...

It was a legendary rivalry that has galloped through time without any yanking on the reins. It was Bird-Magic, Ali-Frazier, Sampras-Agassi. Except, they could tell us about theirs. Thirty years ago, ...

One of the best horse racing rivalries in the history of the sport, Affirmed and Alydar met first in the Kentucky Derby. They finished first and second, respectively, in the Derby and the Preakness, ...

Affirmed, the last horse to sweep the Triple Crown. We’ve been hearing that now for 34 years. Eleven horses have won the first two legs since Affirmed in 1978 and all came up short in the Belmont ...

Affirmed Housing Group is looking to add its fourth affordable project in San Jose next door to the BART station on the city’s north side, one that would be built taller than a traditional affordable ...