1978 Kentucky Derby Glass
104th Running
5 1/4 inch tall glass is in excellent condition with mint graphics on a frosted background
Back of the glass lists the previous 103 Kentucky Derby Winners and the years with special markings for the Triple Crown Winners
The 1978 Kentucky Derby Winner was Affirmed and the jockey was Steve Cauthen in a time of 2:01 1/5.
Affirmed is the last of the 11 members to date of the exclusive club of Triple Crown Winners
In Affirmed’s three races for the Triple Crown, he headed off his arch rival Alydar and they are both known for being the only first and second place winners in all three races and they raced the fastest last mile Belmont Stakes history
Affirmed was named Horse of the Year twice, Champion 3 year old, and he was elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
Affirmed finished his racing career with 22 wins, 5 seconds and 1 third in 29 races with a then record earnings of over $2 million dollars
Affirmed was the great, great, great grandson of Man O War and the great, great grandson of Triple Crown winner War Admiral. His pedigree also included Gallant Fox, winner of the 1930 Triple Crown.
At stud he was syndicated for the then record of price of $14.4 million dollars and he went on to sire 80 stakes winners and he is the second Triple Crown winner to sire a second generation Triple Crown winner through his foal, Peteski, who won the 1993 Canadian Triple Crown
Affirmed was euthanized on January 12, 2001 at the age of 26 due to laminitis and he is buried at Jonabell Farm in Kentucky
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