Editing Affirmed (section)

{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
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{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Affirmed
| image = Affirmed at Spendthrift Farm 1981.jpg
| caption = Affirmed at Spendthrift Farm in 1981
| sire = [[Exclusive Native]]
| grandsire = [[Raise a Native]]
| dam = Won't Tell You
| damsire = [[Crafty Admiral]]
| sex = [[Stallion]]
| foaled = 1975
| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|1|12|1975|2|21}}{{efn|Officially, Affirmed was 26 years old at the time of his death as all Thoroughbreds foaled in the Northern Hemisphere are deemed to be born on January 1.}}
| country = United States
| color = [[Chestnut (coat)|Chestnut]]
| breeder = [[Harbor View Farm]]
| owner = Harbor View Farm. Colors: Flamingo, white bars on black sleeves, black cap
| trainer = [[Laz Barrera]]
| record = 29: 22–5–1
| earnings = $2,393,818<ref name="EquibaseProfile">{{cite web|title=Horse Profile – Affirmed|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=624999&registry=T&rbt=TB|website=Equibase|access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref>
| race = [[Youthful Stakes]] (1977)<br />[[Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes|Hollywood Juvenile Championship]] (1977)<br /> [[Sanford Stakes]] (1977)<br />[[Hopeful Stakes (United States)|Hopeful Stakes]] (1977)<br />[[Belmont Futurity Stakes|Futurity Stakes]] (1977)<br />[[Laurel Futurity]] (1977)<br />[[San Felipe Stakes]] (1978)<br />[[Santa Anita Derby]] (1978)<br />[[Hollywood Derby]] (1978) <br />[[Jim Dandy Stakes]] (1978) <br /> [[Strub Stakes]] (1979)<br />[[Santa Anita Handicap]] (1979) <br /> [[Californian Stakes]] (1979) <br /> [[Hollywood Gold Cup]] (1979)<br />[[Woodward Stakes]] (1979)<br /> [[Jockey Club Gold Cup]] (1979)<p>
'''[[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)|Triple Crown race]] wins:'''<br />[[Kentucky Derby]] ([[1978 Kentucky Derby|1978]])<br />[[Preakness Stakes]] ([[1978 Preakness Stakes|1978]])<br /> [[Belmont Stakes]] ([[1978 Belmont Stakes|1978]])</p>
| awards= [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)|11th U.S. Triple Crown Champion]] (1978)<br />[[American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt]] (1977)<br />[[American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse]] (1978)<br />[[American Champion Older Male Horse]] (1979)<br />[[American Horse of the Year]] (1978, 1979)
| honors = [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|United States Racing Hall of Fame]] (1980)<br />[[Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century|#12 – Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century]]<br />[[Affirmed Handicap]] at [[Hollywood Park Racetrack|Hollywood Park]]<br />[[Affirmed Stakes (FS)|Affirmed Stakes]] at [[Calder Race Course]]<br />Affirmed Street in [[Napa, California]]
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'''Affirmed''' (February 21, 1975 – January 12, 2001) was a champion American [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]] who is the eleventh winner of the [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)|American Triple Crown]]. Affirmed was well known for his famous rivalry with [[Alydar]], whom he met ten times, including Alydar coming second in each of the three 1978 Triple Crown races. After Affirmed won the Triple Crown, there was a 37-year wait until [[American Pharoah]] swept the series in 2015.

Affirmed won fourteen [[Graded stakes race|Grade One]] stakes races over his career and was a champion each of the three years he raced. At age two in 1977, he was named the champion two-year-old after winning the Hollywood Juvenile Championship, Sanford, Hopeful, Belmont Futurity and Laurel Futurity. At age three, he was named "Horse of the Year" for winning the [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)|Triple Crown]] and other major stakes races such as the Santa Anita Derby, Hollywood Derby and Jim Dandy Stakes. He repeated as Horse of the Year at age four after winning the final seven races in his career, all but one of which was a Grade I stakes race. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1980. On the ''[[Blood-Horse]]'' magazine list of the [[Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century|Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century]], he was ranked twelfth.