OCTOBER 27, 2014 MARY ANN RATHFON ALYDAR ~ (March 23, 1975 – November 15, 1990) was a chestnut colt and an American Thoroughbred race horse who was most famous for finishing a close second to Affirmed in all three races of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.. On November 13, 1990, Alydar appeared to have shattered his right hind leg in his stall at Calumet Farms in Lexington, Kentucky. Emergency surgery was performed the next day in an attempt to repair the injury, but the leg broke again. On November 15, Alydar was euthanized.[4] At the time the owner of Calumet Farm was in dire trouble financially, but suspicions of foul play by the management were not raised until federal prosecutors investigated in the late 1990s. John Thomas (J.T.) Lundy was indicted and convicted in 2000 on separate but related fraud charges - bribing a bank executive for favorable loans - and served nearly four years in prison. The farms former attorney, Gary Matthews, was also convicted and received a 21-month prison sentence. The Texas Monthly described Alydars death as a sweeping saga of greed, fraud, and almost unimaginable cruelty that could have been lifted straight from a best-selling Dick Francis horse-racing novel. Alydar is buried at Calumet Farm. THE REST IS UNDER THIS SITE: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alydar *All copyright and credit for the posted photo ALYDAR goes solely to he photographer who took the picture. All rights are therein reserved.
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