Importantly, however, Affirm doesn't underwrite and service its loans by itself.
Sure, the colt can become just the 12th Triple Crown champion and the first to sweep the series since Affirmed did so in 1978.
I'm just amazed that the same three-judge panel that affirmed did an abrupt about-face and gave the corps a pass".
Now Funny Cide is a victory from becoming the 12th horse to sweep the series and the first since Affirmed did so in 1978.
Only 11 thoroughbreds have accomplished what Affirmed did — win the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont within five weeks — and none since 1978.
Affirmed did not have as successful a stud career as Alydar, who was euthanized in 1990 after breaking a leg in his stall, or Seattle Slew, still standing at Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Ky.
Whoever wins the Derby will become the only horse with a shot at the Triple Crown, a feat that has not been completed since Affirmed did it in 1978.
I'll Have Another jogged around Belmont Park's massive mile-and-a-half oval Wednesday, his first loop around the track where he will try to become the 12th horse to sweep the Triple Crown and the first since Affirmed did so in 1978.
When Big Brown, Smarty Jones and five others came to this grand old racetrack on Long Island with an opportunity to become only the 12th Triple Crown champion, often more than 100,000 people showed up to see if those horses would be the first to sweep the series since Affirmed did so in 1978.
Now, Nyquist is an increasingly popular choice to do what Affirmed did in 1978 and make it two in a row.
In the 30 years since Affirmed did it, 10 horses have won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness and failed in the Belmont.
