Menifee (born 1996 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse that competed in the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1999. His rivalry with Triple Crown contender Charismatic was compared at times with the rivalry between 1978 contenders Affirmed and Alydar, who won and placed (respectively) in all three races that year. He was trained by W. Elliott Walden, and ridden in all three races by Pat Day.
Menifee won a decisive come from be...
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Menifee (born 1996 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse that competed in the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1999. His rivalry with Triple Crown contender Charismatic was compared at times with the rivalry between 1978 contenders Affirmed and Alydar, who won and placed (respectively) in all three races that year. He was trained by W. Elliott Walden, and ridden in all three races by Pat Day.
Menifee won a decisive come from behind victory in the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland in his last Triple Crown prep over the highly regarded Cat Thief, Vicar Kimberlite Pipe and Wondertross. Menifee placed second as a late closing sensation in the Kentucky Derby behind eventual Horse-of-the-Year Charismatic. Two weeks later in the Preakness Stakes he garnered a great deal of support being sent off as the morning line favorite at 2-1 in a full field of 13 colts and 1 filly (Silverbulletday). In the race Cat Thief and Vicar took the lead early while Menifee settled into mid-pack...
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