Tag: Penny Chenery

Secretariat’s owner, Penny Chenery, dies at 95

September 18, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

Helen “Penny” Chenery, known as “Secretariat’s Mom” and the First Lady of Racing, died September 16th from complications following a stroke. Chenery was 95. Chenery is best known for breathing life into her father’s Meadow Stable when his failing health left him unable to manage the farm. This part of her story became immortalized in […]

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Penny Chenery interview on Secretariat

October 19, 2010.Reading time 1 minute.

There’s been a lot of discussion on the forums about the accuracy of the Secretariat movie. I saw it and enjoyed it. Sure, it wasn’t the most accurate portrayal, but then again, except for us hard core equestrians who would watch a move that was really all about Secretariat! Here’s an interview with Penny Chenery […]

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