A large audience gathered in Keeneland's sales pavilion the afternoon of Oct. 9 to remember the life of Helen "Penny" Chenery, the "First Lady of Thoroughbred Racing," who died Sept. 16 at age 95.

For Penny Chenery, Secretariat’s Triple Crown spring was also a season of love. In a new documentary film produced by her son, John Tweedy, Chenery reveals that during the 1973 campaign she had ...

Penny Chenery, who bred and raced 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat as well as realizing her ailing father’s dream to win the Kentucky Derby in 1972 with Riva Ridge, has died. She was 95.

In a new documentary, Penny Chenery reveals that during Secretariat 's 1973 Triple Crown run she had an affair with her champion racehorse's trainer, Lucien Laurin. The film "Penny & Red: The Life ...

In the end, Penny Chenery was all about touching people with her love of the racehorse and the racing game. "It's not about me," she would insist. "It's about the horse.

Penny Chenery, owner of ’73 Triple Crown winner Secretariat, dies at 95 September 18, 2017 More than 7 years ago Ms. Chenery reacts to Secretariat’s victory at the Belmont Stakes in 1973.

Penny Chenery planned to be in front of her television Saturday in her Boulder home to watch the Belmont Stakes and I’ll Have Another’s bid to win the third and final leg of horse racing’s ...

Penny Chenery, who owned Triple Crown winner Secretariat, will be presented posthumously with the Big Sport of Turfdom award given to a person who enhances coverage of thoroughbred racing through ...

FILE – In this Sept. 29, 2010 file photo, actress Diane Lane, left, and Penny Chenery, owner of the 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat, pose together in Beverly Hills, Calif. Lane portrays ...

On the eve of Triple Crown drama, Penny Chenery, the grand dame of horse racing, calls out I'll Have Another's owner and implores the industry to do better.

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