# Penny Chenery dead at 95

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-chenery-dead-at-95/796642>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 18, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-chenery-dead-at-95/796642 "2017-09-18T15:39:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-chenery-dead-at-95/796642/1 "2017-09-18T15:39:25Z")

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[Owner](https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/223650/penny-chenery-first-lady-of-racing-dies-at-95) of Secretariat and Riva Ridge, ambassador to the sport.

I did not know she was a graduate of the Columbia School of Business. No wonder the role of housewife and mother chafed her so.

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**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-chenery-dead-at-95/796642/2 "2017-09-18T21:08:56Z")

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Very sad news. I never heard anything negative about Ms. Chenery. She was a true ambassador for the sport of kings, and genuinely loved her horses.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-chenery-dead-at-95/796642/3 "2017-09-19T00:43:18Z")

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[Moderating]

Since she was a figure from sports, not from the arts, let’s move this over to the Game Room.

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**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-chenery-dead-at-95/796642/4 "2017-09-19T02:03:58Z")

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She was Boulder royalty.