Life well lived: Penny Chenery, owner of Triple Crown winner Secretariat, dies at 95

Sep. 24, 201701:28

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Sep. 24, 2017 / 1:31 PM GMT / Source: TODAY

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Penny Chenery died last weekend at the age of 95. She is remembered most as the owner of Secretariat, a horse she settled for after losing a coin toss. The Triple Crown winner went on to become one of the greatest thoroughbreds to ever race around a track.