Secretariat owner biography

American racehorse owner and breeder

Helen Bates "Penny" Chenery (January 27, 1922 – September 16, 2017) (married names: Penny Tweedy until 1974 and later Penny Ringquist until 1980) was an American sportswoman who bred and owned Secretariat, the 1973 winner of the Triple Crown.

The youngest of three children, she graduated from The Madeira School in 1939 and earned a Bachelor of Arts from Smith College, then studied at the Columbia Business School, where she met her future husband, John Tweedy, Sr., a Columbia Law School graduate.^[3] In March 2011, Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, awarded Chenery an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree.

Early life

Penny Chenery was born in 1922 in New Rochelle, New York, and was raised in Pelham Manor, New York.

Secretariat’s Owner, Penny Chenery, Passes Away At The Age Of 95

The youngest of three children, she was named Helen Bates Chenery after her mother. Her father, Christopher Chenery, a Virginian, was driven by early poverty to become a millionaire, a goal he accomp Penny Chenery, Owner of the Triple Crown Winner Secretariat ... MES