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August 24, 2025
A native of Denver, Colorado, Kate Chenery Tweedy is the daughter of Secretariat’s owner Penny Chenery, and granddaughter of his breeder, Christopher Chenery. She grew up visiting her family’s farm, The Meadow, in Doswell, VA, where Secretariat was born and raised. In 1973, as a college student, she was at her mother’s side when Secretariat demolished the field in the Belmont Stakes and set records that still stand today.
Kate has a BA from University of Texas, Austin, and a JD from Berkeley Law (University of California, Berkeley). As a lawyer, she specialized in immigration and political asylum. Later her energies shifted to teaching and writing. She is co-author of Secretariat’s Meadow, which has sold over 40,000 copies and won several awards.
From 2005 to 2017, Kate had the pleasure of escorting her mother, Penny Chenery, to racing events all over the country. Kate and Penny both consulted on the Disney script for the 2010 movie, Secretariat, and both were extras in the Belmont scene. Kate currently lives in Virginia and is at work writing a biography-memoir of her mother. She enjoys speaking about her mother and her magnificent horse to audiences nationwide.