Penny Chenery
| Penny Chenery | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Helen Bates Chenery January 27, 1922 New Rochelle, New York, United States |
| Residence | Boulder, Colorado |
| Education |
The Madeira School Smith College Columbia Business School |
| Occupation | Racehorse owner & breeder |
| Known for |
Secretariat Riva Ridge |
| Board member of | Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association |
| Spouse(s) | John Bayard Tweedy, Sr.(divorced), Lennart Ringquist (divorced) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) |
Christopher Chenery & Helen Bates |
| Relatives | Hollis B. Chenery (brother), Margaret Chenery Carmichael |
| Honors |
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Helen Bates "Penny" Chenery Tweedy (born January 27, 1922) is an American sportswoman who bred and raced 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 student. In March 2011, Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia awarded Chenery an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Married in May 1949, the couple had four children.
Penny Chenery was born in New Rochelle, New York, in 1922 and raised in Pelham Manor, New York. The youngest of three children, she was named Helen Bates Chenery after her mother. Her father Christopher Chenery, a Virginian who grew up poor, was a utilities financier who founded Southern Natural Gas Company, among other utilities. He also founded Meadow Stable, a thoroughbred racing operation and horse breeding business at The Meadow in Caroline County.
Chenery had a love of horses from a young age, and learned to ride at age five. Believing her appreciation for horses was gleaned from her father, Chenery stated, "My father really loved horses. I think a parent often communicates his love to a child." She shared many of her father's interest and goals, including her education. She attended the Madeira School in McLean, Virginia, a highly competitive girls' high school with facilities for riding and housing horses brought to the school by a number of students. Following her graduation, she attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and studied American history. After graduating in 1943, Chenery worked as an assistant for Gibbs and Cox, a company that designed war craft for the Normandy invasion; subsequent to the invasion, she quit her job. At the urging of her father, Chenery volunteered to join the Red Cross and in 1945 traveled to France as a Doughnut Girl to help war-weary soldiers transition to ships home at the end of World War II.
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