Seattle Slew
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Sire:	Bold Reasoning
Grandsire:	Boldnesian
Dam:	My Charmer
Damsire:	Poker
Sex:	Stallion
Foaled:	1974
Country:	USA
Colour:	Brown
Breeder:	Ben S. Castleman
Owner:	Karen & Mickey Taylor. Racing silks: Black, yellow yolk, yellow hoops on sleeves, yellow cap, black pompom.
Trainer:	Billy Turner Douglas Peterson
Record:	17:14-2-0
Earnings:	$1,208,726
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
Major Racing Wins
Champagne Stakes (1976) Wood Memorial Stakes (1977) Kentucky Derby (1977) Preakness Stakes (1977) Belmont Stakes (1977) Woodward Stakes(1978) Marlboro Cup (1978) Stuyvesant Handicap(1978) Flamingo Stakes (1977)
Racing Awards
10th U.S. Triple Crown Champion (1977) U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt (1976) U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1977) Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year (1977) U.S. Champion Older Male Horse (1978) North American leading broodmare sire (1995 & 1996)
Honours
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (1981) #9 of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
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Seattle Slew (February 15, 1974 – May 7, 2002) was an American thoroughbred race horse who won the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1977, only the tenth horse, among eleven, to accomplish the feat. He remains the only horse to win the Triple Crown while undefeated. In the Blood-Horse magazine List of Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century, Seattle Slew is ranked ninth. February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (128th in leap years). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Thoroughbred race horses The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known as a race horse. ... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The horse (Equus caballus, sometimes seen as a subspecies of the Wild Horse, Equus ferus caballus) is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ... The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... In 1999, The Blood-Horse magazine compiled a list of what its staff members considered to be the top 100 racehorses of the 20th Century who had competed in the United States. ...

By Bold Reasoning out of My Charmer, he was foaled at Ben Castleman's White Horse Acres Farm near Lexington, Kentucky. Not expected to be a great racehorse, he was sold to Karen and Mickey Taylor of White Swan, Washington. They named him for the city of Seattle, and for the sloughs loggers once used to transport heavy logs. But Karen felt that the spelling of slough—a slow-moving channel of the Pacific Northwest—would be too hard for people to remember, so the spelling was changed to Slew. The colt's co-owners were Jim and Sally Hill. Another co-owner was Glenn Rasmussen, the Certified Public Accountant for the horse partnerships. Lexington, Kentucky, United States, known as the Horse Capital of the World, is located in the heart of the Bluegrass region. ... White Swan is a census-designated place located in Yakima County, Washington. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... The term slough (in the UK, pronounced to rhyme with cow; In the US, pronounced slew) has several meanings related to wetland or aquatic features that seem to derive from local experience. ... The Pacific Northwest from space This page is about the region that includes parts of Canada and the United States. ... A colt or filly with its mother A Colt is a young male horse, under the age of four. ...

Slew began his career on September 20, 1976 in the the fifth race at Belmont Park on Long Island, New York: the Maiden Special Weight six furlong (1,207 m) event. He was a big, strong, nearly black two year old, and he was almost unknown to handicappers since his previous impressive trial runs were not accurately reflected in the daily racing form. The morning line odds on him were 10 to 1, and none of the racing form selectors had picked him to win. However, the public knew better, and as the bets were tallied, the odds lengthened, finally settling at 2 to 1. By the time he reached the gate, Seattle Slew was the favorite by 5 to 2. He gave the public its first look at his "War Dance," the prancing on tiptoe that typified his pre-race behavior, and won by five lengths. Seattle Slew started only two more times as a two-year-old, winning an allowance race by 3½ lengths on October 5, 1976, and the Champagne Stakes just 11 days later by 9¾ lengths. That stunning performance, a mile in 1:34 2/5 while drawing away from the highly regarded For The Moment, earned the dark bay or brown colt leading two-year-old honors, and had racing fans daring to dream of a second Triple Crown winner in just four years. September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing facility located in the hamlet of Elmont, New York in Nassau County on Long Island (just outside of New York City). ... This article is about Long Island in New York State. ... A furlong is a measure of distance within imperial units and U.S. customary units, and is equal to 660 feet or one-eighth of a mile. ... The term gambling has had many different meanings depending on the cultural and historical context in which it is used. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The Champagne Stakes is a Grade I horse race in the United States for two-year-old thoroughbred colts and geldings. ...

Billy Turner, Slew's trainer, was considered cautious and patient. Slew didn't make his first start as a three-year-old until March 9, 1977, when he won an allowance race by nine lengths at Hialeah in track record time for seven furlongs. On March 26, 1977, Seattle Slew won the Flamingo Stakes by four lengths in the third fastest time in stakes history, despite being eased by jockey Jean Cruguet down the stretch. Seattle Slew then added the Wood Memorial Stakes on April 23, 1977 by 3¼ lengths. In the Wood, his jockey used similar tactics to the Flamingo, easing up after Slew opened a six length advantage. William H. Turner is a former American steeplechase jockey and Thoroughbred horse trainer. ... March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (69th in leap years). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (86th in leap years). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... The Flamingo Stakes was a Grade III stakes race for three-year-old thorough race horses run at the Hialeah Park in Hialeah, Florida over a distance of 1 1/16 miles. ... Jean Cruguet (born March 8, 1939 in Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, France) is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. ... The Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, New York is an American horse race first run in 1925. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (114th in leap years). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... The racecourse is a classical meeting point for the people of Chester. ...

Seattle Slew went off as the prohibitive 1-to-2 favorite in the Kentucky Derby on May 7, 1977. Slew normally broke well from the gate, but in Louisville he swerved and was sharply taken up by Cruguet. "Seattle Slew broke slowly," said track announcer Chic Anderson. For a speedball like Slew to be stuck behind a wall of horses at Churchill Downs would have forced a radically different style than any other race in his young career, but Cruguet quickly hustled Seattle Slew to the front and he bullied through a narrow opening to join For The Moment on the lead. The two colts dueled for the first mile of the race. At the top of the stretch, Seattle Slew put away his racelong rival, then cruised home a 1¾-length winner over Run Dusty Run. Slew was eased down the stretch after looking like he would win by open lengths. "He's going along easily now," said Anderson as Slew approached the wire. The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (128th in leap years). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... “Louisville” redirects here. ... Composite image of Churchill Downs on Derby Day, 1901 Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky, is a thoroughbred racetrack most famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby. ... A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, United States customary units and Norwegian/Swedish mil. ...

Two weeks later, in the Preakness Stakes, Seattle Slew faced a new and dangerous rival, multiple stakes winner Cormorant. Many handicappers believed the likely speed duel with Cormorant would jeopardizes Slew's chances. Seattle Slew dueled Cormorant on the front end into submission, then pulled away for a 1½-length victory over the late closing Iron Constitution. The Preakness Stakes is a Grade I stakes race 1 3/16 mile (1. ... A graded stakes race is a term applied to a Thoroughbred horse race in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay. ...

The Belmont Stakes was an easy coronation for Seattle Slew, as the colt dominated the race, winning by four lengths with Cruguet standing in the saddle and waving his whip in celebration, as the two crossed the finish line. Turner had spoken of "sending" Slew in the Belmont if the track had been fast, saying, "it would have been awesome." When the track was off that day, Slew instead turned the Belmont into a glorified workout. The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...

At this stage of the season, Seattle Slew's owners had a number of different options to take. Turner suggested rest. His owners, however, chose to send Seattle Slew out to Hollywood Park in early July to compete in the Swaps Stakes. The race, California's first chance to see the undefeated champion up close, was a masochistic fiasco. Seattle Slew finished a tired fourth, beaten 16 lengths by J.O. Tobin, and didn't run again the rest of the year. It was the only race in his career Slew finished worst than second. Despite the season ending loss, Seattle Slew was honored at year's end as leading three-year-old and the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year. Hollywood Park is a thoroughbred racecourse located in Inglewood, California, about 3 miles (5 km) from Los Angeles International Airport and next door to The Forum. ... The Swaps Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... The Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. ...

In early 1978, Seattle Slew was stabled at Hialeah and was expected to make three starts in Florida before contesting the Metropolitan Mile in New York. In Florida, the horse, who had recovered from his cough as a three year old, took a turn for the worse in January 1978. He stopped eating and sometimes broke into sweats, which lasted for hours. At times, he fell when he tried to stand. Hill diagnosed a viral infection and feared Slew might die. The Hialeah Park Race Track (also known as the Miami Jockey Club or Hialeah Race Track or Hialeah Park) is a historic site in Hialeah, Florida, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... The Metropolitan Handicap is an American Grade I stakes race for Thoroughbred horses of either gender three-years-old and above. ... NY redirects here. ...

Slew recovered slowly. When he finally made it back to the races on a sloppy track at Aqueduct in May, Seattle Slew had a new trainer, Douglas Peterson. Turner was replaced late the previous year when Slew's owners thought he had been drinking too much. Aqueduct Racetrack, known as the Big A, is a horse racetrack in the neighborhood of Ozone Park in the New York City borough of Queens. ...

Slew won that allowance race at Aqueduct easily, by eight and a half lengths on a sloppy surface, and later another seven furlong allowance race by six lengths at Saratoga Race Course in August. In preparation for a heralded matchup against the 1978 Triple Crown winner Affirmed, Seattle Slew was sent to the Meadowlands for a night time race, the Paterson Handicap. Slew narrowly lost to Dr. Patches in a major upset. Cruguet lost the mount after that race, after expressing doubt the horse was trained sufficiently for the race. Saratoga Race Course is a famous horse-racing track in Saratoga Springs, New York. ... This article is about the racehorse. ... The Meadowlands Racetrack is a horse racing track at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ...

In the Marlboro Cup, the first ever matchup of two Triple Crown winners, Seattle Slew was not the favorite, for the first and only time of his career. Angel Cordero, Jr. took the reins as Slew's new jockey. The 1-2 favorite, Affirmed had lost only once in nine starts. Seattle Slew was the 2-1 second choice. Affirmed's arch rival, Alydar, was scratched the week before the race. Many believed a speed duel between Seattle Slew and Affirmed would have set up the race for Alydar to possibly steal. Seattle Slew broke first and stayed there into the homestretch. Cordero took Slew somewhat wide off the final turn and Affirmed came up on on him for a moment, before Slew poured it on to beat him by three lengths in the excellent time of 1:45 4/5 for a mile and an eighth. Reporters indicated the Belmont Park crowd seemed stunned when Slew rolled home in front of Affirmed. The Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap was a Thoroughbred horse race first run in September of 1973 at Belmont Park, New York. ... Angel Cordero Jr. ... Alydar, a chestnut colt born at Calumet Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, on March 23, 1975 – died at Calumet Farm on November 15, 1990, was an American thoroughbred race horse who was most famous for finishing a close second to Affirmed in all three races of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred...

Two weeks later, Slew easily won the Woodward Stakes over Exceller by four lengths at a mile and a quarter. (Affirmed skipped the race.) Then, in October, Slew and Affirmed met again at the mile and a half Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont. Affirmed's trainer, Laz Barrera, didn't want Seattle Slew to get an easy lead and dictate the pace like the Marlboro Cup, so Barrera entered a high priced rabbit named Life's Hope. Unexpectedly, Seattle Slew and Affirmed took off at a torrid pace along with Life's Hope, before Affirmed—already well beaten—backed off further when his saddle slipped. Slew ran the first six furlongs in under 1:10, virtually unheard of going a mile and a half. When they turned into the stretch. Exceller had roared from back of the pack to wrest a half length lead over Seattle Slew. Many observers thought Slew would fade to a lopsided defeat, considering the suicidal fractions. But Slew fought back gallantly to return to Exceller's head. The pair crossed the line together, but it was Exceller who was judged to be the winner by a nose. This stretch drive is still recalled by many to be among the all-time best—right up there with Sunday Silence and Easy Goer's Preakness in 1989. Despite the defeat, many analysts called this Seattle Slew's greatest performance. Washington Post racing columnist Andrew Beyer, always a Seattle Slew skeptic as a three-year-old, wrote for his lead; "Exceller won Saturday's Jockey Club Gold Cup. Seattle Slew was its hero." The Woodward Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses three-year-olds and up. ... Exceller (1973 - 1997) is widely considered one of the best horses to race in the United States and not win a year-end championship. ... The Jockey Club Gold Cup is a prestigious thoroughbred horse race open to horses three years old and upward, established in 1919. ... Lazaro S. Barrera (May 8, 1924 - April 25, 1991), was a Cuban-born Hall of Fame thoroughbred racehorse trainer. ... Sunday Silence (1986-2002) was an American thoroughbred race horse. ... Easy Goer is a thoroughbred racehorse, famous for conquering the champion Sunday Silence in the 1989 Belmont Stakes by 8 lengths. ... ... Andrew Beyer is an American expert on horse race betting who designed what has become known as the Beyer Speed Figure. ...

Seattle Slew's last race was an easy victory in the Stuyvesant Handicap in November at Aqueduct, by three and a quarter easy lengths while carrying the unusually high impost of 134 pounds. He retired with 14 wins in 17 races and earnings of $1,208,726. The Stuyvesant Handicap is a race for Thoroughbred horses held in the fall of the year at Aqueduct Race Track. ...

Slew was a champion every year he raced. Along with his two-year-old title in 1976, he earned best three-year-old and the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year honors for 1977, best older horse in 1978, and was elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1981. The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In retirement, Seattle Slew stood at stud at the Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Kentucky. Slew was the leading sire of 1984, when his son Swale, who died later that year, won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. His other best progeny include the talented, but ill-fated 1982 champion two-year-old filly, Landaluce, Slew o'Gold, winner of the 1983 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Male Horse and the 1984 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Male Horse, the 1992 Horse of the Year A.P. Indy, sire of the brilliant 2006 Preakness Stakes winner Bernardini, and the 2000 champion three-year-old filly Surfside. In 2002, just months after Seattle Slew's death on the 25th anniversary of his Kentucky Derby triumph, his son Vindication went undefeated in four races to become the 2002 champion two-year-old colt and the favorite for the 2003 Kentucky Derby. Trainer Bob Baffert was devastated when Vindication suffered an injury early in 2003, ending his racing career. Baffert has said he thinks Vindication could have ended the Triple Crown drought. Three Chimneys Farm is a thoroughbred race horse breeding farm in Midway, Kentucky established in 1972 by Mr. ... Midway is a city located in Woodford County, Kentucky. ... Swale (born 1981 - June 17, 1984) was an American thoroughbred racehorse. ... Slew oGold (foaled April 19, 1980) was an American thoroughbred racehorse, who was voted the 1983 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Male Horse and the 1984 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Male Horse. ... A.P. Indy (born 1989) is a champion stallion Thoroughbred racehorse. ... Bernardini is a thoroughbred racehorse most famous for his victory in the 2006 Preakness Stakes in a time of 1:54. ... Bob Baffert (January 13, 1953 —) is an American horse owner and trainer. ...

A primary conduit for Seattle Slew's continuation of his male line has been through A.P. Indy. A.P. Indy has done very well at stud in Kentucky, getting, among others, the 2003 Horse of the Year Mineshaft. Currently, one of Seattle Slew's most successful grandsons is the California champion Lava Man, sired by Slew City Slew. In 2006, Lava Man became the first horse to win the Santa Anita Handicap, Hollywood Gold Cup, and Pacific Classic Stakes in the same year. Seattle Slew was also a leading broodmare sire, his daughters producing, among others, the all-time leading money earning American Thoroughbred, Cigar. Horse breeding is the process of using selective breeding to produce additional individuals of a given phenotype, that is, continuing a breed. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  Ranked 37th  - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ... Lava Man (foaled on March 20, 2001) is a dark bay gelded thoroughbred race horse by Slew City Clew (Seattle Slew) out of Lil Ms. ... The Santa Anita Handicap is held annually in the month of March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. ... The Hollywood Gold Cup is a Grade I Stakes race for thoroughbred horses inaugurated in 1938 at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California. ... The Grade I Pacific Classic Stakes is a race for three years of age or older thoroughbred race horses. ... Cigar, born April 18, 1990 at Country Life Farm near Bel Air, Maryland, is a Hall of Fame thoroughbred racehorse. ...

Pedigree

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References

• Mearns, Dan. Seattle Slew. (Eclipse Press : 2000) ISBN 1-58150-047-5
• Cady, Steve. Seattle Slew. (Penguin Books : 1977) ISBN 0-14-004758-1

• Seattle Slew was the punch line of a joke in the hit comedy "Liar Liar" starring Jim Carrey. "The fact that she has been ridden more than Seattle Slew is irrelevant"

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Links

• Seattle Slew's Official Website
• Slew's pedigree
• Seattle Slew at Three Chimneys Farm: racing record, news, pedigree, conformation]
• Seattle Slew's Kentucky Derby
• Seattle Slew profile at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame