Seattle Slew
Trainer:Billy TurnerOwner: Tayhill Farm, Karen & Mickey Taylor
Foaling Date: 1974-02-15
Pedigree: Bold Reasoning and My Charmer of Poker
Dosage: 7-6-4-5-0 (22)
Dosage Index / CD: 2.14 / 0.68
Notes:
Seattle
Slew is a
famous
thoroughbr
ed horse
of US
origin and
is known
for his
astounding
performanc
e in the
US Triple
Crown in
1977. He
is the
tenth of
total
eleven
horses to
accomplish
the feat
and ranks
ninth in
the
Blood-Hors
e magazine
out of the
Top 100
Racehorses
of the
20th
Century.
He is the
descendant
of the
sire
Nearco
through
his son,
Nasrullah
– he
was sired
by Bold
Reasoning
out of My
Charmer.
Since the
start of
his career
on
September
20, 1976
in the
fifth race
at Belmont
Park, he
earned
victory in
many of
the races
with a
long
distance.
He was
named the
champion
2-year-old
of 1976.
After
posting
win in the
US Triple
Crown in
1977,
Seattle
Slew was
stabled at
Hialeah,
where he
stopped
eating and
broke into
sweats. It
seemed
that he
would die
–
ultimately
he
recovered
slowly and
finally
made it
back to
the races
at
Aqueduct.
He
clinched
victory
that
Allowance
race at
Aqueduct
easily by
eight and
half-lengt
hs and
also in
the next
race at
Saratoga.
His last
race was
an easy
victory in
the
Stuyvesant
Handicap
in
November
at
Aqueduct
Racetrack.
At the
time of
his
retirement
, Seattle
Slew stood
at stud at
the Three
Chimneys
Farm in
Midway,
Kentucky.
He was the
leading
sire of
1984 –
when his
son Swale
won the
Kentucky
Derby and
Belmont
Stakes. He
is also
the only
Belmont
Stake
winner to
sire a
Belmont
Stakes
winner
A.P. Indy.
Seattle
Slew is
buried at
Hill
‘n’
Dale Farms
near
Lexington,
Kentucky.
| Important 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) · Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century NTRA "Moment of the Year" (2002) |
| Racing Honours: — · National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (1981) |