Seattle Slew
| Seattle Slew | |
|---|---|
Seattle Slew at Spendthrift Farm in 1981 | |
| Sire | Bold Reasoning |
| Grandsire | Boldnesian |
| Dam | My Charmer |
| Damsire | Poker |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | February 15, 1974 Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | May 7, 2002 (aged 28) Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Dark bay or brown |
| Breeder | Ben S. Castleman |
| Owner | Mickey and Karen L. Taylor, Tayhill Stable/Jim Hill, et al. Glenn Rasmussen |
| Racing colors | Black, yellow yoke, yellow hoops on sleeves, yellow cap, black pompom. |
| Trainer | William H. Turner Jr. Douglas R. Peterson |
| Record | 17: 14–2–0 |
| Earnings | $1,208,726 |
| Major wins | |
| Champagne Stakes (1976) Flamingo Stakes (1977) Wood Memorial Stakes (1977) Marlboro Cup (1978) Woodward Stakes(1978) Stuyvesant Handicap(1978)
Triple Crown race wins: | |
| Awards | |
| 10th U.S. Triple Crown Champion (1977) U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt (1976) U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1977) American Horse of the Year (1977) U.S. Champion Older Male Horse (1978) Leading sire in North America (1984) North American leading broodmare sire (1995, 1996) #9 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century NTRA "Moment of the Year" (2002) | |
| Honours | |
| United States Racing Hall of Fame inductee (1981) | |
Seattle Slew (February 15, 1974 – May 7, 2002) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who became the tenth winner of the American Triple Crown (1977). He is one of only two horses to have won the Triple Crown while being undefeated in any previous race; the second was Justify who won the Triple Crown in 2018 and is descended from Seattle Slew. Seattle Slew was the 1977 Horse of the Year and a champion at ages two, three, and four. In the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Seattle Slew was ranked ninth.
Joe Hirsch of the Daily Racing Form wrote of Seattle Slew's three-year-old campaign: "Every time he ran he was an odds-on favorite, and the response to his presence on the racetrack, either for a morning workout or a major race, was electric. 'Slewmania' was a virulent and widespread condition."
Seattle Slew later became an outstanding sire and broodmare sire, leading the North American sire list in 1984 when his son Swale won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. Another son, A.P. Indy, won the Belmont Stakes and continued the sire line through descendants such as Mineshaft, Tapit, and California Chrome.