Seattle Slew horse

Seattle Slew horse In the short list of Triple Crown winner, this horse was one of the largest business in racing history. We are the jigsaw puzzle of a wonder, Seattle Slew.The story of this horse is just another indication of how strange sport horse racing is unpredictable and, as can be. Anywhere in racing millionaires spending po 'di fortuna were trying to breed the best horses that could, in the hope that come immediately with a winner. While this spending has gone mad and a few friends spent $ 17,500 for the purchase of Seattle Slew, when he was just a year old. She does not believe that the money would be much of anything. But these friends have their investments in a Triple Crown winner and also one of the greatest horses in the 20th Slew century.Seattle was the son of Bold Reasoning, and my characteristics. The horse was very slow in his career as a young coach named William H. Tuer. He was the oldest horse in history for his two years, girls, race, September 20, 1976 at Belmont Park by twelve horses in the field, as he rose from 2.6 to 1 favorite. He quickly took the lead and won the race with five lengths.Oddly, Seattle Slew started only two races over two years. He won an allowance race on October 5 and then won the Champagne Stakes Eleven days later, a huge 9 am to 3 pm / 4 lengths. After the race, that people are already talking about whether or not it would be the next Triple Crown winner in just 4 years in the Secretariat Seattle Slew 1973.Again struck after three years of age, his coach has things slowly with him, he not to start in his first race in three years, on March 9, 1977. The race was in Hialeah, where he won by nine lengths. On 26 March, he won again at the Flamingo Stakes by four lengths. Finally, he won the Wood Memorial Stakes on 23 April to 3 and 1 / 4 lengths.By the time in the Kentucky Derby is about May 7, because of its past performance, Seattle Slew was the overwhelming favorite to win, when you go 1-2 Ironically, the race is almost a disaster for Slew, when discarded, and was strongly influenced by the jockey. He was already at an early lead, but since this has led to him demanding route, which is a 3-horse race. Slew had to hang and win by 1 3 / 4 lengths.At the Preakness, two weeks later, we were very similar to the Derby Slew was a real horse race, but to depend on winning and 1. 1 / 2 lengths. At that time people began to worry that is behind the Belmont. But Slew not disappoint. The Belmont has been completely different and Slew went on to win by four lengths.The victory made him only the 10th Triple Crown winner, but the first undefeated Triple Crown winner. Slew finally retired at the end of the season, 1978.   -------------------------------------------------- -----   Michael Russell   Your independent guide to horses   -------------------------------------------------- -----