Of all the Triple Crown winners, the Slew is my favourite. I'm not sure why, but I've always liked him from the moment I first watched his races and read about him. Just looking at him go... His feet were carried by the winds of Aeolus no doubt! A shame the track wasn't fast, but at the same time the possibilities capture the imagination better than reality. Who knows!
Slew starts from 2nd or 1st place in the race. Secretariat usually starts from the back of the pack to collect momentum. They're both great horses, there's no reason to think 1 is better than the other. The same goes for Ruffian and Foolish Pleasure, Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra. (Though Secretariat is by far my most favorite)
Slew was such a magnificent horse & one of the top racehorses of all time. Secretariat, Affirmed, Alydar....MAGNIFICENT!! Wish we'd had more time to see what Barbaro would have shown us...gone far too soon:(
There's no point in comparing horses when we can all agree they were ALL amazing horses..... let's be happy we were graced with such horses, and we have these videos to look back and remember. I wasn't even born when this was run for that matter lolz
Seattle Slew was a great horse, there is no debating that but his 3-y/o competition was average at best. Run Dusty Run was a good horse but nothing special. Iron Constitution was a 1-dimensional dead stoner closer who loved the mud and still couldn't beat Slew. Jean Cruguet rode Slew awesomely and never pushed more than he needed. Slew solidified his greatness as a 4 y/o beating Affirmed.
I humbly disagree with you. Seattle Slew is firmly entrenched in my top five of all time (it changes from time-to-time, save the #1 spot), but Secretariat faced Forego, Sham, Our Native, among others; not to mention taking on the Hall of Fame triumverate of Riva Ridge, Tentam, Cougar II, and the superb Prove Out after the Triple Crown. To say that Slew had "way more" competition is simply not true. His competition at 3 was good, but not great, with all due respect to Slew. Have a good day.
OK, I have found out this much; the late Smiley Adams was Run Dusty Runs' trainer for his whole career. RDRs rider for the Derby & Preakness was replaced with Sandy Hawley. So it was a change of riders, not trainers.
I remember that the owner of Run Dusty Run actually switched trainers after RDRs third place finish in the Preakness because he was certain that he had the horse who could beat Slew. I've been trying to look up the details to that story, but haven't been successful. Could somebody fill in the blanks, deny/confirm this? I'm pretty sure that I'm remembering at least that much correctly.
alot of the great horses are realated i looked at most of thier pedigrees and its cool that they all are realted near of far............godbless u all
you don't see a horse go wire to wire in triple crown races very often. He seemed to have an extra gear whenever challenged. My all time favorite horse. I have a room in my house where the walls are filled with 8X10's of mostly baseball players and of the over 30 photos there is just one animal. The great Seattle Slew!
The thing that stands out to me here is that every time that a horse comes up to challenge Slew, he just turns it up a notch and shrugs off the challenge, and is much the best down the stretch. A super performance on a muddy, slow Belmont strip.
I saw Slew in NYC at either track can't remember in 78 or 79. After a layoff he went off at 2 to 1. A regular at the track couldn't believe it and was shouting "Seattle Slew 2 to 1, mortgage the house." Pretty funny. He won easily.
HorseGal523 Says:
8/07/2012 9:23:48 AM
My mother told me that Seattle slew went undeffeted and Secretariat & seattle slew are my fave race horses. :) he was a good horse!! :)
TheNummerthirteen Says:
5/06/2012 6:23:51 AM
Of all the Triple Crown winners, the Slew is my favourite. I'm not sure why, but I've always liked him from the moment I first watched his races and read about him. Just looking at him go... His feet were carried by the winds of Aeolus no doubt! A shame the track wasn't fast, but at the same time the possibilities capture the imagination better than reality. Who knows!
TCBinTN Says:
25/07/2011 2:14:18 PM
SS running in the KD is my first HR memory. I was amazed at how that beautiful horse could run. He was a great horse.
Farrah300 Says:
1/10/2010 9:06:09 AM
I totally agree with you, especially when it comes to Barbaro.
mshobohorse Says:
16/07/2010 2:37:43 AM
Slew starts from 2nd or 1st place in the race. Secretariat usually starts from the back of the pack to collect momentum. They're both great horses, there's no reason to think 1 is better than the other. The same goes for Ruffian and Foolish Pleasure, Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra. (Though Secretariat is by far my most favorite)
jlalewicz Says:
27/04/2010 5:55:15 AM
Slew was such a magnificent horse & one of the top racehorses of all time. Secretariat, Affirmed, Alydar....MAGNIFICENT!! Wish we'd had more time to see what Barbaro would have shown us...gone far too soon:(
RuffianRunsForever16 Says:
21/12/2009 3:49:57 AM
There's no point in comparing horses when we can all agree they were ALL amazing horses..... let's be happy we were graced with such horses, and we have these videos to look back and remember. I wasn't even born when this was run for that matter lolz
joefederico Says:
29/08/2009 8:30:08 AM
Seattle Slew was a great horse, there is no debating that but his 3-y/o competition was average at best. Run Dusty Run was a good horse but nothing special. Iron Constitution was a 1-dimensional dead stoner closer who loved the mud and still couldn't beat Slew. Jean Cruguet rode Slew awesomely and never pushed more than he needed. Slew solidified his greatness as a 4 y/o beating Affirmed.
cf1970 Says:
25/04/2009 5:59:30 AM
I humbly disagree with you. Seattle Slew is firmly entrenched in my top five of all time (it changes from time-to-time, save the #1 spot), but Secretariat faced Forego, Sham, Our Native, among others; not to mention taking on the Hall of Fame triumverate of Riva Ridge, Tentam, Cougar II, and the superb Prove Out after the Triple Crown.
To say that Slew had "way more" competition is simply not true. His competition at 3 was good, but not great, with all due respect to Slew.
Have a good day.
grgoldner Says:
24/04/2009 11:26:31 AM
I think Slew had way more competition than Big Red. Run Dusty Run, Iron Constitution, et al. It is a toss up.
all66books Says:
16/11/2008 5:25:59 PM
OK, I have found out this much; the late Smiley Adams was Run Dusty Runs' trainer for his whole career. RDRs rider for the Derby & Preakness was replaced with Sandy Hawley. So it was a change of riders, not trainers.
all66books Says:
6/11/2008 9:26:32 AM
I remember that the owner of Run Dusty Run actually switched trainers after RDRs third place finish in the Preakness because he was certain that he had the horse who could beat Slew. I've been trying to look up the details to that story, but haven't been successful. Could somebody fill in the blanks, deny/confirm this? I'm pretty sure that I'm remembering at least that much correctly.
KIKAURMOUF Says:
10/10/2008 5:18:09 PM
alot of the great horses are realated i looked at most of thier pedigrees and its cool that they all are realted near of far............godbless u all
pnutbutrncrackers Says:
22/07/2008 3:04:48 AM
Exactly -- what a closer. It's very common to see the lead horse on the homestretch fade, but not Slew. Could he ever hold a lead once won.
mattanddi62 Says:
19/07/2008 5:02:29 PM
you don't see a horse go wire to wire in triple crown races very often. He seemed to have an extra gear whenever challenged.
My all time favorite horse.
I have a room in my house where the walls are filled with 8X10's of mostly baseball players and of the over 30 photos there is just one animal. The great Seattle Slew!
all66books Says:
19/05/2008 3:39:46 PM
The thing that stands out to me here is that every time that a horse comes up to challenge Slew, he just turns it up a notch and shrugs off the challenge, and is much the best down the stretch. A super performance on a muddy, slow Belmont strip.
drpiratedna Says:
4/05/2008 3:30:58 PM
I saw Slew in NYC at either track can't remember in 78 or 79. After a layoff he went off at 2 to 1. A regular at the track couldn't believe it and was shouting "Seattle Slew 2 to 1, mortgage the house." Pretty funny. He won easily.
Rightsideup Says:
4/05/2008 11:17:06 AM
Slew is my all time favorite, just a dominating warrior of a horse.
jkoff76 Says:
3/04/2008 3:19:43 AM
He was Black Beauty, as far as I'm concerned. Just a big bunch of muscles!!
rangerdgd1 Says:
28/10/2007 1:56:35 AM
Smarty Jones had the same length lead at the last 1/4 mile,but couldn't hold off Birdstone