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A son of the 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, Swale was trained by Woody Stephens and ridden by Laffit Pincay, Jr., both now members of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Swale's dam, the stakes winning mare Tuerta, was born with one eye. Her name means "one-eyed" in Spanish.
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, who would go on to be named Horse of the Year, was one of only two Triple Crown winners to have entered the Derby undefeated; the other was Justify. After the Triple Crown, a disagreement occurred between Turner, who wanted to give Seattle Slew a rest, and the owners, who wanted to run him in three weeks at the Swaps Stakes at ...
Turner, who was diagnosed with cancer two years ago, had 533 career racing wins and was known for leading Seattle Slew to a 1977 Triple Crown win. 'A true legend': Billy Turner, trainer of 1977 ...
Most painful of all was the loss of her family photos, including those of her late son, Tommy, who died at 12 years old. The precious photographs of him had been a cherished memory.
Although Reeve's 1995 horse riding accident left him paralyzed, he and his wife Dana became tireless advocates for people with disabilities. The actor died in 2004 at age 52, leaving behind Will ...
For a time, he almost completely disappeared from the public eye because he was the sole caregiver for his wife Denyse, who was bedridden after suffering a debilitating stroke in 2003. She died at their home in Kentucky in September 2010. [2] Cruguet planned a one-race comeback at the Keeneland Racecourse Spring Meet in April 2011 at age 72.
Brent Sachio Isaac Hamamoto, 35, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of 36-year-old Yiwen Lu after the couple got married on Jan. 16, according to court documents obtained by USA TODAY.