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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.
The Statue of Lenin is a 16 ft (5 m) bronze statue of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.It was created by Bulgarian-born Slovak sculptor Emil Venkov and initially put on display in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in 1988, the year before the Velvet Revolution.
The copper [4] statue, which weighs between 300 and 400 lbs. (136–181 kg), [5] shows Seattle with his right hand extended as if in greeting. [4] [5] The statue stands atop a stone base that was designed to serve as a fountain, although the fountain has been turned off and on over the years.
Seattle Fishermen's Memorial; Statue of Chief Seattle; Statue of Chris Cornell; Statue of George Washington (Seattle) Statue of Jim Owens; Statue of John McGraw; Statue of Leif Erikson (Seattle) Statue of Lenin (Seattle) Statue of William H. Seward (Seattle)
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 ...
Seattle Slew was a speed horse and got the first quarter mile in 24 seconds under jockey Angel Cordero, who never allowed Affirmed to get close. Seattle Slew won by three lengths in 1:45 4 ⁄ 5 for the one-turn mile and 1 ⁄ 8. The two horses met once more, in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. This time, Affirmed was to be aided by his stablemate ...
The artist was also permitted to put up another statue, called “Tiki Torch,” to be installed at Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue between the Capitol and the White House on Oct. 28.
Seattle Center Totem (1970) Seattle Fishermen's Memorial; Seattle Garden (1988) by Ann Sperry; Seattle George Monument; Seattle Monolith; Shear Draft (1995) Sonic Bloom (2013), Dan Corson; Soul Pole; Statue of Chief Seattle (1912), James Wehn; Statue of Chris Cornell (2018), Seattle Center; Statue of Christopher Columbus; Statue of Don James