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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 1977 Belmont Stakes was the 109th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York held on June 11, 1977. With a field of eight horses, Seattle Slew won by four lengths in front of a crowd of 70,229 spectators.
He was out of the Buckpasser mare, Evasive, by the undefeated 1977 Triple Crown winner, Seattle Slew. Raced only once, Slewacide is best known as the broodmare sire of Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, Funny Cide. Upon retirement, Slewacide produced such stakes winners as Clevor Trevor, Mr. Ross, and Slew of Damascus.
The 1977 Preakness Stakes was the 102nd running of the $200,000 Grade 1 Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 21, 1977, and was televised in the United States on ABC.
In 1977 a $300,000 purse attracted Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, who suffered the first loss of his career when he ran fourth to winner J O Tobin. The Hollywood Derby continued as a 1 1 ⁄ 2 mile turf stakes through 1975, after which it was moved to earlier in the meeting to serve as a Kentucky Derby prep race at 1 1 ⁄ 8 miles on dirt.
Cigar's dam, Solar Slew, was by the 1977 Triple Crown winner, Seattle Slew. Cigar was a half-brother to Corridora Slew (ARG) by Corridor Key (USA), Mulca, and several other lesser performing horses. His second dam, Gold Sun, was a Group 1 winner in Argentina. [4] Madeleine A. Paulson was the original owner of Cigar. [2]
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