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A NEW YORK HORSE.(Seattle Slew)(Brief Article)
New Yorkers can be born anywhere. Then one day they just show up here and fit right in. Seattle Slew, who died last week, at the age of twenty-eight, was that sort of New Yorker. He had the native blend of showmanship and come-from-behind attitude, even though he was bred in Kentucky by a barkeep and bought at auction for $17,500 by a hard-partying gang of four (a logger, a stewardess, a veterinarian, and his wife). They bought him, as Karen Taylor (the stewardess) said, because "he had pizzazz and he gave you that eye."
As long as Slew was a racehorse, New York was home: he ran twelve of his seventeen races in New York or in the Meadowlands, notching ten of his fourteen wins here, including his first, his last, and his most ...
- Seattle Slew trainer no fan of Alysheba
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times DAVE FELDMAN June 4, 1987 700+ words
...Triple Crown victories. Seattle Slew had won nine straight...the horse's owners; Seattle Slew ran and lost. Turner...000 and $500,000. Seattle Slew was the 10th horse to...who still trains on the New York circuit. "I only saw...
- Seattle Slew was a breed apart.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) May 8, 2002 700+ words
...as a yearling, Seattle Slew was sold to Hill...colt was sent to New York trainer Billy Turner...Paula Turner gave Seattle Slew the nickname...stubbornness, Seattle Slew was a very difficult...Paula sent him to New York to begin his racing...
- Seattle Slew, the last Triple Crown star standing.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Spencer, Clark May 7, 2002 700+ words
...unprincely sum of $17,500, Seattle Slew emerged into a tour de force...their epic `78 clashes. Seattle Slew won from Florida to New York, and he usually won convincingly...Jim Hill, who co-owned Seattle Slew with Mickey and Karen Taylor...
- Smarty Jones following in Seattle Slew's footsteps.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) June 1, 2004 700+ words
...menial tasks for esteemed New York trainer Scotty Schulhofer...he was." That horse was Seattle Slew, and he went on to win the...duplicate what Turner and Seattle Slew did _ sweep the Triple Crown...Crown winner he will emulate Seattle Slew as the second undefeated ...
- Seattle Slew dead at 28.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Patton, Janet May 7, 2002 700+ words
LEXINGTON, Ky. _ Seattle Slew, the last living member of...was aided by euthanasia. Seattle Slew was buried whole, in front...enough to do that." When Seattle Slew saw the filly running alongside...track record and won again in New York before heading to Kentucky...
- Seattle slew. (clothing accessories collections from Seattle, Washington,...
- Magazine article from: WWD April 25, 1994 700+ words
...Community College and working as a dancer in New York, he returned to Seattle to oversee fashion...work, in addition to selling Barneys New York's Seattle store, and boutiques in Seattle, Detroit, California and upstate New York. He produces 12-15 styles a season...
- Seattle Slew earned all his glory.
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) May 7, 2002 700+ words
...Some of us never fully appreciated Seattle Slew until after he left the track. Maybe...owners and a near-fatal illness. Seattle Slew transcended so much, and Tuesday morning...winner to go into the triad undefeated _ Seattle Slew died peacefully at Hill `n' Dale Farm...
- Seattle Slew dies at age 28; prolific stallion was last surviving Triple Crown...
- Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) May 7, 2002 700+ words
...DALLAS _ They're all gone. Seattle Slew died Tuesday, exactly 25 years...the famed Triple Crown series, Seattle Slew was 28. Having suffered from...neurological problems in recent years, Seattle Slew died peacefully, according to...
