With a Stallion the insurance increase has more to do with his value as a Stallion then his Racing Winnings. Storm Cat stood Stud at $500,000.00 per breeding covering anywhere from 100 to 130 Mares per year. Add in it was either Northern Dancer or Raise a Native that stood Stud for a $1,000,000.00 Stud Fee no live Foal Guarantee, you wanted that his Fee was $1,500,000.00. So they can earn a Ton.
@rcschumann SS got in with a soft pack of horses way over rated.Riva Ridge and afirmed was better but would rate SS as the same caliber as Canonero they both look the same
One of the horses at my barn comes from seatle slew's blood line, believe he is her great, great grandfather. Too bad she didin't get his talent on the track. lol She got kicked off the track because she was so slow. lol
Seattle Slew was one hell of a horse. He proved it time And time again. His loss to J.O. Tobin was when he was a sick horse. Source: Steve Haskins.But whether he would have beaten him that day if he was right we just don't know. I also bet he would have not been 16 lengths back either. It would have been very close. Slew was much stronger at 4 years of age.
@AmongTheSlaughtered It's called an Australian Cheeker noseband. It keeps the bit elevated in the mouth to prevent the tongue from going over the bit and also to deter hard pulling horses from running through the bit.
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The worth of this horse is priceless! 3 Mill??? Are you kidding!! That is UNDER rated. First they sell his sperm to breeders, second if he kills a jockey or flipps a truck over and dies the owners (all of them) will want all the money they put out to train him, race him and however much the jockey charges as well. Vet fees, Millions of dollars goes into horses! He was a clumsy horse built for speed and was sold at a Rediculouse ammount. Laughable nowadays. You can still buy his sperm!
I wonder how it would work now...you can take dna from any horse and you can clone it to infinity...any triple crown winner now can have their dna replicated forever and can be sold forever...imagine how much secretariats dna would be worth right now...
@babba5 .......Most of the income comes from breeding. If you've been to a Kentucky auction, some foals can sell for over a $2-3 million depending on the sire. Most champions can breed for 20+ years, that's why so many champions retire after their 3 year old season, to start breeding.
Your right. Turner didn't want him to race. Oh no.... The Taylers just had to put him on the track again way way too soon. I will never forget that stunt. Turner was right. Don't race this horse!!!!!!! Grrrrrrrr. I think it was San Anita... not sure..
He wasn't when he won the Crown. THEN Karen and Micky took him to California to race him. THAT made me so mad I could spit! Poor horse. Just ran three huge races and they take him to race again geeeeeeesh. Well he did come out of that. Who in the hell would do that anyway. Win the Triple Crown and then race your horse shortly after the win. IMO that was very wrong......
Excellor was killed (and knew it) at slaughter when he could no longer make money for his owners. His story, like millions of other racers, takes the joy out of the sport.
my friend owns the grandson and granddaughter of seattle slew. his grandson is named Air Idaho, and his granddaughter's name is Buzzy. (i can't remember her racing name.) the only reason they didn't race, is because Air Idaho got a torn tenden bone and his sister is just slow. one time i breezed Air Idaho. he could've been a successful racehorse but that accident at practice ruined his career, now Air Idaho is a successful hunter/jumper and Buzzy is a western reining horse.
i think he was so pretty and a great runner and i have his grand daughter skeddadle seattle she is realy sweet and just and just had a fole named miss erin .
ya her sisster well ther was just somethin about her that appeled to me not that i have a favorit horse in my barn of 6 1/2 the 1/2 is an unborn foal that is going to come out of skeddadal seattle but i call her mama for short but i don't have favorit i am extreamly close to all of them but miss erins older sisster was my lil girl she would of been 3 this feb but died last year i miss her so much she was once my lil girl and now she is my gardian angle
the owners should have just kept the old trainer and jock instead of being so picky its their fault he lost on the west theyre the ones that wanted to go
This was a wonderful tribute to Seattle Slew. What a great horse. I was scanning for videos of him because I now own one of his granddaughters. Hopefully some of that greatness will pass down to her foals. I'll look for your book, Swale1984.
I love this video very very much. I wish someone would make a video about all of SEATTLE SLEW'S Eclipse Award winning offspring. There were nine of them!! I believe that SWALE was the best of them. I loved him the most. I published a book all about his life. The title is: GRIT AND VALOR: THE STORY OF SWALE.
No horse will ever have the opportunity to provide a Post Triple Crown performance like Slew did. Can you imagine (unless a gelding) any Triple Crown winner even setting a hoof on a racetrack again? Thank you Slew and your owners for all the memories (Pre - During and POST Triple Crown).
Carly my comment omitted a word "No horse will ever have the opportunity ((again)) to provide a Post Triple Crown performance like Slew did. No owner is going to run a champion after the Belmont. I enjoy your videos (and would like nothing better than to be proven wrong!) :) Keep up the good work.
Alright after my clarification you still dodged the issue! Agree or Disagree in a 2007 or later world? (I might get to utilize that word insane myself) :)
Great video. I loved the clips of Slew's early races, the Champagne and as a 3-year-old prior to the Derby. Truly dominant.
Slew had freakish ability, the most I've ever seen. He'd a have a lot easier time winning a race among alltime greats than his backers would have arguing his merits beforehand.
all you breeders that slaughter~~ take a warning from our Creator~~your destruction of animals will terrify you~~
greatbigbubby 5 months ago
With a Stallion the insurance increase has more to do with his value as a Stallion then his Racing Winnings. Storm Cat stood Stud at $500,000.00 per breeding covering anywhere from 100 to 130 Mares per year. Add in it was either Northern Dancer or Raise a Native that stood Stud for a $1,000,000.00 Stud Fee no live Foal Guarantee, you wanted that his Fee was $1,500,000.00. So they can earn a Ton.
snnyjcbs 6 months ago
Great horse, but he never got anywhere near Secretariat's times at the Derby and Belmont.
rcschumann 11 months ago
@rcschumann SS got in with a soft pack of horses way over rated.Riva Ridge and afirmed was better but would rate SS as the same caliber as Canonero they both look the same
LittleVinnyCock 9 months ago
@LittleVinnyCock it dosnt matter how good they r they all have huge hearts and are all as equally apriciated they all fight on no matter what
dacrazybreyergoose 8 months ago
@rcschumann i think they all do just aswell as each other i love them all with my whole heart :)
dacrazybreyergoose 8 months ago
such a shame what happened to Exceller he was such an amazing horse
redneckracehorse01 1 year ago
@redneckracehorse01 what happend :)
dacrazybreyergoose 8 months ago
One of the horses at my barn comes from seatle slew's blood line, believe he is her great, great grandfather. Too bad she didin't get his talent on the track. lol She got kicked off the track because she was so slow. lol
GallopGirl40 1 year ago
Slew and Affirmed were in just about the same positions as Secretariat and Riva Ridge in the Marlboro Cup of 1973
ewd76 1 year ago
Seattle Slew was one hell of a horse. He proved it time And time again. His loss to J.O. Tobin was when he was a sick horse. Source: Steve Haskins.But whether he would have beaten him that day if he was right we just don't know. I also bet he would have not been 16 lengths back either. It would have been very close. Slew was much stronger at 4 years of age.
rscarbro100 1 year ago
I love seeing Seattle Slew just relaxing on the farm in his old age!
bobfet1 1 year ago
What was the strap that went over his face when he was racing? Was it some sort of tongue tier?
AmongTheSlaughtered 1 year ago
@AmongTheSlaughtered It's called an Australian Cheeker noseband. It keeps the bit elevated in the mouth to prevent the tongue from going over the bit and also to deter hard pulling horses from running through the bit.
pakatochip 1 year ago
@AmongTheSlaughtered i think it was for mouth support :)
dacrazybreyergoose 8 months ago
Does anyone no his son Slewvescent? That my gelding dad
365HorseJumper 2 years ago
I own His grandson Majestic Design! And he is such a great horse. Raced 17 times and now is in dressage.
365HorseJumper 2 years ago
OMG my first horse the passed away of colic in january 09' was his son...Syncopated Slew!!! :D
horsefreakazoid 2 years ago
I have His Grandson! Slew For You.
clydey1234 2 years ago
I have his Breyer Horse :D
lol
funkay789 2 years ago
i own his grand daughter! A Slew Of Fun
jonniebooboo 2 years ago
I own I a grand daughter too lol. She is beautiful. We named her Slewy. Lol. She is really fast
LetMyDreamsRunFree 2 years ago
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i used to own him!!!! i had him for 1 month when he was first born!
PonyGirl246 2 years ago
But if you're 18 now, like your profile says, then that means you were -17 years old when he was born
carlykaiser 2 years ago
You make a good point lol.
LetMyDreamsRunFree 2 years ago
i have his great grand son!
mirrorimage7 2 years ago
he'd have to move up in class to race Secretariat.
PokerStuffer 2 years ago
Sorry, i meant to mark the other one lol my friend has the grand daughter of Secretariat.
LetMyDreamsRunFree 2 years ago
i have his grandson
bcham34 2 years ago
cool i had one of his sons but unfortionlay he borke his leg sometime durning the night 5 years back and had to be put down
Ponyshy 2 years ago
thats so sad :'(
LetMyDreamsRunFree 2 years ago
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The worth of this horse is priceless! 3 Mill??? Are you kidding!! That is UNDER rated. First they sell his sperm to breeders, second if he kills a jockey or flipps a truck over and dies the owners (all of them) will want all the money they put out to train him, race him and however much the jockey charges as well. Vet fees, Millions of dollars goes into horses! He was a clumsy horse built for speed and was sold at a Rediculouse ammount. Laughable nowadays. You can still buy his sperm!
spookyah 2 years ago
AI is illegal in thoroughbred racing, his sperm is not around. It died with him
carlykaiser 2 years ago
I wonder how it would work now...you can take dna from any horse and you can clone it to infinity...any triple crown winner now can have their dna replicated forever and can be sold forever...imagine how much secretariats dna would be worth right now...
zbjordan23 2 years ago
Dies with seattle Slew?
LetMyDreamsRunFree 2 years ago
he said that his ensurance was increased to 3 million dollar right. a horse cant win that much money in a lifetime can someone explain to me.
babba5 2 years ago
Actually they can, and it happens often. Curlin, who raced just last year, won over $10mil.
Heck, the Dubai World Cup is $6mil. Will be increased to $10mil next year. So if you win just that race alone you will break $3mil
carlykaiser 2 years ago
@babba5 .......Most of the income comes from breeding. If you've been to a Kentucky auction, some foals can sell for over a $2-3 million depending on the sire. Most champions can breed for 20+ years, that's why so many champions retire after their 3 year old season, to start breeding.
BoxerRankings 1 year ago
@babba5 it can
dacrazybreyergoose 8 months ago
@babba5 stud fees.
greatbigbubby 5 months ago
im getting his grandson
lequitationamour 2 years ago
how much is it for ensurance? like 2 million dollar one cant afford that?
babba5 2 years ago
i think the Taylors got a good deal dont you?
quarf53206 2 years ago
hah i also own one of his grandsons.
ilovejj54321 3 years ago
how much do you pay in insurance, this guy said more than 2 million dollars for seattle slew. he cant win that much money.
babba5 2 years ago
haha i ALSO have a grandson. Out of slew city slew.
he reg name is Slew City Blue lol lots of half bros out there :)
loganberry20 3 years ago
so how much is it for ensurance to normal horses?
babba5 2 years ago
my horses dad is a race horse also slew of Angels!
rodoegirl101 3 years ago
wow my horse is also seattle slew grandson also that's funny and i got my horses half brother which is also seattle slew's half grandson
rodoegirl101 3 years ago
Slew died on my B-day:(
pandasrock22 3 years ago
my trainers horse is seattle slew's grandson. they look exactly alike.
thoroughbred225 3 years ago
your trainer owns funny cide?
horsejumper42 3 years ago
no she owns slew can go
thoroughbred225 3 years ago
that's cool my horse is also seattle slew's grandson-apparently one of the many grandsons
defyingravityforgood 3 years ago
Finally someone say ONE OF THEM lol they act like there horse is the only one
LetMyDreamsRunFree 2 years ago
I can barely even watch this without crying ...
dazzlingcrypto 3 years ago
plz enter my race horse video contest
horselvr74 3 years ago
i thought seattle slew was never beaten
redneckracehorse01 3 years ago
He wouldn't have if his owners listened to his trainer.
He was undefeated through the triple crown, then he lost in the Hollywood Cold Cup.... i think. I might be wrong, I know it was at Hollywood.
carlykaiser 3 years ago
Im going to look at a gelding tomorrow out of WalshXX who is sired by Seattle Slew!
so excited :P
He is a jumper and sooo gawjuss
OCheekyCherryO 3 years ago
Your right. Turner didn't want him to race. Oh no.... The Taylers just had to put him on the track again way way too soon. I will never forget that stunt. Turner was right. Don't race this horse!!!!!!! Grrrrrrrr. I think it was San Anita... not sure..
mariasmon 3 years ago
He wasn't when he won the Crown. THEN Karen and Micky took him to California to race him. THAT made me so mad I could spit! Poor horse. Just ran three huge races and they take him to race again geeeeeeesh. Well he did come out of that. Who in the hell would do that anyway. Win the Triple Crown and then race your horse shortly after the win. IMO that was very wrong......
mariasmon 3 years ago
He was beaten?!?!?!?!?!?!?
LetMyDreamsRunFree 2 years ago
Eventually, yeah
carlykaiser 2 years ago
Oh i didnt know that lol
LetMyDreamsRunFree 2 years ago
Seattle Slew was an outstanding horse, great racer but an even better Sire. Considering that he won the Triple Crown thats sayin something.
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Seattle Slew was the best of a HORRIBLE 3yo crop. His best contribution to racing is what he has done as a sire.
DevilHisDue 3 years ago
you are pathetic
bug2bite 3 years ago 2
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why are people so cruel to these beautiful horses that cant even put them in a adoption home for a person to have a great horse!
jumpingmyheartoutjun 4 years ago
What are you talking about?
carlykaiser 4 years ago
seattle died at 28, ??? He died of natural causes im pretty sure
anolenina 3 years ago
Excellor was killed (and knew it) at slaughter when he could no longer make money for his owners. His story, like millions of other racers, takes the joy out of the sport.
maureenmastro 4 years ago 3
Sad thing is, the year after he was slaughtered his kids started doing pretty well.
carlykaiser 4 years ago
the 2nd greatest underdog story behind seabiscuit.
Seattle Slew my all time favourite horse.
aftersh0ck 4 years ago
me to
horselvr74 4 years ago
he's still not alive is he?
TripleCrownSlew 4 years ago
Well, he hasn't sprung from the dead if that's what your asking
carlykaiser 4 years ago
what? ha.
TripleCrownSlew 4 years ago
You asked if he was still not alive.
Yes. He is still not alive.
carlykaiser 4 years ago
my friend owns the grandson and granddaughter of seattle slew. his grandson is named Air Idaho, and his granddaughter's name is Buzzy. (i can't remember her racing name.) the only reason they didn't race, is because Air Idaho got a torn tenden bone and his sister is just slow. one time i breezed Air Idaho. he could've been a successful racehorse but that accident at practice ruined his career, now Air Idaho is a successful hunter/jumper and Buzzy is a western reining horse.
Horseiam 4 years ago
there so rough bathin em.
alyssaloveanselmi494 4 years ago
i will love her til the day i die and beyond that goes for all my horses luv you guys
thoroughbredgirl 4 years ago
i think he was so pretty and a great runner and i have his grand daughter skeddadle seattle she is realy sweet and just and just had a fole named miss erin .
throughbredgirl 4 years ago 2
foal ;-D
I like the name!
carlykaiser 4 years ago
ya her sisster well ther was just somethin about her that appeled to me not that i have a favorit horse in my barn of 6 1/2 the 1/2 is an unborn foal that is going to come out of skeddadal seattle but i call her mama for short but i don't have favorit i am extreamly close to all of them but miss erins older sisster was my lil girl she would of been 3 this feb but died last year i miss her so much she was once my lil girl and now she is my gardian angle
thoroughbredgirl 4 years ago
the owners should have just kept the old trainer and jock instead of being so picky its their fault he lost on the west theyre the ones that wanted to go
roosterrocks 4 years ago
Damn right it was their fault!!!!!!!
mariasmon 3 years ago 2
Thank you ...excellent.......
JetfireK 4 years ago
This was a wonderful tribute to Seattle Slew. What a great horse. I was scanning for videos of him because I now own one of his granddaughters. Hopefully some of that greatness will pass down to her foals. I'll look for your book, Swale1984.
Spacefreighter 4 years ago
I love this video very very much. I wish someone would make a video about all of SEATTLE SLEW'S Eclipse Award winning offspring. There were nine of them!! I believe that SWALE was the best of them. I loved him the most. I published a book all about his life. The title is: GRIT AND VALOR: THE STORY OF SWALE.
SWALE1984 4 years ago
No horse will ever have the opportunity to provide a Post Triple Crown performance like Slew did. Can you imagine (unless a gelding) any Triple Crown winner even setting a hoof on a racetrack again? Thank you Slew and your owners for all the memories (Pre - During and POST Triple Crown).
livestrong2007 5 years ago
Secretariat. Whirlaway. Sir barton. Gallant Fox. Affirmed. Assault (ok ok, he was infertle...) need I say more?
carlykaiser 5 years ago
Carly my comment omitted a word "No horse will ever have the opportunity ((again)) to provide a Post Triple Crown performance like Slew did. No owner is going to run a champion after the Belmont. I enjoy your videos (and would like nothing better than to be proven wrong!) :) Keep up the good work.
livestrong2007 5 years ago
OOOh.... missed that word. I was going to say, Are you insane? ;-D
carlykaiser 5 years ago
Alright after my clarification you still dodged the issue! Agree or Disagree in a 2007 or later world? (I might get to utilize that word insane myself) :)
livestrong2007 5 years ago
Oh, it was a question! Haha. I am so slow today...
I think it depends on the owners. Lael Stable would have kept Barbaro running, the Arab's would retire their horses.... ect.
carlykaiser 5 years ago
Great video. I loved the clips of Slew's early races, the Champagne and as a 3-year-old prior to the Derby. Truly dominant.
Slew had freakish ability, the most I've ever seen. He'd a have a lot easier time winning a race among alltime greats than his backers would have arguing his merits beforehand.
AwsiDooger 5 years ago
My (sold) horse's grandpa (by Fast Play)
Irridescent 5 years ago
Wow, what a horse...he made it look easy.
eagleye7377 5 years ago
Thanks for posting this! I was just a little girl when Slew won the Triple Crown but I was glued to the TV each time. I fell head over heels!
nlw820 5 years ago
I was lucky enough to see Seattle Slew's visit to Longacres in Seattle after his Triple Crown Win. Great horse!
1jazzsinga 5 years ago
Longacres.... You live in Washington, eh?
carlykaiser 5 years ago
Perhap the greatest Sire and Sire of Sires ever!
runningchance 5 years ago
One of the greatest ever.
Could you imagine a match race between Seattle Slew and Dr. Fager?
wcrimi 5 years ago
God I loved this horse, thanks for that video and trip down memory lane
beegirllw 5 years ago
thats my babies daddy.
KelliTardxCore 5 years ago
Slew was a powerhouse that truly deserves his place among the greatest of all horses.
cf1970 5 years ago