REDDICK, Fla — Billy Turner, who trained Seattle Slew to a Triple Crown sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont stakes in 1977, has died. He was 81. Turner died Friday at his home in ...
It is the final resting place of 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, where a monument bearing his likeness and grave marker pay tribute to his accomplishments. "It's special to have a horse that's ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - It was one of the more beautiful moments you could draw up in horse racing. A giant, old, cranky horse coming to life after being reunited with his rider. Angel Cordero sang ...
Seattle Slew, the only horse to win the Triple Crown while undefeated, died Tuesday morning in his sleep at Hill 'n' Dale Farm near Lexington. On May 7, 1977, exactly 25 years ago, Slew won the ...
It was Sept. 16, 1978, and Angel Cordero finally landed the ride of his life: He was aboard Seattle Slew for the Marlboro Cup Handicap at Belmont Park. The colt had swept the Triple Crown the previous ...
When Karen Taylor walks Chet, the family dog, down to the end of their street in Sun Valley, Idaho, she always pauses to look up at the night sky and “thank God for Slew’s great gift.” That would be ...
Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, who won horse racing's three "crown jewel" races in 1977, has died at a farm in Kentucky. The death came 25 years to the day after Seattle Slew won the Kentucky Derby ...
Mickey and Karen Taylor were nervous Saturday morning after hearing Casino Drive was scratched from the Belmont Stakes because of a bruised left-hind hoof. The owners of the late Seattle Slew deemed ...
In 1975, Seattle Slew was sold for $17,500 as a yearling. When Slew was a 2-year-old, he won all three of his starts. As a 3-year-old, he won all three of his races going into the 1977 Triple Crown ...
In a barn at the Three Chimneys Farm near Lexington, Ky., Seattle Slew has a 500-square-foot stall all to himself. The old stallion is supposed to be resting. On March 2, at age 28, Seattle Slew ...