Swale (horse)
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| Swale | ||
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| Sire: | Seattle Slew | |
| Grandsire: | Bold Reasoning | |
| Dam: | Tuerta | |
| Damsire: | Forli | |
| Sex: | Stallion | |
| Foaled: | 1981 | |
| Country: | USA | |
| Colour: | Dark Bay/Brown | |
| Breeder: | Claiborne Farm | |
| Owner: | Claiborne Farm | |
| Trainer: | Woody Stephens | |
| Record: | 14: 9-2-2 | |
| Earnings: | $1,583,660 | |
| Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards | ||
| Major Racing Wins | ||
| Futurity Stakes (1983) Saratoga Special Stakes (1983) Florida Derby (1984) Kentucky Derby (1984) Belmont Stakes (1984) |
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| Racing Awards | ||
| U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1984) | ||
| Honours | ||
| Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame (1985) Swale Stakes at Gulfstream Park |
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Infobox last updated on: October 2, 2006. |
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Swale (April 21, 1981 - June 17, 1984) was an American thoroughbred racehorse. A son of Seattle Slew, Swale was trained by Woody Stephens and ridden by Laffit Pincay, Jr., both now members of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
Swale won the Florida Derby enroute to winning the Kentucky Derby, finished seventh in the Preakness Stakes then came back to win the longest and most gruelling of the U.S. Triple Crown races, the Belmont Stakes.
On June 17th, 1984, eight days after the Belmont Stakes, Swale died of a massive heart attack during a bath. Still, he was Champion 3-year-old Colt, 1984. He is buried at Claiborne Farm.
The "Swale Stakes," an annual Grade II Stakes race for three-year-olds at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Florida, was named in his honor.
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