Slew o' Gold
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Sire | #58 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century |
Last updated on September 17, 2006 |
Slew o' Gold (April 19, 1980 – October 14, 2007) was an American
Background
Bred by Kentucky's renowned Claiborne Farm, he was owned and raced by Equusequity Stable, a partnership of Dr. Jim and Sally Hill and Mickey and Karen Taylor, who owned Oak Crest Farm in Marion County, Florida. Slew o' Gold was a half brother to the stakes winning Coastal.[1]
Racing career
As a 2-year-old, Slew o' Gold ran in only three races, winning two. In the 1983 American Triple Crown races, Slew o' Gold finished 4th in the Kentucky Derby, did not run in the Preakness Stakes, and finished second in the Belmont Stakes. In the fall of 1983, Slew o' Gold blossomed as a top race horse by defeating top older horses in the Woodward Stakes and the Jockey Club Gold Cup, while finishing a close second in the Marlboro Cup, narrowly missing a sweep of the 1983 Fall Championship Series at Belmont.
Racing as a 4-year-old in 1984, Slew o' Gold did not make his first start until July 2 due to problems with his hooves, but won four major races, including the
Stud record
After the Breeders' Cup, Slew o' Gold was retired to stand at stud at Three Chimneys Farm near Midway, Kentucky. He sired the Grade I winners Awe Inspiring, Golden Opinion, Dramatic Gold, Gorgeous, Thirty Six Red and Tactile, along with stakes winner Nine Carat, who won the 1991 Prix Montenica, a Listed race at Deauville-La Touques Racecourse in France. After 17 years in stud service, in 2002 Slew o' Gold was pensioned.
Honors
In 1992, Slew o' Gold was inducted into the
Death
Slew o' Gold was euthanized due to the infirmities of old age on October 14, 2007, at the age of 27. He is buried at Three Chimneys Farm.
Pedigree
Sire Seattle Slew |
Bold Reasoning | Boldnesian | Bold Ruler |
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Alanesian | |||
Reason to Earn | Hail To Reason | ||
Sailing Home | |||
My Charmer | Poker | Round Table | |
Glamour | |||
Fair Charmer | Jet Action | ||
Myrtle Charm | |||
Dam Alluvial |
Buckpasser | Tom Fool | Menow |
Gaga | |||
Busanda | War Admiral | ||
Businesslike | |||
Bayou | Hill Prince | Princequillo | |
Hildene | |||
Bourtai | Stimulus | ||
Escutcheon (family: 9-f) |
External links
References
- ^ ASB - Coastal (USA) 1976 Retrieved 4 June 2009
- ^ "Slew o' Gold Is Equal to Million-Plus". Washington Post. 1984-10-21. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ "Slew o' Gold Wins The Marlboro Cup". New York Times, Section 5, page 1. 1984-09-30. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ "Slew o' Gold, Like His Father, Is Horse of Year". Los Angeles Times. 1985-02-09. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ Crist, Steven (11 November 1984). "SLEW O' GOLD BEATEN BY 31–1 SHOT IN BREEDERS' CUP". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 September 2016.