Talk:Seattle Slew

Something's Amiss

Something's Wrong with the Color heading in the infobox. Help! --Airplaneman (talk) 03:42, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Trivia

Sorry I can't help with the infobox, but in tightening up the prose I removed the following from the article.

The horse was used as a metaphor for a divorce attonrey in the 15th season of Law & Order. In popular culture, Seattle Slew is referenced in the 1997 comedy film Liar Liar. At the climax of the divorce hearing, Jim Carrey's character, the lawyer Fletcher Reede, successfully argues that it does not matter that his client, Samantha Cole (Jennifer Tilly), "has been ridden more times than Seattle Slew" because she was under 18 at the time of signing the prenuptial agreement.

As someone who was jumping up and down on a clubhouse seat at Belmont in '77, I can say that such a nice horse has no need for cruft. Wi2g 18:48, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Not Irony

The last paragraph says, "Ironically, Smarty Jones (the first undefeated Kentucky Derby winner since Seattle Slew) now occupies his predecessor's former stall." This is not irony, which the Oxford American defines as "a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result." It is simply an interesting fact that Smarty Jones occupies the stall formerly occupied by Seattle Slew. Nicmart (talk) 00:48, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

The Story

Dick Gordon's The Story interviewed Paula Turner on a program broadcast on May 6, 2011 whom is stated to be the trainer for this horse. Why is she not listed?

(notation of error by Quasardrake)There is an error in the "Retirement and Legacy" section: It states that Seattle Slew was the only Belmont stakes winner to sire another Belmont Stakes winner. This is not true; Belmont winner Secretariat sired Belmont winner Risen Star, who won the 1988 Belmont in similar fashion as Secretariat, finishing 18 lengths ahead of the field. Announcer Dave Johnson famously called that race "he looks like his daddy at this point!" in the stretch, then "he takes the Belmont just like his daddy did!" as Risen Star came home in the second fastest time in the history of the race (at that point). QD /Quasardrake (talk) 14:26, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

read it again. It says that he was the only Belmont winner to sire a Belmont winner who in his turn sired a Belmont winner. No error there. Tigerboy1966  14:40, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

Indeed. And though we all know Secretariat is the god of all, FWIW some of the other Triple Crown Winners actually accomplished some significant things. Montanabw^(talk) 00:40, 23 December 2014 (UTC)