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Swale (horse)
Contents
Background
Racing career
1983: two-year-old season
1984: three-year-old season
Death
Honors and awards
Pedigree
Pedigree of Swale (USA), bay or brown colt 1981
References

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Swale (horse)
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American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
Swale
Sire
Seattle Slew
Grandsire
Bold Reasoning
Dam
Tuerta
Damsire
Forli
Sex
Colt
Foaled
April 21, 1981
Died
June 17, 1984
(1984-06-17)
(aged 3)
Country
United States
Colour
Dark Bay/Brown
Breeder
Claiborne Farm
Owner
Claiborne Farm
Silks: Yellow, Yellow Cap
Trainer
Woody Stephens
Record
14: 9-2-2
Earnings
$1,583,660
Major wins
Breeders' Futurity Stakes (1983)
Belmont Futurity Stakes (1983)
Saratoga Special Stakes (1983)
Young America Stakes (1983)
Hutcheson Stakes (1984)
Florida Derby (1984)
Triple Crown race wins: Kentucky Derby (1984)
Belmont Stakes (1984)
Awards
U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1984)
Honours
Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame (1985)
Swale Stakes at Gulfstream Park
Swale (April 21, 1981 – June 17, 1984) was an American thoroughbred racehorse. He is best known for winning the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes in 1984. He died eight days after his win in the latter race. Contents
1 Background
2 Racing career
2.1 1983: two-year-old season
2.2 1984: three-year-old season
3 Death
4 Honors and awards
5 Pedigree
6 References
Background
A son of the 1977 Triple Crown winner 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's dam, the stakes winning mare Tuerta, was born with one eye.