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Originally Posted by Danzig188
oh man, i loved swale. a lot like his dad, which was my first reason for liking him. that was awful and so sudden to lose him that way.
gulch, i remember him. champ sprinter the same year that personal ensign beat him in the whitney. now she was something! but i think most remember gulch these days because he's thunder gulchs pop--but you could certainly be remembered for worse things!!
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I'd like to think Gulch would be remembered more for his racehorse days (he was truly special) than for siring Thunder Gulch (who I LOVED), but you're probably right. TG gave me my first fan Derby win and I'll always remember him for that anyway (by "fan Derby win" I mean that he was my first favorite horse to win that race). I loved Personal Ensign, but I was not happy that she beat Gulch....lol. Well, when he won the BC Sprint, I was through the moon. Winning the Met Mile back to back was awfully sweet, too.
I vaguely remember Slew o'Gold - I was 12 but not quite into racing yet, so I didn't follow him. I just remember always loving horses by Seattle Slew and I don't know why; it's not like I saw him race. I know Swale's death was a crushing blow for Woody and for Claiborne.......until Pulpit came along, they could never get a Seattle Slew -line stallion (besides which, Swale was a homebred).