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[Betsy]

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!!

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).

[Danzig]

swale was claibornes first ky derby winner. amazing it took that farm so long...even more amazing that arthur han****, the black sheep son, won a derby first...

yeah, gulch was a hell of a racehorse. but it just seems to me that his career on the track has been overlooked...i guess maybe that happens to derby sires.

personal ensign is another fave of mine, how can anyone not appreciate a horse like that?!