Swale....Winning Two Legs of The Triple Crown

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Betsy

Woody was very high on Swale - if I recall, it really broke him up to lose him. Earlier in his career, he was in the long shadow of Devil's Bag and he never really overcame his inconsistency (from what I can tell - I only remember his death, not his races). Of course, maturity might have taken care of that. It was a devastating blow to Claiborne.

yeah, he was high on him. swale was very inconsistent, seemed every time he ran a good race, he'd follow it with a bit of a clunker. but he actually only finished off the board one time, in the preakness. but when he was on, he was on. and of course claiborne was very upset about losing him, he was the farms first ever derby winner. he's buried there in the same cemetary with secretariat and nasrullah.