What were Big Brown, War Emblem, and Seattle Slew?
Seattle Slew it happens so rarely. He was one in a million, and showed us there is that possibility in a game of impossibilities." Seattle Slew was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1981. In the BloodHorse magazine's listing of the top 100 American thoroughbreds of the twentieth century, he was ranked ninth. A British publication, "A Century of Champions", ranked him fourth among North American racehorses. In 2002, ESPN telecast a "SportsCentury" on Seattle Slew. The book "Seattle Slew", by Steve Cady and Barton Silverman, was released by Penguin Books in 1977. In 2000, the
Seattle Slew "We've watched every one of his races this year and watched them carefully," he said. "He's an outstanding horse, but so is Slew. Affirmed had better be ready when the Marlboro Cup comes up, because he's going to see one big, black butt in front of him." For the only time in his career, Seattle Slew was not the favorite, going off at 2-1 compared to Affirmed at 1-2. Affirmed and Seattle Slew were both known as front-runners but Seattle Slew's new jockey Angel Cordero Jr. felt that Affirmed had benefited from setting slow early fractions in his early races.