His greatest effort was in defeat. Slew got all the headlines that day and it is the greatest effeort made by any horse any where.
Slew is the progeny earnings leader by more than 4 times his neaarest competitor.
There is something about being at all Seattle Slews` NY races and betting on him seeing him do that war dance that makes reading and writing about him here very pale.
No cover up and no fun reading and writing about it here.
I have seen many a great race horse melt in eye to eye combat and with much LESS a horse than Affirmed was. Vis a Vis Dr. Fager who I thought the greatest one to one horse I had ever seen.
Was at all Dr Fager NY races too. If you are just reading about it 40 years later. What fun is that???
