Swale (horse)

	Sire	Seattle Slew
	Grandsire	Bold Reasoning
	Dam	Tuerta
	Damsire	Forli
	Sex	Stallion
	Foaled	1981
	Country	USA
	Colour	Dark Bay/Brown
	Breeder	Claiborne Farm
	Owner	Claiborne Farm
	Trainer	Woody Stephens
	Record	14: 9-2-2
	Earnings	$1,583,660
	Race	Breeders' Futurity Stakes (1983)<br> Saratoga Special Stakes (1983)<br> Florida Derby (1984)<br> Kentucky Derby (1984)<br> Belmont Stakes (1984)
	awards	US Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1984)
	honours	Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall Of Fame (1985)<br> Swale Stakes at Gulfstream Park
	updated	October 2, 2006

Swale ( April 21 , 1981 – June 17 , 1984 ) was an American Thoroughbred Racehorse . A son of U.S. Triple Crown champion, Seattle Slew , Swale was trained by Woody Stephens and ridden by Laffit Pincay, Jr. , both now members of the National Museum Of Racing And Hall Of Fame .

Swale won the Florida Derby enroute to winning the Kentucky Derby , finished seventh in the Preakness Stakes then came back to win the longest and most gruelling of the U.S. Triple Crown races, the Belmont Stakes .

On June 17th, 1984, eight days after the Belmont Stakes, Swale died of a massive Heart Attack during a bath. Still, he was Champion 3-year-old Colt , 1984. He is buried at Claiborne Farm .

The Swale Stakes , an annual Grade II Grade II Stakes Race for three-year-olds at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Florida , was named in his honor.

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