FOUR YEAR OLD FILLY-KINGMAMBO x SEATTLE SLEW x NIJINSKY II

Owner: ALEX

Record: 1999 - 23/ 9-2-3
Lifetime: 33/ 13-5-4

Earnings: $3,459,733

1999 Stakes:

1st: Japan Cup (G1), Canada Turf (G1), Undefeated Filly Stakes (G1), Island Handicap (G2), Prince Pablo Stakes, Frank’s Own Derby, The DeBee 'Cap, Kentucky 222 Stakes

2nd: Estrogen Stakes, Polynesian Flyer Special

3rd: Miami Beach Turf Stakes (G2), Wander Kind Handicap, Sinsofthefather Special

The large and graceful grey filly with black blaze started the year on the grass, switched to the dirt for nine races and then returned to the lawn with a flourish. SEATTLE HIT ended her season with victories in three graded stakes, including the prestigious Japan Cup at Ascot. What made her season remarkable was the company she kept, defeating the boys six times in 1999 and racing with the toughest turf horses in the world.

After closing out 1998 with a good second in a graded stake, trainer, Alex, took his filly o Florida for the Grade III, Buck Dharma Handicap, where she raced poorly with no explanation. Alex then switched the filly to the main track where she raced competitively in minor stakes but would be badly beaten by the classier stakes runners. For the Missouri 299 Stake, her trainer entered her on the turf against the boys and she proceeded to run away and hide with a smashing four length victory. Sensing his filly wanted to run all day, Alex chose the Estrogen Stake for fillies and mares at twelve furlongs where she raced well but finished a tired second. Alex than made a quick trip to Pennsylvania and scored in the eleven furlong Frank’s Own Derby. At this point she may have been one confused filly, with all the travel and different racing surfaces and finished a well beaten fourth in the Grade II, Sunrise Cap in California. Her connections then had her race on the dirt, which she did with great success including a Grade I win in the Undefeated Filly Stakes.

Here is where fate intervened and a quirk of the racing gods happened in Longchamp. Alex entered the filly in the Japan All Comers where she never showed her closing kick. Another poor showing on the dirt in the Jockey Guild Gold Cup left her handlers in chagrin. This is where fate and the racing gods came into play. It had become evident by this time that the Japan All Comers had been a key race, when the horses that ran in it came back to run several very big stake races around the world. The filly was alert and lively around the barn and was training beautifully in the mornings. Alex and his filly made a trip to Woodpine and proceeded to come from eleven lengths off the pace to a demonstrative four length victory. At this point Alex had a big decision to make. The Breeders Bowl was approaching and he had to decide where to enter his filly, the Turf Classic or the Distaff Turf. Intuitively knowing his filly really wanted the extra distance in the Turf Classic, he rolled the dice and went for all the marbles. In the race she loomed into contention but then faded in the stretch to finish fifth. We will never know what would have happened, had she been entered in the Distaff. Alex then wheeled her right back in the Grade II, Island Handicap in New York, where she proceeded to toy with a strong field of fillies and mares by unleashing a lightening bolt stretch run to win going away by five lengths. This trainer and filly were earning some serious frequent flyer miles with her ambitious fall campaign and off they went to Ascot for one of the richest races of the year, the Grade I, Japan Cup. She entered the gate as a girl among men but with a magnificent stretch duel with champion ENOUGH KNOCK, she had gained the pinnacle of her career with the thrilling victory over the turf male champion by a diminishing length. The race was a sight to behold as SEATTLE HIT pranced to the winners circle to a thunderous roar by the normally reserved Ascot gallery. She finished the year with an evenly run race in the Grade II, Miami Beach Turf Stake, where she finished third.

We have chosen a Distaff Turf Champion in SEATTLE HIT, but she strangely never raced with the best fillies of her division. Instead she won over three million dollars racing against the best turfers in the world, male or female on the grand racing stages of the USA, Canada, Britain and France. Trainer, Alex, is resting his star and planning a season for his filly that will likely include the same heart, courage and determination of a true champion.

Race ID	Trk	RST	Srf	Dist	Race	Time	SP#	#	PP	C1	C2	C3	FIN	Odds
523.0212	FL	F-3yo+	T	12	Miami Beach Turf Stk -G2	2:33 1/5	87	12	8	8 3	7 5	4 4	3 4	1.10
495.3312	E1	3yo+	T	12	Japan Cup -G1	2:30 1/5	111	12	4	7 5	6 7	2 5	1 1	8.70
481.0409	NY	F-3yo+	T	12	Island Handicap -G2	2:31 3/5	102	12	6	10 8	10 11	5 6	1 5	2.50
474.0209	FL	3yo+	T	12	Breeders Bowl Turf -G1	2:31 2/5	96	12	4	6 5	6 7	4 4	5 9	5.60
453.2810	OT	3yo+	T	12	Canada Turf -G1	2:29 3/5	115	11	6	10 8	9 11	2 7	1 4	6.00
446.041	NY	3yo+	D	10	Jockey Guild Gold Cup -G1	2:01 2/5	100	12	8	11 7	12 10	11 11	9 13	15.00
425.3511	E3	3yo+	T	11	Japan All Comers -G2	2:16 2/5	99	12	3	11 9	11 14	7 10	4 10	10.40
404.0405	NY	F-3yo+	D	10	Undefeated Filly Stakes -G1	2:03 1/5	100	10	10	9 8	8 12	5 6	1 3	8.50
390.0712	IL	4yo+	D	12	The PRINCE PABLO Stakes -Stk	2:33 1/5	91	9	4	4 5	4 7	2 1	1 11	1.50
362.0108	CA	3yo+	T	12	Sunrise Cap -G2	2:32 3/5	87	12	4	12 9	11 14	5 11	4 10	2.60
334.1209	PA	4yo+	D	11	-Stk	2:16	112	12	5	8 6	7 8	1 2	1 3	7.20
313.0107	CA	F-3yo+	T	12	Estrogen Stakes -Stk	2:31 1/5	101	12	12	6 5	5 7	3 2	2 5	4.40
299.2409	MO	4yo+	T	12	The DeBee 'Cap -Stk	2:33 2/5	90	9	9	4 3	4 4	1 1	1 4	2.00
278.0909	NJ	4yo+	D	11	The WANDER KIND Handicap -Stk	2:18 1/5	88	8	5	6 7	7 11	6 12	3 9	6.50
264.2709	UT	3yo+	D	10	The BOLD L. B. Stakes -Stk	2:03 4/5	92	12	2	7 5	7 8	6 7	5 3	3.10
250.0108	CA	3yo+	D	9	Smart School Cap -G3	1:48 1/5	93	12	3	9 6	9 9	10 13	8 17	33.20
243.111	OH	4yo+	D	6	The SINSOFTHEFATHER Special -Stk	1:09 4/5	99	12	5	11 7	11 12	9 10	3 3	12.10
229.0108	CA	4yo+	D	10	California Handicap -G1	2.00 2/5	83	12	11	12 10-1/4	12 16-1/2	11 24-1/4	10 33	36.20
222.0309	KY	F-4yo+	D	10	The Kentucky 222 Stakes -Stk	2.02 2/5	105	8	3	8 8-1/2	7 11	3 3	1 4-3/4	5.50
208.2008	IN	4yo+	D	9	The FULL EXTENT Special -Stk	1.48	85	9	3	7 9	8 16	7 19	5 18-3/4	7.30
194.0301	KY	4yo+	D	13	Alw-56500	2.49	85	8	5	2 3/4	1 1-1/4	1 8-1/4	1 6	10.80
187.0309	KY	4yo+	D	10	The POLYNESIAN FLYER Special -Stk	2.02 1/5	98	11	3	11 9	9 10	4 7-1/2	2 3	18.00
173.0208	FL	3yo+	T	11	Buck Dharma Handicap -G3	2.19 2/5	48	11	11	11 7-1/4	11 11-1/2	10 22-3/4	9 dist	3.60
159.0109	CA	3yo+	T	12	The Sandpit Classic -G1	2.30 4/5	94	12	6	10 7-1/4	9 11-3/4	5 7-3/4	2 5-3/4	16.10
152.0108	CA	F-3yo+	D	14	Alw-53100NW3x	3.03 4/5	87	5	4	4 5-1/4	4 3-1/4	1 10-1/2	1 7-1/2	4.30
145.1805	KS	3yo	D	14	The SOVIET LAD Special -Stk	3.04 3/5	87	7	7	3 1	1 2-3/4	1 11	1 25	4.20
131.0906	NJ	F-3yo+	D	13	Alw-21500	2.49	89	5	4	4 5-1/2	4 5-1/2	1 8-1/2	1 17-1/2	3.70
124.041	NY	F-3yo+	D	8.5	Alw-28300NW1x	1.44	83	5	1	4 5-3/4	4 9-3/4	4 11-1/2	2 7-1/4	3.10
96.0302	KY	3yo+	T	6.5	Alw-32300NW1x	1.17	74	8	8	8 6-1/4	7 9	7 9-3/4	3 5-1/4	4.10
89.0808	MA	F-3yo+	D	6.5	Alw-26000	1.17 1/5	77	9	8	9 4-3/4	9 7-1/2	8 3-1/4	2 2-1/2	1.00
82.0507	LA	F-3yo+	T	6.5	MSW-29400	1.17 3/5	82	12	10	9 5-1/4	8 7-1/4	3 6-1/2	1 ns	1.90
75.0407	NY	3yo+	T	8	MSW-34100	1.38	71	12	2	1 hd	3 2-1/4	3 3-1/2	5 8-1/2	5.00
68.0205	FL	F-3yo+	T	8	MSW-44600	1.38 2/5	73	9	9	8 6	9 12	6 10	5 5-1/4	3.10