Seattle Rhyme
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| Seattle Rhyme | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Seattle Dancer |
| Grandsire | Nijinsky |
| Dam | Golden Rhyme |
| Damsire | Dom Racine |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | 20 February 1989[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Meadow Grove Farm |
| Owner | H J Senn |
| Trainer | David Elsworth |
| Record | 10: 3-2-3 |
| Earnings | £221,735 |
| Major wins | |
| Stardom Stakes (1991) Racing Post Trophy (1991) | |
Seattle Rhyme (20 February 1989 – circa 1993) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He was one of the best two-year-olds in Britain in 1991 when he won three of his five races including the Stardom Stakes and the Racing Post Trophy and was regarded as a major contender for the following year's British Classic Races. He failed to win in a three-year-old season which was disrupted by injury but finished third in the International Stakes. He remained in training 1993 but never raced again and did not stand as a breeding stallion.
Seattle Rhyme was a chestnut colt with a broad white blaze and long white socks on his hind legs bred in Maryland by the Meadow Grove Farm. He was from the first crop of foals sired by Seattle Dancer, a horse who originally found fame as a yearling when he was auctioned for a world record price of $13.1 million in 1985. As a racehorse he showed well above average ability in a brief track career, winning the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial and finishing second in the Grand Prix de Paris.[2] The best of his other winners were Caffe Latte (Ramona Handicap), Que Belle (Preis der Diana) and the Kentucky Oaks runner-up Pike Place Dancer.[3]
Seattle Rhyme's dam won two minor races from nine starts in Britain in 1982 and 1983 and later raced in the United States.[4] She was descended from the broodmare Inquisition, making her a distant relative of the German Derby winner Surumu.[5]
As a yearling in September 1990 the colt was consigned to the Keeneland sale and was bought for $55,000 by the bloodstock agent Charlie Gordon-Watson.[6] The colt entered the ownership of H J Renn and was sent to Europe where he was trained throughout his racing career by David Elsworth.