Seattle Smooth
| Seattle Smooth | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Quiet American |
| Dam | Our Seattle Star |
| Damsire | Seattle Song |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 2005 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Dark Bay/Brown |
| Breeder | Dr. Oscar Benavides and Darley Stud |
| Owner | Mercedes Stable |
| Trainer | Anthony W. Dutrow |
| Record | 13: 7-1-1 |
| Earnings | $971,160 |
| Major wins | |
|
Cotillion Handicap (2008) Bed O' Roses Handicap (2009) Shuvee Handicap (2009) Ogden Phipps Handicap (2009) | |
Seattle Smooth is a 5yo Bay Filly bred in Kentucky by Dr. Oscar Benavides in collaboration with Darley Stud. Benavides bought Seattle Smooth's dam, the unraced Seattle Song mare Our Seattle Star and working closely with Darley bred his mare to Quiet American a Stakes winning son of Fappiano who in turn was sired by the great Mr. Prospector. Being sired by Quiet American makes her-half sister to Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Real Quiet, who lost the 1998 Triple Crown by what is known a lip.
Racing Manager Dennis Yokum, buying on behalf of Mercedes Stables, purchased Seattle Smooth at the 2006 Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale. As a three-year-old, Seattle Smooth defeated eventual Eclipse Award winner Proud Spell in the Grade II Cotillion Handicap. In 2009 the four-year-old Seattle Smooth came into her own, after Yokum switched her from the artificial surfaces of the West Coast to the dirt tracks of the East Coast. She turned the tables on Seventh Street in the G1 Ogden Phipps Handicap.