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Grade I Winner Seattle Smooth Retired

Grade I Winner Seattle Smooth Retired

Seattle Smooth, a grade I winner for Ernie Moody's Mercedes Stables, has been retired from racing because of ankle problems.

 Sunday, May 30, 2010
Phipps: Seattle Smooth Sails to 5th Straight

Phipps: Seattle Smooth Sails to 5th Straight

Seattle Smooth wore down Seventh Street in the homestretch to win the Ogden Phipps Handicap (gr. I) for her first grade I victory June 13 at Belmont Park.

 Saturday, June 13, 2009
Seattle Smooth Romps in Bed o' Roses

Seattle Smooth Romps in Bed o' Roses

Even-money favorite Seattle Smooth took over coming off the turn and rolled to a dominating 5 3/4-length victory in a scratch-filled running of the $142,500 Bed o' Roses Handicap (gr. II) April 18 at Aqueduct.

 Saturday, April 18, 2009
Bed o' Roses Has Plenty of Possibilities

Bed o' Roses Has Plenty of Possibilities

Mercedes Stables' Seattle Smooth, who took down eventual 3-year-old champion filly Proud Spell in the Fitz Dixon Cotillion Stakes (gr. II) last out, will return from a seven-month layoff and make her seasonal debut in the $150,000 Bed o' Roses Handicap (gr. II) at Aqueduct April 18.

 Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Keeneland Up as Sale Winds Down

Keeneland Up as Sale Winds Down

Gains were posted across the board during the second-to-last day of the Keeneland November mixed sale Nov. 18.

 Sunday, November 18, 2007