By Pete Denk

Saint Liam, the deceased 2005 champion older horse and Horse of the Year, was represented by his first reported foal when a bay colt out of the 17-year-old Seattle Slew mare Slewzig was born at ClassicStar in Versailles, Kentucky, on January 11.

The colt is the eighth foal for Slewzig, who has produced six winners, including three stakes winners.

Saint Liam won nine of 20 starts and earned $4,456,995. He won the Donn (G1) and Stephen Foster (G1) Handicaps, Woodward Stakes (G1), and Breeders’ Cup Classic Powered by Dodge (G1) in his championship season. He stood his first season at Lane’s End in Versailles.

After his first season at stud, the six-year-old Saint Ballado horse broke his leg in a farm accident and was euthanized in August 2006.

Pete Denk is a Thoroughbred Times staff writer