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.
Ridden by Willie Carson he started poorly but recovered to take the lead inside the final furlong and won by one and a half lengths from the favourite Underwater.
[8] Cash Asmussen replaced Eddery when Seattle Rhyme was sent to France and stepped up to Group One level for the Grand Critérium over 1600 metres at Longchamp Racecourse on 5 October.
Starting a 16/1 outsider, he produced arguably his best effort as he finished third behind Rodrigo de Triano and All At Sea, with the other beaten horses including Dr Devious, Terimon and Kooyonga.
Ridden by Michael Roberts, he raced prominently in the early stages but dropped away quickly in the straight to finish seventeenth of the eighteen runners behind Subotica.