Horses like Ruffian don't come along once in a lifetime, horses like Ruffian only come around ONCE. RIP Ruffian.
@MikeSmith-cn6ub
3 жыл бұрын
RACHAEL ALEXANDER came along to did ZENNATTA the sane year and they were just as good fillys as RUFFIAN the three girls of racing
@NoThankUBeQuiet
3 жыл бұрын
@@MikeSmith-cn6ub hard to say. They were good but could never race them against her and find out
@cindywagner545
3 жыл бұрын
Still thanking her for sharing her Brilliance!!!
@vaderbaby
4 ай бұрын
Ruffian was a great filly. My first love is still Foolish Pleasure. His memory lays in the waste of the death of that fine Filly. The only Breyer model horse I kept in it's box as a kid. She is still in that box to this day.
@luithin6695
4 жыл бұрын
At the staring gate in the match race, you can see her run into the gate coming out.
@elizabethglaze9893
8 жыл бұрын
y'all all must be unaware of the fact that 1) breeders are breeding for speed not for strong durable bone density. 2) these animals are being broken to ride at too early of an age and pushed to hard in their training. horses bones are soft during growth spurts just like anything (animal or human) & that's when the majority of the breakdowns begin. so typical of greedy heartless people.
@spaz5138
3 жыл бұрын
I love her sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo MUCH RIP
@spaz5138
3 жыл бұрын
I cry about her all the time i cant even watch the movie because its too sad rip ruffian🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🐎🐎🐎🐎😍😍😍😰😰🤧🤧😪😪
@richardaiello6819
3 жыл бұрын
I saw her break her maiden at Belmont park with ease and I knew she would be a great one.
@jcperezperez5450
10 ай бұрын
El ver esta potra correr a Ruffian era una obra de arte, la mejor de la historia , todavía digo si hubieran protegido la otra pierna, no había sido sacrificada , aún me entristece😢😢
@evandrocampos5180
6 ай бұрын
Para mim ela e a maior egua de corridas de todos os tempos
@raygordonteacheschess5501
5 жыл бұрын
Landaluce was more impressive, and she died at two. Eight Belles may have been the best of all of them. Then of course there's Zenyatta.
@sheilatruax6172
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely true. I was sooo hoping Eight Belles would deny Big Brown the Derby. Almost did, anyway. That was another heart breaking one. And Queen Z is still here. Wish her foals would do better. And then there was Nellie Morse, Regret, War Maiden, and a few others.
@rhondasarver416
3 жыл бұрын
This is sickening. What was the purpose of this race other than to make some rich owner richer. Oh yes, to see if she could beat a stallion. She died over something so trivial. Pathetic.
@gotyoshortay
10 жыл бұрын
Oh man I can't watch..is it as awful as I think?
@oursisthefury7233
9 жыл бұрын
I don't know I feel like Zenyatta would smoke her.
@abagail_louise6369
8 жыл бұрын
+oursisthefury no she was the QUEEN OF THE FILLYS
@jo.azaleac9256
7 жыл бұрын
starbreyer horses10 NO ZEN WONT . THEY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO A DEAD HEAT.
@knk4ever83
7 жыл бұрын
oursisthefury nope, she'd have smoked Zenyatta's ass..
@janetgriffiths7200
7 жыл бұрын
I feel that Ruffian's spirit was passed on to the great Zenyatta. They were the same color--dark bay/brown, nearly black, and close in size (3 inches difference). Zenyatta continued where Ruffian left off, even though years had passed between them.
@lessadepern5126
6 жыл бұрын
Well guess what? Watch this at the 8:01 minute mark there are 2 girls jumping up and down cheering on Ruffian. The blonde on the far left is me, the red head in the middle is my best friend. Elmont is our hometown and I worked at the track walking hots and my friend and I went to the track to watch Ruffian win. This was at Aqueduct. What a day!
@dani-eh3tf
4 жыл бұрын
you got the view of a lifetime :)
@xr7tm475
4 жыл бұрын
You alright
@nikkilindsey606
3 жыл бұрын
Wow, that's incredible!! Were u there watching the match race? If so i'm so sorry, I know it's historical but just so sad..I will have to find u in the video. You worked at the track also, so let me ask u, who did all the barn folks think would have won that race had she been able to run her best race? My dad worked at River Downs in Ohio so I know you all know everything.. lol
@aprilosborn1886
3 жыл бұрын
That is reeaallly cool, what a great thing to see, must have good memories of seeing this beautiful filly..
@lessadepern5126
3 жыл бұрын
@@nikkilindsey606 Ruffian!!!!!
@Sammy2784
8 жыл бұрын
I'm an old man and a lifetime horse racing fan; and 40 years later I still cry about Ruffian.
@lisaanderson4379
7 жыл бұрын
as do I,,,,,,,,,,such a huge loss!
@laurajbrooks4530
6 жыл бұрын
I'm an old woman and she makes me cry also!!
@catherinethomas8143
6 жыл бұрын
I’m 72 and only recently indulged my lifelong love of horses by overdosing on documentaries and movies featuring phenomenal, historical race horses. I had heard the name Ruffian but knew nothing about her. This documentary is OK quality-wise, but informative. I watched the movie first and it is far more graphic, showing how Ruffian broke her leg and the attempts to save her until, finally, the decision was made to put her down. I had to pause watching because I couldn’t see through the flow of tears. Her injuries had to have been agonizingly painful. The pain and grief of those who loved her was also agonizing. I’ve never had a close bond with a horse, but I did with a very special cat. When he died a year ago at age 7 from kidney disease, I felt as if a deep hole in my soul had been created. This had to have been how Ruffian’s people felt. Regarding her performance and potential, I suspect she could have beaten any colt competing with her. I truly believe she would have won the match race, and if she had been entered, she would have won the Triple Crown. She was big and beautiful and matchless.
@laurajbrooks4530
6 жыл бұрын
Hi Catherine, I'm 62 and have been working with racehorses since I was 15 yrs. old. As for Ruffian, I watched it as it'd happened, and it wasn't only her connections that her injury affected,... it had been the whole Nation! There's a book, called Burning From The Start, it is the story of Ruffian. You should read it, although it is a very sad story at the end of course. A great read though!
@catherinethomas8143
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the information. I'll check it out. When her accident occurred (in the film), I felt my stomach clench, and the tears flowing. I cannot begin to imagine how it felt to have been there. At least you got so see her run. She must have been breathtaking.
@idgythreadgood3168
8 жыл бұрын
Secretariat was the king. Ruffian was the queen
@idklolol3430
7 жыл бұрын
Idgy Threadgood Yep
@michelinekribs9563
6 жыл бұрын
Agree 100 per cent. Micheline Kribs. Rolla,MO
@johnchartrand9382
5 жыл бұрын
Seabiscuit was the best
@davidlindsay9564
5 жыл бұрын
@@johnchartrand9382 not even close to those 2.
@johnchartrand9382
5 жыл бұрын
@@davidlindsay9564 True, not even close. Just like how Seabiscuit left War Admiral far behind.
@LordRusty5
9 жыл бұрын
I don't care one wit, who has come down the pike over the years ... no one could ever match Ruffian for the sheer speed and ease with which she ran her races! No whip, ears pricked ... all class ... What a loss ... STILL!
@Tammmmmy
7 жыл бұрын
John Bellucci ...yes she will NEVER BE MATCHED-EVER....I DO HOPE THOSE GREEDY FUCKS GET WHAT THEY DESERVE TO ETERNITY
@boswindle9050
4 жыл бұрын
Lets stay factual now
@boswindle9050
4 жыл бұрын
@@LordRusty5 🙄🙄
@jeanettegray7462
2 ай бұрын
I noticed that in her previous races she wasn't really being challenged, therefore no whip and ears pricked. At the 3 and a half furlong mark in the final race, she still wouldn't have been pushed. She probably didn't want to be passed, many really good horses don't, but it would have been way too soon to move her. I suspect that she hit a bad spot in the track, I also noticed that it didn't look like she got a really clean start out of the starting gate and that may have been the start of her troubles. Sad deal, she was exceptional.
@username91875
9 жыл бұрын
Secretariat was the King Ruffian was the Queen, Both true Champions, records for these two Champions will never be broken.........
@kellyherms812
10 жыл бұрын
She was the first race horse I ever fell in love with. I cried when she died and I still cry for her to this day. I have 6 tattoos of great race horses and hers belongs on the inside of my left arm closest to my heart where she has always been.
@jo.azaleac9256
7 жыл бұрын
Kelly Herms She was the first racehorse I've ever known, which made me all crazy about horse racing now haha. I still cry when I think of her. BTW I wasnt old enough to see Ruffian in person.
@stupiddog7314
6 жыл бұрын
Giavahna Little or in the wild where no man would've helped her and would have died more slowly and painfully
@lauracorriss9538
Жыл бұрын
I don't have any tattoos but would consider getting one of Ruffian. Watched the race live. Broke my hear.
@galgalryian8209
Жыл бұрын
And this comment is now from 9 years ago
@RidingWithRuffian
9 жыл бұрын
What a graceful and beautiful soul, Forever the queen of racing. May she ride in our hearts forever!
@Pepper-rn4hh
3 жыл бұрын
I used to love horse racing as a young kid, and I wanted to be apart of the "industry" in some way. Trainer, breeder, Groom, heck anything. Then I grew up and opened my eyes. They race these lovely animals way too young. Now, I still watch from a distance with interest. However, I have lost the love for the "game" that I used to have. It will never happen, but they should advance the racing age up to 4 or 5 years old.
@douglasgriffiths3534
Жыл бұрын
I agree. Their bodies are still developing at 3, and sometimes till the age of 6. I owned a 17 hand TB colt at the time Ruffian was racing. I was told by my vet to take it easy with him because of his size. He was a 2 year old, foaled in 1973. He was harness trained at the age of 3, and pulled a cart till the age of 5. Horses' bones grow from the ground up, the last thing to close is their back. I didn't get on my horse till the age of 5, and it was just for a few minutes each time. He was trained English, and became a hunter/jumper. He still was used for driving as well. He was sound his whole life, and never wore shoes. Colic ended his life at the age of 34 years. I owned him for 33 of those years. (Jan Griffiths).
@rocioaguilera3613
4 жыл бұрын
What a magnificent filly. I cried when she died. Nobody will be better than her in a gazillion years. RIP, beloved Ruffian
@ronstout3367
11 жыл бұрын
I don't know why her forelegs weren't wrapped for this race because they knew she would give all she had to win, and at 1125 pounds she was putting a lot of force on all four legs.
@erinkwalsh
10 жыл бұрын
foolish pleasure was a Great horse!!!! Ruffian was better!
@danpaul2989
10 жыл бұрын
Ruffian was far and away the best filly I have ever seen. She ran in and won 8 stakes races, setting the record for each. 39 years later, 7 of those 8 records still stand.
@loghorizon5477
7 жыл бұрын
Dan Paul yup
@alivstyson1864
7 жыл бұрын
But for a botched ride Zenyatta is 20 for 20 beating the best boys in the world TWICE.....at a mile and 1/8th I would take Ruffian at a mile and 1/4 Zenyatta would have reeled her right in
@tonyv3427
6 жыл бұрын
Ruffian & Zenyatta are two of the best fillies that ever graced the track. It’s really hard to say which one would have won the race if they had a chance. Both horses had the same competitiveness but they had 2 very different styles of racing. While Ruffian was a front runner Zenyatta was a closer. Zenyatta’s ability to close from so far behind was something special to watch just like Ruffians ability to run on the lead and pull away. But in an ironic twist of fate both horses suffered their only loss because of a bad break from the gate.
@meganproffitt424
6 жыл бұрын
Why does everyone feel the need to constantly compare and make everything a competition? Appreciate both of them. Jesus H. Christ..,
@andrehill5142
6 жыл бұрын
Dan Paul h
@kevinsbestsubscribe7599
9 жыл бұрын
That's one of the most tremendously sad stories in the history of racing.
@bubblinbrownsugar616
7 жыл бұрын
I think Ruffian in some way helped extend the life Barbaro had left. Because of the thrashing, she did on the floor causing her to ruin what doctors just operated on, Barbaro was placed in a recovery pool so if he began thrashing after awakening, he wouldn't damage what was done from his operation. The sacrifice of Ruffian, Barbaro, and many other injured racehorses of today lives will one day help an injured racehorse in the future survive longer than they did, creating a chain that will steadily shave off the death sentence that's inevitable for injured throughbreds.
@Nicole-qc5dh
5 жыл бұрын
Know what else would shave off the inevitable death by injury? Not racing them to begin with.
@leadaniel4236
5 жыл бұрын
You think the owners will put their hands in their pockets and pay to have the limbs repaired on all of their fallen horses? It hasn't happened, it will never happen. The aim is to make money, not waste money. As long as human greed still exists and as long as they're still making money it's so much easier to bin a life and breed more.
@raygordonteacheschess5501
5 жыл бұрын
Barbaro almost survived.
@ryleigh995
4 жыл бұрын
Lea Daniel they did for barbaro, ruffian and many more horses. Euthanizing them is the last resort.
@asturiasceltic3183
Жыл бұрын
I will always love Barbaro and plan to have my ashes scattered his
@MistySnowDrift
10 жыл бұрын
Oddly enough I had a dream about Ruffian the other day, it was of the match race. The two of them raced down to the wire together, but Ruffian won by about half a length in the end. RIP beautiful girl
@aprilosborn1886
4 жыл бұрын
Ruffian didn't get whipped, she made winning look like a morning workout, graceful, and beautiful, her color w/ that splash of white, the people that were around her were very blessed RIP
@boswindle9050
3 жыл бұрын
Her competition made her look like that.
@freyaluvzhorses4702
3 жыл бұрын
Owners need to listen when the trainer says the horse isn't ready..
@garysimms6412
2 жыл бұрын
Ruffian you were a unique filly in a class of your own, this useless match race going a mile and a quarter out of the shoot with foolish pleasure was to prove nothing, it was all a hype.. to this day 47 years later I feel so saddened with the tragedy of this race. 😢 rest in peace sweet girl for all the people that loved you we still to this day miss your presence. Ruffian❤️
@douglasgriffiths3534
Жыл бұрын
I believe she would have won that race. I saw it on TV. She was starting to make her move when she broke down. If only she hadn't hit the gate when she left it. Her right hip hit the gate, threw her off balance, and I believe that was the beginning of the end. (Jan Griffiths).
@MichaelJohnson-pk5sq
8 жыл бұрын
Ruffian was poetry in motion. The finest expression of equine magnificence. Perfection is seldom attained. We were blessed to have witnessed it in her. She captured my heart, and inspired me. Thank you and well done.
@toddvardaman2417
6 жыл бұрын
It looked like Ruffian was limping or tender on right rear leg before the match race,watch it again and see .She might of had an issue and that may be why she had issues leaving gate,hairline fracture to begin with ,or muscle strain,watch her walk prior to the match race . Beautiful horse. So sad R.I.P. Ruffian.
@gotyoshortay
10 жыл бұрын
Geez she's so beautiful
@raquel9532
10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading! Ruffian is my favorite race horse, her and Seattle Slew. Really tragic that she broke down. She was ahead of Foolish Pleasure by a full length, and would have been many more lengths ahead, and would have won had she not broken her leg. She was a magnificent horse.
@1JamesMayToGoPlease
10 ай бұрын
I'm also a huge fan of The Slew :)
@kamille1737
6 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. beautiful girl
@RenoSharks01
10 жыл бұрын
I watched that race on tv and cried when she broke down. Such a magnificent horse.
@sheilatruax6172
2 жыл бұрын
I sat in front of the TV, routing for Ruffian before she even even stepped into the gate. Having a soft spot for Native Dancer's family, she was my pick. I'd watched Foolish Pleasure win the Derby, but I didn't think much of him. When she finally stopped, I was crying my eyes out. It sent me into a horse racing black out and I missed Seattle Slew and Affirmed/Alydar. It took Jacinto, on a different filly, Genuine Risk, five years later, to pull me out. I still cry when I think of her. Such a wonderful creature. Rest in peace, dear one.
@russelltrue5349
6 жыл бұрын
Imagine Ruffian and Secretariat having a foul. Don't have spell check.
@meganproffitt424
6 жыл бұрын
Russell True *foal That also wouldn't have happened. They were too closely related
@christhompson9486
6 жыл бұрын
Russell True. Bold Ruler was Secretariat's sire, Bold Ruler was Ruffians grand sire. Too close in bloodline. Too closely related. Thoroughbreds are inbred enough, sorry breeding practices tend to develope problems.
@paulabrister3586
6 жыл бұрын
So did Bold Ruler race... these horses both seemed to share the come from behind and leave everyone else in the dust running style
@mikemelina9607
6 жыл бұрын
Never touched by a whip. Never trailed in a race. The second best horse I ever saw run and the greatest filly of all time. If she had lived, she and Secretariat would produced a generation of super horses. My heart broke when she broke down and it does every time I think of her.
@sheilatruax6172
2 жыл бұрын
That would have been a chancy breeding, as Secretariat was her uncle.
@abriellem2944
8 жыл бұрын
Ruffian was the best Filly to ever live. She was graceful,powerful,talented,fast and beautiful. Why did it have to be her out of all the horses in the world. She did not deserve to die for human pleasure
@nycitylifeandhistory
7 жыл бұрын
without "human pleasure" she would never have existed
@clydeb7713
7 жыл бұрын
Abrielle, Horses have been used by man for thousands of years. They are domesticated and have jobs Like a police dog who gets killed in the line of duty, or an army or police horse. Her death was tragic, but part of what she was breed to do. She could have gotten the same injury while running in a pasture.
@boswindle9050
4 жыл бұрын
Wrong
@tonylove4800
Жыл бұрын
Racing not really your game.
@BunnyFrench
10 жыл бұрын
Still disturbs me so much after all these years. I remember just crying. I still have the clippings from all the newspapers in an album. Very sad! She was so beautiful!!
@markles1588
3 жыл бұрын
So sad we never got to see her ultimate powers! Such a lovely wonderful beast! She coudve been the greatest, or if not, might be one of the greatest. Insane because secretariat's trainer said that ruffian might be even better than secretariat
@madcat4301
9 жыл бұрын
What makes this even sadder is the fact that Ruffian was pulling away from Foolish Pleasure when the breakdown occurred. If she hadn't slammed her shoulder into the starting gate she would have opened daylight on him. The best horse definitely didn't win that day. FP was a nice horse, but he just wasn't in her league. He benefited that day from her bad racing luck.
@ernestpinto7254
7 жыл бұрын
Foolish Pleasure was better then a nice horse he was the 2 year old champion and 3 year old champion and did win 10 straight races and less not forget he won the Kentucky Derby and finished 2nd in the Preakness and the Belmont stakes.
@sheilatruax6172
2 жыл бұрын
@@ernestpinto7254For some reason, didn't like him. And he turned out to be a below average sire.
@sunnyseacat6857
3 ай бұрын
@@sheilatruax6172 : nothing wrong with Foolish Pleasure expressing his "below average sire" to anyone. Some horses retire to be therapy for other horses or children. There is no shame in not reproducing; that is our issue, not the horse.
@clydeb7713
7 жыл бұрын
Ruffian was a horse goddess if there is such a thing. People cried like a President died on her tragic fatal day.
@brenleegentry372
6 жыл бұрын
She was beautiful
@JOHN----DOE
10 жыл бұрын
Too bad this documentary is marred by 70s production values--what my students call the "Disney voice" of unctuous male authority (which sounds self-satisfiedly the same no matter what the subject matter) and grotesquely inappropriate happy-music. Nonetheless, it has shots of Ruffian no one else has. What a period piece. And what a tragedy.
@abdullahaboobakker1758
4 жыл бұрын
RIP Queen 💞💞😢👌
@rarerhinostudiosllc1205
8 жыл бұрын
when was one gorgeous she had toys Grace and unrivaled speed she was put together like Secretariat strong tall powerful it's ironic that the Great Courses the 20th century Die Young and tragically you will forever live in my heart and mind Queen ruffian
@jinxmae5029
9 жыл бұрын
..for every girl athlete that will ever compete..."Ruffian's" Life demands you never give up!
@stephanienewhouse2056
4 жыл бұрын
I was there at Belmont that day. Heartbreaking.
@dohcsmr1175
2 жыл бұрын
I had the privilege to see both Ruffian and Secretariat run . By God’s Grace Ruffian was an absolute perfect Horse proportion wise. And a BIG Phillie. As big as Secretariat. Big Red was a Linebacker compared to Ruffian. Big Reds mile and a half time was 3 seconds faster than Ruffian’s best. Big Red was faster at a long distance. This is not in dispute. I do believe Ruffian was so fast out of the gate and the subsequent 3/4 mile I don’t think secretariat could catch her at her best. But……we will never know.
@raygordonteacheschess5501
5 жыл бұрын
I saw her die on live television when I was eight. RUFFIAN DEAD was the News headline (front page) the next morning. She's the reason Barbaro woke up from surgery in a pool. She was 1-5 in that race and 1-20 almost all the time though she paid 4-1 in her debut when she won by fifteen. The owners didn't want to run against males.
@raygordonteacheschess5501
3 жыл бұрын
@Adrian At And T Heck of an internet mouth you got there you'd be crapping your pants before running it to anyone's face. I know she had surgery but she still died from what happened on the track.
@alyshasutherland6987
8 жыл бұрын
worlds greatest race horse who ever lived know one could ever replace you
@11SEXMACHINE
4 жыл бұрын
God damn this sport. It makes me cry happy tears and sad tragic tears at the same time. I truly hate it for it's ugly and tragic dark side. I equally love it for it's brave elite athletes who give everything they have and to often even more. If this would have happened today, she might have been saved.
@jenaeison2402
3 ай бұрын
I was nine years old when this fateful race aired and I’ll never forget it. I cried for days. I haven’t been able to watch a horse race ever since. My heart is in my throat as I’m watching this documentary. RIP, beautiful girl.
@malmaison12
2 жыл бұрын
Ruffian and Zenyatta are great female race horses! There are others! Rachel Alexandra won the Preakness beating the Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird and beat the Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird in a race with older horses! Then there were Songbird and Beholder among others ! Rags To Riches beat Curlin in the Belmont Stakes. Let's appreciate all the great fillies and mares we have been fortunate to see win in the Classic Grade 1 races.
@MrTrackman100
3 жыл бұрын
I saw Ruffian win at Saratoga. Greatness personified. Painful to watch that last race!
@coregoddesslives5759
8 жыл бұрын
She was Amazing!!!!
@InfernoBlazeFilms
8 жыл бұрын
My dad told me about her, he was at the match race
@spaz5138
3 жыл бұрын
I was soo shocked when that beautiful filly broke down🙏
@spaz5138
3 жыл бұрын
I wish she survived but sadly good things can turn on you😭😭😭😭🤧🤧🤧🤧
@jeanfish7
4 жыл бұрын
One of the biggest tragedies in raceing history. I watched this race...sobbed uncontolably after her accident.
@jwhiskey242
6 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing the actual race as a youngster. Very sad.
@Dmx3698
10 жыл бұрын
The greatist filly ever to grace the track. Too bad her and Secretariat didn't get a chance to produce a colt.
@marysueeasteregg
10 жыл бұрын
They would not have been bred together, they were too closely related. Secretariat's sire, Bold Ruler, was her grandsire (the sire of Ruffian's sire, Reviewer).
@FollowMal
10 жыл бұрын
marysueeasteregg Then perhaps Seattle Slew? Wouldn't that have been a combo? Ahh, if only. :(
@marysueeasteregg
9 жыл бұрын
Diane Elhard Actually, Bold Ruler is Seattle Slew's great-grandsire, in Slew's direct male line. But that degree of inbreeding (4X3 to Bold Ruler, that is, Bold Ruler appearing in both the 4th and 3rd generations of the pedigree) would have been much less problematic than a 2X3 breeding. Recent prominent horses with 4X3 or 3X4 inbreeding (all to Mr. Prospector) include 2014 Derby & Preakness winner California Chrome, 2013 Kentucky Derby winner Orb, 2012 Belmont winner Union Rags, and the outstanding sire Tapit, whose progeny set a North American record last year for earnings. 2X3 matings, as a Secretariat-Ruffian mating would have been, are currently very rare, though I believe they have occurred. I suspect, btw, that a Secretariat - Ruffian mating would have been vetoed on another ground: both were unusually massive horses. It's likely somewhat smaller studs would have been picked to balance her. Mr. Prospector, Northern Dancer and Alydar, 3 of the other premiere stallions of the era Ruffian would have been breeding, all have Native Dancer as grandsire or damsire (maternal grandsire). Native Dancer was Ruffian's damsire, so those breedings would all have been inbred 3X3 to Native Dancer. 3X3 matings do occur. Obviously, if Ruffian had not died, she would have been bred to some of the best stallions around. (And Slew was one of the successful of recent decades.) Interesting, great race mares seldom become great broodmares/producers. There are exceptions, of course. The undefeated mare Personal Ensign, a champion in the 1980's, became a very important broodmare. It is tragic we didn't get to see what Ruffian would have produced. : (
@FollowMal
9 жыл бұрын
marysueeasteregg Thank you. I'm not very good at understanding breeding yet, but that makes sense and I appreciate the information. :)
@spellywelly
3 жыл бұрын
If there can be anything positive gleaned from this tragedy at all, it’s that this incredible filly was never bred from. She is so spectacularly conformed for speed. Unfortunately, with that came legs that were far too light and joints that were far too small to support her big 17hh frame. ‘The heart of a locomotive with legs like champagne glasses’ (paraphrasing) was an apt description. In so many pictures as well, it’s fairly clear that her off-fore wasn’t straight. A remarkable filly who demonstrated to us so emotively why humans need to draw the line where breeding for speed is concerned.
@jo.azaleac9256
7 жыл бұрын
I kept thinking that maybe Songbird was Ruffian coming back to live lol. But I believe that Ruffian would have won the match race because she was obviously the 'Better horse'. Not that Foolish Pleasure isn't good, but he was out of her league. And I also belive that if they had put Ruffian in the KY derby, Preakness and the Belmont, she would have won the Triple Crown!!! Many great horses didn't ran the Triple Crown, such as Arrogate, and our Queen of the Fillies, Ruffian. RIP Ruffian. You won't be forgotten.
@spaz5138
3 жыл бұрын
She never ate there dust THEY ATE HER FAST FLASHING DUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@gthtinvestors7203
2 жыл бұрын
She was such a beautiful filly x! I myself did cry when they put her down. And I never cry..
@gthtinvestors7203
2 жыл бұрын
She would have beaten Foolish Pleasure too
@gthtinvestors7203
2 жыл бұрын
But this is what GOD does~ HE hates females! So HE destroyed Ruffian and let the MALE win!
@sandraburbidge8038
Жыл бұрын
Such a tragic terrible loss of a magnificent horse all because of selfishness!!!!
@coregoddesslives5759
8 жыл бұрын
Hey, Johnson I so agree... of your Two Favorite Race Horses. And the Magic wand... is Just asking Your Angels to help with your challenges. And for all the Animals that don't have a Voice. Wild Animals... are losing their FOOD. WHO'S talking about that. Aaaah. We Honor Those Who have Gone before us. AmerICAn's.
@patbuchanan3209
11 жыл бұрын
I remember staying up all night listening to the radio following reports of her progress at the Vet's.... until they had to decide enough was enough.
@annoyingbananana
3 жыл бұрын
Her leg literally SNAPPED like a toothpick and she's not the first or last horse this happened to. I'm all for banning horse races. Most Galoppers are raced at 2, barely walking at 5 when they retire. IF nothing kills them before they retire.... IF. A racehorse's life is miserable and the best thing you can do to a retired Galopper is to buy them, rehabilitate them and give them a good life as a hobby horse. They don't need a career no more. Enough is enough.
@richardsanders5275
2 жыл бұрын
NO DOUBT!!! She was so Big & beautiful and Athletic and EXTREMELY FAST !!! She had such a presence , it was unbelievable!!! Ask the Hall of Fame Jockey Jacinto Vasquez who he believed was gonna Win that Match Race ---- in 1975 he was the Jockey of BOTH Foolish Pleasure AND Ruffian.. .. and he CHOSE to ride Ruffian !!!!!!
@TownieGirl1974
Ай бұрын
Here's the craziest thing about Ruffian - @ 11:40 she's ahead by over 5 lengths. The norm for most of her races. She never truly opened up. We never got to see how fast she actually was. Incredible.
@monomoygirl9562
3 жыл бұрын
Happy birthday, beautiful Ruffian❤️
@asavetmd
3 жыл бұрын
If she had been on Estrogen it might not have happened. Back then it wasn’t really known how much females really needed estrogen, vitamin D3, and Calcium. I have no idea if Fillies are treated with them now.
@Sophie-st6pp
10 жыл бұрын
waaaaa I miss her so much
@12345KATETHEGREAT
10 жыл бұрын
poor girl, we all wonder where she would go, or how far, if she lived on her glorious life.
@t2gunner
8 жыл бұрын
Heart-wrenching…
@larrylomascolo6289
6 жыл бұрын
the RUFFIAN would have eaten Zenyata ,simply a freak of a racehore like secritariat
@meganproffitt424
6 жыл бұрын
larry lomascolo *Zenyatta *racehorse *Secretariat
@kalarwalters9980
10 жыл бұрын
I can't watch this. ;(
@Brick-so1ig
4 ай бұрын
She Let Them Catch up to Her Only to Sprint Away From Them "Multiple" Times During a Race and All While Never Being Asked...She Was Knowingly Toying With The Other Horses....Ruffian is The Gold Standard
@johndekker8952
11 ай бұрын
Save your phony tears. DEAL with REAL facts. Ruffian never had to face any other graded stakes winners. NO grade 3, NO grade 2, and sure as phukk never any other grade 1 winner. Moreover none of the alpo on the hoof, Ruffian faced has ever produced a foal of note. She is an "outlier"...as horse with more speed than very inferior competition. The trainer knew the truth, Ruffian, a glass canon. Both sire and dam broke down and never produced anything else of note.
@finiantsl5573
Жыл бұрын
I remember this race well - at the time I rode, knew race horses well. I had bet on Secretariat (Big Red is still the best for me). The Rufian - Foolish race was something like "the West vs the East". I thought it was just pure nonsense, was furious that such race was allowed only to please the whims of 2 dum owners. Something didn't feel right for me days before. The utter selfish, and irresponsible behaviour ended up killing one incredible thoroughbred.
@12345KATETHEGREAT
10 жыл бұрын
Its really sad to think that she had a chance after the emergency surgery, hopeful even, but couldn't make because of the panic and distress she was in when taken out of induced coma. After the tragedy, luckily, many more codes and ideas were put in place for rehabilitating horses after surgery.
@suehart919
3 ай бұрын
Some of these comments are just nasty! Why try to tear a horse down? They were all great, in one way or another. If only humans could be that great.
@Metmexx82
5 жыл бұрын
Ruffian je pro mě vítězka i přes to hrozné zranění . Vyhrála by nad Foolish Pleasure. Jsem o tom 100% přesvědčená ! RIP Ruffian ❤️❤️❤️
@bishlap
8 жыл бұрын
What a horse...never seen a better filly.
@jasonvernon2748
2 жыл бұрын
My girlfriend loves horses she said that it was her breeding that cause her break down .. her dam broke down 3 times she is the great niece and to the super horse Secretariat . Ruffian has a great great nephew running named Babyface
@Lauren-ft4by
9 жыл бұрын
pour ruffian
@bettylong906
5 жыл бұрын
She hit the gate , hard at the start. They should have stopped then. The misstep was caused by a muscle twinge. .
@conniecrawford5231
3 жыл бұрын
Both Ruffian’s site and dam died during surgery as did she- tragic. !
@meaganshamrock9410
2 жыл бұрын
Just think what a pairing they would have made as sire and Dam !
@thefrase7884
Жыл бұрын
Ruffian was better than any 3 year old colt. She should have won the triple crown.
@jeremyseals2997
4 жыл бұрын
Ruffian was and has to be the best Phillie that ever stepped out on a track !!!
@sheilatruax6172
2 жыл бұрын
Filly, not Philly. Sorry, but that's a baseball team from Philadelphia.
@richardsanders5275
2 жыл бұрын
She IS & WAS !! last time I googled her, she was at: #35 on the TOP 100 Racehorses of ALL-TIME... That's on BOTH Colt & Filly List !!!!
@shamoneroachford8227
2 жыл бұрын
I was wondering if people can go see her burial place or if it's not allowed??😔🤧🙁
@ImRidingmrmurphy
10 жыл бұрын
ok everyone i think that it would have ruffian's legend even more greater if she lost that race then if she won the race i'm just putting it out there and i love ruffian
@jo.azaleac9256
7 жыл бұрын
NK Jumper maybe... I agree partly.
@johnvan6803
Жыл бұрын
So sad. A great horse. It would have been some match between her and Secretariet!
@bullwinkle1989
11 жыл бұрын
I was there when I was a child. LeRoy Jolley was a friend of my late Father's. I cried for days when she died. She was an awesome horse and Native Dancer has been largely bred out. Do you have Exceller in the Breeder's Cup? Thanks for this.
@anissaantwine8510
2 жыл бұрын
Still a tear jerker to me
@Caroni100
2 жыл бұрын
Ruffian (April 17, 1972 - July 7, 1975) * Sire: Reviewer * Damsire: Bold Ruler * Dam: Shenanigans * Damsire: Native Dancer * Sex: Filly * Breeders & Owners: Stuart & Barbara Jenney * Trainer: Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. (R.I.P.) * Jockeys: Vincent Bracciale (2 for 2) Jacinto Vasquez (8 for 9) * 11 Starts * 10 Wins * 0 Seconds * 0 Thirds * 1 Did Not Finish * $ 313,428 (Current $ 1,702,056) * 1974 United States Champion 2-Year-Old Filly * 1975 United States Triple Tiara Champion * 1975 United States Champion 3-Year-Old-Filly * Inducted to The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1976 * Number 35 in The Bloodhorse Magazine "Top 100 United States Racehorses of the 20th. Century List" * Top Ranked American Female Racehorse of the 20th. Century * Ruffian Stakes at Belmont Park since 1976 * Ruffian film (2007) * Rest In Peace, Female Champion! 😭We will always remeber you! * Greetings from Venezuela Ruffian (17 de Abril, 1972 - 7 de Julio, 1975) * Padre: Reviewer * Abuelo paterno: Bold Ruler * Madre: Shenanigans * Abuelo materno: Native Dancer * Sexo: Potranca * Criadores & Propietarios: Stuart & Barbara Jenney * Entrenador: Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. (Q.E.P.D.) * Jinetes: Vincent Bracciale (De 2-2) Jacinto Vásquez (De 9-8) * 11 Salidas * 10 Primeros * 0 Segundos * 0 Terceros * 1 No Pizarra * $ 313,428 ($ 1,702,056 actuales) * Campeona Dosañera en Estados Unidos 1974 * Campeona de la Triple Tiara de Estados Unidos 1975 * Campeona Tresañera en Estados Unidos 1975 * Exaltada al Museo Nacional de las Carreras y Salón de la Fama en 1976 * Número 35 en la "Lista de los 100 Mejores Caballos de Carrera del Siglo XX en Estados Unidos" de la Revista The Bloodhorse * Mejor Yegua de Carreras del siglo XX en Estados Unidos * Clásico Ruffian Stakes en Belmont Park desde 1976 * Película "Ruffian" (2007) * ¡Descansa En Paz, Campeona! 😭¡Siempre te recordaremos! * Saludos desde Venezuela
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