| Ruffian |
Ruffian - a biography. | | Sire: | Reviewer | | Grandsire: | Bold Ruler | | Dam: | Shenanigans | | Damsire: | Native Dancer | | Sex: | Filly | | Foaled: | 1972 | | Country: | USA
 | | Colour: | Dark Bay | | Breeder: | Stuart & Barbara Janney | | Owner: | Stuart & Barbara Janney | | Trainer: | Frank Whiteley, Jr. | | Record: | 11:10-0-0 | | Earnings: | $313,428 | | Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards | | Major Racing Wins | Spinaway Stakes (1974)
Acorn Stakes (1975)
Mother Goose Stakes (1975)
Coaching Club American Oaks (1975) | | Racing Awards | U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old- Filly (1974)
4th U.S. Triple Tiara Champion (1975)
U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old- Filly (1975) | | Honours | U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (1976)
#35 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
Ruffian Handicap at Belmont Park
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Bold Ruler (1954-1971) was an American thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. ...
Native Dancer (March 27, 1950-November 16, 1967), nicknamed the Gray Ghost, was one of the most celebrated and accomplished thoroughbred racehorses in history, the first horse made famous through the medium of television. ...
Filly is also a town in Belgium. ...
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The Spinaway Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses open to two-year-old fillies. ...
The Acorn Stakes is a Grade I race at Belmont Park for three-year-old fillies. ...
The Mother Goose Stakes is a thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies. ...
The Coaching Club American Oaks is a race for thoroughbred three-year old fillies run at a mile and a quarter on the Belmont Park dirt. ...
Eclipse Award for Outstanding Two-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor. ...
The Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, formerly known as the Filly Triple Crown, is a set of horse races in the United States which is open to three year old fillies. ...
Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor. ...
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ...
In 1999, The Blood-Horse magazine compiled a list of what its staff members considered to be the top 100 racehorses of the 20th Century who had competed in the United States. ...
The Ruffian Handicap is a race for thoroughbred fillies and mares ages three-years-old and up. ...
Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing facility located in the hamlet of Elmont, New York in Nassau County on Long Island (just outside of New York City). ...
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Ruffian is an American made-for-television movie that tells the story of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred filly Ruffian who went undefeated until her death after breaking down in a nationally televised match race at Belmont Park on July 6, 1975 against the Kentucky Derby...
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Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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A dark bay, almost coal black filly, Ruffian was foaled at Claiborne Farm, near Paris, Kentucky. She was bred by Stuart S. Janney, Jr. and Barbara Phipps Janney, owners of Locust Hill Farm in Glyndon, Maryland. Ruffian was sired by the Phipps family's Bold Ruler stallion Reviewer and out of the Native Dancer mare Shenanigans. Ruffian was trained by Frank Whiteley. Filly is also a town in Belgium. ...
Claiborne Farm is located in Paris, Kentucky, USA, and is one of the most famous thoroughbred horse farms in the state and in the nation. ...
Paris is a city that was settled in 1775 and is in Bourbon County, Kentucky, 113 miles (182 km) east of Louisville Ky. ...
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Bold Ruler (1954-1971) was an American thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. ...
Native Dancer (March 27, 1950-November 16, 1967), nicknamed the Gray Ghost, was one of the most celebrated and accomplished thoroughbred racehorses in history, the first horse made famous through the medium of television. ...
Frank Yewell Whiteley, Jr. ...
She earned the nickname "Queen of the Fillies" after being voted the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Two-Year-Old Filly in 1974 and winning the Filly Triple Crown (now called the Triple Tiara) in 1975. She was undefeated in her first ten races, covering distances from 5 1/2 furlongs to 1 1/2 miles (1106 to 2414 m) with an average winning margin of 8 1/3 lengths. She won her maiden in record time and by 15 lengths. She was unbeatable. Nothing could get close enough to even nibble on her saddle cloth. Her eleventh and final race, run at Belmont Park on July 6, 1975, was a match race between Ruffian and that year's Kentucky Derby winner, Foolish Pleasure. What is interesting about Foolish Pleasure and Ruffian, is that they shared the same jockey; though in the match race, he chose Ruffian, believing her to be the better of the two. The equine battle of the sexes" was heavily anticipated and attended by more than 50,000 spectators, with an estimated 18 million watching on television. Eclipse Award for Outstanding Two-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor. ...
The Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, formerly known as the Filly Triple Crown, is a set of horse races in the United States which is open to three year old fillies. ...
Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing facility located in the hamlet of Elmont, New York in Nassau County on Long Island (just outside of New York City). ...
is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Foolish Pleasure (1972-1994) is an American bay thoroughbred race horse who was one of the top three three-year-old colts of his time. ...
Ruffian hit her shoulder on the starting gate extremely hard, just as the starting gate was let out. She recovered quickly, but was in quite a bit of pain and leaning more heavily on her right foreleg to help ease the pain. The first quarter-mile (402 m) was run in a blazing 22 1/5 seconds, with Ruffian ahead by a nose. Little more than a furlong (201 m) later, Ruffian was in front by half a length when both sesamoid bones in her right foreleg snapped. Her jockey, Jacinto Vasquez, tried to pull her up, but she ran on for another 50 yards (46 m), apparently unwilling to give up the race. She was known for her incredible love of running and unwillingness to lose. She had never before been behind in a race. In anatomy, a sesamoid bone is a bone embedded within a tendon. ...
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She was immediately attended to by a team of four veterinarians and an orthopedic surgeon, and underwent an emergency operation lasting 12 hours. Tragically, when the anesthesia wore off after the surgery, she thrashed about wildly on the floor of a padded recovery stall as if still running in the race. Despite the efforts of numerous attendants, she broke the cast and another leg. The medical team, knowing that she would probably not survive more extensive surgery for the repair of two legs, euthanized her shortly afterwards. Her performance in the 1975 season earned her the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Filly. In 1976, she was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. There haven't been any match races run since. Look up veterinarian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Anesthesia or anaesthesia (see spelling differences) has traditionally meant the condition of having the perception of pain and other sensations blocked. ...
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Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor. ...
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ...
Her breakdown and tragic death led to a public outcry for more humane treatment of racehorses. One result was that medications, such as Lasix for bleeding and corticosteroids for inflammation and pain management, came into common use in racehorses. While helping the horses in the short term, the increased use of medications at the track had a downside, as many horses were raced while injured. It can be argued that thoroughbreds are becoming more delicate as a result; racehorses today run only half as many starts before retirement as did their counterparts 50 years ago. Some of this effect is likely also due to breeding practices that select for horses likely to have short, brilliant careers—like Ruffian's—instead of the traditional racing career which might have lasted several years. Indeed, Ruffian's bloodline may be considered at least partly to blame for her broken leg; her sire, Reviewer, suffered three breakdowns. Furosemide (INN) or frusemide (former BAN) is a loop diuretic used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and oedema. ...
Regardless, Ruffian herself may be regarded as one of racing's best and brightest. The Blood-Horse ranked Ruffian 35th in its list of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century. Though many believe her to be higher on the list. Secretariat's trainer once said "As God as my witness, she may be even better than Secretariat." She shattered all the records,and broke all of her opponent's hearts. Sports Illustrated included her as the only non-human on their list of the top 100 female athletes of the century, ranking her 53rd. The Blood-Horse is an international weekly news magazine about Thoroughbred horses, horse breeding, and horseracing. ...
In 1999, The Blood-Horse magazine compiled a list of what its staff members considered to be the top 100 racehorses of the 20th Century who had competed in the United States. ...
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Ruffian is buried near the finish line in the infield at Belmont Park, her nose pointed towards the finish pole. It is often said, "she died on the lead."
2007 Movie
On June 9, 2007, the ABC television network aired the movie Ruffian, produced by ESPN and directed by Yves Simoneau, and starring Sam Shepard as Frank Whiteley.[1] Ruffian was also scheduled for DVD on June 12th, 2007. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ...
Ruffian is an American made-for-television movie that tells the story of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred filly Ruffian who went undefeated until her death after breaking down in a nationally televised match race at Belmont Park on July 6, 1975 against the Kentucky Derby...
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Frank Yewell Whiteley, Jr. ...
Ruffian is an American made-for-television movie that tells the story of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred filly Ruffian who went undefeated until her death after breaking down in a nationally televised match race at Belmont Park on July 6, 1975 against the Kentucky Derby...
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