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Originally Posted by Ocala Mike
"Ruffian, Burning from the Start" by Jane Schwartz still one of the best racetrack books I've ever read.
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She talks in these videos
http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44095
as does Jacinto Vasquez, Frank Whiteley, Bill Nack, and a host of others, about Ruffian. It's difficult to reconcile that even to this day, when I think of Ruffian racerunning I get a huge smile and goosebumps, tempered with yet still profound sadness. She was just so freaking awesome.
Mike, I enjoyed the book, too. If you haven't already, pick up a copy of Three Strides Before the Wire, another favorite of mine.