Ruffian trailer on ESPN broadcast

[GenuineRisk]

Am I the only one who got a little teary-eyed watching the trailer? I'm really looking forward to seeing the TV movie.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Am I the only one who got a little teary-eyed watching the trailer? I'm really looking forward to seeing the TV movie.

Nope, I did too...

It didnt move me but it looks better than I thought it would.

[Buffymommy]

I really want to see it. But dang if I am not going to have to have a box of tissues next to me while I watch it.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Cardus

Bill Nack (Sports Illustrated et al.) is a prime character in the movie. His Secretariat work is awesome.

I think that it was handicapper/author Steve Davidowitz who wrote that she might have been the best Thoroughbred EVER up to seven furlongs. (Not that she wasn't great at all distances, but we didn't see enough to judge.)

Also, apparently, Foolish Pleasure's trainer, Leroy Jolley, was a terrible sport after the match race. I wonder if that part is in the movie.

It will be an interesting movie, for she is not a known quantity outside of racing circles.

Great name for a race horse, no?

Frank Whaley was glad he got to play Nack and not Davidowitz.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Cardus

Who would play Davidowitz? I spoke to him at Pimlico a few years ago, but no one is coming to mind... yet.

I can only get into trouble answering that one.

I saw a bunch of clips for the movie at a luncheon for it at Belmont last Spring. Should be fun. I think it is the first movie made by ESPN that will be shown on ABC.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Cardus

Bill Nack (Sports Illustrated et al.) is a prime character in the movie. His Secretariat work is awesome.

It will be an interesting movie, for she is not a known quantity outside of racing circles.

Great name for a race horse, no?

That's great about Bill Nack-- I always thought if they were going to do a movie about her they would need a major character outside her inner circle for the audience to identify with. Glad to hear they picked up on my psychic vibes...

A lot of the volunteers at the Central Park Zoo (where I work) remember her very well-- might be because she was a New York horse, I don't know, but they remember the match race. One of them started to cry just talking to me about it. So some people outside racing remember her. I hope they tune in to see the movie!

It is a great name for a race horse; I agree.

[GenuineRisk]

I didn't see Davidowitz listed as a character in the film. Here's the full cast list, according to IMDB:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0499558/fullcredits

[blackthroatedwind]

It was a joke.

[LARHAGE]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

That's great about Bill Nack-- I always thought if they were going to do a movie about her they would need a major character outside her inner circle for the audience to identify with. Glad to hear they picked up on my psychic vibes...

A lot of the volunteers at the Central Park Zoo (where I work) remember her very well-- might be because she was a New York horse, I don't know, but they remember the match race. One of them started to cry just talking to me about it. So some people outside racing remember her. I hope they tune in to see the movie!

It is a great name for a race horse; I agree.

Ruffian was bigger than life, I grew up in California and let me tell you her races were covered prominently in the sports pages out here, and in fact her death made the headline, and I'm talking in big black print. Ruffian was a VERY much loved horse, even the Surgical Hospital where my mare was having surgery has a big framed painting of her in the Waiting Room with a very moving tribute to her, and this is 30 plus years later.!

[LARHAGE]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Am I the only one who got a little teary-eyed watching the trailer? I'm really looking forward to seeing the TV movie.

No I did too, seeing it rehashed all those awful memories again, I so clearly remember that nightmare!