the ruffian match race

[todko]

Originally Posted by videogirl10

the topic about the fastest filly made me start thinking about the match race. if ruffian hadn't broken down, who do you think would have won? i have always thought that ruffian would win, but i am not that all educated about foolish pleasure, so i would like others input..also if you want to see a great tribute to ruffian from utube the link is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGFswkcfqaA

The match race was a sad event spawned by the male hating vogue of that time. Billie Jean King had just beaten a male senior citizen (Bobby Riggs) in tennis, Gloria Steinem had forsaken her Playboy Bunny outfit and became a bona fide man hater, and there were numerous other "let's see the woman beat the man" events.

Horse racing, not to be left on the backstretch so to speak, came up with the Ruffian vs. Foolish Pleasure grudge match. It was "foolish" and there was no "pleasure" in it. On national TV and on track a huge crowd looked forward to the fantastic female beating the evil male.

The Chinese have an old motto -- "When you're setting out on revenge dig two graves". Which means dig one grave for yourself also along with the one you plan for your victim. They dug Ruffian's grave that following Monday.

It's a shame she became a victim of the "let's hate men" mob mentality of the '70s. She deserved better than to die because men and women couldn't get along.