Keeneland September Sale

Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

You mean Ruffian via her sire Reviewer, who wasn't the soundest horse (only managed 13 starts in 3 campaigns, in a era when that was one year's work for many), right? Reviewer's champion sister Queen of the Stage had a similar record. But some other foals of their dam Broadway seem to be sounder (Great White Way, Will Hays) and Flitabout's own foals look to have been fairly sturdy. I'd be inclined to fault Reviewer's sire Bold Ruler more than Flitabout, since he had his share of soft horses out of stoutish mares (compare Boldnesian with half-sister Princessnesian).

That was more or less my point... Ruffian is hailed as the best there ever was in her gender and there's been a ton of pedigree discussion about how her sire, Reviewer, and his family are the "culprits". I was just bringing up the point that if you took Ruffian out of the equation, the family wouldnt be looked at as anything but "usual" in the soundness department.