ruffian and rachel

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by dean smith

C'mon, man. You can't possibly think I was being serious...

Tight-wound bunch at Derby Trail. Very touchy.

Sensitive thugs, I think you all need hugs!

I'm feeling the love. No worries.

Gotta love how internet transfers tone, but I was really hoping you were kidding the first time and then the second post threw me. Given the level of hyperbole I thought 'my God, a DTer I thought was sane goes off the deep end.' I was having a bad day and then it was just the last straw. I thought I'd missed something where, unbeknownst to me, there'd been some other sort of discussion about it and you thought I was rubbing it in to be a jerk.

Originally Posted by Linny

MOW presumably was compared to Colin, Sysonby or even Hindoo. In fact do recall reading quotes in history books about a given horse being the "second coming of Hindoo..."

Good ones, you're right I've heard those too. Colin and Fair Play. What I wouldn't give to have seen that rivalry.

A point I think is great to bring up is where Steve mentions Gallorette. I just don't know that she's getting brought up enough in the Rachel discussion. People are focused on Ruffian, but when I first saw what Gallorette accomplished I was just in awe of her. I didn't realize Barclay Tagg said it's perfectly fair to talk about RA and Ruffian, but I appreciated hearing that yesterday when I think Jon White brought it up. Even if you can't compare fillies of different eras exactly, it's fun to discuss them all and really it just elevates everybody in my eyes as I realize how blessed we've been.