Ruffian: Burning from the Start

[sumitas]

dna might answer that.

espn about 5 years ago came out with a SPorts Century documentary on Ruffian...try and find that.

her breakdown that i viewed on tv drove me essentially out of horse racing for 25 yrs until a dear friend got me back into it. i was so gun shy i had no stomach to watch hardly any races. but i'm enjoying the sport for the most part the last 6 years.

a side note. Foolish Pleasure, who ran vs Ruffian that terrible day never had good books at stud. it has been said that was due to the bad memories he evoked in breeders about that fateful day. his pedigree was wonderful and he really deserved better.

I hope Bernardini is not painted with that same brush. Time will tell.