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  • Racing horses too young before they are fully developed! She was beautiful, full of potential and this is sad--should not have happened. Horse racing industry needs to make big changes and take proper responsibility for the welfare of all of it's horses--including the ones who do not win races!! These "cast-offs" are being brutally slaughtered -such a betrayal-speak out against this injustice and demand the racing industry ensure proper welfare for the animals who have made the industry great!

  • Starting to race at the age of 2 yrs-old is a crime! We don,t even ride our own pleasure horses, before the age of (3). You will break their backs, you will break their baby bones, not even fully developed yet. What a shame! What a shame! R.I.P Ruffian. Run all you want up there without force. Remember folks, many race-horses end up going to slaughter when theyr NOT needed anymore, then end-up on a dinner-plate, with many drugs surrounding this meat. Support BILL C-322 in Canada Stop H-Slaughter

  • the saddest movie I've ever seen :'(

  • Oh my God!! ;((

    

  • This is the best example that some horses LOVE to run and don't wanna stop running. 

  • Ruffian Was  Not The Greatest Filly She Was The Greatest Race Horse Of All Time Any Horse That Trys That Hard In A Race Deserves To Be The Best

  • I don't know much about her but I love all horses and she gave her life doing what she loved. It's just a reminder of what happens all to often on a racetrack

  • je hezký do ty doby dokut si tu nohu nezlomila

  • <3 bellissimo...!!!

  • I juts saw the movie and I held back tears! (The part where she broke her leg in the movie was obvisouly computer animation) But after the movie I got so depressed! I thought about her the rest of the night! When she ran in the match race, I thought, "Dont go Ruffian. Dont go. You'll die." But it was too late

  • BEAUTIFUL!the video made me cry...R.I.P Rufffian..the best filly that ever lived!

  • Beautiful job. Sometimes...I just wonder...if horse racing is cruel. I mean, just think about all of the horses that died racing. Or had to be put down because of a racing injury. Rest in peace, and may you be happy in heaven, Ruffian!

  • @MsOMGSKITTLES I'm the same. I've been a big supporter of Horse Racing since I was younger, due to my grandad introducing me to it. I just love horses. However...With all the injuries and such i'm of a mixed belief. I watched the Grand National this year - was actually at Aintree course and such...I never want to go again because of them calling the horses "Obsticals" though I know its better than saying outright the horses have died...I don't know what to believe about it anymore.

  • Did you have to show that horrid moment? It's because of that injury that I've decided not to become a vet. I didn't want to ever see it again.

  • her start was shit have you seen this?

  • @Shadowmelodyful shut ur mother fucking face

  • @oliviaaelliott

    it is so

    I was with more security than you of racing tracks

  • @Shadowmelodyful wow i live with racehorses right now my famouset 1 id=s fencing se has won the breeders cup rly

  • @oliviaaelliott

    i know!

    but i didn´t think that the start was good it was shit so she has broken her leg

  • @Shadowmelodyful yh it's so unfair isnet it well she raced when she was so young she started to race when she was nearly 2 :(

    R.I.P.RUFFIAN FOREVER IN MY EART <3 :'(

    You Can Fly Now :)

  • @oliviaaelliott

    she was one of the best

  • @Shadowmelodyful yh totally threre isent many in the world with a perconalty <3 *crys a tear* i so happy she is in heaven now

    run free now you can fly NOW

  • this is so sad :(

  • This song reminds me of a filly I hope you guys remember her... Eight Belles she ran her best trying to win the Derby! She was a smaller version of Ruffian! She would've won if Big Brown never raced! But Big Brown had a amazing jockey! Good Luck in heaven Ruffian, Eight Belles, Man o' War, and Secretariat! And the others! Run like the wind!

  • Beautiful video, beautiful song... Very good job, just thanks...

  • I love this Song vom Hugh Panaro, Can anyone sent me !!?? In germany i can´found him!! HELP me pease!!

    LG Maren

  • I love this Song vom Hugh Panaro, Can anyone sent mi !!?? In germany i can´found him!!

    LG Maren

  • wajo wrm duit iedereen leuk aan?? ds nie leuk ds kei erg!!

  • [*]  Ruffian... ;* [*]

  • i mes yoou :'(

  • If I only hear this song I start to cry :-(((

    This is the most beautiful and saddest story in same time, I have ever heared.

    Most of the races are dominated by stallions

    but then there came a filly and surpassed them all.

    You will always be in our hearts until we meet again.

  • IS NOT FUNNY THE JOCKEY RODE BOTH HORSES, BUT IN THE MATCH RACE HE CHOSE RUFFIAN, THAT SHOULD TELL YOU WHO WOULD HAVE WON THE MATCH RACE, RUFFIAN BEEN RACING WITH ALL THE CHAMPIONS IN HEAVEN, UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN RIP BEAUTIFUL ONE

  • Ruffian won! there was no way Foolish Pleasure would have won, Ruffian was unbeaten but Foolish Pleasure had lost some races 2 i think, there was no way he would hav won

  • Can anyone tell me did Ruffian run in any races outside the US?

    I saw some footage of an injured filly who continued to run with a wildly swinging foot,unheard of,would you know this horse anyone.I don't this horse was destroyed at the racecourse but i am not sure what happened to her.This would be in the late 90s i think.

  • :'(

  • the 1st clip b4 they gate break is Foolish pleasure not ruffian, well technically its not either of them but anyway

  • this brings me to tears,Thinking about how this wonderful,beautiful filly had to end her life ; [ LOVE you ruffian you are AMAZING. Do you think there is really a animal heaven?

  • She has spred her wings and flew but on that fateful day she flew nomore.

  • to super film

  • Amazing Ruffian the best filly in the world, nothing can ever replace her!

  • zenyatta don't end up like she have

  • please, is there anyone here who could help me get the song? i want so much t o use it to make a tribute to my beloved Anja, my guide dog that i lost to cancer last October. this song is so perfect for us....she can fly now, but now im earthbound.. please, help me find this song, to honour her memory?

  • @LadyDeerskin hello, im looking for the song too i sent a message to itunes about it being missing and i found it on amazon.com it is from a really old cd called In Celebration of Life which is a benifit album for BC/EFA (broadway cares/ equality fight aids) and the song is on there i hav not purchased it, so i cant tell you bout the quality but it is there with alot of other song, hope this helps =) =)

  • wahts the name of the song.??

  • Sad but great video

    You can fly now but don't go too far!!

  • 0:24

    oh loord what happened ??? :O

  • @Hejmandiz95 both of her sesamoid bones snapped and shattered..

  • to me she won that race she was already winning when that happened!

    and go for wand had a tragic break down to!

    both girls were coming 1st by a neck and both girls did injuries to there legs.

    An it creeps me out how wanda broker her leg exactly when she was racing past where ruffian was burried!

    BOTH amazing horses and both were true champions!

  • she was amazing... everytime when i see this viedeo i'm crying.. she was a wonderfull and beautiful horse.. she'll never be forgotten.. shes forever in our hearts...

    R.I.P Ruffian

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  • She was amazing..

    Every time when I see her i cry :(

  • ik this is a studid question, but did that horse accually have yo break its leg? to be able to make the movie?

  • where can i find this music? i lost my service dog last week, had to let her fly now to the Bridge. and i want so much to make a tribute to her, and all other service and guide dogs, if i had this music. i cant stop crying...this is so much Anja and I. together, we flew down streets, but now i have to let her fly alone.

  • this video made me cry :,( but she will always be one of the great ones. :) we love you ruffian. :,)

  • this video made me cry :,( but she will always be one of the great ones. :) we love you ruffian. :,)

  • i cant wacth it i cant bare too see her die like that to she her in pain

  • I was there when this happened. I was only 14 years old, but was so moved by this. I remember they kept showing it over and over on the news and blaming the accident on the birds. This video brought me to tears.

  • Ruffian's genetics had something to do with this too. Her sire had 3 breakdowns in his career, and her dam had to be retired early due to a breakdown and could only be used as a broodmare. It's horrible. They should've listened to her trainer--he knew she wasn't ready to race Foolish Pleasure. She could've made a great broodmare. But what touches me is that she is the only horse buried at Belmont Park. She's in the infield, by the flagpole with her nose pointed towards the finish line :')

  • Can a horse really snap its leg like that???? just from a misstep??

  • @DragonCrazyGirl She had a fracture in her bone when she was 2 and from what i understand thats what happened. But yes under the right circumstances they absolutly can

  • @kara2lucy Ahhhh poor Ruffian, i would die if something like that happened to my horses.

  • @DragonCrazyGirl in races there are weights from 4500-5500kg lasting on the horses legs... the bones break at a maximum of 8000kg, so... they just need to make one wrong step... (i hope you understood what i meant, i'm not english so my english is quite bad ;) )

  • i am a jockey did you now that

  • we will all see her

  • Poor Ruffian...

    She was such a great horse. But you know it's not Goodbye Ruffian, it's only See You Later, Ruffian

  • This is so sad!I mean she went when she was so young, her hole life was infront of her and she couldn`t life it.

    That is so terrible!=(

  • I was too young to remember this but was mad for horses as a kid and read a book about her. This made me cry. :(

  • what film is this?

  • @ForzaAquila this film is called ruffian :) its on youtube if you want to watch it

  • Mal ganz davon abgesehen ist das ein ganz ganz tolles Video...!

  • Fly... fly.

    Do anyone know who sings this song?

  • Ruffian eine Wunderstute wie sie es nie wieder geben wird!!!

    Ruffian du wirst immer in unseren Herzen weiterleben!!

  • Entiendo que sea una yegua para la leyenda.

    Un match,en realidad no es una carrera real.

    Cuando se rompe su espiritu va primera.

    Aqui se desvanece y se eleva como una gran yegua alada.

    Ruffian,deja su ultimo paso para la historia del turf.

  • RIP RUFFIAN =*(

  • very tru barbaro is the boy verison of ruffian and if they both would ran and made it threw the triple crown races they would be amoung the triple crown winners

  • @zwl30 Not really Ruffian ran 10 races Barbaro only won 6. Yes there are some simalarities, for sure. But Ruffian was a filly that was better than all the boys, much more impressive than barbaro.

  • @zwl30 Unfortunately, Ruffian was already past the triple crown races and too this was her 3 year old year, so she would never have gotten the chance to run in those classics. She did however win what was known as the Triple Crown for Fillies.  Barbaro was in the hunt for the Triple Crown, and had won the Derby, but broke down in the Preakness. I have read that Barbaro was an odds on favorite to win the triple crown, had things been different.

  • Rest in Peace, Dear Girl. I can't belive it has been 35 years since that awful day. You are still in our hearts with Love.

  • that made me cry :*(

  • what is the name of the singer and song in this vid? i need to know please someone tell me D:

  • its a sad vidio but very very great :)

  • sie war so tol

  • if the legendry horse got a chance to finish the race i'm 100% postitive that she would've won it>>>> people who say even the slightest thing horrible about her will have all her "fans" to answer to.

  • She was so Amazing </3 There are no words to describe her , RIP Ruffian :(

  • who's barbaro?

  • @warriorcats5656

    Barbaro was the one who won the Kentucky Derby in 2006 in a spectacular way. He had never been defeated before. When he started in the Preakness he was the big favorite. But shortly after the start he broke down due to a severe injury at his right hind leg. They tried to fix his leg and they succeeded, but he got laminitis on his both front legs and had to put him down.

  • Where can I find this song, it's beautiful but it's not on itunes or amazon. Wonderful video by the way, it made me bawl but in a good way.

  • she was to dedicated to stop if he wouldnt have stoppped her it could be much worse he could have let her continue she died doing wat she loved and ill miss her

  • @lulubaby98 are you mentally challenged? race horses run because they are trined to run no matter what as they have all demonstrated. She didn't die doing what she loved. They run because they know no different.

  • Love you Ruffian...you will always live on..

  • Happy birthday big, black bullet. Lord loves you. We will never forget your radiant glow <3

  • such a beautiful video...I watched Ruffian once, and hit really close to home for me. :(

    perfect song choice, I want to guess its Hugh Panaro singing? yes?

  • where you kan take a look at the film?

    I do not think the film!

  • Elisabetta, Now I understand why you like horses and horse riding .Anyway thanks for the uploading.

  • in this movie i found out what korked he leg at the start when she jumped out of the gatess she mis plased her hoof and bounced an then she ran putting presure on it thats what caused it rip ruffian gallop on in our heart with nothing stopping you live on the filly who ran like the wind

  • that was part of it but if u watch the actual race footage u can see that she goes quite a ways after the gate incident. on the actual race footage u can c that there were a few birds on the track the flew in front of her causing her to immediately pull up. she likely spooked and put all her weight on that foot and it couldnt handle it.

  • your right but most race horses would run side ways the whole way from the birds and when she put her weight on it she could not take the weight so she broke her fetlock

  • ruffian byłas ambitnym koniem i jednocześnie pięknym ;( płakac mi sie chce

  • si è una storia vera, poi hanno fatto il film

  • scusa ma è una storia vera????!!!!

  • thats too bad :( but thanks :D

  • I loove it!

    But who sings this?

  • *Sniff* *Sniff* Beautiful. It's like the song was written for her. Rest in peace Ruffian, the filly who ran like the wind.

  • i love this vid!!

  • she died a hero in my mind she would have been a legend if it werent for that folish mistake. the jockey just should have stopped her instead of letting her run it out

  • @lulubaby98 he tried to stop her, but most of those horses WANT to run, and she wanted to run, too.... she wanted to win

  • @MeredithFanLovesNugi Sorry, but they want to run because they're kept in small stables all day long. Apart from this most of them are forced to by dreshing. Do you really think Ruffian was like: "Yeah, cool, I'm first"?! That's ridiculous, a horse doesn't care about stuff like that, they just want to live FREE in the true sense of the word.

  • @MeredithFanLovesNugi I forgot: Ruffian kept on running, because she was afraid, confused, stressed, and wanted to flee. A horse does not have such thoughts as "Hey, my leg's broken, I should stop running immediately, so I won't hurt myself furthermore and can get some help."

  • @MeredithFanLovesNugi If you want evidence of that, it is documented that when she woke up from the anesthesia, she tried to run. she tried so hard that she broke her other leg with her cast and then threw the cast off. They were willing to try to save her with one broken leg, but it just wasn't possible with 2.

  • she was such a great horse... the best racer ever...

    in germany we say: "Wenn helden sterben, werden legenden geboren"... i think, this is the translation: if heroes die, legends are born...

    that perfedtly fits for ruffian..

  • Thanks for this tribute! I don't like to take offence to Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta, even if they are two queens, but Ruffian was queen, "THE QUEEN" from then to nowadays: Beloved, unforgettable gentle mare, beautiful and great!

    I'm italian and I only loved Varenne as much as I loved Ruffian, even if from so far! How much I wished she could be saved, in vain!

    But, as long as someone continue to remember her, she lives ,runs and wins.....

  • Just listenig to that song and thinking about Ruffian makes me cry...

  • Lost a real great horse. But she's still running. Even if it isn't on earth.

  • I agree... She was great :D

  • @Billishotheismine I loveee that syaing! Because you are soooo right!!!!!

  • This is so beautiful! 5 *'s favorite favorite FAVORITE!!!

  • What a tear jerker-->these graphic tributes rip me apart, I can't watch them. I can only stomach the memorial vids that feature the magnificent creature in all her healthful glory.

  • Great one. I have seen the movie.. its great. Requiescat in pace, R.I.P sweet one. We love you =)

    Does somebody find the songtext from the ong? I didn´t find it. (Sorry for my bad English, im not so good in it :D)

  • I hate this type of music but it blends so well with ruffian that I love this video :)

  • Just imagine how happy... and how fast... she is without that bit in her mouth now :)

  • i couldent stop crying she was the beest racer and in my world she will live forever and will never die she will runs free R.I.P ruffian gone but never forgotten

  • Does somebody know how the song is called? I couldn´t find the songtext neather who sang it ..

  • xD the song is called You Can Fly Now. The person who sang it is called Hugh Panaro. It says it in the credits.

  • Ruffian is still one of the greatest race horses ever. I just hope that Rachel Alexandra doesn't endup like her. This video is amazing. You did a great job. The movie is really good. I still can't watch the part where she breaks down.

  • shes as free as a bird

  • omg this made me cry soooooo terribly much!! This is what happened to my old horse!!! I LOVE YOU RUFFIAN R.I.P!!

  • I love Ruffian =,(

  • waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­

  • sniff sniff...

  • ruffian died becuase they start raning them at 2 and their bones are not fully grown. thousands of racehorses have been wasted becuase of this. dont you agree? one got slaughtered after winning millions of doallars.

  • I cry every time!!!

  • every time i see this i cry

  • do not pause it at 0:24 aghhhhhhh!poor thing

  • The look through her eyes sent me into a tailspin. Bless this beautiful creature..

  • oh god, I cried so hard at the bit when her eyes closed...she is a beautiful horse.

  • *cries* i love Ruffian

  • Somone was saying there wasn't much of a difference btw EB and Ruffian. But there is a huge difference btw the two.

  • i loved this moviee evne tho its soo sad. she was a oretty horse. its asham what happened to her:(greatt vidd

  • Beautiful. Now I want to see this movie even though this alone made me bawl. Great job on this video, and excellent song choice.

  • This always reminds me of my horse, Mason. He broke his leg, too.

    Rest in peace, Mason and Ruffian!

  • What is the name of this song?

    (sorry, my english could be better :>)

  • I started to cry too. It's fantastic *_____*

  • how did you find this song?

    it fits this video perfectly

    Rest In Peace Ruffian

    Champion Filly of 1975

  • omg this made me cry ='(

  • unglaublich. unbelieveble.

  • is the movie Ruffian just a documantry about her or a real movie example like twilight but about horse racing and Ruffian her self. {sorry bout spelling }

  • This is the ABC movie 'Ruffian' that first aired on the day of the 2007 Belmont.

  • awesome do you happen to know if they released a movie out in 2007, or was that a documentary as well?

  • The movie that was released at the Belmont was later put onto a DVD. I don't know of any documentary--not to say there ain't one, I just dunno about it.

  • Thanks, cause I wanna watch the movie and there was one that came out in 07 and I just didn't want to get it incase it was just about a documentary and not a movie becausethe movie is meant to be good but yeah, me get confused lol but all good, thanks

  • this video made me cry! and to anyone who said she wouldn't have won, she was ahead when she broke down!

  • this video made me cry. this horse was truly amazing. i heard that the jockey never pulled out the whip on her because she didnt need it. wow, this is amazing. this horse was a miracle to the horse racing business. poor thing.

  • There's a famous chapter in the book 'Burning From The Start'--Jacinto laid the whip on her in her first race, even though the trainer told him not to. Afterwards, the trainer--Frank--started yelling, swearing, and asking why he had cropped her. Jacinto is just like, o.o, and "She was already so fast. I just wanted to see what she would do."

    Sadly, the movie didn't do the scene accurately or justice--I guess they wanted to keep the language somewhat appropriate. xD

  • This is an amazing, makes me cry everytime..where did you get the song from, I can't find it anywhere

  • aww this vid is soo touching, poor ruffian

  • cried through the whole thing ! very moving ! thankyou for a moving video!

  • She is my favorite racehorse ever. I bet she and Eight Belles are best friends up in heaven. Rest in Peace pretty girl

  • Put rammstein - kokain in the back ´THEN u start crying because of the lyrics

  • i cried when i saw this video. i didn't know ruffian very well but i miss her. :/</3

  • I was really sad last year when Frank Whitely died. It was like a connection to Ruffian was gone forever. She was perfection.

  • That hit so hard--he and Eight Belles, the same weekend. One of my dreams was to meet him--that's one that'll never be fulfilled.

  • When Ruffian was buried, he gave her his very best blankets because he knew she deserved them. He also swore that no other horse would ever be worthy of entering that stall as long as he owned that barn..

  • Love <33 Race kill </3

  • Uhhhh, When that part came, I could hear the crack. Poor girl! Great vid!

  • this is so sad i bet she would have beat him she was perfect

  • that was one of the saddest things i hav ever saw. So sad that i am crying. I will miss ruffian so much

  • that is very sad!! i cried

  • i love this vid!!!!!!!!!1

  • paccati bellissima cavalla......... brutta fine......

  • this made me cry. =*(

    My grandpa owns race horses and one of his best filly's died. Like on dreamer. She almost had it, but right before the finish she flipped over head first. great movie.

  • there will never be another like her.

  • a girl version of barbaro