Ruffian - 1975 Comely Stakes

Ruffian handily wins her seventh consecutive race.
Frank Y. Whiteley trained champions such as Tom Rolfe, Damacus, and Forego, but he is best remembered as the trainer of Ruffian. Two days after her death he glanced at her old stall at Belmont and said, "That stall will never be occupied as long as I have this barn. There'll never be another horse worthy of entering it."

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[ruffchamp1]

the invincible,unbeatable, brilliant and magnificient ruffian

[cf1970]

Yep, magnificent she was! Thanks for commenting.

[ginita105]

@mjs034 You bet, unless a miracle happens, we'll never ever see a race horse like her

[mjs034]

My God, she won every race I have seen here wire to wire!!! That is incredible. We will never see a horse like her again.

[bg147]

She absolutely drags him to the lead, and he's got a tight grip on her.

[farfieldacresracing]

(: She keeps toying with the other horses. She slowed down a bit and let that other filly up next to her then charged away.

She teases them in the Mother Goose Stakes too. x3

[roxanna151]

ruffian wa das hamma geilste pferd eyy...schade das sie so geendet hat und dann auch noch bei ihrem größten rennen =(

R.I.P.

[all66books]

1:08.4, 1:21.1, by a three year old filly in the spring of the year, with only the slightest urging. Amazing.

[BE109]

At the start it is very apparent she is the boss,if she could've talked she would have told that other filly,get out of my way this is my race to win!

[Elisabetta611]

A Ruffian with the heart and spirit of a Lady Fair! Gone but never forgotten!