Ruffian vs. Foolish Pleasure - The Great Match (1975)

Ruffian and Foolish Pleasure battling at Belmont Park with Dave Johnson calling.
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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Sports

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• Thoroughbred
• Horse
• Racing
• Ruffian
• Foolish
• Pleasure
• 1975
• The
• Great
• Match
• Dave
• Johnson
• NYRA
• Belmont
• Park
• Elmont
• New
• York

[MOSKII58]

this tape must not be in sych w/ the sound, because the announcer says Ruffian has broken down "BEFORE" anythg happens.. its a few seconds after he says she has broken down that you see Ruffian start to go off to one side & pull up...

[cf1970]

@MOSKII58 The replay of Ruffian breaking down is shown in slow motion here, so what you're seeing combined with the real-time track call is what makes it appear to be out of sync. Hope that helps.

[juliautnitskaya]

I just saw the ending of the film about her and it brought back terrible, terrible memories. Her will to win was incredible and she insisted on proving herself every time out. I am now 69 yrs old and I have never gotten over what happened that day. I will always belive it was the birds that made her misstep. She is appropriately buried near the finish line at Belmont Park and every young person should learn about her and how she ran. She was one in a million............ Bob DeMartin

[Arimeina]

R.I.P... great horse...

[ruffianbreyerstar]

i named my dog after her so she will never be forgotton in my family

[siddymotion97]

wow..ruffian... after i saw this movie i cried along... R.I.P in paradise...

[BrownLaura8847]

I just watched the 'Ruffian" movie. I knew what happened before I saw the movie but having a visual to go along... ugh .... this makes me physically sick thinking about what happened... Great horse with unmatched spirit.

[hestramona]

Ruffian, R.I.P.! I realy love you!! <3 my little angel!! you are in my heart! always! <3<3<3

[chopard4545]

I never saw this. Terrible. Makes me ill. They ran her too much till she broke down.

[Flemmingkjuh]

;( we never Forget her

[brigidfitch]

@10493929 Even Foolish Pleasure's owner expected Ruffian to win. I watched her (albeit brief) career. She HATED being behind a horse. Once she got the lead, she stayed there. When she broke down & saw another horse in front of her, she got pissed and kept trying to run. Poor thing shattered most of both front legs and the jockey couldn't get her to stop.

[Asiya40]

@TheExoticAnimal Yes, they have the same grandsire, Bold Ruler.