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Ruffian (horse), the Glossary

Ruffian (April 17, 1972 – July 7, 1975) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won ten consecutive races, including the Acorn, Mother Goose and Coaching Club American Oaks, then known as the American Triple Tiara.^[1]

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1972 racehorse births
1975 racehorse deaths
Phipps family

Acorn Stakes

The Acorn Stakes is an American Grade I race at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies.

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American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly

The American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually to a female horse in Thoroughbred flat racing.

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American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly

The American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually to a female horse in Thoroughbred flat racing.

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American Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing

The Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, formerly known as the Filly Triple Crown, is a set of three horse races in the United States which is open to three-year-old fillies.

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Anesthesia

Anesthesia or anaesthesia is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical or veterinary purposes.

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Animal euthanasia

Animal euthanasia (euthanasia from εὐθανασία; "good death") is the act of killing an animal humanely, most commonly with injectable drugs.

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Aqueduct Racetrack

Aqueduct Racetrack is a Thoroughbred horse racing facility and casino in the South Ozone Park and Jamaica neighborhoods of Queens, New York City, United States.

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Astoria Stakes

The Astoria Stakes is a long-lived race for two-year-old Thoroughbred fillies run at Belmont Park in early June during the Belmont Stakes carnival.

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Ballantine Books

Ballantine Books is a major American book publisher that is a subsidiary of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann.

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Belmont Park

Belmont Park is a thoroughbred horse racetrack in Elmont, New York, just east of New York City limits best known for hosting the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the American Triple Crown. It was opened on May 4, 1905, and is one of the best well known racetracks in the United States. The original structure was demolished in 1963, and a second facility opened in 1968.

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Bessemer Trust

Bessemer Trust is a private, independent multi-family office that oversees more than $140 billion for over 2,500 families, foundations and endowments.

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Blood-Horse magazine Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century

Around 1998, The Blood-Horse magazine polled a seven-person panel of distinguished horse racing people: Keeneland racing secretary Howard Battle, Maryland Jockey Club vice president Lenny Hale, Daily Racing Form columnist Jay Hovdey, Sports Illustrated senior writer William Nack, California senior steward Pete Pedersen, Louisville Courier-Journal racing writer Jennie Rees and Gulfstream Park steward Tommy Trotter.

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Blood-Horse Publications

Blood-Horse Publications is an American multimedia publishing house focused on horse-related magazines headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Bold Ruler

Bold Ruler (April 6, 1954 – July 12, 1971) was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse who was the 1957 Horse of the Year. Ruffian (horse) and Bold Ruler are horse racing track record setters and United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees.

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Braulio Baeza

Braulio Baeza (born March 26, 1940) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey and one of the master Thoroughbred jockeys of our time. Ruffian (horse) and Braulio Baeza are Eclipse Award winners and United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees.

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Challedon

Challedon (1936–1958) was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred in Maryland by William L. Brann and Robert S. Castle, he raced under the colors of their Branncastle Farm. Ruffian (horse) and Challedon are United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees.

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Champagne Stakes (United States)

The Champagne Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old horses.

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Claiborne Farm

Claiborne Farm is a thoroughbred horse breeding operation near Paris, Kentucky. Ruffian (horse) and Claiborne Farm are Eclipse Award winners.

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Coaching Club American Oaks

The Coaching Club American Oaks is a race for thoroughbred three-year-old fillies and the second leg of the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing.

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Comely Stakes

The Comely Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York.

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Cornell University

Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York.

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Corticosteroid

Corticosteroids are a class of steroid hormones that are produced in the adrenal cortex of vertebrates, as well as the synthetic analogues of these hormones.

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Discovery (horse)

Discovery (1931–1958) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse. Ruffian (horse) and Discovery (horse) are horse racing track record setters and United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees.

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Dr. Fager

Dr. Ruffian (horse) and Dr. Fager are Eclipse Award winners, horse racing track record setters and United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees.

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Eclipse Award

The Eclipse Award is an American Thoroughbred horse racing award named after the 18th-century British racehorse and sire, Eclipse.

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Eight Belles

Eight Belles (February 23, 2005 – May 3, 2008) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who came second in the 2008 Kentucky Derby to the winner Big Brown. Ruffian (horse) and Eight Belles are horses who died from racing injuries.

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Elmont, New York

Elmont is an unincorporated hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in northwestern Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, United States, along its border with the borough of Queens in New York City.

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Fashion Stakes

The Fashion Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies.

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Filly

A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare.

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Foolish Pleasure

Foolish Pleasure (March 23, 1972 – November 17, 1994) was an American bay Thoroughbred race horse who won the 1975 Kentucky Derby. Ruffian (horse) and Foolish Pleasure are 1972 racehorse births and United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees.

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Frank Y. Whiteley Jr.

Frank Yewell Whiteley Jr. (January 31, 1915 – May 2, 2008) was a Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Ruffian (horse) and Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. are United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees.

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Frizette Stakes

The Frizette Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies raced annually at Belmont Park in October.

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From Every Stage

From Every Stage is a double live album recorded by Joan Baez on tour in the summer of 1975.

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Furlong

A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and United States customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to any of 660 feet, 220 yards, 40 rods, 10 chains or approximately 201 metres.

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Glyndon, Maryland

Glyndon is an unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.

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Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a thoroughbred horse race in the United States that meets the criteria of the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA).

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Hasty Road

Hasty Road (1951–1978) was an American thoroughbred racehorse which won the 1954 Preakness Stakes.

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Hopeful Stakes

The Hopeful Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.

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Horse length

A horse length, or simply length, is a unit of measurement for the length of a horse from nose to tail, approximately.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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Jacinto Vásquez

Jacinto Vásquez (born January 4, 1944, in Panama) is a retired Hall of Fame thoroughbred jockey. Ruffian (horse) and Jacinto Vásquez are United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees.

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Joan Baez

Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist.

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Joe Hirsch

Joe Hirsch (February 27, 1928 – January 9, 2009) was an American horse racing columnist and the founding president of the National Turf Writers Association. Ruffian (horse) and Joe Hirsch are Eclipse Award winners.

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Kentucky

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Kentucky Broodmare of the Year

The Kentucky Broodmare of the Year is selected each year by the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.

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Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is an American Grade I stakes race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Linebacker

Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football.

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List of leading Thoroughbred racehorses

The list of leading Thoroughbred racehorses contains the names of undefeated racehorses and other horses that had an outstanding race record in specific categories.

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List of racehorses

This list includes racehorses that exist in the historical record.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Lucien Laurin

Lucien Laurin (March 18, 1912 – June 26, 2000) was a French-Canadian jockey and Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer. Ruffian (horse) and Lucien Laurin are Eclipse Award winners and United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees.

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Maiden race

In horse racing a maiden race is an event for horses that have not won a race.

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Marguerite (horse)

Marguerite (April 24, 1920 – October 27, 1945) was an American Thoroughbred racemare owned by Belair Stud who had to be retired after only one start but who established her place in racing history as the dam of four significant runners.

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Match racing

A match race is a race between two competitors, going head-to-head.

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Miss Disco

Miss Disco (1944–1974) was an American Thoroughbred racemare that won important sprint events against colts during her racing career but who secured her place in history when, as a broodmare at Claiborne Farm, she was bred to Nasrullah and produced the very influential National Champion and Hall of Fame sire Bold Ruler.

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Monmouth Park Racetrack

Monmouth Park Racetrack is an American race track for thoroughbred horse racing in Oceanport, New Jersey, United States.

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Mother Goose Stakes

The Mother Goose Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

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Nasrullah (horse)

Nasrullah (March 2, 1940 – May 26, 1959) was a Thoroughbred racehorse that was bred in Ireland and trained in the United Kingdom before becoming a champion sire in both Europe and North America.

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National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American Thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. Ruffian (horse) and National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame are United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees.

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Native Dancer

Native Dancer (March 27, 1950 – November 16, 1967), nicknamed the Gray Ghost, was one of the most celebrated and accomplished Thoroughbred racehorses in American history and was the first horse made famous through the medium of television. Ruffian (horse) and Native Dancer are United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees.

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Nearco

Nearco (January 24, 1935 – June 27, 1957) was an Italian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse described by Thoroughbred Heritage as "one of the greatest racehorses of the Twentieth Century" and "one of the most important sires of the century." He was unbeaten, winning 14 races at distances from 1000m (5 furlongs) to 3000m (1 mile 7 furlongs), including the Derby Italiano and Grand Prix de Paris.

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New York Racing Association

The New York Racing Association, Inc.

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Ogden Mills Phipps

Ogden Mills "Dinny" Phipps (September 18, 1940 – April 6, 2016) was an American financier, Thoroughbred racehorse industry executive, and horse breeder. Ruffian (horse) and Ogden Mills Phipps are Phipps family.

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Paris, Kentucky

Paris is a home rule-class city in Bourbon County, Kentucky, and the county seat.

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Phipps family

The Phipps family of the United States is a prominent American family that descends from Henry Phipps Jr. (1839–1930), a businessman and philanthropist.

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Polynesian (horse)

Polynesian (March 8, 1942 – December 29, 1959) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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Raise a Native

Raise a Native (April 18, 1961 – July 28, 1988) was an undefeated Thoroughbred racehorse that was named 1963 champion two-year-old colt in the Turf and Sport Digest poll and was the highest rated juvenile in the Experimental Free Handicap. Ruffian (horse) and Raise a Native are horse racing track record setters.

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Revidere

Revidere (foaled in 1973 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that was voted the 1976 Eclipse Award as the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly.Her sire was Reviewer, who is best known as the sire of champion filly Ruffian. Ruffian (horse) and Revidere are Eclipse Award winners.

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Reviewer (horse)

Reviewer (April 30, 1966 – June 6, 1977)(11year)) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known as the sire of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame filly Ruffian. Ruffian (horse) and Reviewer (horse) are horse racing track record setters.

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Ruffian (film)

Ruffian is a 2007 American television film that tells the story of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred filly Ruffian who went undefeated until her death after breaking down in a nationally televised match race at Belmont Park on July 6, 1975 against the Kentucky Derby winner, Foolish Pleasure. Ruffian (horse) and Ruffian (film) are Phipps family.

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Ruffian Stakes

The Ruffian Stakes is a Grade II American thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares ages four-years-old and older run over a distance of one mile on a dirt track scheduled annually in early May at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

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Saratoga Race Course

Saratoga Race Course is a Thoroughbred horse racing track located on Union Avenue in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. Opened in 1863, it is often considered to be the oldest major sporting venue of any kind in the U.S. It is the fourth oldest racetrack after Pleasanton Fairgrounds Racetrack (1858), Freehold Raceway (1854) and Fair Grounds Race Course (1852).

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Secretariat (horse)

Secretariat (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989), also known as Big Red, was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse who was the ninth winner of the American Triple Crown, setting and still holding the fastest time record in all three of its constituent races. Ruffian (horse) and Secretariat (horse) are Eclipse Award winners, horse racing track record setters, Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing winners and United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees.

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Sesamoid bone

In anatomy, a sesamoid bone is a bone embedded within a tendon or a muscle.

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Shenanigans (horse)

Shenanigans (17 March 1963 – 21 May 1977) was an American thoroughbred mare born in Kentucky. Ruffian (horse) and Shenanigans (horse) are thoroughbred family 8-c.

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Sir Gallahad

Sir Gallahad (1920–1949) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and an important sire in the United States.

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Skewball

Skewball was the name of an 18th-century British racehorse, most famous as the subject of a broadsheet ballad and folk-song.

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Sorority Stakes

The Sorority Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first week of September at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey.

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Spinaway Stakes

The Spinaway Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.

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Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated (SI) is an American sports magazine first published in August 1954.

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Starting gate

A starting gate, also called a starting barrier or starting stalls, is a machine used to ensure a fair start to in horse racing and dog racing.

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Susan Stover

Susan Marie Stover is a professor of veterinary anatomy at the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and director of the J.D. Wheat Veterinary Orthopedic Research Laboratory.

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Television film

A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie, telefilm, telemovie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for initial showing in movie theaters, and direct-to-video films made for initial release on home video formats.

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The Blood-Horse

The Blood-Horse (also referred to simply as Blood-Horse and displayed on its nameplate in upright all-capital letters without hyphenation as BLOODHORSE) is a news magazine that originated in 1916 as a monthly bulletin of the Thoroughbred Horse Association.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruffian_(horse)

Also known as Ruffian (racehorse).

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1972 racehorse births

1975 racehorse deaths

Phipps family

References