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Skittles

(166,905 posts) Mon Jul 7, 2025, 01:58 AM Jul 7

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Ruffian

that race was 50 years ago today.....I remember the Life magazine article that said she was buried at the race track where she had courted glory.......and raced to doom.

https://www.espn.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/45669973/ruffian-thoroughbred-horse-racing-breakdown-belmont-park-1975

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Ruffian (Original Post) Skittles Jul 7 OP

As I've gotten older: no thoroughbred racing, no rodeos, no zoos. no animal circuses .......... marble falls Jul 7 #1

marble falls

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1. As I've gotten older: no thoroughbred racing, no rodeos, no zoos. no animal circuses ..........

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Mon Jul 7, 2025, 08:02 AM

Jul 7

That race was a disaster.

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