Thoroughbred racing suffered its most ignominious, industry-deflating moment 50 years ago today with the breakdown of Ruffian, an undefeated filly running against Foolish Pleasure in a highly promoted ...

The Ruffian was the third stakes victory on the afternoon for Rosario, who earlier captured the Take The A Train Stakes aboard Love Cervere and the Man o' War Stakes (G2T) on Far Bridge . He notched ...

Forty years ago, on July 6, 1975, a great spectacle was on display for horse racing. No one at Belmont Park that day had any idea they were going to witness one of horse racing's saddest moments.

Parkland Thoroughbreds and Sportsmen Stable’s Jody’s Pride, under a perfect trip engineered by Hall of Famer Joel Rosario, notched a sharp three-quarter length victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Ruffian ...

Trainer Chad Brown will send out a powerful 1-2 punch in the May 8 $200,000 Ruffian Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park with grade 1 winner Search Results and multiple graded stakes winner Royal Flag . Bill ...

The filly, perhaps the greatest female thoroughbred in history, died after a 1975 race at Belmont Park in which she injured her ankle. By Eduardo Medina The remains of Ruffian, the Hall of Fame ...

Walt Disney Co. and its ABC and ESPN television networks were sued by a Racing Hall of Fame jockey and the trainer of the filly Ruffian to stop a movie about the horse’s career, cut short by a 1975 ...

LOS ANGELES — Before Barbaro, there was Ruffian. A brilliant filly who won her first 10 races by a whopping total of 82-3/4 lengths, Ruffian was viewed as a superstar with the power to restore horse ...

The remains of Hall of Fame filly Ruffian have been moved from Belmont Park to Claiborne Farm in Kentucky, where she was reburied Thursday. The move was necessary because the New York Racing ...

The nation mourned when the great Barbaro was euthanized less than nine months after winning the 2006 Kentucky Derby. Many also wept three decades ago after the undefeated filly Ruffian went hoofbeat ...