The Filly wins the Belmont

[poly51]

Rags To Riches was the first filly in 102 years to win the Belmont Stakes. She won by a nose over Curlin.

[Ivytalk]

Mrs. Ivy hasn't let me forget it yet!:o

[kardplayer]

Proof that Title IX works :)

[dbackjon]

Proof that Title IX works :)


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[Gil Dobie]

Ruffian probably could have won the Belmont if she had not went for and won the Filly Triple Crown. Broke her leg in the match race with Foolish Pleasure. She was leading at the time. Tragic story.

Wiki Link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruffian_(horse))

The first quarter-mile (402 m) was run in a fast 22 1/5 seconds, Ruffian ahead by a nose. Little more than a furlong (201 m) later, Ruffian was in front by half a length when both sesamoid bones in her right foreleg snapped. Her jockey, Jacinto Vasquez, tried to pull her up, but she ran on for another 50 yards (46 m), apparently unwilling to give up the race.

She was immediately attended to by a team of four veterinarians and an orthopedic surgeon, and underwent an emergency operation lasting 12 hours. Tragically, when the anesthesia wore off after the surgery, she thrashed about wildly on the floor of a padded recovery stall despite the efforts of numerous attendants, breaking the cast and her other leg. The medical team, knowing that she would probably not survive more extensive surgery for the repair of both legs euthanized her shortly afterwards. Her performance in the 1975 season earned her the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Filly. In 1976, she was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.