I just found this alarming
fact about Ruffian that was repeated by Eight Belles.
Ruffian had also run 10
races when she was pitched into the tragic match race with Foolish
Pleasure.
The Kentucky Derby was
Eight Belles? 10th race.
That?s just too many races
for 3 year olds!
?On
July 6, 1975, Ruffian, undefeated in 10 starts ? setting stakes or track records
in most of them ? and having swept the filly Triple Crown, was matched against
Foolish Pleasure, the winner of that year?s Kentucky Derby, in a
mile-and-a-quarter race at Belmont
Park.?
The Thoroughbred racing
industry must take a second look at racing two year old horses, they are just
too darn young.
