Ruffian: Burning from the Start

Ruffian: Burning from the Start

During two short seasons at the track, Ruffian was hailed as the greatest thoroughbred filly of all time. Unbeaten in her first ten starts, she shattered one record after another, dazzling crowds with both her beauty and her brilliant speed. Then tragedy struck on the afternoon of July 6, 1975. Ruffian broke downâ€“on the leadâ€“in the middle of a match race at Belmont Park. Later that night she had to be destroyed.

Ruffian: Burning from the Start is the story of this exceptional filly, a horse so dominating, so powerful, that writer Walter Farley once suggested she was more like the fictional legend, the Black Stallion, than any colt he had ever seen. Beginning with her earliest days in Kentucky, the book follows Ruffian at every stage of her career and through the agony of her final hoursâ€“ venturing behind the scenes of the racing world and exploring the politics and personalities that came together to shape this extraordinary fillyâ€™s fate.
Country USA
Brand BALLANTINE GROUP
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Color Grey
ReleaseDate 2002-04-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780345450005

Country	USA
Brand	BALLANTINE GROUP
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	Grey
ReleaseDate	2002-04-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780345450005

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