Ruffian
by Yves Simoneau, David Dwyer
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Actor: Christine Belford, Frank Whaley, Jason Douglas, Laura Bailey, Sam ShepardDirector: David Dwyer, Yves Simoneau
Brand: Team Marketing
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 89 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-06-12
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: ESPN Original Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Ruffian
Movie Review: Nicely done, but hard to watch the last half hour
Summary: 3 Stars
I was fifteen when the match race took place, and had been an avid horse book reader and loved watching the great thoroughbred horse races on TV. I didn't get to view the race, but heard the terrible news the next day. I actually knew very little about Ruffian, but was intrigued by the little I had heard, that she was incredibly fast, but also very high strung and wild, and that was what caused her to self-destruct when they tried to save her. I satisfied my curiosity in the last year by purchasing the movie. Not knowing the details of her life, I found the movie to be both engrossing and heartbreaking. I cried for the last half hour, as knowing the end of the story made it even more difficult to watch. Not long afterward, I bought Jane Schwartz's excellent book, Burning From The Start. She filled in many of the details the movie wasn't able to cover, and I found that I cared even more for this incredible filly who had won so many hearts in her short life. I recommend both the movie and the book. I get a lump in my throat at the end of the movie and in the special features when they show actual footage of her races and you see this magnificent creature running like the wind.
Summary of Ruffian
(Sports / Doc) Based on the story of the great filly who was undefeated until suffering a fatal breakdown in a match race against Foolish Pleasure at Belmont Park in 1975 . Only lasting two short seasons on the track, Ruffian was unbeaten through her first ten starts - shattering records at nearly every race. It was the much anticipated 11th race, on July 7, 1975 in front of a packed house at Belmont and a television audience of 18 million viewers, that proved to be her last. Hailed as the battle of the sexes, Ruffian went head-to-head with Kentucky Derby winning colt Foolish Pride, in what became the last match race in professional horse racing. Just short of the one mile marker, Ruffian went down hard with a broken leg, ultimately leaving doctors with no other option than to put the horse to sleep. The next day, she was buried at Belmont and to this day remains the only horse granted that honor.Drama DVD Video
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