8 Replies to “The Unfinished Symphony Of Horse Racing”
Beautiful narration by sports writer Bill Nack of the tragic story of Ruffian, one of the greatest fillies of all time.
“It will always be the unfinished symphony of horse racing” is a sports comment for the ages.
Thanks for posting this, Kate … horse racing really is vastly under-appreciated.
Thankyou for putting up this interview. She was an amazing horse and this is a lovely tribute to her.
Beautiful, Kate – thankyou…
Very moving. Well chosen and well worth the 9 minutes to watch it. Thanks very much, Kate.
This is why I find horse racing the most heartbreaking of sports – something as banal as a pigeon breaking a great animal’s stride and causing a life-ending injury. It’s so pitiless.
Thank you for this. I loved Ruffian at the time and so few remember her.
I remember her. I remember watching her. And I remember the utter heartbreak at her death. I can scarcely hear her name without getting choked up…thank you for sharing.
Closely related, there is a movie coming out about Secretariat. After seeing the trailers, I fear it will be more about the people than the horse…I still get tears in my eyes and goosebumps watching him run.
I’m a sucker for horses. Our oldest is 33 years old this year. He never won the Triple Crown but he’s famous in these parts in his own right. One of the most awesome barrel racing horses that ever lived.
we rented out our back pasture to a thoroughbred trainer ….so the horses and in this case a colt was at our back fence..we were only 5 or 6 yrs old…we were rubbing his nose and feeding him apples or whatever
my dog named whiskey took a run at the colt for some reason prolly protecting us..
the horse scattered and broke a leg jumping a fence…
the trainer came out and shot the horse then asked my dad if he could shoot whiskey.
my dad acquiesced.
don’t get me wrong here…my dad was a truly humble decent man…who minded his own business and truly expected others to mind theirs.
how i miss him…a sense of humour..a sense of honour…a grievously wounded war vet…
a real old fashioned genuine man ..
whom i try to emulate unsuccessfully to date
Beautiful narration by sports writer Bill Nack of the tragic story of Ruffian, one of the greatest fillies of all time.
“It will always be the unfinished symphony of horse racing” is a sports comment for the ages.
Thanks for posting this, Kate … horse racing really is vastly under-appreciated.
Thankyou for putting up this interview. She was an amazing horse and this is a lovely tribute to her.
Beautiful, Kate – thankyou…
Very moving. Well chosen and well worth the 9 minutes to watch it. Thanks very much, Kate.
This is why I find horse racing the most heartbreaking of sports – something as banal as a pigeon breaking a great animal’s stride and causing a life-ending injury. It’s so pitiless.
Thank you for this. I loved Ruffian at the time and so few remember her.
I remember her. I remember watching her. And I remember the utter heartbreak at her death. I can scarcely hear her name without getting choked up…thank you for sharing.
Closely related, there is a movie coming out about Secretariat. After seeing the trailers, I fear it will be more about the people than the horse…I still get tears in my eyes and goosebumps watching him run.
I’m a sucker for horses. Our oldest is 33 years old this year. He never won the Triple Crown but he’s famous in these parts in his own right. One of the most awesome barrel racing horses that ever lived.
we rented out our back pasture to a thoroughbred trainer ….so the horses and in this case a colt was at our back fence..we were only 5 or 6 yrs old…we were rubbing his nose and feeding him apples or whatever
my dog named whiskey took a run at the colt for some reason prolly protecting us..
the horse scattered and broke a leg jumping a fence…
the trainer came out and shot the horse then asked my dad if he could shoot whiskey.
my dad acquiesced.
don’t get me wrong here…my dad was a truly humble decent man…who minded his own business and truly expected others to mind theirs.
how i miss him…a sense of humour..a sense of honour…a grievously wounded war vet…
a real old fashioned genuine man ..
whom i try to emulate unsuccessfully to date