My dream would be to visit Zinnyata and her owners...I see his love for her and have no doubt how you treat an animal transfers into the animal....love....love ...love...God knew what he was doing when Zinnyata came into our world....Merry Christmas

Secretariat's trainer, Lucian Laurent, said of Ruffian: "As God is my witness, she may have been greater than Secretariat"

Its in East Boston not Revere

PLEASE ! These ” BABIES “ ARE RUN HARD BEFORE THEIR TIME . THOROUGHBREDS WERE BRED DIFFERENTLY BACK WHEN THEY COULD RUN ALL DAY. ( THEY HAD MORE BONE AND WERE MORE STURDY) ITS ALL FOR ( GREED AND PRESTIGE) “”Mind you there are a minority of owners who care for their animals while racing and afterwards. Credit is given where it’s due.””

It's so crazy how insanely huge both horses were. Ruffian and Barbaro are both my favorite race horses of all time. They were both so talented and so beautiful!

Breaks your heart. To young to be racing. Or any serious action. Money hungary people disrespecting the horse. As a horse owner , can't approve of this abuse.

Ahh, he's so beloved

Him and Her were the baddest of them all

I miss my BARBARO. See u soon

I remember watching Barbaro break down live..I was sitting with my parents in our living room, as we did every year when the great “Triple Crown” races aired…I screamed and stared crying…my mom held me, my dad was trying to build me up by telling me that everything would be ok, that they pulled him up early enough, etc etc. vivid memory. Years later I learned all about Ruffian and fell in love with her.

I love watching her run. She is remarkably the best fe

Does anyone know where I can find footage from the winner's circle with Barbaro in roses? Thank you.

So beautiful. So joyous and sad knowing the outcome. He was a joy to watch!

Thank God I have Bill Nack telling me how to feel about events I lived through as a child.

Would've been great to have seen her 4 months later at Meydan for the very 1st running of the Dubai World Cup on an at that time brand new tapeta main track in March 2010. I think she might've been a tough row to hoe for Gloria De Campeao, Lizard's Desire, Allybar, & Gio Ponti who made up the top 4 in that order.

Three legends

Horses are usually born mid april. However. January 1 they are considered a "yearling". Training starts at 16 months.... but they are actually just a year old. They are Not adults

If Barbaro was mine, I would have taken to him the Vatican and present him to the world as this is a real life angel

Powerful engines on glass ankles.

Ruffian is the greatest filly ever. R. I. P. beloved Ruffian.💕

I love Barbaro so much. I love Ruffian but Barbaro was an angel.

😂😂😂🙏🙏🙏💔💔💔

My God this horse reminded me so much of secretariat and such a sad ending for this incredible creature

The only time I cried is when Barbaro got hurt in the preakness, and i've been watching races around the globe for over sixty years.

i am not into racing at all, but when i see zenyatta i cry, don't why. iam in love with her, i love mike smith too!

Thank you Bill. I remember Ruffian because I followed her career. She was a stunner. A gorgeous filly. I couldn’t believe it when she broke her leg and eventually was euthanized. I’ll always wonder what could have been.

call me.stupid. they dont care bout animals. they only care about money. humans stink

Barbaro always seemed like he was just having fun out there. I've never seen a horse who looked like they just loved to run more than him.

Mr Nack loved the horses and the sport and is truly missed as is the two beautiful horses Ruffian and Barbaro!! no matter how long the horses are with us it’s never long enough!!

If this video doesn’t bring a tear to your eyes not much will!! Two beautiful horses lost way to soon!!

You're my horse hero buddy

I MISS YOU GUYS!!

Thanks bill for this ruffian was a great horse and my fav racehorse and horse barbaro was a machine

Ruffian taught us some very hard lessons about racing and treating race injuries. Her breakdown was the reason Barbaro even had the chance that he did. And she was the last racehorse in America who would lose her life because of a match race. Match racing had already been criticized for its tendency to hyperfocus equine athletes who, if it weren't for their diligent jockeys, would happily run themselves to death. Ruffian was one of those who would've killed herself on the racetrack if given the chance. She didn't like being pulled up even after breaking her leg. She didn't understand what she'd done wrong that she wasn't being allowed to beat that colt. Match races are intended to showcase horses with just her type of fiery spirit, and match races are deadliest to horses with just that type of spirit. They couldn't be allowed to continue. Not after Ruffian.

Ruffian never looked like she was racing, she looked like it was a breeze run, I didn't see her race, but I checked the book out from the school library an cried every time, still do, (not at school library) she was soo fast, elegant an beautiful...

Ruffian was my greatest filly my hero along with Secretariat and Riva Ridge. This is a tremendous tribute to Ruffian and Barboro both left us much too soon . ❤❤🙏🙏🤣🤣😇😇

Can we all just take a second to appreciate how eloquent and poetic William Nack’s narration is. This is some of his best writing.

No holding Him back!

Hardly i mean

I love them there like angels floating around the track because there like wind hsrdly there at all

awesome video.

Exactly barbaro was the phenom and she was his queen

Ruffian was a physical freak. She was a gorgeous, powerful, and swift mare who could outrun any colt of her day. Sadly, she literally ran herself to death.

Race Caller: Larry Collmus

😢😢😢

Julie Witt just zenyatta

Something does need to be done about the population of wild horses. They eat the land down to nothing. Unless more people decided to rescue and train the ones they round up (a dangerous act on its own. Training a wild horse never touched by humans before can result in serious injury, but we have a friend who has actually succeeded in doing so. Only she could ride the horse though.) then some need to be killed off. I hate saying it, as we have 3 mares right now and we love them to death. We can't imagine letting them be sent away. Some can't be used by people. The only other option I can see is if someone put all their money into owning thousands of acres specifically for these horses to live on. Where they do not overgraze and kill the land, as they are right now. If you've got the skills and money to take one in and train it, then go right ahead, but they can't just be left to roam. They do more harm than good to the land. (Unlike wolves. When wolves were almost killed out. Their prey flourished and overgrazed, killing the land. When wolves were returned to their natural habitat, everything eventually got back into its natural balance. This is because wolves are supposed to be there. That is their place.) Horses are not native here in the U.S. and many were Spanish horses that were either set loose or got loose. If nature intended for horses to be a natural being in this setting, they wouldn't be starving while killing the ground. (Horses will get so hungry in the wild that they will eat brambles. Causing a nest like structure in their stomach, and therefor making them colic and die.) They aren't like in the movies. They aren't usually running over green pastures and fat and healthy. Many starve while alone in the wild, untouched by people. It's either slaughter to reduce their numbers, or people need to start taking in more of them instead of asking others to do it. Not everyone can support a horse. It's a lot of time and money put in to working with them. Sometimes there is no other option. Sad but true. Realistically they cannot be left to just roam. Their large numbers do more damage to them in the long run if left alone.

Did you take the video?

if we start a small wolf pack in sync with wild horses and let nature control the wild horse population. it would benefit both the horses and wolf packs.

wire to wire?