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Originally Posted by Inner Dirt
She won races from 5 1/2 furlongs to 1 1/2 miles, pretty impressive.
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I'm with you and Spalding re Ruffian and also impressive victory distance ranges.
Forego won from 7f to 2 miles, often while carrying crazy amounts of weight by current standards. He was voted a championship sprinter and became one of the great weight-hauling handicap horses of all time.
Ruffian left us WAY too soon. I remember watching her - she was a once-in-a-generation type horse. I think some subsequent fillies didn't get their due because they weren't Ruffian - but were very, very good horses.
