I guess this list should be longer, some exceptional & great mares. The great Royal Delta, certainly should be listed. She was great for more than 1 season. The race between Beholder & Songbird was great. Those 2 ladies duked it out! Awesome! Time has gone by & I have forgotten how really good Lady’s Secret was! In this race, she ran against some outstanding race mates. This was a really nice field! Rags to Riches race against Curlin was wonderful. Again, they fought ferociously. These were some very nice races!
She went 5 or 6 wide in 2009 BCC. Zenyatta hunted all of them down. Even Blame. 20 lengths against young blood is 20 lengths. She erased that with a couple furlongs left and nearly beat the home track horse. Zenyatta the GOAT mare.
The lady legend. The TRUE Queen. There will never be another mare like Zenyatta. She danced her way from last to first...right into the hearts of her fans. All hail Queen Z...
10 Winning Colors 9 Rags to Riches 8 Busher 7 Rachel - 6 Personal Ensign 5 Beholder T2 Genuine Risk Only female to Win or Place in all 3 triple crown races something that won't ever be achieved again (If Secretariat can be best because of Triple Crown so can Genuine Risk) T2 Lady's Secret only horse (M OR F) to win 8 grade 1's in single season including the Whitney T2 Ruffian 1 Zenyatta 19-1The best closer ever m or f and the movie starlet with the goods.
Swtich Zenyatta and Ruffian ONLY bevuase Ruff8an didnt love long enough to race against males, I wouodve loved to see a race betqeen Ruffian, GR, Zenyayya, Beholder, and Alex wouldve been a great race
I knew my girl Ruffian would be Nr. 1!! After reading Ruffian: Burning from the start, I fell in love with this wondrous filly. The Queen of the Sport of Kings BAR NONE!
How is zenyatta not number 1? And can someone explain to me how lady aurelia is not in this list. She holds a rating that sits in the top 10 of all time for her performance at Royal Ascot. Absolutely incredible horse
I'mnot sure if you are familiar with Ruffians accomplishments. In all her races she never was behind at any point in the race. She also set stakes records in all 8 stakes races she competed in and equaled 2 track records as well. She has to be the best of alltime, no question about it!!
@@OfficialMuffiin you just can't make a statement like that and not say who you think is the greatest filly of alltime and why. I mean she won her very first race by 15 lengths and tied the track record for 5 1/2 furlongs, as a 2 year old. Never been done before!! Her average margin of victory in all 10 of her starts was 8 lengths. She also won races from 5 1/2 furlongs to a mile and a half!! I think her case is pretty strong for best filly of alltime!!
Los tiempos parciales que hacia ruffian en sus carreras estaban años luz del resto de yeguas, y sin esforzarse al 100% con el jockey con instrucciones de retenerla
@@TheMsatrues más aquí ponen a rags to richies por encima de Rachel Alexandra ,no se en que se basaron pero lo que realizó Zenyatta fue de otro mundo hasta la fecha ninguna yegua a podía ganar la breders cup clásick
Finally Rachel Alexandra got some recognition. I think her KOs win should have been used the MG is good too. She beat that track record and margin of victory set by Ruffian 💪
ARE YOU JOKING? WHERE'E BAYAKOA? I UNDERSTAND YOUR LIST; BUT NOT LEAVING OUT SUCH A GREAT QUEEN. IS IT CAUSE WHEN SHE BEAT OPEN MIND, SHE BROKE DOWN? UNBELIEVABLE
Ruffian sure did look like she was enjoying showing the over horses who was boss and beating them same with Zenyatta also seemed to be enjoying showing the boys whose boss
I swear this whole "past is better" thing needs to stop. There is no argument that can be made to justify putting Ruffian at #1 over Zenyatta. America loves the tragedy tales so the way Ruffian's life ended her career gets glorified. Don't get me wrong I am 100% on board with her at #2 but ahead of Zenyatta? I think not. So Ruffian went 10-0? Oh yeah so did Zenyatta of course she went on to almost double it. Ruffian never faced males in a race and only faced the one in her final race which was a match race. Ruffian was amazing! Obviously, but sorry to the older people here clinging to that era Zenyatta was better. I don't want to hear all the "look at the track records Ruffian set" thing. Like I said she was really fast but it's apples and oranges. Ruffian was in complete control of the times she ran seeing as how she was a front runner her darted out to first place early and stayed there, thus the times she ran are the "times she ran". Zenyatta was a closer who dropped to the back at the beginning (how far depended on how fast the leader was going) and as a closer she only started closing ground around the end of the final turn and ran as hard as was needed to pass them all. Thus her race times (which were still quite amazing) were basically the 2nd place horse time minus a length or 2. If you think Ruffian could have done what Zenyatta did in those Breeders Cup Races youre almost as crazy as all those Rachel Alexandra fans that seriously thought she was anywhere even close to Zenyatta's level.
And ruffians time records went down a long time ago. Lady’s secret genuine risk ruffian zenyatta makybe diva winx black caviar are truly the greatest !!! The rest were exceptional but these girls transcended the sport to new levels of international popularity and excitement. Rachel too but they ran her too hard as a 3 year old and never recovered! Zen just listen to all the songs people have written about her transcended the sport back to the 70s and the golden age of horse racing. Ironically the greatest race I’ve ever seen ever was the race she came in second. That is truly the greatest and fastest stretch ever in racing PERIOD!! and 1 more foot was the difference! to 3 breeders cups!!! And with winx, Zens half-sister show that lightning can strike 2x
Yikes. You’ve been pretty misinformed! In all of Ruffians races (with the exception of the Sorority) she was never allowed to fully run, everything was done with absolute ease. There is no doubt that Ruffian would have dominated those low level California horses, especially on the sythentic. Ruffian could run all day long, and i’m convinced she could do it anywhere (not just hide in California against weak competition) Zenyatta was a great horse, but Ruffian earned that #1 spot.
@@monomoygirl9562 El solo ganar la breders cup clasick la impulso al Olimpo hípico actualmente ninguna yegua lo a logrado y todos los grados unos ganados por ella,no hay que buscar excusas Zenyatta es la Reyna del hipismo norteamericano,ella atrajo al público hípico solo por verla correr ,tenían que ver el silencio que se escuchó en el hipódromo el día de su derrota,jamás se avía escuchado algo así,duela a quien le duela Zenyatta la reyna
@@monomoygirl9562 if she could run all day she wouldn't have died. Ruffian was great but no where near the level of Zenyatta with the 2nd fastest ladies classic in history and 12th fastest classic ever run at the time. Zenyatta is the best closer in racing history. Resumes don't lie. THe most exciting race was the one race she came in second. Ruffian is conjecture of what could have been. Zenyatta is what was the truth. Period!!! Native Dancer was a great horse but the weak leg curse is not a theory. Ruffian, Barbaro & Eight Belles all suffered and died because of the Native Dancer Curse. Reviewer (Ruffian's sire) had broken down 2x with breaks when he raced and Ruffian had suffered a break the year before as a 2 year old. Horses need to stop breeding his progeny because more heart break will happen. Half of the horses that died at Santa Anita were progeny of Native Dancer.
@@monomoygirl9562 te recuerdo zenyatta venció en la breders cup clasick no tanto a los mejores en Estados unidos vinieron caballos europeos a retarla y ella los venció,decir que ruffian es mejor que zenyatta ya es fanatismo, Zenyatta venció a machos y hembras de lo mejor de su generación y cargando gran peso,es más zenyatta se pudo haber reitardo invicta si decide correr en la distaff pero prefirieron correrla en la clásick y esa carreras es la más recordada del siglo xx la derrota de zenyatta saco lágrimas de la fanaticada es más ella fue más aplaudída que blame que fue el que gano
Such a tragedy the way it ended for Ruffian. But they also did "ruin the horse" Secretariat. Had to be euthanized for a front leg "racehorse disease". Fun fact they leave out of the movie. Run them into the ground on hard turf and they'll all go down the same way. Just make the race nice and long to push them to the line.
talk about a difference ruffian never faced a horse in front of her except 1 and Zenyatta passed every horse in front of her but one Secretariat The King of Racing Zenyatta The Queen of Racing Ruffian was only Queen of the Fillies
Ruffian, the queen of the fillies.
This gorgeous mare will NEVER be forgotten.
Your running in a better place now.
Rest In Peace sweet girl.😞
Yes indeed
For a horse that got such a tragic short life, Ruffian sure is unforgettable. Always had a soft spot for her.
I feel the same way. It was heartbreaking.
ruffian was never great
she wasnt zenyatta or geniunie risk or ladys secret
@@charfras4767 proof?
Weighting
ZENYATTA! ZENYATTA! ZENYATTA!!!!! loveed that horse.
she and mike smith? was that the jockey's name, were absolutely poetry in motion!
Zenyatta period
I love Songbird because is my favorite horse❤️❤️❤️
Serena's Song, Tepin, Havre de Grace, Genuine Risk, La Prevoyante
GOOOOOOOO RUFFIAN
Relaxing 1981 Older Mare Eclipse Award Winner and beat the boys in doing so...
falto genuine risk que gano el Derby de 1980 y llego segunda en las otras 2 de la triple corona americana, yegua extraordinaria
Exacto poner a Rags to Richies por encima de personal ensign no me parece y no colocar a genuine risk en esta lista tampoco me parece
Great job by the outrider at the Mother Goose 👏🏾👍🏾🏇🏻🐎
I guess this list should be longer, some exceptional & great mares. The great Royal Delta, certainly should be listed. She was great for more than 1 season. The race between Beholder & Songbird was great. Those 2 ladies duked it out! Awesome! Time has gone by & I have forgotten how really good Lady’s Secret was! In this race, she ran against some outstanding race mates. This was a really nice field! Rags to Riches race against Curlin was wonderful. Again, they fought ferociously. These were some very nice races!
Zenyatta spotting everyone a head start and then overtaking 4 wide on the outside of the final turb was gangster
and a big chunk of additional weight don't forget
the goat period
She went 5 or 6 wide in 2009 BCC. Zenyatta hunted all of them down. Even Blame. 20 lengths against young blood is 20 lengths. She erased that with a couple furlongs left and nearly beat the home track horse. Zenyatta the GOAT mare.
Zenyatta is a top ten horse of all time,..period.
3:54 I thought the race caller was gonna cark it man lol love the passion but
The lady legend. The TRUE Queen. There will never be another mare like Zenyatta. She danced her way from last to first...right into the hearts of her fans. All hail Queen Z...
Horseracing is thrilling and exciting and also heartbreaking allls well that ends well good luck
P.k
10 Winning Colors
9 Rags to Riches
8 Busher
7 Rachel -
6 Personal Ensign
5 Beholder
T2 Genuine Risk Only female to Win or Place in all 3 triple crown races something that won't ever be achieved again (If Secretariat can be best because of Triple Crown so can Genuine Risk)
T2 Lady's Secret only horse (M OR F) to win 8 grade 1's in single season including the Whitney
T2 Ruffian
1 Zenyatta 19-1The best closer ever m or f and the movie starlet with the goods.
Totally agree, great list.
1.Ruffian
2.Genuine Risk
3.Zenyatta
4.Imp
5.Personal Ensign
6.Rachel Alexandra
7.Rags to Riches
8.Lady Secret
9.Go for Wand
10.Bayakoa
Swtich Zenyatta and Ruffian ONLY bevuase Ruff8an didnt love long enough to race against males, I wouodve loved to see a race betqeen Ruffian, GR, Zenyayya, Beholder, and Alex wouldve been a great race
I knew my girl Ruffian would be Nr. 1!! After reading Ruffian: Burning from the start, I fell in love with this wondrous filly. The Queen of the Sport of Kings BAR NONE!
Ruffian’s Story should have ended different
How is zenyatta not number 1?
And can someone explain to me how lady aurelia is not in this list. She holds a rating that sits in the top 10 of all time for her performance at Royal Ascot. Absolutely incredible horse
I'mnot sure if you are familiar with Ruffians accomplishments. In all her races she never was behind at any point in the race. She also set stakes records in all 8 stakes races she competed in and equaled 2 track records as well. She has to be the best of alltime, no question about it!!
@@waynewheatcroft9775 great filly but definitely not the best of all time.
@@OfficialMuffiin you just can't make a statement like that and not say who you think is the greatest filly of alltime and why. I mean she won her very first race by 15 lengths and tied the track record for 5 1/2 furlongs, as a 2 year old. Never been done before!! Her average margin of victory in all 10 of her starts was 8 lengths. She also won races from 5 1/2 furlongs to a mile and a half!! I think her case is pretty strong for best filly of alltime!!
Winx
@@waynewheatcroft9775 Zenyatta se gano a lo mejor de lo mejor en la breders cup clasick con eso opaca a todas
Um… no Go for Wand or Bayakoa? 🤔
Ruffian increíble yegua ,pero Rachel Alexandra y zenyatta son otra cosa.
Zenyatta ganó la breders cup clasick ante lo mejor de lo mejor
Los tiempos parciales que hacia ruffian en sus carreras estaban años luz del resto de yeguas, y sin esforzarse al 100% con el jockey con instrucciones de retenerla
@@TheMsatru es más la yegua Enable superior a todas ganó en todas partes del mundo hasta en América y ante los mejores machos en césped
best of the best is right. no doubt she is number one mare in history.
@@TheMsatrues más aquí ponen a rags to richies por encima de Rachel Alexandra ,no se en que se basaron pero lo que realizó Zenyatta fue de otro mundo hasta la fecha ninguna yegua a podía ganar la breders cup clásick
Finally Rachel Alexandra got some recognition. I think her KOs win should have been used the MG is good too. She beat that track record and margin of victory set by Ruffian 💪
all of ruffians have been over taken THE TIMES WERE A LONG TIME AGO AND LENGTHS HAVE ALSO MORE RECENTLY WITH RACHEL
Azeri was an awesome mare.
Monomy girl #7 your crazy she is top #2 if not #1 get real the most consistent racemare currently racing!
These are not limited to horses who are currently racing.
She's not currently racing I hate to beak it to youbut they sold her as a bride mare for 10 million
ARE YOU JOKING? WHERE'E BAYAKOA? I UNDERSTAND YOUR LIST; BUT NOT LEAVING OUT SUCH A GREAT QUEEN. IS IT CAUSE WHEN SHE BEAT OPEN MIND, SHE BROKE DOWN? UNBELIEVABLE
Why they never mention Shuvee as one of the best mares in thoroughbred racing?
For some reason sprinters don’t get thrown into the mix 🤷🏻♂️
There’s been some fabulous sprint mares . And went on and produced great foals.
WINX
LOOK AT A MAP!!!!!!!!
@@charfras4767 solo mira currículum de Winx,caballero sin desmeritar a ruffian y a zenyatta Winx es lo mejor que se a visto en yegua
Senyata, senyata ,senyata very exceptional . Is the best.
A crime that Zenyatta isn’t number one
Ta Wee was the greatest filly. Bayakoa #2
4. Personal Ensign, 3. Lady’s Secret, 2. Zenyatta, 1. Ruffian
Ruffian sure did look like she was enjoying showing the over horses who was boss and beating them same with Zenyatta also seemed to be enjoying showing the boys whose boss
T2. Rags To Riches
Zenyatta is # 1
Ruffian non reggono i paragoni se non con secretariat.
Zenyatta queeeeeee ganadora de la breders cup clasick y en dos años sin oposición alguna
Any list that has Rachel Alexandra 5th i cannot take seriously. On top of that. That’s the race you show??? Not a credible list.
I swear this whole "past is better" thing needs to stop. There is no argument that can be made to justify putting Ruffian at #1 over Zenyatta. America loves the tragedy tales so the way Ruffian's life ended her career gets glorified. Don't get me wrong I am 100% on board with her at #2 but ahead of Zenyatta? I think not. So Ruffian went 10-0? Oh yeah so did Zenyatta of course she went on to almost double it. Ruffian never faced males in a race and only faced the one in her final race which was a match race. Ruffian was amazing! Obviously, but sorry to the older people here clinging to that era Zenyatta was better. I don't want to hear all the "look at the track records Ruffian set" thing. Like I said she was really fast but it's apples and oranges. Ruffian was in complete control of the times she ran seeing as how she was a front runner her darted out to first place early and stayed there, thus the times she ran are the "times she ran". Zenyatta was a closer who dropped to the back at the beginning (how far depended on how fast the leader was going) and as a closer she only started closing ground around the end of the final turn and ran as hard as was needed to pass them all. Thus her race times (which were still quite amazing) were basically the 2nd place horse time minus a length or 2. If you think Ruffian could have done what Zenyatta did in those Breeders Cup Races youre almost as crazy as all those Rachel Alexandra fans that seriously thought she was anywhere even close to Zenyatta's level.
And ruffians time records went down a long time ago. Lady’s secret genuine risk ruffian zenyatta makybe diva winx black caviar are truly the greatest !!! The rest were exceptional but these girls transcended the sport to new levels of international popularity and excitement. Rachel too but they ran her too hard as a 3 year old and never recovered! Zen just listen to all the songs people have written about her transcended the sport back to the 70s and the golden age of horse racing. Ironically the greatest race I’ve ever seen ever was the race she came in second. That is truly the greatest and fastest stretch ever in racing PERIOD!! and 1 more foot was the difference! to 3 breeders cups!!!
And with winx, Zens half-sister show that lightning can strike 2x
Yikes. You’ve been pretty misinformed! In all of Ruffians races (with the exception of the Sorority) she was never allowed to fully run, everything was done with absolute ease. There is no doubt that Ruffian would have dominated those low level California horses, especially on the sythentic. Ruffian could run all day long, and i’m convinced she could do it anywhere (not just hide in California against weak competition) Zenyatta was a great horse, but Ruffian earned that #1 spot.
@@monomoygirl9562 El solo ganar la breders cup clasick la impulso al Olimpo hípico actualmente ninguna yegua lo a logrado y todos los grados unos ganados por ella,no hay que buscar excusas Zenyatta es la Reyna del hipismo norteamericano,ella atrajo al público hípico solo por verla correr ,tenían que ver el silencio que se escuchó en el hipódromo el día de su derrota,jamás se avía escuchado algo así,duela a quien le duela Zenyatta la reyna
@@monomoygirl9562 if she could run all day she wouldn't have died. Ruffian was great but no where near the level of Zenyatta with the 2nd fastest ladies classic in history and 12th fastest classic ever run at the time. Zenyatta is the best closer in racing history. Resumes don't lie. THe most exciting race was the one race she came in second.
Ruffian is conjecture of what could have been. Zenyatta is what was the truth. Period!!!
Native Dancer was a great horse but the weak leg curse is not a theory. Ruffian, Barbaro & Eight Belles all suffered and died because of the Native Dancer Curse. Reviewer (Ruffian's sire) had broken down 2x with breaks when he raced and Ruffian had suffered a break the year before as a 2 year old. Horses need to stop breeding his progeny because more heart break will happen. Half of the horses that died at Santa Anita were progeny of Native Dancer.
@@monomoygirl9562 te recuerdo zenyatta venció en la breders cup clasick no tanto a los mejores en Estados unidos vinieron caballos europeos a retarla y ella los venció,decir que ruffian es mejor que zenyatta ya es fanatismo,
Zenyatta venció a machos y hembras de lo mejor de su generación y cargando gran peso,es más zenyatta se pudo haber reitardo invicta si decide correr en la distaff pero prefirieron correrla en la clásick y esa carreras es la más recordada del siglo xx la derrota de zenyatta saco lágrimas de la fanaticada es más ella fue más aplaudída que blame que fue el que gano
zenyatta should be no.1
Such a tragedy the way it ended for Ruffian. But they also did "ruin the horse" Secretariat. Had to be euthanized for a front leg "racehorse disease". Fun fact they leave out of the movie. Run them into the ground on hard turf and they'll all go down the same way. Just make the race nice and long to push them to the line.
talk about a difference
ruffian never faced a horse in front of her except 1 and Zenyatta passed every horse in front of her but one
Secretariat The King of Racing
Zenyatta The Queen of Racing
Ruffian was only Queen of the Fillies
Disagree on all counts. All overrated.