Talk:Ruffian (horse)

Ruffian
Ruffian was one of the great ones, a spectacular filly and a tragic story.

It's kind of surprising that she didn't have an entry here until I made it just now. Hopefully this article will grow. --Bryan

External Link: http://thoroughbredchampions.com/gallery/ruffian1.htm

Ruffian's Relatives
Does Ruffian have any relatives? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.16.151.77 (talk) 02:03, 25 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Her half-brother Icecapade (same mother) has some descendants running around. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.79.89.211 (talk) 21:37, 18 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes Ruffian has reletives Though they were never able to breed Shenanagins and Reviewer again because of there death approxamatly 2 yrs after Ruffians death, There was her 1/2 brother Icecapade (both out of Shenanagins) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.35.204.92 (talk) 14:27, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Cleanup
I have cleaned up the talk page for this article. Personal comments such as "I (heart) Ruffian" have been removed, as the purpose of this page is to talk about how to improve the article, not to praise/critique the subject of the article. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Talk#Placing_material_from_the_article_on_a_talk_page for more details.

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Blood-Horse List
The list was a ranking of American horses in an American magazine. It was not a global ranking and should not be presented in such a way.  Tigerboy1966  10:19, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Editorializing
The second and third sentences of the introductory paragraph are bald-faced opinion. Since the matter is discussed later in the section "Legacy," both sentences should be removed from the lead paragraph.Princetoniac (talk) 20:55, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree the tone is all wrong. The second sentence can be supported by later details and refs, so I'll leave it. The third needs to go, as it's claiming a subjective view as an objective fact. I'll remove it. I have had issues with this article before. There has been a history of well-meaning, but unencyclopedic contributions.  Tigerboy1966   06:42, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Colour
I changed "jet-black" to "officially black". This image showing brown on the muzzle makes it pretty clear that she was actually a dark bay or brown horse.  Tigerboy1966   06:20, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

POV/unferecenced
So much unreferenced pov material here. The article has been up here for a long time in a pretty sorry state. I am going to strip it down to a stub and do it over again properly unless anyone objects.  Tigerboy1966  19:46, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

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I moved text from infobox to Two-Year-old section that had this with it: [Reference: Turf & Sport Digest January 1975. Front Cover and full article page 24,25,26.] If someone could help,I have no idea how to fix or even tag this.Stretchrunner (talk) 16:16, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

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 * Ruffian with her jockey Jacinto Vazquez.jpg