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Sportswriter (Sports Illustrated, etc.) and novelist Schwartz (Caught, 1985) offers an affecting yet balanced portrait of the legendary, lightning-fast filly and of the thoroughbred racing world she briefly set afire. Although the tragic outcome (a broken leg; death) of the 1975 ``Great Match Race'' that pitted the undefeated three-year-old against Kentucky Derby-winner Foolish Pleasure will be familiar to any horse-racing aficionado, fans and nonfans alike should be swept along by Schwartz's skillful narrative and broad depiction of the thoroughbred milieu. Here are the fabulously wealthy owners, the devoted trainers, the assorted jockeys, grooms, vets, and backstretch hangers-on, all living an odd, peripatetic existence as they follow the season and the fragile behemoths they seem genuinely to love. Not skirted is a consideration of the business forces that drive the sport (perhaps to the horses' detriment), the risk of fixed betting, and the hype surrounding big races. At the center is the huge, dark-brown filly, a fully rounded character in her own right, viewed from her conception in a stark, unromantic mating shed through each painstaking step of training and on to her short but brilliant career. Along the way there are lively sketches of those around her, particularly gruff trainer Frank Whiteley, chain-smoking and popping Gelusils, and hot-tempered jockey Jacinto Vasquez, passing up the mount he had led to a Derby win in favor of the awesome filly that ``was different from every other horse he had ever ridden.'' Most notably there is a lyrical evocation of the wonder great horses can inspire, ``a feeling that they gave you, a belief in something bigger than yourself...some bright, wordless magic.'' An absorbing and often poignant account that works both as a detailed sports chronicle and a heart-felt tribute to an extraordinary animal dying young. (Photographs--not seen.) -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Ruffian: the name stands out among a handful of great racehorses. Ruffian: the name conjures memories of a tough competitor, a tomboy. Ruffian: the name synonymous with the pinnacle of glory and the nadir of tragedy. Schwartz ( Caught , Ballantine, 1987) eloquently captures the spirit and style of this undefeated filly who beat all comers save death. In the 1975 match race against the colt Foolish Pleasure, viewed by a televised audience of 18 million, Ruffian broke down while leading and later had to be destroyed. Schwartz tells Ruffian's story from her birth, breaking, training, and racing, to the day of the ill-fated "battle of the sexes" through the eyes of her handlers, grooms, jockeys, and trainer. This is an exhilarating yet sad tale of the thrills and fears of horseracing. Highly recommended for most public libraries.
- Susan Hamburger, Virginia State Lib. & Archives, Richmond
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
- Susan Hamburger, Virginia State Lib. & Archives, Richmond
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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This is a brilliant book - a must-read if you love horses, but definitely worth reading even if you have no connection to horses or racing. Very well researched, full of illuminating facts, but it reads like fiction. Very moving!
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This book is sooo good. I started crying at the end! Ruffian is amazing! I recommend this book to all fans of Horse Racing!
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Difficult to read as the book unfolds because the ending is known but the personification of Ruffian holds one to the text. The author creates an historical flow and does not bog down in intricacies. A complex tapestry of the fraility of human personality and decision-making, causes the reader to ponder the "if" question.
The book appears to be very honest in its approach to the people involved, the surly part of horse racing and tragedy itself. Ruffian's last night will be poignantly imaged in the reader's memory. The injury, subsequent failed surgery and eventual death are graphic but tastefully portrayed. A difficult belnd for any author.
Top notch - just wish I could find a hard back copy.
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One of the best racing books
This is one book that is impossible to put down. Although the reader knows how the story will end, it is still a powerful and tragic story. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 7. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
I read it in two days
I almost didn't read this wonderful book because I knew how it ended. But I am so glad that I devoured it this weekend because it was uplifting in its story of such a special... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 4. Mai 1999 von spanky@sierra.net Edie Bush
Hard to put down once you begin reading...
Though most books on horses tend to become dull and drag in certain places, "Ruffian" is anything but that. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 19. März 1999 veröffentlicht
Even though I knew the ending, I couldn't put it down.
I always loved and admired Ruffian and I actually went into mourning when she had to be put down. Why should such a beautiful animal with such a big heart die so early? Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 6. März 1999 veröffentlicht
I re-lived the exultation and the despair of Ruffian's life
The wonderful books of Walter Farley hooked me on thoroughbred racing when I was a young girl. When I grew up, I used my Farley-gained knowledge to follow big-time racing in the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. Juni 1998 von Betty Bookworm
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