Ruffian - 2006
Prolific French filmmaker Yves Simoneau directs Sam Shepard and Frank Whaley in a sports drama detailing the remarkable racing career of the horse many believe to be the finest thoroughbred filly ever to run... More »
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Ruffian raced in 1975, a few years after the great Secretariat took the racing world by storm. Some call him the King of the Sport of Kings.
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June 9, ABC, 9:00 pm ET. Better watch.http://www.HorseRaceGame.com.
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Usually, horse racing movies are terribly hokey and unrealistic. That's not the case with Ruffian. ... There's a made-for-tv movie about Ruffian that will debut June 9, Belmont Day, on ABC, and it's a good one.
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; Thursday, January 12, 2006; Ruffian movie in works at ESPN; ... ESPN plans to begin production next month on a television movie about Ruffian, the champion 2-year-old and 3-year-old filly who was undefeated until suffering a fatal injury in a match race in 1975, the network announced Thursday.
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Ruffian's trainer, Frank Whiteley Jr., and her regular rider, Jacinto Vasquez, along with Thoroughbred Legends LLC, have filed a civil suit against The Walt Disney Company and its subsidiaries, ABC and ESPN, charging trademark infringement in the TV movie "Ruffian," which is slated to air June 9 on ABC. ... By Lenny Shulman...
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Trainer Frank Whiteley Jr., jockey Jacinto Vasquez, and Thoroughbred Legends LLC have filed a lawsuit in United States District Court in Atlanta against the makers of the Ruffian movie that is scheduled to air Saturday night on ABC after the Belmont Stakes (G1).
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Before Barbaro, there was Ruffian. ... Starring Sam Shepard and Frank Whaley, the filly's story is told in the movie "Ruffian," airing Saturday at 9 p.m. EDT on ABC after the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of racing's Triple Crown.
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An agreement has been reached between Frank Whiteley and Jacinto Vasquez, the respective trainer and jockey of the top racemare Ruffian; the Walt Disney Company ABC; ESPN; and a movie production company over a movie about the filly. ... A statement released June 6 said: "The injunction hearing seeking ... The suit, filed in U.S.
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