I saw this movie when my mom rented it from Netflix. I never actually saw Ruffian race in life (i was born in 1988) I've read all about her and saw the actual footage of the match race when i watched the document about Barbaro on abc. the film perfectly depicts her life though short. The whole battle of the sexes theme carried to the extreme was kinda stupid but i guess it was the major thing of the times with the Bobby Riggs vs. Billy Jean King showdown and all the feminist movements and all. The only other complaint that i have is that the horses chosen to play the parts were plain in comparison to the real Ruffian who was tall, very leggy, and well muscled. I got the DVD for Christmas and there's thing on the bonus features where you can watch an On the set Documentary. In it the director says that they had to experiment with some dye in order to get the horses the right color a near black. Why not just find horses who are naturally brown/black. Of course it might kinda hard considering that there has never another filly quite like her since. The other horses that played her rivals throughout her career were well selected Overall I loved this film and would recommend it to any horse/animal lovers.
Review of Ruffian
