Reviewer (April 30, 1966 – June 6, 1977) was an American

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best known as the sire of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame

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Ruffian.

Background

Foaled in

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, the dark bay colt was owned and bred by

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. He was a son of

Bold Ruler Bold Ruler (April 6, 1954 – July 12, 1971) was an American Thoroughbred National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame racehorse who was the 1957 American Horse of the Year, Horse of the Year. This following a three-year-old campaign t ...

, an important Champion sire, and his damsire was

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, who won the 1954

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Racing career

Trained by Hall of Fame inductee Edward A. Neloy, in 1970 the then four-year-old Reviewer set a new

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track record of 1: for in winning the

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. He finished his racing career with a record of 13: 9-3-1, and he won $247,223.

Stud record

Ruffian was foaled in Reviewer's first crop. The filly was euthanized in 1975 following surgery to repair a broken leg sustained in a race. Reviewer himself broke three legs during his career before being retired to stud; he suffered a fourth broken leg in a paddock accident at

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and was subsequently euthanized. His line was known as "soft- boned runners".

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, Ruffian's mother, was euthanized on May 21, 1977, when she broke two legs after waking from an intestinal surgery. Among his other progeny, Reviewer sired the 1976

American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly The American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually to a female horse in Thoroughbred flat racing. It became part of the Eclipse Awards program in 1971. The award originated in 1936 when both ...

Revidere Revidere (foaled in 1973 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that was voted the 1976 Eclipse Award as the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly.Her sire was Reviewer, who is best known as the sire of champion filly Ruffian. Her d ...

and the good runner Drama Critic (b. 1974).

References

External links

Reviewer's pedigree and partial racing stats

Pedigree

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