Ruthless Archives

November 19, 2024

Ruthless one of several fillies to dominate in Travers’ early years

August 26, 2017 0

by TERESA GENARO The sight of a filly in the Mid-summer Derby is about as rare as an empty picnic table in the Saratoga backyard at 7:01 on Travers morning, but back in 1867, the […]

The Barbarous Battalion in the Alabama

August 19, 2017 0

by TERESA GENARO Not much remains in the easily available historical record on 19th century Thoroughbred owner and breeder Francis Morris. The New York Times seems not to have published his obituary, and the guy […]