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

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colt was owned and bred by

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. He was a son of

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, 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 1:46 4/5 for 1⅛ miles 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". Shenanigans, 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

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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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