For those of you who remember her, Espan aired an original movie about Ruffian tonight and, being an admirer, I watched it. I had already done some research on Ruffian - I remember the match race between her and Foolish Pleasure - and I found it interesting that both her sire and dam were euthanised for similar reasons. I'm wondering if her fate might have been different if her owner's had chosen to not push her by entering her in that match race, or if her fate would have simply been delayed. Any thoughts?