2007 Belmont Stakes - Rags To Riches
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- čas přidán 17. 06. 2012
- No, it did not start well for Rags to Riches, or for that matter the filly's jockey, John Velazquez, or her trainer, Todd Pletcher. She stumbled out of the gate for the 139th running of the Belmont Stakes, and for a heart-in-your-throat moment, Velazquez and Pletcher had a simultaneous and bitter thought: Why did we do this? Why did we run this girl against the boys when history told us it was foolish?
Two minutes later, however, Velazquez had Rags to Riches eyeball-to-eyeball with the Preakness champion, Curlin, and Pletcher was on his feet in a clubhouse box, his heart thumping in his chest, his voice uncharacteristically growing louder.
"Come on, baby! Come on, baby! Come on, baby!" Pletcher cried, his voice growing more urgent with every stride.
He is a placid man by nature, and a humbled one when it comes to Triple Crown races. He has been the nation's leading trainer three years running, but before yesterday he had saddled 28 horses in the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont, and had not visited the winner's circle.
www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/spo... - Sport
This is one of the greatest races of all time. She stumbled, she went wide, she faced pressure from champion Curlin.. and she still pulled through. What a magnificent filly with so much heart.
I agree. She is an underrated filly and I will always ❤ her
It was the eve of the release of "Ruffian," (the movie). You might already know that Ruffian (a filly) is buried on the track at the Belmont with her nose pointed at the finish line.
I litterly cried when they dug ruffian up last year and moved her to Claiborne @@ralphcrisp2896
@@ralphcrisp2896 I literally cried when they dug up ruffian last year and moved her to Claiborne
Great race but.......Secretariat beats them both by 28 lengths....
She bobbled, ran wide, and still won. What an amazing filly. I love you Rags!
I give Curlin a lot of respect chasing the filly with 5 less pounds at that distance. I believe his jock changed hand late and may have cost him the race.
She still beat him
@@iheartpanic00 Can’t argue with that!
@@davidthompson62 fillies get 5 less pounds to give them a fighting chance against colts. The bobble at the start and still winning says it all. Horses who bobble at the start don't win
@@bque3717 usually
"The first Filly to win it in over a century!"" makes me smile as wide as "Hes running like a tremendous machine!" ❤
I adored this Belmont. When Rags won, I looked at the flagpole, where Riffian is buried, and said, "This one's for you, Ruffy!"
To me, just as amazing as Rags to Riches outlasting Curlin was how both of them kept up their speed while other horses were failing one at a time behind them. Not an easy feat. Two of the greats for sure!
This and Secretariat's Belmont run are my favorite horse racing moments in history
Both give me chills . My favorite races to watch!
i have watched this race hundreds of times ... she pours it on coming out of the turn 4 wide like the pack was standing still ... she was friggin flyin!
I was there that day... I'll never forget how shocked I was that she outdueled Curlin... WOW!!
@@victoranthony9037 do you think if the fractions were not so slow, that Curlin gets it done? very slow start to this race
@@callmeishmael4659 yea, I feel like the fractions being slow worked to her advantage for sure
I love watching this race, she was so determined to win. A special filly
She stumbled at the start that normally means GAME OVER but no...Rags said NO
The pedigree of this horse is something else. Blood line includes AP Indy, Seattle Slew, Secretariat and even Northern Dancer.
Insane
Most horses have a load of fantastic stallions in their bloodlines... look at any shoddy claimer and you’ll see. It really matters more if they are related closely through the mare...
@Smogger911 Hey, cretin. You're confusing the magnificent Northern Dancer with the magnificent Native Dancer. True, Native Dancer was the sire of Northern Dancer's dam. But both of the Dancers were sound horses. The fragile horse problem may have started with Native Dancer's magnificent son Raise A Native. Unbeaten as a two-year-old, he was retired due to a bowed tendon. And that bloodline is found in a staggering number of horses. Native Dancer and Raise A Native are two of the most important sires in racing history but not quite at the level of the greatest of them all, Northern Dancer. He's denoted among Chefs-de-Race as [BC]. For the cretinous like you, that means Northern Dancer's line is rated Brilliant for speed and Classic for stamina. Why don't you do some homework before you spew garbage and lol like a 13-year-old girl?
@Smogger911 Early peaking 2yos? I guess you never saw how many of his progeny have won DISTANCE races in Europe and elsewhere around the world. One of his sons is the last European TC in fact. His offspring could run a variety of distances and surfaces. What's destroyed the industry is breeding to the likes of Mr. P and Storm Cat who got early speedsters but not much else. Look at what's in the industry today. Most don't even finish their 3yo careers, much as less make 10 lifetime starts.
@@richfairclough123 Yes, learning from reading, turns out that the top broodmares called "blue hens", are the foundation of a great breeding operation. AND, turns out, Secretariat turned out to be a top broodmare sire, taking after his maternal grand sire, the glorious Princequillo. His story, sired in France, taken to England when the Nazis were about to march into Paris, and on to Ireland where he was born, then brought over to the U. S. across the Atlantic which was infested with German U-Boats !!! No wonder he had great bone, strength AND stamina. He arrived a baby looking like he had been put through a wringer.
Still get teary eyed watching Rags to Riches win!
WOW!!!!!did she ever dig in deep...they could have gone on and on and she was not gonna give him that inch !!!!!what a great filly!!!!
Fillies typically have more "will to win" than colts...That in part caused the breakdowns of both Ruffian and Go for Wand. Both of them were running far past their leg's capacity when they fell...
Rags bobbled at the start, ran wider (& farther because of that) & STILL beat Curlin... I love it!!!
she got 5 pounds and 5 weeks rest.
@Josef Copernicus uh, no, Secretariat = GOAT. If not for a busted timer at the Preakness he would hold undisputed records in all three triple crown races.
Put another way, Secretariat finished the Belmont in 2:24
, which will likely never be beat. Justify in 2:28.18 and Rags to Riches at 2:28.6. So if they had all raced together, Justify and Rags would have been fighting for second place, and if Rags had had a better break and trip around the track she would have had a shot against him. But her great-grandfather would have beaten them both soundly.
You're really comparing her to Big Red? Come on. She's amazing on her own merits. 5 lbs is nothing. She defeated a HOY. Don't try to compare horses to Big Red. It's not fair he's uncomparable.
"and Tiago is starting to roll!" watched it again for fifth time, and still get chills. brilliant call...
Smart people running a great horse at her peak. The breeding on this filly is royal. So awesome to hear this call from Tom Durkin he's the man
Tom Durkin tells a story like no other. I miss his stretch run calls.
One of my favorite lines from him is “Imawildandcrazyguy is just lumbering along”. I don’t think that’s how it’s exactly worded, but it’s the general idea.
The greatest ever, in my opinion. Too bad he never got to call a Triple Crown winner.
He's calling the Belmont this year!
@@iheartpanic00 Amazing, I can’t wait!!! LFG
She was such a stunning filly on the track. This was a fantastic display of her abilities! Unbelievable!!
The definition of heart and tenacity. What a girl.
What a duel by two great horses down the stretch!
Curlin... What a stud he was. He was w both, Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra! Curlin, the lucky ducky!
15:00 the acceleration she has is crazy coming off that turn
"And it's going to be.....A FILLY IN THE BELMONT!"
What. A. Call.
Tom Durkin: The G. O. A. T.
Wish he stuck around just a little longer to call A. P.'s Triple Crown win
I've never seen Pletcher look like that. He looks like a proud father.
She had the breeding for this distance and Curlin had the entire length of the stretch to pass her but he couldn't do it.
I was there that day. I was in awe. Curlin just could not overtake her.
That's why it's so amazing. Rags beat him yet he went on to destroy everything he raced
What a filly she is. Great history. Love Rags.
Every time I hear about what a great horse Curlin iss I keep reminding people that he was beaten in the Belmont by a filly! Rags is the greatest!!
I was there and I cannot accurately explain how exciting this was.
Exciting news- Rags To Riches and Curlin mated in 2018 and she is pregnant! Due early 2019.
And in the aftermath of connubial bliss, laying in each other's arms, they reminisced on that day in Elmont when they fell in love. But whenever Curlin forgets to take out the trash he gets a reminder about who won the Belmont.
About time they bred her to a true dirt horse. They bred her to all the big Euro sires and her foals were flops.
@@goforwand31 this isnt true. Or at least I couldn't find a single source proving it online.
She was bred to American Pharoah for a 2020 foal!
didnt know that.. that's a cool story
R2R showed amazing stamina. She beat Curlin (a power house). Fabulous!
One of my favorite races. Only filly to win Belmont at mile n half. Only 4 starts n beat 2 time horse of year n the first 2 finishers in Breeders Cup Classic
15:15 look at those legs drive! She was not losing that race!
I’ve watched several times, still a great one!
damn"!!!! that was an all out brawl...!!!!and bless that little gal rags to riches she sure showed um all...!!!!
Great horses! Just laying it down, giving everything they have. I love all horses!
curlin and rags to riches are both great
Tom Durkin on his game.
Durkin is one of the best, I really like his Smarty Jones and Afleet Alex calls
What was the next Race she was in after the Belmont ? Does anyone remember ?
She stumbled out of the gate and still won
Imagine if Zenyatta was there at the time. :P I wonder what would happen then.
I love Rags to Riches
When they talk about Curlin and how great he is they need to mention how Rags put him away at the Belmont.
Wait a minute. You make it seem like Curlin got buried in the Belmont. It was a great finish and RTR hung in for the win. Curlin will go down as not only one of the top horses of all time but a great sire as well.
I agree with you. Curlin is a great racehorse and an awesome sire. His children are making him proud on the track. Rags really did hang in there and she beat him along with all the other colts. When I say “put him away” I meant that she simply beat him or left him in her dust. I wasn’t implying that he lost by a large length.
And while we’re on the subject Rags beat Curlin like Billie Jean beat Bobby Riggs.
5lb weight advantage
@@frankbennett1592Bobble at the start negated the 5lbs. Horses don't win after stumbling like that. She is incredible!
Who?
SHE HAD A SUPERIOR TURN OF HER STRIDE DOWN THE STRETCH AND WAS QUITE DESERVING, SHE WON IT FAIR AND SQUARE, PLUS THE BREEDING WAS ON POINT AND WAS TRUE!!
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Just announced that Rags to Riches will be bred to Curlin this year! Happens all the time where a foal has a royal pedigree but just isn't cut out to be a top racer, but hopefully this foal will be something special.
June 9 2007 was the day that a filly named Rags to riches wrote history...
remember folks this filly came 4 wide to hook up with curlin "WOW" what a filly !!!! God Bless that filly from all the women in the free world...!!!!!!!!!best fight for the finish that i have seen.......
Check out the '78 Belmont...
'78 Belmont Fantastic!!! Slowest first 3/4 mile almost in History but last 3/4 mile almost Fastest in Belmont History!!! Wat about Alydar & his progeny !!! Unbelievable!!!! Alysheba; Easy Goer ; Unbelievable!!!!
When they use the term "game," they mean this horse in this race. Curlin tried to get her several times and she just kept saying, "ain't happening!"
Love this race!!!!
I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SWM 6'3"....fun..athletic
Chills evertime I watch it. Love her , what grit!
" RAGS TO RICHES " THE GREATEST PHILLY EVER.....BEAT " CURLIN " A LEGEND.....FOREVER....THESE TWO GREAT HORSES..... ARE ON MY WALL OF FAME PLAQUES.....!!!
15:05 I have so many chills
And today we are close to seeing the end of Winx's career! Filly/mare power!!!!!!
Sec Girl Winx is simply amazing! Bowman rides her like a statue most of the time, what a turn of foot she has.
Beating Curlin is no small feat
The commentators were talking a little crap about a philly starting before the race. She proved them all wrong.
Rags to Riches
(February 27, 2004 - )
* Sire: A. P. Indy
* Grandsire: Seattle Slew
* Dam: Better than Honour
* Damsire: Deputy Minister
* Sex: Filly
* Breeder: Skara Glenn Stables
* Owner: Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith
* Trainer: Todd Pletcher
* Jockeys: Brice Blanc (0 for 1)
Garret K. Gomez (4 for 4 /R.I.P.)
John R. Velasquez (1 for 2)
* 7 Starts
* 5 Wins
* 1 Second
* 0 Third
* 1 Fourth
* $ 1,340,028 earned (Current $ 1,706,404)
* 2007 NTRA "Moment of the Year"
* 2007 World Champion 3-Year-Old Filly
* 2007 American Champion 3-Year-Old-Filly
* Greetings from Venezuela.
Rags to Riches
(27 de Febrero, 2004 - )
* Padre: A. P. Indy
* Abuelo paterno: Seattle Slew
* Madre: Better than Honour
* Abuelo materno: Deputy Minister
* Sexo: Yegua
* Criador: Skara Glenn Stables
* Propietario: Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith
* Entrenador: Todd Pletcher
* Jinetes: Brice Blanc (De 1-0)
Garret K. Gómez (De 4-4 / Q.E.P.D.)
John R. Velásquez (De 2-1)
* 7 Salidas
* 5 Primeros
* 1 Segundo
* 0 Tercero
* 1 Cuarto
* $ 1,340,028 producidos ($ 1,706,404 actuales)
* "Momento del Año" NTRA 2007
* Potranca de 3 Años Campeona Mundial 2007
* Potranca de 3 años Campeona de Estados Unidos 2007
* Saludos desde Venezuela.
Rags to Riches. It's in the pedigree. Secretariat...she did you proud😊❤!
would have loved to hear tom durkin call this yrs Belmont with AP... Dag.
I know right!
mcteeosupreme It would have been nice for him.
Collmus did a terrific job though
Revisiting this again after this year's Preakness.
What a classic, still get chills watching this stretch duel.
Nice win by Rags, but her time of 2:28 was the same as Sunday Silence in
That stretch run was something else!
"Rags to Riches resumed training at age 4. Then on March 24, 2008, Todd Pletcher announced that she had re-injured her right front pastern and was retiring." she toyed with Curlin as he never headed her. As for the slow 3/4 time watch some European race shapes plus times, when they win like that they call them "great."
awesome!!!!
Brilliant
Imagine Foals from Curlin/Ragstorichs! WOW!
Such a great Belmont
Rags snd Curlin became parents later.
Love the announcer and wonderful race.
Rags To Riches, she's a strong filly, I am sure that she's going to be a great mother.
There's something about that Race Track Industry Program at the University of Arizona. Todd Pletcher, some guy named Baffert . . . Bear Down, 'Cats!!
Wow GIRL POWER like he said!! That was amazing 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐🐴💛
I love u rags
rags to riches won the belmont stakes that got the public's eye and won the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Moment of the Year the award voted by the fans
My favorite Belmont ever, and I bet on a loser.
Secretariate...Yes...Rags to Riches...Awesome also....My Favorite...the Match race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral at War Admiral's Private (home advantage) stables under WA Owner's rules and Seabiscuit still beat War Admiral by several lengths!!!-
What a great crop that year!
I love you Jeannine..:-*
tom durkin is just awesome
The best ever- fcn love his calls-magical
Rip Tiago
Yesssssss GO RAGS!!
Haha curlin beat sweet scene in preakness.. But losing to rage to reaches... What a three races
As Victor Espanosa would say "Holy Shit"!
"in a battle of the sexes " cracks me up every time. Like the horses give a damn.
Everyone is giving secretariat overwhelming credit but most people don't realize that he had abnormally extra large lungs which helped him outpace other horses down the stretch . And American pharaoh was a fix . Justify is a true champion and took on new comers . Pharaoh ran against the same horses many times .
still I am so excited to hear the breeders cup 2015
"girl power rules the day at the Belmont"...haha that's awesome.
I was there.
Maybe someone can explain the weight difference issue to me. It's in place to remove the natural physical advantage of male over female horses, no? So why do so many racing professionals seem to view it as instead granting an advantage to a filly or mare? In the case of an Amazon like Zenyatta, I get it, but otherwise . . .
Still the best ride in history
Christopher Christiansen by a female, but Secretariat had the best ride in history at the Belmont
The year before when Fernando Jara weaved his way through horses to take the Belmont with Jazil was a better ride, unfortunately a jockey with a ton of talent that had success fall upon him early and burned bridges with his top barns .
And when they saw that a filly could win at a mile and a half, they changed the rules to make it nigh impossible for a filly to get nominated to the Triple Crown.
this is great. i love it when a female horse beats the male horses. do not forget curlin is the grandpa of rich strike who just won the kentucky derby. carry on peoples.
Race starts at 12:49
DURKIN IS GOD
durkin is the reason i got into horse racing...always gives me goosebumps
🐸🐦🐬Ahhhhh! Can never stop watching this race ... GO, RAGS! Ahh, this time, watching, I was SCREAMING AND CRYING- GO, GIRL, stick that gorgeous, deicate, pretty nose out there - YOU SHOW 'EM, GIRL! Ahhh, such a thing of beauty she was and is. THANK, RAGS TO RICHES, FOR THE JOY - and PRIDE! - YOU BROUGHT 💙💜💞💛🧡🤎🖤💚💚💚💚💚💚💚🌳🌳🌲🌲🌲🌲US ALL. We all LOVE you so! xo Virginia Craig Hammer & Midlantic Theatre Co., Newark, NJ PS: Don't y'all LOVE the way the announcer called the race? - "A desperate finish ... A BATTLE OF THE SEXES!" lol xo, Ms. Enthused 🐴🐎
Michael Tabor sounds a lot like Peter Gabriel. RAGS TO RICHES!!!!! REMEMBER HER!
11:24 Sooo where are the clowns that said she didn't even belong in the race?!
evidently they're not aware of "dosage profiles ! ! !"
bubblinbrownsugar616 L
They said the same of Zenyatta
The same place as the clowns who said Genuine Risk shouldn't have been in the 80 Derby or Rachel Alexandra in the Preakness. Get a life! And Rags might have done it for Ruffian, who's buried under the Belmont flag pole!
@@sheilatruax6172 "...shouldn't have been in the 80 Derby or Rachel Alexandra in the Preakness."
Really? There were some who said Rachel Alexandra shouldn't have been in the Preakness? Did they not watch the Kentucky Oaks that year? She DESTROYED those poor fillies. She more than earned her spot in the Preakness. I remember hearing some trainers were attempting to pay and prevent her from getting the final post position for nothing more than pure intimidation. They knew she was that good and so they did not want her there. Hilarious to watch their worst fears realized and to put some salt in that wound, ends up being the first filly to win the Preakness in 80+ years.
I highly doubt RTR did anything for a horse that was put to sleep 29 years before she foaled. Or am I missing something. Did she give an acceptance speech after winning and mentioned Ruffian? Humans personify things way too much.
12:48 race start
Give RTR much credit she was game and won this particular Belmont. However, never even believe that Rags To Riches is a better racehorse than the great Curlin. RTR had her day but their (Curlin and Rags To Riches) careers aren't close to being comparable. Not even debatable
I have rags to riches as a breyer model horse.
15:01 chills
Javier outrode Robby in this one 😋
curlin is in here
Does anyone remember her next race after the Belmont ? Please let me know .
as victor esponosa would say "HOLY SHIT"!!!!
One of the best TB races I've ever seen.
And, R to R was never the same afterwards; she made one more start that year, finished a disappointing second, and was taken out of training. She was retired early the next year due to a recurring hairline fracture. More power to her, but I think running that hard to beat Curlin cooked her. Curlin was one of the toughest hombres I've ever seen.
I don't understand how the Belmont ruined Rags to Riches. Its not uncommon for fillies to only have one really good season usually when they're 2 or 3. After age three a lot of fillies going on mares no longer have a desire to race because of hormonal changes. That is also part of the risk in racing/buying fillies. But then you have mares like Zenyatta who have successful 3, 4, 5, and 6 year old seasons. It just depends.
Worst choking of horse by Garrett Gomez un believable
Tyler Mac he’s at the post
Staying genes from AP Indy tracing back to the Secretariat daughters. She had stamina, Curlin did not.
GermanOperaSinger Not sure how you can say Curlin didn't have stamina, when he won 5 races at a mile and a quarter and was a close second in the Belmont. . . . .
marysueeasteregg Exactly this. Curlin had plenty of stamina. He was simply bested on the day.
There's no dissing Curlin for me; it was one race and just not his day.
+Salice McCool I was probably drunk when I typed this comment. I wouldn't generally make this kind of broad sweeping statement. Curlin certainly was a classic horse. He actually ran identical speed figures to Rags to Riches on this day I believe. The rigorous campaign of running all 3 triple crown races probably made the difference between Curlin losing by a neck. Both fantastic horses.
+GermanOperaSinger I >like< you!! I wasn't replying to or "arguing" with you; mine was just a general comment! Hope you feel no after- affects! : )