Question by Starlight 1: How has horse racing changed in the years since Ruffian’s death?
This might sound like a gruesome question at first glance, but it’s not intended to be. With the 40th anniversary of Ruffian’s ill fated match race approaching in 2015, I am interested in getting a discussion going about racing as a whole- how it’s changed, how it hasn’t, differences between today’s racing climate and the one that existed 40 years ago, and so forth. I want to hear what people think. How has racing changed? Is it safer or more dangerous? Do you feel that the industry as a whole has learned anything in the decades since the match race took place? Are there lessons from the match that are still applicable to racing in the modern age?    Read more...