Fastest Filly Ever...

blackthroatedwind · #1 12-13-2006, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Balletto

Speaking of Shug trained fillies... I always heard Matlatcha Pass was one of the fastest horses the Phipps ever had... "freakishly fast" is what I was told. But she was also one of their most unsound horses. She only raced 3 times... in a sad point to that unsoundness, Matlacha Pass is/was the dam of the ill-fated Pine Island.

She was a bullet.

I get her debut, however, confused ( I think ) with Our Country Hideaway, who I believe won by the length of the stretch in 1:22 and piece in her first start.

I'm reasonably sure I was at Belmont for both of their debuts.

#2 12-13-2006, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

She was a bullet.

I get her debut, however, confused ( I think ) with Our Country Hideaway, who I believe won by the length of the stretch in 1:22 and piece in her first start.

I'm reasonably sure I was at Belmont for both of their debuts.

Matlacha was a Seeking The Gold right?

The Indomitable DrugS · #3 12-13-2006, 02:46 PM

Yes.

I wasn't overly impressed with her.

#4 12-13-2006, 02:47 PM

Yes, a full sister to Pleasant Home and Country Hideaway.

sumitas · #5 12-13-2006, 02:49 PM

Seeking the Gold is not known for breeding sound horses

#6 12-13-2006, 02:53 PM

I'd figured you'd jump all over Flitabout. She seems to get the most flack for it. Which, I feel has everything to do with Reviewer and Ruffian.

#7 12-13-2006, 02:56 PM

A haunting FYI-- Both Ruffian's dam, Shenanigans, and her sire, Reviewer, were put down after thrashing about and injuring themselves, much like she did after the attempt was made to save her life.

sumitas · #8 12-13-2006, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Balletto

A haunting FYI-- Both Ruffian's dam, Shenanigans, and her sire, Reviewer, were put down after thrashing about and injuring themselves, much like she did after the attempt was made to save her life.

didn't all 3 pass within a short time of each other...a truly sad ending for the 3.

somerfrost · #9 12-13-2006, 02:58 PM

"Fastest" is pretty subjective but any list MUST include Kincsem...she twice won races at 6f or shorter by "distance" and another time by 10 lengths! Many of her 54 wins without a loss were at long distances but she won her share of sprints as well...how fast was she? Impossible to tell but she would have to be on the list!