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Breeder/Owner: Francis Morris (NY) 11-7-4-0, $11,000. First winner of the Belmont Stakes, and one of only two fillies to win it. Also won the inaugural Nursery Stakes as a juvenile, and the Travers Stakes (NSR; ridden by HOF legend "Gilpatrick"), and Sequel Stakes (Saratoga dash; NSR; beat VIRGIL). 2nd: Saratoga Stakes United States Racing Hall of Fame (1975) Had 1875 bay colt by her own sire. In 1876, Ruthless was accidentally shot by a hunter while in her paddock at her owner's farm in Westchester, NY. She died several weeks later from her injuries.
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