Word: sesamoid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...into the race, with Ruffian slightly ahead, there was a sharp snap. "Like a pistol shot," said the filly's jockey Jacinto Vasquez. Ruffian's right front ankle had cracked. The cheering faded as the afflicted horse pounded on, then slowed to a stop with the fragile sesamoid bones above the hoof completely shattered. Within nine hours Ruffian was dead, put down with the assent of her owners, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Janney Jr. Ruffian's death came as an enormous blow to the racing fraternity. But for sportswriters and just plain enthusiasts, it was a beginning...