# Ruken

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{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}

{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Ruken
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| sire = Nashville
| grandsire = [Nasrullah](/source/Nasrullah_(horse))
| dam = Thank You Ma'm
| damsire = [Your Host](/source/Your_Host_(horse))
| sex = [Stallion](/source/Stallion)
| foaled = 1964
| country =  [United States](/source/United_States)
| colour = [Dark Bay/Brown](/source/Bay_(horse))
| breeder = [Louis R. Rowan](/source/Louis_R._Rowan)
| owner = Louis R. Rowan
| trainer = [Clyde Turk](/source/Clyde_Turk)
| record = 27: 7-8-7
| earnings = [US$](/source/United_States_dollar)269,485
| race = [Del Mar Futurity](/source/Del_Mar_Futurity) (1966)<br>[Santa Anita Derby](/source/Santa_Anita_Derby) (1967)<br>[Spendthrift Purse](/source/Spendthrift_Purse) (1967)<br>[Stepping Stone Purse](/source/Stepping_Stone_Purse) (1967)
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'''Ruken''' (foaled in 1964 in California) was an American [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) racehorse who competed at the highest levels in [California](/source/California) and was the bettors third choice to win the 1967 [Kentucky Derby](/source/Kentucky_Derby). Bred and raced by [Louis R. Rowan](/source/Louis_R._Rowan), Ruken was sired by [Nasrullah's](/source/Nasrullah_(horse)) son Nashville who won the 1957 [Lakes And Flowers](/source/Lakes_And_Flowers_Handicap) and [Palos Verdes Handicap](/source/Palos_Verdes_Handicap)s. His dam was Thank You Ma'm, a daughter of the multiple stakes winner [Your Host](/source/Your_Host_(horse)) who sired the five-time [American Horse of the Year](/source/American_Horse_of_the_Year), [Kelso](/source/Kelso_(horse)).<ref>[http://www.pedigreequery.com/ruken Ruken's pedigree and partial racing stats]</ref>

Ridden by [Fernando Alvarez](/source/Fernando_Alvarez_(jockey)) and trained by [Clyde Turk](/source/Clyde_Turk), Ruken won the 1967 [Santa Anita Derby](/source/Santa_Anita_Derby), the most important event for three-year-olds in California.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1967/03/05/archives/winner-pays-940-tumble-wind-is-2d-in-139000-derby-on-the-coast.html New York Times, March 5, 1967]</ref> At [Keeneland](/source/Keeneland) he beat the 2 year-old champion [Successor](/source/Successor_(horse)) in the Spendthrift Purse. At [Churchill Downs](/source/Churchill_Downs) he won the [Stepping Stone Purse](/source/Stepping_Stone_Purse)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121107095028/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/521538682.html?dids=521538682:521538682&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+30,+1967&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Ruken+Boosts+Derby+Stock+With+Victory&pqatl=google Los Angeles Times, April 30, 1967]</ref> which prompted bettors to make Ruken their third choice for the [Kentucky Derby](/source/Kentucky_Derby) in which he would finish eighth.<ref>[http://assets.churchilldowns.com/sites/kentuckyderby.com/files/charts/1967.pdf Churchill Downs, 1967 Kentucky Derby]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

When his racing career was over, Ruken served as a breeding stallion. He sired several stakes winners including Vic's Magic (f. 1973) who earned more than US$237,000.

==References==
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Category:1964 racehorse births
Category:Racehorses bred in California
Category:Racehorses trained in the United States
Category:Thoroughbred family 23-b

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