In a sense the
shocking breakdown of Go for Wand in the 1990
Breeders» Cup Distaff at Belmont, as she and Bayakoa went hammer and tongs 100 yards from the wire, poisoned the well even more deeply than Ruffian's demise, since Go for Wand went down deep in the stretch, in full view of everyone, and then tried to stand
on a foot that flapped around grotesquely as she bounded in a panic in front of the horrified crowds that filled the grandstand.