Sunday, August 2, 2009

She did it again: Rachael Alexandra left the boys eating her dust


What a woman! 3-year-old filly Rachel Alexandra has beat the boys again at the 1.25 million Haskell Invitational, Monmouth Park in New Jersey. She was absolutely amazing. She has beaten the Kentucky Derby and Belmont stakes winners. What's next the Travers Stakes in hooty-tooty Saratoga?

Famous jockey Calvin Borel who rode Rachel in this race had this to say, "This filly is just unbelievable. I can't say how good she is"." I gave her a few taps at the 16th-pole, that's it. I just wanted to keep her focused with a couple of taps. She started looking around at the crowd, so I just wanted to keep her busy".

Borel rode Rachael Alexandra in the Preakness and she beat the fellows hands down. The filly has won 10 of 13 races. She recently races against other 3-year old fillies and won the Mother Goose and Oaks stakes by an impressive combined 39 1/2 lengths.

"We haven't reached the depth of her yet," co-owner Jess Jackson said. "She is just running to beat the competition, and I don't know if she will ever get to Secretariat's records."

Jackson purchased Rachel Alexandra after she won the Kentucky Oaks by 20 1-4 lengths on May 1, 2009 and said he wanted to run her against the boys. Now that she's beaten them twice, Jackson should be very pleased and may just may have the best filly - ever.

Rachel Alexandra joins Serena's Song as the only fillies to win the Haskell. The daughter of Medaglia d'Oro became the first filly in 85 years to win the Preakness when she beat Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird by one length.

Rachel Alexandra--you go girl and make them eat eat your dust!

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