Rachel Alexandra - The Greatest Filly?

re: Rachel Alexandra - The Greatest Filly?

Chris Hartley — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:35:54 GMT

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re: Rachel Alexandra - The Greatest Filly?

billy — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:41:13 GMT

What is with these Zenyatta can't beat Rachel BS?

Rachel is the one ducking the mare in the Breeders..

Get a clue people! get some dose of REALITY!!

Zenyatta has no qualms entering a race where horses all over the world can stop her unbeaten streak..and where's Rachel.

Yeah beating the same 2nd tier colts. Even Jess Jackson wants no part of the mare.

Synthetics..yeah sure..nice excuse when he and some of you posters keep bragging that kryptonite is the only thing that can beat rachel

Rachel is nothing but HYPE!

re: Rachel Alexandra - The Greatest Filly?

millreef43 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:36:10 GMT

i see alot of you guys and gals are hating on RA on here..I wonder what you are saying now??

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Draynay — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:46:28 GMT

Spot raced and Overrated ? Rachel is more accomplished as a 3 year old than Ruffian and you make that comment ? She is having one of the top 3 year old campaigns by any horse in history. Enjoy it and the history she is making.

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chalie — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:30:45 GMT

I definitely agree with you. Rachel is just a good horse. Her adoration is way overboard. IMO she is spot raced and overrated.

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Bob Y — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:21:19 GMT

I've seen 'em all going back to Native Dancer and I'm sorry, but Rachel just isn't at the top yet, or all that close to it.

Its telling that they haven't run her at 1-1/4 miles yet, and that they flat out refuse to consider the Breeders Cup due to it being run on an artificial surface. She beat a mediocre bunch of 3yo males, and staggered to the finish line doing it. When Rags To Riches won the Belmont, she not only did so at 1-1/2 miles, she beat a horse named Curlin. Remember him?

She'll probably beat the boys again in the Haskell, once again at less than a classic distance and a less than stellar field. She'll probably whip her contemporaries in the Alabama. But if she hooks Zenyatta, especially at any distance beyond 1-1/8 miles, she'll be running for second.

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Mike S — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:24:10 GMT

I think the primary reason I don't crown WAR EMBLEM, BIG BROWN and RACHEL ALEXANDRA "The Best of All Time," is because, first, I'm not Gary Stevens, and I happen to remember the past. Because I remember the greats of the past so clearly, and can recall that they ran year after year, it's hard for me to crown a horse "The Best of All Time" when they've only ran "great" during one season. Lots of horses have done that.

However, RACHEL ALEXANDRA is very impressive. I give her all the credit in the world. She is superb. MINE THAT BIRD is her equal, in my estimation. With a better trip he would have won yesterday. They're both excellent, though. Calvin Borrel sure is classic though - right after the race, which his horse won impressively, he starts whining about how she didn't handle the track and how she was "laboring." Of course she was "laboring"! It was the first time she ran against good horses! And she handled the track just fine. I think Calvin is under the impression that if she doesn't win by 20 lengths from now on that something "just isn't right." Everything is fine, she is a sensational filly.

Mike Smith kept calling RACHEL ALEXANDRA a "mare." I wonder why. Did 2 years just transpire in one day?

re: Rachel Alexandra - The Greatest Filly?

Filly — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:51:16 GMT

I hope that you all will take your blinkers off now and recognize just how truly special this filly is...and the best thing is that her career is just beginning. She will go on to win many more big races. I wouldn't be so quick to say she isn't the greatest of all time yet. She overcame a lot of adversity yesterday. After I saw how much she was struggling with the track at the beginning of the race, it was a wonder that she was still able to win.

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fencingmom — Sun, 17 May 2009 01:07:40 GMT

RA was purchased two weeks ago, is this correct? My question is her purchase price which I can not track down!

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Mike S — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:40:58 GMT

The Preakness is over and RACHEL ALEXANDRA just danced into the record books as one of the great fillies of all time. "The Greatest"? I don't think so. But she surely is one of the greats. That was pretty amazing. And MINE THAT BIRD ran an excellent race as well, and I hope that everyone gets over it (their "shock" at his win in the Kentucky Derby) and just starts giving him the credit he deserves.

By the way, if any of you COUGAR II fans want a copy of a 30 minute DVD about COUGAR II (shows about 9 of his wins) please let it be known and I'll try to figure out how to get you a copy.

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The Deacon — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:43:10 GMT

Great comments regarding Cougar II. I watched him run many at Santa Anita and Hollywood Park. He was true warrior, he always gave his best. There were some pretty good horses running during those days. Cougar II could run at pretty much any distance and on any surface. A couple of folks mentioned Fort Marcy. I also saw this brilliant horse run many times. He was argueably one of the top 10 greatest turf horses ever to run. But that is where it ends, Fort Marcy was brilliant on turf, Cougar II was great on dirt and turf. I might add that Fort Marcy was beaten by Dr. Fager and Advocator in 1968 in the "Docs" last race. That was the only time they ever ran against each other. I think the "Doc" carried 134 pounds and fought Advocator pretty much the length of the stretch to win. It was the first and only time the "Doc" ran on turf and it showed the world how great he was. I think he is listed at #5 in horse racing's top 100 thoroughbreds of the 20th century. I would rank him in the top 4 of all time along with Man O' War, Spectacular Bid and Secretariat. All 4 of these greats could beat each other on any given day. Cougar II though should rank in the top 100 mof all time, that is a no brainer.

re: Rachel Alexandra - The Greatest Filly?

Matthew W — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:07:42 GMT

Preakness to answer your question I said about greatness--you KNOW it when you SEE it---like Secretariat, 'Bid, Brownie--it does not matter who they ran against--that was out of their control--but I stand by my observations--you know greatness when you see it--as for Cougar II only carrying 130lbs twice (and losing) Cougar GAVE much weight to everybody else for over thirty races in a row--all graded--give me a break!!

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Karen2 — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:55:53 GMT

Mike S.... I must say your May 13th 3:39 post is one of the most well written and well said post I have ever seen on these blogs. Thank you for saying what needs to be said. As an avid racing fan your post speaks volumes. All the horses running deserve our respect.

re: Rachel Alexandra - The Greatest Filly?

LDP — Thu, 14 May 2009 12:24:22 GMT

Householder,

In the Oaks RA ran her final furlong in 12 seconds w/o being asked. No way in hell can Zenyatta catch her coming from that far back. You can't look at times to tell the story, RA has the lead through the race most of the time and just gallops along. Zenyatta sits at the back and is made to speed up to catch others. Zenyatta if she faces RA will lose. No horse right now can close on RA.

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RICH D — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:36:52 GMT

And the whole Cougar II issue, he was so good they had to name him twice.