Rachel Alexandra is blazing a path that no other 3-year-old filly has in modern history. She has already beaten her male peers in the Preakness and Haskell, and will now try to defeat older males in the...
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Rachel Alexandra is no longer mentioned by just her name. It's always something like "Super filly Rachel Alexandra" or "Queen of horse racing Rachel Alexandra" - a moniker that includes an adjective or...
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There was a Women's Day Expo on the outer fringes of the Saratoga Racecourse backyard. NYRA officials promoted the event by reminding the press that nearly half of the track's attendance is female. Meanwhile...
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There was an assortment of topics on the tips of peoples' tongues as the meet reached its halfway mark. Somewhat surprisingly, none of them had to do with the state's off-track betting crisis or the fact...
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Jack Knowlton of Funny Cide fame used to be known as the man who got the most for himself by the grace of one horse, but that honor might go now to Bennie L. “Chip” Woolley, Jr. the trainer of Mine That...
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Breathtaking. Sensational. Poetry in motion. New superlatives are becoming tough to find when describing superstar filly Rachel Alexandra. Her six-length romp in the Haskell against an overmatched group...
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Godolphin's mud-loving filly by Street Cry won the Go For Wand. But the filly on television in the Haskell had the fans tipping their "Hats Off to Saratoga" caps in approval. The tan Alabama Stakes ball...
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Courtesy Quinella Queen of Turf Luck Fresh off a trip up I-35 to Canterbury Park's fine presentation of the Claiming Crown, where the kind and courteous Ted Grevelis took time from his preparations for...
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Welcome to Breeders' Cup Chat and the second half of the Thoroughbred racing season. The Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" races are well underway and Del Mar and Saratoga are right around the...
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After hearing nothing from his "dates" all year but "Don't call me, I'll call you," one of racing's most desirable leading men, who keeps getting dumped like yesterday's trash, should have put an ad in...
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