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Rachel Alexandra is Home!!!   Retired TBs -Past and Present

Started 3/21/10 by Derby132; 458400 views.
gerchgo

From: gerchgo

12/28/19

Just the 3 oldest, not crazy enough to do more than that.:)

Derby132

From: Derby132

12/28/19

Ha!  I am sitting my 3 yo grand-niece Elli ALL day on Monday - wish me luck!

gerchgo

From: gerchgo

12/28/19

You’ll do fine! One on one is easier than 3 older kids which are more mentally taxing!

Derby132

From: Derby132

1/27/20

Remembering that so very remarkable and ambitious campaign that showed us the greatness of Rachel Alexandra. 
 

Reflecting on Rachel Alexandra and a Horse of the Year triple

By Todd Sidor/Special to HRN
January 26, 2020 10:11am

 Wins the Martha Washington Stakes in 1:36 2/5s, a full second faster than what Derby hopeful Old Fashioned did in the Southwest Stakes (G3) on the same card.

 Still holds the record for margin of victory in the Kentucky Oaks at 20 ¼ lengths.

 Fifth filly to win the Preakness Stakes since Nelly Morse in 1924, and only filly to do so at the current distance of 1 3/16 miles. In the last 10 years, only War Of Will and California Chrome finished it faster. She also became the first horse to win from the 13 post. 

 Set the stakes record for the Mother Goose Stakes at 1:46.33 at Belmont Park in a race-best 19 1/4-length win. 

 Ran the second-fastest Haskell on record at 1:47.21, only bested by Bet Twice and Majestic Light who both ran it in 1:47 flat. 

 First female and only 3-year old filly to ever win the Woodward Stakes. 

 Only Triple Crown race-winning filly to defeat the winners of the other spring classics that season: Derby hero Mine That Bird in the Preakness, and Belmont winner Summer Bird in the Haskell

 

https://www.horseracingnation.com/news/Sidor_Reflecting_on_Rachel_Alexandra_and_a_Horse_of_the_Year_trifecta_123?fbclid=IwAR2ERHDOpsWhdGp7ED0m3p1jFrxQZq_O4tot8q0IMZW-yqtI_9RhxTzFzKg

gerchgo

From: gerchgo

1/27/20

That’s her in a nut shell!!!! Long live Rachel Alexandra The Great!!!! Forever Rachel!!!!

lindawilbe

From: lindawilbe

1/28/20

Thank you for posting.

Major Rachel Alexandra fan!

Linda J.

Northeast Philly

cigarello

From: cigarello

1/29/20

Cannot believe the great Rachel  is 14!!!..

Derby132

From: Derby132

1/29/20

Happy Birthday to wonderful Rachel!!

STONESTREET FARMS:

Happy Birthday, Rachel Alexandra! Our champion turns 1??4?? this year! #RachelAlexandra

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https://www.facebook.com/StonestreetFarms/photos/a.167965013243135/2809149369124673/?type=3&theater

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