Rachel Alexandra, the Great

" Rachel Alexandra, the Great Yesterday, in what is likely to be the final bow of her three year-old campaign. Out of this world filly Rachel Alexandra took on older horses for the first time in her already...

Turn $2.00 into $656K at New York's lovely Saratoga Race-Track

This afternoon at 4:09 p.m. race four on today's Saratoga card will go to post with a little something extra on the line. Thanks to a host of long-shots that paraded to the winners circle during the first...

Canadians Dominate Alabama, in New York?

On Saturday afternoon Veteran Woodbine Jockey Robert Landry shifted his tack from the comforts of home to Upstate New York's and more specifically Saratoga Race Course. Landry, who could have stood pat in...

Rachel Alexandra Wins Haskell Invitational 2009

Stonestreet Stables-owned Rachel Alexandra won the Haskell Invitational 2009, a Grade I race for older horses that opened at the Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey, today. The one-mile long race...

Breeders' Cup Challenge: Tough luck weekend for trainer Pletcher

Last week thoroughbred trainer Todd Pletcher lead his charge Game Face to a victory in the Princess Rooney Stakes a Breeders" Cup "win & your in" challenge race at South Florida's Calder Race...

Bullish on the Breeders' Cup.. ..Are you Alien or something?

What does the acronym B.C.C. stand for? If the Breeders' Cup is the Super Bowl of the North American thoroughbred horse racing season then the Road to the Breeders' Cup "win and your in" championship...

Rachel Alexandra, Preakness Winner Won't Run Belmont Stakes

Rachel Alexander, Preakness 2009 winner, will not run in the Belmont Stakes on June 6, 2009.  Rachel Alexander was the first filly to win Preakness, the second leg of the Triple Crown, in 85 years.  Preakness winning jockey, Calvin Borel, is likely to be in high...

A lesson learned from the Preakness Stakes... ...

It's really hard to write about the Preakness Pre-Race: A lesson learned I turn outs the Preakness Stake, the second jewel of North America's Horse Racing Triple Crown is a really tough thing to write...

A Star is Born

" At the 134th Preakness Stakes Saturday, May 16, 2009 the 3-year-old filly, the only female in the race, showed the boys who was boss. She took an early lead at the starting gate, stayed strong at the turns...

Calvin Borel rides Rachel Alexandra and Mine That Bird to victory

Calvin Borel, the now famous jockey to have ridden Mine That Bird to the second biggest upset in Kentucky Derby has just won the Preakness with Rachel Alexandra. Rachel Alexandra became the first filly to win the...

Rachel Alexandra wins 134th Preakness stakes 2009

Rachel Alexandra has won the 134th Preakness Stakes, with Mine That Bird finishing second. Rachel Alexandra is the first filly to win in 85 years.Previous reporting:The Preakness Stakes take place today, May 16,...

Preakness Stakes 2009 Odds: Rachel Alexandra the Early Favorite

The Preakness Stakes is set for today, May 16. Post time is 6:05pm EST. The second race in horse racing's famed Triple Crown will take place at the Pimlico racetrack in Baltimore, MD. The first Triple Crown race took...

Churchill Downs Results: Rachel Alexandra Wins Kentucky Oaks 2009

Favoured contender Rachel Alexander took off to a 20 1/4 length win in the Kentucky Oaks 2009 at Churchill Downs.  The 3-year old filly and her jockey Calvin Borel easily claimed the prize and the $500,000...

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