rachel, party of one for me. why? she faced heat from start to finish in the race on saturday, and still prevailed. she didn't steal the race. she broke from post 13-go look up the last time they had a winner from the 13-and had big drama throughout much of the race pressing her. every horse that ran with her early, or tried to, finished-where?
besides, she also won the oaks by a record margin. then there's her martha washington....her average margin of victory this year has been pretty awesome. rags on the other hand, didn't control every part of the race in her belmont win. i enjoyed it very much, but i would give the nod to rachel. as for beating curlin vs beating mine that bird....i was never a big curlin fan. to me he proved the adage that it was better to be lucky than good. he benefitted by having every other good member of his crop retire while he went on to beat a big pile of nothing at four.
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