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RACHEL ALEXANDRA'S 2009 Preakness Win 29 32.22%
RAGS TO RICHES 2007 Belmont Win 46 51.11%
Dead Heat 15 16.67%
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Old 05-18-2009, 04:34 PM
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Who's race were you most impressed with? Beating CURLIN clinches it for me
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Old 05-18-2009, 04:36 PM
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Who's race were you most impressed with?
Rags to Riches even though I think Rachel is perhaps the better of the two.
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Old 05-18-2009, 04:38 PM
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Who's race were you most impressed with?
Rags by far. Horrible break. And beat one of the greatest horses in a number of years in a battle down the stretch. She showed extraordinary courage and toughness. We aren't even sure yet who Rachael has beaten. But I don't think there is a curlin lurking in there.
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Old 05-18-2009, 04:41 PM
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Rags by far. Horrible break. And beat one of the greatest horses in a number of years in a battle down the stretch. She showed extraordinary courage and toughness. We aren't even sure yet who Rachael has beaten. But I don't think there is a curlin lurking in there.
Dont think there is a Curlin lurking in that field? How about a field better off curling?
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Old 05-18-2009, 05:15 PM
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Dead Heat....even to me. Both showed they could handle the assignment at the time.
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Old 05-18-2009, 05:26 PM
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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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Old 05-18-2009, 05:39 PM
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I am taking the opposite stance from Cowgirlintexass.

I was far more impressed with RA's Preakness than I was with Rags Belmont, but I think Rags was the better filly.
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Old 05-18-2009, 06:30 PM
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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.
Interesting you mentioned the Martha Washington, Eight Belles won that by quite a margin also and if I can humbly say I would rank her 2nd in the derby though not a win was quite an accomplishment also, especially when you are referencing R2R and RA performances against the opposite sex.
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