Rachel Alexandra's two-turn campaign

VOL JACK · #1 09-29-2009, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Yeah, it's still raining here.

I needed something to occupy my mind .. you just can't sit around and dream of an 18-1 season all day.

So which Northeast NFL team are you a fan?

The Indomitable DrugS · #2 09-29-2009, 08:55 AM

I'm a fan of no city or corporation. Just Moss. The NFL is dead to me when he retires.

randallscott35 · #3 09-29-2009, 09:33 AM

I saw Blushing KD at Monmouth. What an animal.

Indian Charlie · #4 09-29-2009, 10:53 AM

Blushing K D was seriously injured after the Mth race. She didn't die for several years, I think when she was six.

Dunbar · #5 09-29-2009, 11:30 AM

You've got too much time on your hands, and I'm glad of it. Good stuff!

--Dunbar

TropicalStorm · #6 09-29-2009, 11:37 AM

Rachel is much like her daddy. An exceptional horse up to 9f but just like her daddy she is vulnerable at 10f.

I don't think Rachel would have finished ahead of Icon Project or CJ this weekend in the 10f Beldame and her connections know it. There really was no excuse to not run her this weekend. It is a dirt race. Fans want to see the best against the best and clearly Icon Project is the best 10f dirt animal in the country. Rachel's connections did racing no favors by ending her racing season before the best racing begins.

NTamm1215 · #7 09-29-2009, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by CrossfireHurricane

Rachel is much like her daddy. An exceptional horse up to 9f but just like her daddy she is vulnerable at 10f.

I don't think Rachel would have finished ahead of Icon Project or CJ this weekend in the 10f Beldame and her connections know it. There really was no excuse to not run her this weekend. It is a dirt race. Fans want to see the best against the best and clearly Icon Project is the best 10f dirt animal in the country. Rachel's connections did racing no favors by ending her racing season before the best racing begins.

First of all, Careless Jewel isn't even running in the Beldame and it's not even 10 furlongs! Second of all, if you had any ability to judge pace you'd have an entirely different opinion of Rachel Alexandra's ability to get 10 furlongs. It's very easy to take 9f and 9.5f races that were run in a very peculiar way where she was understandably tired late and say that she wouldn't get the extra furlong.

NT

P.S. Here's a video of MDO getting vulnerable at 10fs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDl6LmeQgiY

King Glorious · #8 09-29-2009, 11:59 AM

Yeah, I was wondering when the Beldame got switched back to 10f. Didn't see any press releases on that.

I have always thought it was one of the silliest things ever to read that Medaglia d'Oro was vulnerable at 10f. He happened to lose to Pleasantly Perfect in the BC in one of the best efforts you'll see from a horse. He was beaten by Candy Ride while setting a track record for the distance at DM. There's a difference between losing to better horses at a distance than being vulnerable at it. Medaglia d'Oro was probably better at 10f than 90% of all horses that have run it on the dirt in this country since this decade began. Maybe 95%.

johnny pinwheel · #9 09-30-2009, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by CrossfireHurricane

Rachel is much like her daddy. An exceptional horse up to 9f but just like her daddy she is vulnerable at 10f.

I don't think Rachel would have finished ahead of Icon Project or CJ this weekend in the 10f Beldame and her connections know it. There really was no excuse to not run her this weekend. It is a dirt race. Fans want to see the best against the best and clearly Icon Project is the best 10f dirt animal in the country. Rachel's connections did racing no favors by ending her racing season before the best racing begins.

i kind of agree about the rachel part. her daddy was good at 10f. they seem to not want to run her 10f. after the preakness i can see why. shes a great horse no doubt. but shes not the icon some make her out to be. she was in trouble in the woodward and still won ,like a good horse should. my guess is that took alot out of her and she would not be ready this weekend. even if she runs again i don't think she will ever take on the boys at 10 f. and the way that horse looked at saratoga the girls would be no cinch either.

robfla · #10 09-30-2009, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by johnny pinwheel

i kind of agree about the rachel part. her daddy was good at 10f. they seem to not want to run her 10f. after the preakness i can see why. shes a great horse no doubt. but shes not the icon some make her out to be. she was in trouble in the woodward and still won ,like a good horse should. my guess is that took alot out of her and she would not be ready this weekend. even if she runs again i don't think she will ever take on the boys at 10 f. and the way that horse looked at saratoga the girls would be no cinch either.

Thanks, I need a good laugh this morning