Asmussen: No Rachel for Blossom

[Riot]

Originally Posted by richard

Rachel could have an injury or problem sustained prior to the last race . That's the conjecture . Is it a breathing problem or bleeding that caused her to flatten out ? We're guessing, of course .

Or, "flattening out" could be nothing more sinister than, "first race off a layoff". You know, where they just are not cranked up and completely fit yet?

Did nobody look at Rachel in the paddock before the race? Compare that physical to what she looked like last time she ran? There was a pretty noticable difference.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Riot

Or, "flattening out" could be nothing more sinister than, "first race off a layoff". You know, where they just are not cranked up and completely fit yet?

Did nobody look at Rachel in the paddock before the race? Compare that physical to what she looked like last time she ran? There was a pretty noticable difference.

Like 120lbs?

[Merlinsky]

Did they ditch the tv coverage (I think it was ESPN2) of the Apple Blossom or are they going ahead with it? I realize they can easily put something else there, I just didn't know if they had.

[johnny pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Riot

Or, "flattening out" could be nothing more sinister than, "first race off a layoff". You know, where they just are not cranked up and completely fit yet?

Did nobody look at Rachel in the paddock before the race? Compare that physical to what she looked like last time she ran? There was a pretty noticable difference.

i doubt its the first race back and shes not cranked up. if that were the case i think she would be racing. they expected to win that race. forget the paddock, she did not look good running the race.it looked like she was pulling borail to the front because the inside horse was ahead. i think its more than just being short. if she can't win a race like that and runs that way again, if they race her again, its retirement time. she really has not run "great" since the haskell which was months and months ago. anyone that watches races objectively and is not caught up in rachelmania could see the woodward was not that good a race and she was life and death to hit the wire. it was kind of like barely beating chop liver. the horses she beat were absolute duds after the race. macho again could not come within a city block of the top males and bullsbay was worse. rachel did run her eyes out but at what price, that campaign was tough for any horse.