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09-28-2010, 04:12 PM
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I'm just as big a Rachel fan as any Rachel fan can get, but a horse player/lover has to recognize limitations. Rachel will remain one of the greatest 3-year olds to ever grace the racing world. She did not return to such greatness as a 4-year old, but I venture to say that she didn't embarrass herself either. That run she made in the Personal Ensign brings tears to my eyes. Watching this great filly running on heart alone that last furlong was as great as watching her win any race that she did.
Tears of sadness that I will never see her race again or visit her early mornings at Oklahoma, but sad tears mixed with tears of happiness that she retired safe and healthy. ODE TO A HORSE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMHexZ2I3xI
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I l  Cigar, Medaglia d'Oro, Big Brown, Curlin, Rachel Alexandra, Silver Charm, First Samurai, Sumwonlovesyou, Lloydobler, Ausable Chasm, AND Prince Will I Am "Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.” Cecil Beaton 
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09-29-2010, 08:10 AM
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Strange timing for the announcement, I must say. But then, there were several strange things about the management of her 2010 campaign. What a 3-year-old season! I'm so thankful I got to see it. Best wishes, Rachel.
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