Huge workout for Rachel Alexandra this morning
DiscreetCat
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from Churchill Downs:
Trainer Hal Wiggins was looking for an easy work on Thursday for L & M Racings Rachel Alexandra, the likely favorite for the $500,000 Kentucky Oaks (Grade I) at Churchill Downs on May. But easy is a relative term when it comes to describing the training activity of the star of Wiggins stable.
Rachel Alexandra zipped five furlongs in :59.40 over a fast track with jockey Calvin Borel in the irons. The move, which came just after the break for track maintenance, tied as the fastest of 21 at the distance.
Churchill Downs clockers caught Rachel Alexandra in fractions of :12.60, :24.40, :36 and :47.60. She galloped out six furlongs in 1:11.60 and seven-eighths in 1:24.20.
Despite the rapid time, Borel said the winner of the Fantasy (GII) and Fair Grounds Oaks (GI) completed her task with ease and without urging.
Ive never asked her its scary, said Borel. Ive been on her all the time and Ive never asked her. Shes just unbelievable, and she just gets better and better and better and better. I dont know how good she can be.
As usual, she went a little bit faster than I really wanted, but she does it so easy, Wiggins said. The main thing we want to do now is just keep her fresh and keep her ready.
Wiggins said Rachel Alexandra would have a little easy breeze on Monday, April 27 and that would complete her serious preparation for the 1 1/8-mile Kentucky Oaks, Americas premier race for 3-year-old fillies. He said that work would likely be a four-furlong move.
Rachel Alexandra is on a four-race winning streak, all in stakes races, and her recent romp in the Fantasy at Oaklawn Park improved her record to six wins in nine races with earnings of $621,440.
Borel, who won the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) with Street Sense in 2007, has been aboard Rachel Alexandra for that string of wins that started last fall in the Golden Rod (GII) at Churchill Downs. He said she was good then, but is a much better filly now.
Id say shes about 40 percent better, just because of the way shes blossomed, Borel said. Now shes got so much power, its just unbelievable. I dont know how good she is, to tell you the truth. Shes an awesome filly.
Other Kentucky Oaks candidates on the grounds at Churchill Downs include Arnold Zetcher, LLCs Gabbys Golden Gal, who scored a 13-length victory for Baffert in the Sunland Park Oaks, and J. Paul Reddams Nan, fourth to champion Stardom Bound in the Santa Anita Oaks (GI) for trainer Craig Dollase.
Trainer Hal Wiggins was looking for an easy work on Thursday for L & M Racings Rachel Alexandra, the likely favorite for the $500,000 Kentucky Oaks (Grade I) at Churchill Downs on May. But easy is a relative term when it comes to describing the training activity of the star of Wiggins stable.
Rachel Alexandra zipped five furlongs in :59.40 over a fast track with jockey Calvin Borel in the irons. The move, which came just after the break for track maintenance, tied as the fastest of 21 at the distance.
Churchill Downs clockers caught Rachel Alexandra in fractions of :12.60, :24.40, :36 and :47.60. She galloped out six furlongs in 1:11.60 and seven-eighths in 1:24.20.
Despite the rapid time, Borel said the winner of the Fantasy (GII) and Fair Grounds Oaks (GI) completed her task with ease and without urging.
Ive never asked her its scary, said Borel. Ive been on her all the time and Ive never asked her. Shes just unbelievable, and she just gets better and better and better and better. I dont know how good she can be.
As usual, she went a little bit faster than I really wanted, but she does it so easy, Wiggins said. The main thing we want to do now is just keep her fresh and keep her ready.
Wiggins said Rachel Alexandra would have a little easy breeze on Monday, April 27 and that would complete her serious preparation for the 1 1/8-mile Kentucky Oaks, Americas premier race for 3-year-old fillies. He said that work would likely be a four-furlong move.
Rachel Alexandra is on a four-race winning streak, all in stakes races, and her recent romp in the Fantasy at Oaklawn Park improved her record to six wins in nine races with earnings of $621,440.
Borel, who won the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) with Street Sense in 2007, has been aboard Rachel Alexandra for that string of wins that started last fall in the Golden Rod (GII) at Churchill Downs. He said she was good then, but is a much better filly now.
Id say shes about 40 percent better, just because of the way shes blossomed, Borel said. Now shes got so much power, its just unbelievable. I dont know how good she is, to tell you the truth. Shes an awesome filly.
Other Kentucky Oaks candidates on the grounds at Churchill Downs include Arnold Zetcher, LLCs Gabbys Golden Gal, who scored a 13-length victory for Baffert in the Sunland Park Oaks, and J. Paul Reddams Nan, fourth to champion Stardom Bound in the Santa Anita Oaks (GI) for trainer Craig Dollase.
Comments
Wet track won't stop her, I was at FG and it was soup bowl for the FG Oaks, don't care if the track was sealed or not. I mean soup bowl.
AT THE CHURCH IT DOSN'T TURN TO SOUP IT STAYS MUD ... BUT THAT REALLY REACH-IN THE TOP TWO MIGHT OVER EXTEND THEMSELF.. CALVIN CAN'T LET HER RUN LIKE SEE DID TODAY HE WILL KILL HER AND STAR-DOME BOUND...
THEIR ONLY LITTLE GIRLS NOT MO-SHEENES
like da-tara
Regal gets anywhere near the lead and they will have to drag him across the line. He has never seen a mile anywhere NEAR 1:35