Rachel Alexandra

Connections:

Trainer: Steve Asmussen
Jockey: Calvin Borel
Owner: Stonestreet Stable

Photos:

Photos from many of Rachel's races and more starting with the Golden Rod Stakes as a 2-year-old can be viewed in my Rachel Alexandra Photo Gallery

Stats:

Foaling Date: 1-29-2006
Pedigree: Medaglia d'Oro - Lotta Kim by Roar
Dosage Profile: 3-2-7-2-0
Dosage Index/CD: 1.55 0.43
2008 Record: 6 Starts: 3 - 1 - 0, $201,440
Best Beyer Figure: 108

More Info:

• Rachel Alexandra official site - from Stonestreet Farms, includes a Rachel diary and race videos
• Pimlico profile - pretty nice and includes video of some of their past races
• Churchill Downs profile
• Blood Horse profile
• NTRA profile
• Thoroughbred Times profile
• The Downey Profile analysis
• Past Performances from Racing Post
• Recent workouts from DRF
• Full pedigree and dosage info

Comments:

As a 2-year-old she only raced in Kentucky, breaking her maiden at Churchill Downs, winning an allowance at Keeneland, and finishing 2nd in two stakes and winning her final start of 2008 in the Golden Rod, all at Churchill Downs. Won her 2009 debut in the Martha Washington at Oaklawn, then won the Fair Grounds Oaks, and the Fantasy back at Oaklawn. Was a heavy favorite in the Kentucky Oaks and did not disappoint, winning by a record 20 1/4 lengths. She was purchased from her original owners by Stonestreet Stable on May 6 for an undisclosed amount and moved from the barn of trainer Hal Wiggins to Steve Asmussen.

They paid the $100,000 supplement fee to run her in the Preakness and she did not disappoint, taking the lead shortly after the start and never looking back.

Skipping the Belmont, her next start was the Mother Goose Stakes on June 27, where only 2 overmatched fillies ran against her. She drew off to win easily by a stakes record margin of 19 1/4 lengths in a stakes record time of 1:46.33, just 0.93 seconds off Secretariat's track record.

Next out, she won the Haskell by 6 lengths over Belmont winner Summer Bird. After that they decided to take on the older males at Saratoga in the Woodward Stakes and she did not disappoint. She set quick early fractions but dug in and refused to let late closing Macho Again pass wer to win by a head.