Rachel Bandage Photo
 

Anyone want to offer an explanation for the one bandage?

http://www.drf.com/news/no-longer-ra...xandra-history

Beyer makes a pretty bad factual error in this.

I assume you mean this one:

"But then Persistently - a filly who had never been in a stakes race before - launched a strong move on the turn, took aim at the leader and ran her down to win by one length."

Yup. . . She sucks, but she's G1-placed.

Someone who was trackside and a horseperson said she ran down on her right hind and clipped her right front .

Rundown is an abrasion or a burning scrape .

A little salve and a bandage will do ya .

Most time a rundown happens to a tired horse. Not a big deal, I thought she ran huge with a poor ride.

She was tired for sure. I am not certain the ride was to blame really. I think they had the strategy that this was a two horse race and none of the others would be able to come and get her. They buried LAT who may never be the same, see other horses that have pushed Rachel (aside from Big Drama). They just got tired and didn't have enough distance.
My opinion a bad ride this year was JV on Quality Road, he had gas in the tank and with no pressure didn't go fast enough early which let Blame nip him.

Beyer is becoming a common hack.

The Phipps and McG must have though alot of Persistently since her first races were the G2 Matron and then the G1 Frizette where she placed second.

What is the big surprise that Persistently won at 1 1/4 miles? Anyone ever watch this filly's prior races...Persistently ran 2/3 in short races and closes from the back.

Anyone remember Pleasant Home at 33-1 in the BCLC?

The Phipps' have been breeding horses for what...100 years...
Persistenly is a typical Phipps racer...only she has a nice,speedy turn of foot down the stretch.

It is not like RA was invincible this year...lost several races...and got beat by a Phipps racer with a pedigree "money can't buy"

Silverbulletday never got this kind of treatment from the press.

She was amazing as both a 2yo and 3yo filly through Sept. - and when she finally started losing races it was like everything she had done prior was supposed to be made null. Her performances in defeat were pretty damn good.

Well, at least AB didn't try to put some kind of spin on the loss like some on here have. Called it exactly what it was … a "debacle".

Even if RA can bounce back quickly from that taxing race, she would get killed in the BCC, imo. But not sure why AB thinks that running her in the LC is somehow "beneath her dignity", though.

No disgrace running in ANY race on BC weekend, imo

No but AS ( S ) tittered--yes that is what I mean--the minute Persistently crossed the wire that she at least beat a decent horse, unlike Zenyatta .

Ah the indiscreet charm of the not so petite bourgeousie bettor .

Pathetic, but predictable--and remind me again who are the tards ?

As a side note - I saw Andy at the track going down the escalator from the Club House on Monday. I asked how his meet was going he said ' I can't find a winner..I am a beaten man'

I laughed...

SBD, Go For Wand, and Serena's Song as 3yo fillies were the best I'd seen before last year (never saw Ruffian).....

And they still are. Except for maybe SBD.

I'm not sure how you could rate RA or SBD over Lakeway, II or Sardula, but that's fine.

No love for Winning Colors?

The furthest back he/she went was Go For Wand, so I excluded anyone before her.

Copy. II was my fave in there.

She was awesome. Lakeway owned her though before Jones nearly killed her.

Akinemod might have been the best of them all, but, alas, she is destined to be forgotten.

Got to see II win the Molly Pitcher in person, she was a monster.

Good grief.... you idiots- yes that is an idiotic opinion shared by about 10 people who have seen a race- are starting to believe your own garbage like Roger Clemens.