Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra's run in Belmont a work in progress
BY Jerry Bossert
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BALTIMORE - After Rachel Alexandra became the first filly in 85 years to win the Preakness, the racing world wants to know if she will try the boys again in the June 6 Belmont.
The answer could come on Memorial Day, when the filly is to have her first timed work since taking the middle leg of the Triple Crown by a length over Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird on Saturday.
Belmont up next for filly? Rachel Alexandra has some options
By Mark Blaudschun
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BALTIMORE - The winner of Saturday's 134th running of the Preakness Stakes was guided into a van at Pimlico Race Track yesterday morning, headed back to Kentucky. For Rachel Alexandra, the 3-year-old filly who dazzled the horse racing world with a length victory over Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird and a field of 11 other boys, the next challenge awaits.
Most of the speculation is that it will be the Belmont Stakes in New York in three weeks.
Rachel Alexandra appears headed for Belmont Stakes
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BALTIMORE (Reuters) – The trainer of Preakness champion Rachel Alexandra hinted on Sunday that the filly would be headed for the Belmont Stakes in three weeks. Steve Asmussen spoke to the media just hours after Rachel Alexandra became the first filly in 85 years to win the middle leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown series.
"The reason she ran in the Preakness is because she was doing extremely well," he said at Pimlico Race Course. "If you're doing extremely well, what are you waiting for? I think if they're doing well, you ought to run them. Rachel Alexandra followed up her 20 1/4-length victory in the May 1 Kentucky Oaks with a one-length triumph over Kentucky Derby champion Mine That Bird in the Preakness.