Beating "the boys" is nice, but I'm not sure how many "points" it earns her in a comparison with Silverbulletday because the boys she beat weren't exactly outstanding. Just because they're colts, doesn't mean they're good.
She obviously can't control who she faces, but if injuries hadn't gotten in the way, and she had won a race like the Preakness or the Haskell with horses like I Want Revenge, Quality Road, and The Pamplemousse entered.....well that would be a very different story.
On the whole I think the two are pretty close if you compare their careers up to this point which is a complement - not an insult - to Rachel's career. Given the dip that Silverbulletday took after this point in her career, RA certainly has the talent to move well past her in terms of a total career.
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