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Originally Posted by DaTruth
It is playing your hand superbly if your goal is to have your 3yo filly complete one of the most remarkable dirt campaigns by a filly or mare in decades. Racing should be thankful that RA ran in the Preakness, Haskell, and Woodward instead of spending all summer and fall beating up on her own sex.
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People have it in their heads for some reason that Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta have been locked in some sort of long distance rivalry since they both started racing. There was really no mention of a matchup until after both won on the same day in May (the Mother Goose and Milady respectively).
I guess Jess Jackson and co. at that point should have skipped any significant and/or tough race (it worked for Zenyatta...) so they could be ready at a moment's notice when Team Z decided they needed to run against Rachel Alexandra.