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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi
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.
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Team Z didn't decide to run against Rachel--it was a mutual decision by all connections , and Team Z was going to the AB anyway as per schedule ...
Several months of prep for an April 9 race is not a moment's notice .
Nobody wants to see these two run when one or both are not prepared, but the operative word may be prepared .
If--as some have said--Rachel was not ready for the " toughest race of her career " , what does that unintentially say about the Haskell, Preakness, and Woodward--not to mention Zenyatta ???