Rachel Alexandra

miraja2 · #1 05-01-2009, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by HaloWishingwell

Does this become the female version of SECRETARIAT'S Belmont?

It was a tremendous performance, but let's not carried away.
Part of what made Sec's Belmont so great was that Sham was a very good horse. The horses she destroyed today are nowhere close to being as good as Sham.
Still, she is darn good. No question about that.

Merlinsky · #2 05-01-2009, 09:35 PM

http://www.stonewallstallions.com/ Check out the homepage for the Medaglia D'Oro folks. I'm gonna guess they didn't start prepping this graphic in the last four hours, but we'll give em credit for at least some degree of modesty.

Congratulations guys, I hope you throw a big party. She's something special.

miraja2 · #3 05-01-2009, 09:37 PM

Listen, I'm not trying to take anything away from this filly....she is very talented, and very good.
But if you look at the times from the Louisville Distaff, doesn't her race look a little less impressive than it did when you simply watch her demolish the opponents she faced today?

Louisville Distaff: 1:36.68 (mile) - Last half furlong in 6.07
Kentucky Oaks: 1:36.71 (mile) - Last furlong in 12.16

For those that are good at calculating these things, any idea what the difference in speed figures will be for Miss Isella and One Caroline compared to RA?

brianwspencer · #4 05-01-2009, 09:40 PM

I'll just say WOW. I know she didn't beat much of anything at all, and the fact that nobody was going on flattered the stretch from visually....but still, wow. She does it so easily and all by herself.

kgar311 · #5 05-01-2009, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by miraja2

Listen, I'm not trying to take anything away from this filly....she is very talented, and very good.
But if you look at the times from the Louisville Distaff, doesn't her race look a little less impressive than it did when you simply watch her demolish the opponents she faced today?

Louisville Distaff: 1:36.68 (mile) - Last half furlong in 6.07
Kentucky Oaks: 1:36.71 (mile) - Last furlong in 12.16

For those that are good at calculating these things, any idea what the difference in speed figures will be for Miss Isella and One Caroline compared to RA?

I think the big difference between the two was in the distaff those horses were all out, RA was breezing effortlessly. There was no need for RA to go any faster

King Glorious · #6 05-01-2009, 10:09 PM

We often hear about how a horse could have gone faster if asked and more often than not, it's wrong. You'd have to think that in her case, it's true. She ran effortlessly down the lane. Looked like she wasn't even running as hard as she did in her last work. And she still went only .23 slower than the stakes record. Those fillies in the Louisville were doing it an all-out drive and also in a race that was 1/16th shorter.

hockey2315 · #7 05-01-2009, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by kgar311

I think the big difference between the two was in the distaff those horses were all out, RA was breezing effortlessly. There was no need for RA to go any faster

Bit of a misconception. . .

Danzig · #8 05-01-2009, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by hockey2315

Bit of a misconception. . .

not in this particular case. rachel looked to be loping home.
she came close to the record today, she took two seconds off at oaklawn in the martha washington. TWO seconds. how often these days do you see that? most of the time it seems to be measured in tenths or hundredths anymore.

hockey2315 · #9 05-01-2009, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Danzig

not in this particular case. rachel looked to be loping home.
she came close to the record today, she took two seconds off at oaklawn in the martha washington. TWO seconds. how often these days do you see that? most of the time it seems to be measured in tenths or hundredths anymore.

Double misconception. . .

Danzig · #10 05-01-2009, 10:18 PM

is that sort of like double secret probation?

HaloWishingwell · #11 05-03-2009, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by miraja2

It was a tremendous performance, but let's not carried away.
Part of what made Sec's Belmont so great was that Sham was a very good horse. The horses she destroyed today are nowhere close to being as good as Sham.
Still, she is darn good. No question about that.

I wasn't comparing it to SECRETARIAT. I was asking if it could be the female version of his race. Regardless of what was behind her I can't remember a race won by a filly or mare by that margin and ease.

smuthg · #12 05-04-2009, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by HaloWishingwell

I wasn't comparing it to SECRETARIAT. I was asking if it could be the female version of his race. Regardless of what was behind her I can't remember a race won by a filly or mare by that margin and ease.

Didn't Inside Information destroy the field at Belmont in the 95' Distaff?