Rachel Alexandra is a New Mom

[Soaring Softly]

Merlinsky asked about Lotta Kim early in the thread. I saw the posting on Bloodhorse.com just last week that Lotta Kim has been confirmed in foal to Lookin At Lucky! That isn't one that I ever would have thought of for her, not that there's anything wrong with it. It just surprised me.

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...ookin-at-lucky

2006 - Rachel Alexandra (Medaglia d'Oro)
2007 - Empire Ruler (Empire Maker) Unraced
2011 - Samantha Nicole (Medaglia d'Oro)

I'm curious to know why she didn't produce any offspring for 3 straight years between an unraced horse that's now a 5yo and Rachel's yearling full sister.

[TouchOfGrey]

For Stonestreet Farm and Fans of Rachel Alexandra, Social Media is the (Golden) Ticket

And last weekend, Stonestreet offered something more: the opportunity for three lucky fans to go behind the farm’s gates to meet Rachel Alexandra and her foal. Last Friday at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Stonestreet’s digital media manager, Amy Kearns, offered three Stonestreet golden tickets to lucky recipients who were in the right place at the right time

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[Thoroughbred Fan]

Originally Posted by Soaring Softly

Merlinsky asked about Lotta Kim early in the thread. I saw the posting on Bloodhorse.com just last week that Lotta Kim has been confirmed in foal to Lookin At Lucky! That isn't one that I ever would have thought of for her, not that there's anything wrong with it. It just surprised me.

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...ookin-at-lucky

2006 - Rachel Alexandra (Medaglia d'Oro)
2007 - Empire Ruler (Empire Maker) Unraced
2011 - Samantha Nicole (Medaglia d'Oro)

I'm curious to know why she didn't produce any offspring for 3 straight years between an unraced horse that's now a 5yo and Rachel's yearling full sister.

Breeders Cup eligibility site shows she had an Any Given Saturday in 2009.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Thoroughbred Fan

Breeders Cup eligibility site shows she had an Any Given Saturday in 2009.

My 2010 Bris APR shows nothing for 2008 or 2009 though.

I'll be getting the 2012 version soon, I'll check again when I get it.

[Merlinsky]

http://www.courier-journal.com/artic...TS01/305010140

Nice piece with video of Rachel and her growing boy who appears to be nicknamed Taco with a choice on an actual name in a couple months. They couldn't resist talking about Zenyatta's foal, but it's a fairly Rachel-centric article. This colt sure seems like a real character.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

http://www.courier-journal.com/artic...TS01/305010140

Nice piece with video of Rachel and her growing boy who appears to be nicknamed Taco with a choice on an actual name in a couple months. They couldn't resist talking about Zenyatta's foal, but it's a fairly Rachel-centric article. This colt sure seems like a real character.

Cute article; thanks for posting it!

[Merlinsky]

Cutest photo ever? https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater Baby decides mama needs to wake up for his meal. Takes matters into his own hands...er hooves.

[trackrat59]

Yes, cutest photo ever. Thanks for posting.

[Merlinsky]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

For the record, it's been a whole week since the last photo (don't shoot the messenger bringing you pictures of cute babies; cute foal overload? I don't think that exists) and this is one that Stonestreet's been trying to get for awhile because Taco is so independent and Rachel let's him go off and do whatever.

[Arletta]

Taco

Taco.jpg

[Merlinsky]

Gorgeous boy. Looks a lot like his momma, of course I'm probably projecting because he's bay. I'm curious what Curlin's imparted physically. Taco's the only one raised by RA who let him be pretty independent so I wonder how that affected his personality compared to her filly by Bernardini. She was a pretty huge foal so I'm curious how big she is now.

I'm curious as to whether they've made a permanent decision about Rachel's future.

[alysheba4]

what is the name of that horse?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by alysheba4

what is the name of that horse?

jess's dream

[Arletta]

Originally Posted by alysheba4

what is the name of that horse?

taco.jpg

[alysheba4]

taco? weird Name.

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by alysheba4

taco? weird Name.

I can't remember exactly how they came up with that barn name, but I wanna say that back when they were asking fans to help come up with something, a name got suggested that was really off the wall and Taco was part of it. It amused them and that part of it stuck. I'd almost rather have had that happen than to win the "Jess's Dream" draw out of a hat where you're one of many who came up with the same thing. They'll be calling him Taco a lot of the time.

[Danzig]

i'd rather be taco than 'jess's dream'. ugh. and a colt at that.

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i'd rather be taco than 'jess's dream'. ugh. and a colt at that.

I loved the choice for the foal of Rachel's pasture buddy Hot Dixie Chick. They named her Curlin colt Union Jackson, combining honoring Jess with referencing the names of the parents.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

I loved the choice for the foal of Rachel's pasture buddy Hot Dixie Chick. They named her Curlin colt Union Jackson, combining honoring Jess with referencing the names of the parents.

i like that one, much better than taco's.

[Merlinsky]

http://www.drf.com/blogs/rachel-0

Barbara Livingston did a blog/photo spread of Rachel. Some nice shots of Rachel with other mares or jumping about and looking at the camera.

No mention of whether they plan to breed her again, and Barbara said in the comments that she didn't ask because that's not what the article was to be about. Someone had asked her about it with a bit of pearl clutching and you just wanna tell people that RA's not their horse and they don't have inside info on her medical status. Stonestreet clearly treats her like a queen. They'll make the decision at some point if they haven't already and they don't need outside angsting to remind them of how beloved she is.