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Originally Posted by Smooth Operator
May not be any super colts (or 'roid-fueled freaks like Curlin or Big Brownroid) in this year's Preakness field ... but it's still gunna be a big class jump for the filly.
BIG difference going from smallish fields of overmatched fillies to a full field of males ... and in a longer contest, no less.
Not sayin she doesn't have a shot to win the race ... just that there could be a big jump in injury risk too.
By the way, the last filly to run in the Preakness, Baffy's Excellent Meeting in '99, pulled up and didn't finish the contest...
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so? that's one horse. now tell me how every other filly who entered over the years did? fillies run past 1 3/16 fairly often. i doubt rachel will fold like a cheap tent when/if she makes the attempt.
i just want to see her get to try. if she can't do it, we'll know.