Rachel Alexandra

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by Danzig

eight belles, rest her soul, had nothing on this filly. as for rags...i'd take rachel over rags to riches.

had 8 Belles run the Oaks last year instead of the derby how many would she have won by? i'm sure not 25 but it would have been open lengths and i'm a fan of Proud Spell. Rags had great determination.
i'm not knocking RA, she was impressive.
I'm just saying the last 5-10 years, a number of 3y/o fillies have been more impressive than the colts.