She's Done

[CSC]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Totally different dynamics.

Rachel Alexandra was given ZERO breathers in the Woodward. None. She was running hard from start-to-finish. It doesn't matter who was running with her. Fast early is fast early. There's no way you can say she would of undergone similar pressure in the Travers.

And to be annoying... Past The Point loves Saratoga. Bullsbay was in career form at Saratoga. Macho Again is a hard-knocking elder who needs a pace setup to win... which he got, yet he still couldn't do it.

What was the alternative, to have riders let her cruise out on an easy lead and hand it to her on a platter? Because it's Rachel and not say Well Armed? Let's get real here it's horseracing, you race to win not finish 2nd or 3rd.

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by CSC

What was the alternative, to have riders let her cruise out on an easy lead and hand it to her on a platter? Because it's Rachel and not say Well Armed. Let's get real here it's horseracing, you race to win not finish 2nd or 3rd.

I know, but to say that Rachel didn't have the worst of it in the Woodward vs. Travers is off in my opinion.

[CSC]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

I know, but to say that Rachel didn't have the worst of it in the Woodward vs. Travers is off in my opinion.

That's impossible to say, if Rachel had raced in the Travers it's quite possible the riders would have changed their mindset in that race, something we will never know.