Rachel Alexandra a go for La Troienne

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Originally Posted by philcski

I take opposition to this.
1) The premier race in the country for her gender and age (selected by her previous connections, otherwise they probably would have gone in the Derby.)
2) The 2nd jewel of the Triple Crown- against males.
3) A G1 at Belmont Park (very few showed up- understandably on their part.)
4) One of the two "midsummer Derbies"- against males.
5) A G1 at the premier track in the country against older males.

Calling that cherrypicking is crazytalk.

Dammit Phil, I gave your other post because it was the best of the thread and now you go and get sucked into this tired tired argument.

I retract my