Rachel Alexandra a go for La Troienne

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Originally Posted by the_fat_man

I'm not deflecting anything: Z won the BC classic last year. Other were welcome to try her. She made the trip to OP this year; others didn't. If you think that she needs to leave CALI to add to her resume, you'll also probably agree that she needn't do it except where it works to her advantage. Why ship the horse for meaningless races? She'll ship for the BC, at least. What else does she really need to prove? If she beats the dirt best at CD, then she's done about all she needs to.

Why keep the horse in California? To save on shipping costs? Except for two weak Apple Blossoms and a mediocre BCC, she's won the same four or five races against the same four or five horses two years running. How much more boring can you get running her in the Vanity again? You might as well have kept her retired or turned her into a dressage horse, because the reality is she won't get tested unless she leaves California. But that's the point. They don't appear to want to test her now that she won the BCC and made the Oaklawn appearance. They seem to want to keep her undefeated as long as possible. She's had one major test in her career. She passed it. If that's all there is to prove in your mind, then you've got some low expectations for her.