This talk about RA being better than...

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Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Why take on the boys with GFW? It's not like facing Bayakoa in the BC, or some of the nice 3yo fillies in her own crop were a complete mismatch.

Besides, I don't see any Unbridleds or Summer Squalls in this crop of colts.

it's the measure most want to take of a top filly. it's always thought, no matter how good a filly is, that she must take on the 'tougher' competition of the colts to really prove herself. i'm not always in complete agreement there...
there was a lot of pressure on christiana stables to take on the classic instead of the distaff at the bc that year. like badgett said after they lost her, thank god they didn't. just think if GFW went down like that vs boys. that would have been bad. real bad.


i read some interesting stuff on rachel:

You just saw the 11th filly to ever win a Triple Crown race and the first favored filly since Regret in 1915 to win a classic. All you gals out there, you just saw a filly take down the boys. You just saw a great day for racing.

that was from bloodhorse. i also know this is the first time ever that the ky oaks winner took down the preakness.