doc_western
05-01-2009, 05:08 PM
Full story here for the Kentucky Oaks here-
http://www.ntra.com/content.aspx?type=news&id=39207
Indeed, with her breathtaking romp over six overmatched 3-year-old fillies, Rachel Alexandra immediately elicited all sorts of favorable comparisons to the males of her generation. Even with jockey Calvin Borel never asking her for a semblance of her best, Rachel Alexandra won the Grade 1, $554,500 Oaks by a stunning 20 1/4 lengths, the largest margin since at least 1910, which is as far back as the track's records go.
"They did the right thing," said Borel, a 27-year veteran jockey who two years ago won the Kentucky Derby aboard Street Sense. "This is the best horse I've ever ridden in my life. She'll go on and prove it down the road."
This filly was *amazing*...Cal kept her right on Gabby's Golden Gal's flank...He asked her and she went off like a bullet. After they turned for home, there was no one. It didn't even look like she was trying....I think if Borel would have asked her, I think she definatly would have broken the Oaks record. :D
http://www.ntra.com/content.aspx?type=news&id=39207
Indeed, with her breathtaking romp over six overmatched 3-year-old fillies, Rachel Alexandra immediately elicited all sorts of favorable comparisons to the males of her generation. Even with jockey Calvin Borel never asking her for a semblance of her best, Rachel Alexandra won the Grade 1, $554,500 Oaks by a stunning 20 1/4 lengths, the largest margin since at least 1910, which is as far back as the track's records go.
"They did the right thing," said Borel, a 27-year veteran jockey who two years ago won the Kentucky Derby aboard Street Sense. "This is the best horse I've ever ridden in my life. She'll go on and prove it down the road."
This filly was *amazing*...Cal kept her right on Gabby's Golden Gal's flank...He asked her and she went off like a bullet. After they turned for home, there was no one. It didn't even look like she was trying....I think if Borel would have asked her, I think she definatly would have broken the Oaks record. :D