Filly Rachel Alexandra Wins The Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course September 5
Harold McCormick and Stonestreet Stables’ Rachel Alexandra, ridden by jockey Calvin Borel
, made horse racing history by being the first filly to win the $750,000 Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, September 5.
Trained by Steve Asmussen, Rachel Alexandra covered 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.29 and paid $2.60, $2.40 and $2.10. Macho Again, under jockey Robby Albarado, placed second and returned $3.80 and $2.80. Bullsbay with jockey Jeremy Rose aboard came in third and paid $4 to show.
The 3-year-old filly Rachel Alexandra went right to the front and was pressured through an opening quarter of 22.85 and a half-mile in 46.41 by 2008 Belmont Stakes winner Da’ Tara and Past the Point. Rounding the turn, she shook clear of her early challengers and then was forced to dig deep to hold off the driving Macho Again by a head and earn her ninth straight victory and first over older males.
“I thought she truly showed she was a champion today,” said race horse trainer Steve Asmussen. “I can’t say enough about the race she put in today under the circumstances.”
Race horse owner Jess Jackson would not commit to filly Rachel Alexandra’s next start, but both she and top West Coast mare Zenyatta have been invited to the Beldame Stakes (gr. I) at Belmont Park on October 3, the purse for which will be raised to $1 million if both start with a $400,000 commitment from TVG-Betfair.
Other horses that raced in Saratoga‘s Woodward Stakes: Asiatic Boy, It’s a Bird, Past the Point, Cool Coal Man and the Da’ Tara completed the order of finish.
Tags: Asiatic Boy, Bullsbay, Cool Coal Man, Da' Tara, It's a Bird, Macho Again, Past the Point, Rachel Alexandra
"Filly Rachel Alexandra Wins The Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course September 5" was posted on 5 September 2009 11:39 PM under Horse Racing News, Horse Racing Results & Payouts, Horses, Race Tracks, Stakes Races
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