Comments on: Alexandra the Great! Rachel Alexandra crushes the Oaks by 20 1/4 lengths! http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2009/05/01/alexandra-the-great-rachel-alexandra-crushes-the-oaks-by-20-14-lengths/ THE ODYSSEY OF A HORSE RACING ENTHUSIAST AND AMATEUR HANDICAPPER Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:18:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Horse of the Year; the case for Rachel Alexandra « THE ASPIRING HORSEPLAYER http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2009/05/01/alexandra-the-great-rachel-alexandra-crushes-the-oaks-by-20-14-lengths/#comment-5833 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:50:06 +0000 http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/?p=1262#comment-5833 [...] Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, Travers Stakes, Whitney Handicap, Stephen Foster – all while winning the Kentucky Oaks, Preakness, Mother Goose, Haskell, and Woodward for herself…and that’s just the last 5 [...]

]]> By: She came, she saw, she conquered « THE ASPIRING HORSEPLAYER http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2009/05/01/alexandra-the-great-rachel-alexandra-crushes-the-oaks-by-20-14-lengths/#comment-5546 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:20:35 +0000 http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/?p=1262#comment-5546 [...] torrential rain experienced earlier in the day, but having seen what this filly can do in the Kentucky Oaks, the Preakness, and the Mother Goose, I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that the [...]

]]> By: A Saturday to remember « THE ASPIRING HORSEPLAYER http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2009/05/01/alexandra-the-great-rachel-alexandra-crushes-the-oaks-by-20-14-lengths/#comment-5359 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:17:16 +0000 http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/?p=1262#comment-5359 [...] trip was a birthday present for my wife, who has grown quite attached to Rachel since watching her romp in the Kentucky Oaks in early May.  I use the term ostensibly here because, let’s be honest, you don’t have to twist my [...]

]]> By: Preakness Day Selections « THE ASPIRING HORSEPLAYER http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2009/05/01/alexandra-the-great-rachel-alexandra-crushes-the-oaks-by-20-14-lengths/#comment-4448 Sat, 16 May 2009 03:54:42 +0000 http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/?p=1262#comment-4448 [...] of  The Preakness.  Over 80 years of history are on the line!  Can Rachel Alexandra repeat the brilliance she demonstrated in the Kentucky Oaks two weeks ago?  Clearly the stakes have risen, and she finds herself in the deepest field [...]

]]> By: Curlin, Rachel, and Cal Ripken: or “how I learned to stop worrying about the Baltimore Orioles and fell in love with horse racing” « THE ASPIRING HORSEPLAYER http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2009/05/01/alexandra-the-great-rachel-alexandra-crushes-the-oaks-by-20-14-lengths/#comment-4329 Fri, 08 May 2009 03:42:31 +0000 http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/?p=1262#comment-4329 [...] of a shorage on the hero front.   There’s still a void left to fill.  And you know what?  Watching Rachel Alexandra run away with the Oaks last weekend, I couldn’t help but reflect upon the similarity in terms of emtional feeling between that [...]

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