The greatest horse in the world will get to stretch her legs in the Preakness

News Source: Rick Reilly/Life of Reilly/sports.espn.go.com/espnmag: If you love to see a strong female take on the boys, if you think fillies should be given every chance to compete with studs, if you despise sleazy efforts by rich men to keep girls off the field, we have a heroine for you. Her name is Rachel [...]

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Preakness Looks Possible for Rachel After All

News Source: LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The filly Rachel Alexandra apparently will get her shot to run with the boys in the Preakness. Mine That Bird owner Mark Allen said Monday he wouldn’t enter colt Indy Express into the second jewel of the Triple Crown. That clears the way for the Kentucky Oaks winner to [...]

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Borel + Rachel = Preakness?

News Source: Mason Levinson/bloomberg.net May 8 (Bloomberg) — Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Calvin Borel will make an historic switch and ride filly Rachel Alexandra if she is entered in the Preakness Stakes, the second event of thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown. It would be the first time a jockey who won the Derby then changed mounts and [...]

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