If not for the intervention of Marylou Whitney, Rachel Alexandra’s entry in tomorrow’s Preakness Stakes would have been a study in unsportsmanlike conduct. Instead, it is an illuminating lesson in grace and generosity.
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A Grande Dame Rescues a Damsel in Distress
Posted in General Topics, tagged Calvin Borel, Jess Jackson, Mark Allen, Mine That Bird, Pimlico, Preakness, Rachel Alexandra, Stonestreet Stables, Triple Crown on May 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Borel + Rachel = Preakness?
Posted in General Topics, tagged Calvin Borel, Jess Jackson, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks, Mine That Bird, Preakness, Rachel Alexandra, Stonestreet Stables, Triple Crown on May 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »
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 [...]
Rolex Kentucky and Maryland Preakness In back-to-back NBC telecasts
Posted in General Topics, tagged Calvin Borel, Jess Jackson, Mine That Bird, NBC, Pimlico, Preakness, Rachel Alexandra, Rolex Kentucky, Stonestreet Stables, Three-Day Event, Triple Crown on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
NBC will telecast the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, held two weeks ago in Lexington, KY, on Saturday, May 16, at 3:30 p.m. That will be followed by the second leg of racing’s Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. The sale this week of Kentucky Oaks’ winner Rachel Alexandra to Stonestreet [...]
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