With her scheduled start against older males in the Woodward Stakes (gr. I) Saturday, Sept. 5, Rachel Alexandra is taking a path seldom traveled by 3-year-old fillies.
According to research done by National Museum of Racing and Hall of
Fame historian Allan Carter, Summer Guest is the only 3-year-old filly
who has competed in the Woodward, which was run for the first time in
1954. Summer Guest, trained by J. Elliott Burch and ridden by Laffit
Pincay Jr., both members of the Hall of Fame, finished second to
entrymate Key to the Mint in 1972, but was disqualified and placed
third. The Woodward, then contested at Belmont Park, was a mile and
half race. The Woodward is now run at a mile and a eighth at Saratoga.
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