2009 Haskell (G1)

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My Favorite
Date/Track:
8/2/2009, Monmouth Park
Distance:
1 1/8 m (Dirt)
Age/Sex:
3 M
Time:
1:47.10

What the Nation is saying about the 2009 Haskell (G1)...

It's a time when three-year-olds need to step up against older, and the Jockey Club Gold Cup is a great place... Read More
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  • likin sparks · I know where Mike is coming from, with this years race is kinda weak where half the competion has had a difficult time placing in the money so I wouldn't think the WOW factor will be there. As much as I haven't been sold on Stay Thirsty for him not to win by 7 or 10 lenghts would be a kick in the can. · 244 days ago ·
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  • brooklyn.steve · Stay Thirsty should win the JCGC, which should make him the co fav for Horse of the Year with HDG. He has come along nicely, and while Flat Out will be a tough challenge, Mike Repole will be standing in the winners circle at the end of the day. · 244 days ago ·
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America's oldest Thoroughbred racetrack, Saratoga Racecourse,...Read More
Sorry about the long break, it has been a hectic time personally for me and a rather slow time in horseracing. The Triple Crown is over with three different horses winning leaving us with a very non-eventful rest of the year. I am having a hard time feeling the excitement right now. The older divisi...Read More
  • BrianZipse · That's the great thing about this game ... there is always a new star coming just around the corner. · 333 days ago ·
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  • RamonDimas · I KNOW MOST OF THE GOD HORSE LEFT BUT WE STILL HAVE BLIND LUCK I THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT HER SHE WAS 3 YEAR OLD FILLY CHAMPION LAST YEAR.SHE WON THE KENTUCKY OAKS,ALABAMA AND SHE WAS SECOND IN THE BREEDERS CUP LADIES CLASSIC!!!!! · 312 days ago ·
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Brian Zipse explains why Rachel Alexandra will always be his favorite ... Read More
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  • KathyHunter · Beautiful Brian and oh how I remember all her 3 yo races too. Really don't think I missed a single race, from the time she won the Oaks. · 357 days ago ·
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  • DonVeronneau · Thanks Brian, for the wonderful words and the great tribute to one of Thoroughbred's finest fillies. I first saw her at Belmont in the Mother Goose, and from there on I was hooked on this champion. I tried to attend every race she entered in the East, the Lady's Secret at Monmouth, the Woodward at Saratoga, and what was to be her final competition at the Spa, the Personal Ensign. I loved this horse so much I was willing to travel almost any distance to see her. No human could make me do that, except maybe the Pope. Thanks for the wonderful memories and helping me to relive the excitement and the awe of Rachel's Woodward win. · 354 days ago ·
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There was onsite coverage from Gulfstream Park the whole weekend of the Florida Derby and I couldn’t wait to get home from work to watch. I sped home from work and started watching the taped races from the beginning. I have never been to Gulfstream, but I know they did a remodel since the last time ...Read More
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  • mshutty · I'm just glad God is an equal opportunity creator! Always good to point out when any of us, men or women, stray from that plan. · 408 days ago ·
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  • TraciPatrick · nicely put. · 408 days ago ·
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Rachel Alexandra took down the boys again, and she did it easily in the Haskell (G1) over a sloppy track on August 2nd. Nothing that happened on Sunday was a surprise.  Read More
Rachel Alexandra cemented her status as the best three-year-old and, perhaps, the best female horse in the country with a spine-tingling performance under regular rider Calvin Borel in the $1,250,000 Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) on Sunday at Monmouth Park.Read More
Filly superstar Rachel Alexandra justified her 1-to-5 favoritism in the Haskell Invitational with an easy romp over Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird in front of a crowd estimated at 41,000 at Monmouth Park.Read More
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  • arazi · We noticed the same thing and agree it was strange that he hit her a few times... a tremendous win. As a bit of trivia, I'm wondering when was the last time that a Triple Crown race winner beat the winners of the other two TC race legs... as far as I can tell, it hasn't happened in 20 years... · 1030 days ago ·
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  • cigar · I'll bet it's because doing cart wheels and backflips on the horse down the stretch is frowned upon... she's awesome though. · 1030 days ago ·
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Today the best filly since Ruffian takes on yet another challenge [albeit with a nice weight advantage] in the Haskell.Read More
All eyes will be on the star filly Rachel Alexandra, the Preakness winner, at the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park Sunday, but the Star-Ledger's Tom Luicci gives us a look at each of the seven competitors in the event.Read More
If Summer Bird is as confident and unflappable as his trainer Tim Ice, the Grade I Haskell Invitation could get very interesting today. Summer Bird, this year's Belmont Stakes winner stabled at Harrah's Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, is up against super-filly Rachel Alexandra — the reigning Preakn...Read More
Rachel Alexandra's march towards Horse of the Year stops at Monmouth Park on Sunday, where rising star Munnings and Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird will take her on. The star filly is seeking her eighth straight victory, and second against boys.Read More
Momma always said: Dark Day, Don’t Play. Thing is, what do horses to watch mean on a day like today, unless some horse freaks and the world sees it, anyway. Even the Grade 2 Lake George is off the grass.Read More
Munnings is going to beat her.Rachel Alexandra, of course, is the big story in Sunday's $1.25 million Haskell at Monmouth Park, and she should be. She became the first filly to win the Preakness in 85 years and she obliterated fillies by a combined 39 ½ lengths in her last two starts against her own...Read More
Atomic Rain has been downgraded to "unlikely" for the $1.25 million Haskell Invitational on Sunday at Monmouth Park."He missed the last few days of training with a sore foot," said Rick Mettee, the New York-based assistant to Saeed bin Suroor for Godolphin Racing. "It looks unlikely that he will mak...Read More
Derby winner Mine That Bird runs in West Virginia, and Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra takes on Belmont hero Summer Bird in the  Haskell. Read More
The Horse Racing Radio Network will broadcast live from both Saratoga Race Course and Monmouth Park this weekend. On Saturday, Aug. 1, HRRN will provide coverage of Saratoga’s grade I Diana and grade II Jim Dandy Stakes, and then travel to Monmouth for the grade I Haskell Invitational on Sunday, Aug...Read More
BlackBerry Preakness Stakes (gr. I) winner Rachel Alexandra had her final workout July 27 at Saratoga as she continues to prepare for her next start in the $1.25 million Haskell Invitational (gr. I) at Monmouth Park on Sunday, Aug. 2.Over the training track at Saratoga, Rachel put in a four furlong ...Read More
Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winner Summer Bird put in his final work for the $1.25 million Haskell Invitational (gr. I), breezing five furlongs in 1:01 4/5 July 26 with jockey Kent Desormeaux aboard.“He had a good strong work and he galloped out strong,” said Tim Ice, who conditions Summer Bird for Drs. ...Read More
  • arazi · Why is there a press release or story every time Summer Bird does or doesn't have a work out? Who is his press agent? And why does the Blood horse feel compelled to cover it? · 1037 days ago ·
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Atomic Rain will run in the $1.25 million Haskell Invitational after all. Atomic Rain, who was sold to Godolphin earlier this week, changed hands Friday morning as trainer Kelly Breen walked the colt three barns down, delivering him to Kiaran McLaughlin's Monmouth Park division. Although he will be ...Read More

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