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2009 Haskell Invitational (G1)

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 Invitational (G1)...

Brian Zipse explains why Rachel Alexandra will always be his favorite ... Read More
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  • travel_vic · Woodward: watch a good one almost flogged to death right before your eyes...Statement is NOT mine but from a friend who was there.................But I agree wholeheartedly. · 80 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · I can just imagine what her flank looked like back in the test barn. · 80 days ago ·
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While selecting my single favorite race of Rachel Alexandra cannot be done, I can tell you with certainty that there was no race that I loved any more than the 2009 Haskell. In that I viewed many of her races live and in living color, the Haskell, a race I was unable to attend, might seem like a str...Read More
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  • grey32 · I loved the Haskel, but; the Preakness was the best for me. I'm from Maryland so it was just crazy.. · 92 days ago ·
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  • BrianZipse · Continued positive progress for Rachel ... http://www.stonestreetfarms.com/info/?page_id=144 · 88 days ago ·
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Nothing can compare to the fire that Rachel Alexandra sparked in 2009. The passion she stirred was incredible, and even in retirement, she still manages to bring forth love and compassion from her fans.Read More
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  • travel_vic · One was a phenom, 3 time horse of the yaer, extremely fast and a weight carrier, the other had ONE good season · 93 days ago ·
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  • dani.pugh · I never said she was better. I said she had fight. She always did have fight, no matter when winning or losing. No matter if it was on the track or no in retirement. The point was not to say she was better, which i never did, it was to highlight that she is a fighter and always has been. If you wish to debate merits do it somewhere else, start your own thread if you like. But this is not the article for it. Have a good day. · 93 days ago ·
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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. · 600 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. · 600 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. · 689 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!!!!! · 668 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. · 764 days ago ·
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  • TraciPatrick · nicely put. · 764 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... · 1386 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. · 1386 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

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