I was at this race and this was the loudest I have ever heard a Saratoga racing crowd .... and I have been going since the '80s ... what a race !!!

He says ' raises the rafters here at the SPA' because the crowd was so loud it literally shook the building of this old, historic track ! True story !!

@callmeishmael4659

3 жыл бұрын

is there any video that has the crowd noise that you know of ?

A. Truly great performance, those opening splits were off the charts.

@user-nc9yf7ro2v

Жыл бұрын

You most definitely know your horse racing, they tried to sabotage her effort, but talent can't be denied.

From the great track announcer Tom Durkin, Rachel's Woodward brings out THE call of his magnificent career. Durkin and Rachel...two legends...the stuff of champions.

very deserving of the Horse of the year award.

I was there, near the top of the stretch. The crowd was noisy and enthusiastic like in the classic days of racing. People applauded as she was walked backed after the hosing-down.

One of my fav races.... what a brave filly she was... great running stle

Calvin Borel beat the living snot out of her the last couple hundred yards. You could see her reaching out with her front legs with everything she had. Huge admiration for the courage and talent of one of the greatest fillies ever.

One of the great races in history, in that THE RAIL WAS DEAD THE WHOLE MEET...Even the great Secretariat lost at Saratoga due to a dead rail. Rachel had to run so hard in basically quicksand she was never the same again...

@richardallen1253

Ай бұрын

I agree.

An incredible effort by one of the greatest fillies of all time...but this race gutted Rachel. She was never the same afterwards.

@marklewen9384

6 ай бұрын

Because the rail was Super dead that whole summer...she ran herculean and was never the same again...

Great filly all time best

@ericberend2039

5 жыл бұрын

Regret, Fashion, Shuvee, Ruffian, Kinscem...and Sceptre had a greater one-year campaign winning four of the English Classics - history offers us more, and she takes her place among the greats.

How in the hell are there 4 thumbs down for the filly beating older horses for the first time here ??? Y'all watched 22 and change she and held em all at bay !!! She was indeed a super filly !!! kzread.info/dash/bejne/jGqfr8hvf6etmqw.html

What a great call.

I was there. Super race.

She is a fighter. She will survive this health emergency.

Such a great call by Durkin

Just decided to watch this again (8/17/2021) for maybe the 27th time. I cry every time. I was there. Never see any thing like that. Never. Rachel was the Greatest.

@kalorakalora

2 жыл бұрын

Zenyatta Rachel had probably the best season ever for a filly, but Zenyatta's longevity and consistency puts her above

@silvereyedstacker1842

Жыл бұрын

@@kalorakalora I like to think that Zenyatta was the greatest dirt mare ever and Rachel Alexandra was the greatest dirt filly ever. No other filly/mare in history would have beat either at their best distances on their best days. What we saw then was truly spectacular. The more years that go by, the more I realize just how great both horses were.

@kalorakalora

Жыл бұрын

@Silver Eyed Stacker I just wish they had raced, but by her 4th year she wasn't the same horse anymore. The 09 campaign just took too much out of her. If they had raced after 09 Zenyatta would have destroyed Rachel. But in 09 I have no idea who wins. So interesting that they had such opposite styles too. Does the perennial frontrunner win, or does the one who always chases down the leader with an unbelievable kick win?

@marklewen9384

6 ай бұрын

Lady's Secret would've beat both of them in her sleep...​@@silvereyedstacker1842

She's a monster, my hat's off to her!!

@christianburk2432

2 жыл бұрын

My man a stone cold killer. None of those horses were ever the same after looking her in the eye after that race. And unfortunately she wasn’t the same either. She left her heart on that track that day.

@35blackmagic1

2 жыл бұрын

@@christianburk2432 Agreed she sealed hoy with that win

@christianburk2432

2 жыл бұрын

@@35blackmagic1 absolutely. And I know zenyatta was great but there was no way she catches Rachel at a mile and 1/8th that year. Z was managed carefully and didn’t have the resume that year to be HOY. Yes I know she won the breeders cup classic but Rachel beat the boys 3x thst year and set multiple track records. Sorry I went off on a tangent.

Rachel Alexandra (January 29, 2006 - ) * Sire: Medaglia D´Oro * Grandsire: El Prado * Dam: Lotta Kim * Damsire: Roar * Sex: Mare * Breeder: Dolphus C. Morrison * Owners: Dolphus C. Morrison & Stonestreet Stables * Trainers: Hal Wiggins Steve Asmussen * 19 Starts * 13 Wins * 5 Seconds * 0 Third * $ 3,506,730 earned * Second filly to win Preakness Stakes since Nellie Morse in 1924 * 2009 American Champion 3-Year-Old Filly * 2009 American Horse of the Year * Inducted to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2016 Greetings from Venezuela. Rachel Alexandra (29 de Enero, 2006 - ) * Padre: Medaglia D´Oro * Abuelo paterno: El Prado * Madre: Lotta Kim * Abuelo materno: Roar * Sexo: Yegua * Criador: Dolphus C. Morrison * Propietarios: Dolphus C. Morrison & Stonestreet Stables * Entrenadores: Hal Wiggins Steve Asmussen * 19 Salidas * 13 Primeros * 5 Segundos * 0 Terceros * $ 3,506,730 producidos * Segunda yegua en ganar el Preakness Stakes desde Nellie Morse en 1924 * Campeona Tresañera de Estados Unidos 2009 * Caballo del Año en Estados Unidos 2009 * Exaltada al Museo Nacional de las Carreras y Salón de la Fama en 2016 Saludos desde Venezuela.

BEAST MODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AS MUCH AS I LOVE AND RESPECT ZENYATTA AND HER OWNER AND TRAINER,THEY NEVER RACED HER AGAINST RACHEL CAUSE THEY LOOKED AT HER TIMES AND NEW ZENYATTA COULD NOT BEAT HER. I AM SO GLAD THE ONLY FILLY TO BEAT ONE OF THE IMMORTAL RUFFIANS TIMES WAS RACHEL. I THINK RUFFIAN IS THE GREATEST EVER AND RACHEL IS RIGHT BEHIND HER.

@jeffsohikian8764

6 жыл бұрын

I agree-Ruffian, Rachel, and then the diminutive Dark Mirage

@marysueeasteregg

5 жыл бұрын

Rachel Alexandra's Mother Goose is *not* the only record of Ruffian's that has fallen. Since 2002 a filly named You has held the stakes record of 1:34.05 for the Acorn Stakes, previously held by Ruffian at 1:34.40 source: Wikipedia's article on the Comely and website for Ruffian" Racing's Greatest Filly Ruffian's Belmont track record of 1:03 for 5 1/2 furlongs, set in her maiden & equaled in her Fashion Stakes, was bettered in 2004 by Mike's Classic, in a time of 1:02.26 source: Equibase's page for Belmont track records, and website for Ruffian: Racing's Greatest Filly Ruffian's stakes records for the Fashion, Spinaway, Comely and Coaching Club American Oaks cannot be broken, because for varying amounts of time those races have not been contested at the distances they were run at while she was racing. The CCAO, for instance, is now run at 9 furlongs rather than the 12 furlongs Ruffian ran in 1975.

@ken45y

3 жыл бұрын

Julie, oh so you asked them? That is interesting.

@ken45y

3 жыл бұрын

@@kitsunedao3895 Did they? They do RA out of her comfort zone multiple times.

@marklewen9384

6 ай бұрын

​@@kitsunedao3895Zenyatta ran against garbage cans. Ladys Secret was best mare ever...

Durkin's call...wow

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Not to take anything away from rachel, but that was one sad grade 1 field. Rachel was only 3 and her 3 grade 1 wins at the time were more than the rest of the field combined.

@melissa007ish

4 жыл бұрын

This has become common wisdom, but I disagree with it. A number of these horses came in in good form and off of fast workouts, winning races like the Stephen Foster and The Alysheba. It was hardly a vintage Wooodward as far as the talent of the field, but Past The Point, just to name horse, almost beat Curlin.

@callmeishmael4659

3 жыл бұрын

that's because Curlin was dominating! wtf are you talking about? Macho Again just dropped a 110 Beyer in this race, like were you even watching?

Zenyatta’s connections definitely dodged this great filly.

@Fokendran

Ай бұрын

Actually they wanted to meet Rachel, but her trainers dodged. But I'm not classing any filly.. Rachel was a great filly and must have gone bad after this race

Macho Again was the best horse in this race, no question

@garyaustin8595

2 жыл бұрын

lol

@toongoon88

2 жыл бұрын

Horse had the momentum down the stretch and was impeded by Bulls Bay, otherwise would have blown past Rachel

Borel has always been a bum. Keeping the filly on the rail like that in a slog of quicksand and lacing into her 25 times. Dude is horrible.

Absolutly agree, that was one sad grade 1 field. You can not say the say aboyt the field Zenyatta defeated in the BC Classic

@rachelalexandra9818

6 жыл бұрын

You mean like the shit fields Zen faced repeatedly throughout her career? Or the fact that she has the distinction of beating ZERO Grade I winners during her alleged HOY campaign? Zen had the weakest resume of any HOY ever in history. Beating one field of males on SYNTHETIC does not make a champion...and I still can't name one true 1 1/4M dirt male she beat in 2009 in that Classic. Gio Ponti was a turfer who had just come off a loss to horse who hadn't won in 3 years! It was am 88-1 shot! SO don't start talking about weak fields because that is an invitation to destroy your argument and Zen's competition.

@valerieteti1755

4 жыл бұрын

Rachel Alexandra THANK YOU!!!

@MrZiggy019

4 жыл бұрын

Both were great horses, but Rachel did that as a 3YR OLD FILLY, the greatest 3yr old filly campaign EVER, if you wish to talk about the girls though now you have to include WINX !!!! kzread.info/dash/bejne/e6eEy6ipmtfdeKw.html

@callmeishmael4659

3 жыл бұрын

baloney. Curlin was dominating that campaign so hard to pick up wins. Past the point nearly beat Curlin, too. And then Macho Again showed his class here, posting a crazy Beyer. Honestly, Macho Again should've won this race if he doesn't go so wide, he does

@marklewen9384

6 ай бұрын

Zenyatta beat the worst BC field ever. Not one horse had a win over QUIRKY SA synthetic track. Zenyatta had huge home field advantage and shouldve been 2-5