8/29 (SAR): Personal Ensign S. (G1)

[CSC]

Originally Posted by 2Hot4TV

I was out of the country for the last 2 week and I guess I missed the RA excitement.

Has RA won a race this year?

Hell of a 3yo and JUST a real good older race mare.

She wont make it to the Breeders Cup, she doesnt want to race anymore.

Put a fork in it and retire. Keep racing her and we will forget her altogether.

I'll answer the last paragraph, she is definitely not done and she definitely should not retire.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Quality Road looked like he could've run 2 miles in the Donn, does that mean he can do it? Or does he hate Saratoga too? Rachel beat a field of crows in the Oaks while being able to relax early. She didn't run her eyeballs out against her primary opponent early and then hit a wall exactly at the 1/8 pole. As I said before, whether it's because of stamina or her keenness early, she'll never get 10 furlongs in a race like the Classic. Trust me, if she hated Saratoga in the Woodward, she would've packed it in at the top of the stretch. She had every right to.

I think Quality Road is probably a much better horse at Gulfstream than he is at Saratoga. I highly doubt Blame could have beaten QR in the Donn, had Blame been in the race.

[westcoastinvader]

Originally Posted by MLC

I believe Secretariat also ran at Arlington, 3 weeks after the Belmont.
In his HOY season as a 4 yr. old, Swaps ran in the midwest and in Florida

Thanks.

I had glanced at his race record and missed the "AP" and lumped it with the "Aqu's."

I forgot about that Arlington Park Secretariat race. $125,000 Invitational against My Gallant, Our Native and a 4th horse.

[Metal Man]

Originally Posted by kgar311

its also funny to me that the worst race by far in Rachels career beyer wise was equal to Zenyattas last "spine tingling" win

Just goes to show up the quaility of beyers!