Monthly Archives: June 2009

There was no change in the top seven positions in this week’s NTRA rankings after top-rated Rachel Alexandra put on a tremendous show in the Mother Goose at Belmont Park, winning by a stakes-record 19 1/4 lengths in a stakes-record … Continue reading →

OK, there’s one theory floating around out there that says Rachel Alexandra’s co-owner, Jess Jackson, wants no part of the unbeaten Zenyatta, that he’s using the synthetic track angle as a way to avoid meeting her on the track. It’s … Continue reading →

If you didn’t see Zenyatta win Saturday’s Vanity Handicap at Hollywood Park by 2 1/2 lengths, jockey Mike Smith eased up in the saddle, or Rachel Alexandra absolutely destroy her two rivals in the Mother Goose at Belmont Park, here’s … Continue reading →

When the California Horse Racing board adopted the rule at its May 2006 meeting that California race tracks had to install synthetic surfaces in order to be granted racing dates, Jerry Moss was the only commissioner present who raised any … Continue reading →

A match race between Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra will not happen. No chance, according to owner Jerry Moss. But the Zenyatta camp is not adverse to heading east and taking on Rachel Alexandra sometime before the Breeders’ Cup, according to … Continue reading →

Four minutes to post for the Vanity Handicap at Hollywood Park and Zenyatta has a tough act to follow. Rachel Alexandra just absolutely put on an amazing show in the Mother Goose, winning by a double-digit margin again (Belmont track … Continue reading →

No, I don’t agree with co-owner Jess Jackson’s decision to skip the Breeders’ Cup with Rachel Alexandra in November at Santa Anita, and I don’t go along with his assertion that it was the Pro-Ride surface at Santa Anita that … Continue reading →

Her name is Atta Lora. She’s trained by Patricia Harrington and will be ridden by Alex Solis. She finished fourth — beaten five lengths — last time out in a 14-horse field on May 30 at Hollywood Park, raced in … Continue reading →

I asked Calvin Borel, jockey for the star 3-year-old filly Rachel Alexandra, to rate her victories this year during a national teleconference this week. Borel has been aboard Rachel Alexandra for her past six starts and will ride her again … Continue reading →

Jess Jackson, co-owner of Rachel Alexandra, did his best to try to convince national turf writers that skipping this year’s Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita is the right thing to do during a teleconference this week. Problem was, he was … Continue reading →