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  • @helixcheerleader
    @helixcheerleader 6 років тому +52

    I got emotional hearing Calvin talk about her and praise her, he was so clearly enamoured with her, you can sense how much love and admiration he had for her.

    • @ffemt66
      @ffemt66 Рік тому

      😡 I still get emotional. My son was born in 8 and my daughter was born in 10, it made me a big softy then and I still get emotional watching this now. A silly horse in a silly race and here I am tearing up in 2023.

  • @juliehertz8768
    @juliehertz8768 8 років тому +40

    On the final strech,Rachel pulled a Secretariat.YOU GO GIRL.XO 🐎

  • @kellyshahan5080
    @kellyshahan5080 9 років тому +39

    Yep the fun begins. I always get goosebumps when I watch this race of hers, Rachel you are one of the great horses you are right up there with Secretariat, Ruffian, Zenyatta, Seabiscuit, Barbaro, Go For Wand American Pharoah and more, I'm sure all those great horses in heaven were running with you on the racetrack and helped you win every time, Every time I watch the movie Ruffian and what happened to her I see her telling Rachel Show everybody what you can do, run your race sweetheart. I know that's what she would say, You are such an inspiration to me Rachel you showed everybody how great you are. You always had wings running on the track like it was magic in the air!!! 🐎💖☄💫💥

    • @karaamundson3964
      @karaamundson3964 4 роки тому +1

      Absolutely

    • @garialmarsh6721
      @garialmarsh6721 4 роки тому +1

      I really smiled with joy reading your post,such passion. From one horse / race fan to next don't mention any horse in the same breath with GODS HORSE. SECRETARIAT would make all of these look like donkeys . It's just not fair. For the record His crowns records still stand and any horse who dares to smell them will die on the track... 9 furlongs was a joke to him 1:45 secs. On the other on Rachael was better than the rest on the list at 9 furlongs and under any given day!

    • @phillipwalker4747
      @phillipwalker4747 3 роки тому +1

      I’m so Happy somebody remembered GO FOR WAND such a talented Mare. Tragically breaking down in the Breeders Cup race

    • @phillipwalker4747
      @phillipwalker4747 2 роки тому +1

      @@kellyshahan2550 yes it was I cried that day when it happened

    • @davidray4793
      @davidray4793 2 роки тому +2

      She won at six different tracks I belive as a 3 year old no horse including Zenyatta could of beat her it was special to watch her race with such grace her 3 year old campaign doesn't get enough praise it deserves it will years from now dirt real racing surfaces not synthetic.

  • @juliehertz8768
    @juliehertz8768 8 років тому +30

    I THINK RACHAEL ALEXANDRA WON NOT JUST FOR HER, BUT A TRIBUTE TO THE GREATS THAT LOST THERE LIVES ON THE TRACK. RUFFIAN, EIGHT BELLES, GO FOR WAND. SHE WON FOR ALL THE GREAT FILLYS BEFORE HER.

  • @BeveC21E
    @BeveC21E 2 роки тому +6

    I was greatly reminded of the great Ruffian, during her last 100yds or so! I kept seeing Ruffian in Rachel's body! An amazing finish!

  • @rockers7889
    @rockers7889 6 років тому +30

    Should have been in the Derby

    • @MDK3192
      @MDK3192 9 місяців тому

      That would've been awesome but
      SHE DIDN'T NEED MAN, TO MAKE HER MARK
      QUEEN 🐎

    • @samshatto3671
      @samshatto3671 7 місяців тому

      Nope there is a reason even Calvin said he was glad they didn't run her in the derby. The boys are rougher in the pack and bigger. Do I think speed wise she could have beat all them yes I do.. but running a filly against the boys for the first time in the Derby. Not worth it at all not in a 20 horse field.

    • @joseayala9414
      @joseayala9414 7 місяців тому

      No 50t0.1 is great

    • @MDK3192
      @MDK3192 7 місяців тому

      @@samshatto3671 That's true. However, Calvin chose Rachel in the Preakness, over Mine That Bird. who'm he just won the Derby on. Rachel from the outside in the Preakness... she ran her style race, speed.

    • @samshatto3671
      @samshatto3671 7 місяців тому +1

      @@MDK3192 oooh yeah he knew she was the better horse or he wouldnt it have rode her. Just saying 20 horse field isn't the time to test a filly against males does part of me really wish they would have tested her before the derby and been more confident to put her in there yes I think she could have had a legit shot at the win

  • @lasaves3207
    @lasaves3207 4 роки тому +18

    I love how Durkin calls Rachel Alexandra a "cool and calculated second"

    • @rugger104
      @rugger104 2 роки тому

      He has an incredible way with words- Tom Durkin is the 🐐

    • @bkras483
      @bkras483 Рік тому

      And he calls her “AlexanDER”.

    • @matthewball4426
      @matthewball4426 6 місяців тому

      Love the “sitting chilly”

  • @dilbertdoe601
    @dilbertdoe601 5 років тому +4

    Fun to watch her run.

  • @isabellasmythe6185
    @isabellasmythe6185 8 років тому +13

    When she was good, she was sensational!

  • @RockStarArtists
    @RockStarArtists 8 місяців тому +3

    The best filly of all time. A 3 year old campaign that will never be matched again.

  • @YouDontKnow-that
    @YouDontKnow-that Рік тому +8

    20 length win, galloping, in ONLY a 9F race. That's a monumental performance.

    • @iheartpanic00
      @iheartpanic00 6 місяців тому

      She saw those girls and said byeee!

  • @douglasgriffiths3534
    @douglasgriffiths3534 7 років тому +11

    A Secretariat-esque finish.

  • @robertfeddor8e33w8
    @robertfeddor8e33w8 6 років тому +8

    The Best Phillie Ever! Prove me wrong!

    • @silvereyedstacker1842
      @silvereyedstacker1842 2 роки тому +2

      Looking back, she really is. And Zenyatta is the best mare. How blessed we were to see them running at the same time. I’m kind of glad they never raced each other to cement their legacies as they were both beyond spectacular.

  • @FreshCutFrenchFries
    @FreshCutFrenchFries 6 років тому +7

    Never seen a turn of foot like that with just a half a tap! She was exceptional

    • @MDK3192
      @MDK3192 9 місяців тому

      Preakness 2008, Big Brown
      My 2 favorites, unbelievable horses!

  • @Anna-nh7dm
    @Anna-nh7dm 8 років тому +22

    He kept calling her Rachel Alexander not Rachel Alexandra xD

    • @ebbets1965
      @ebbets1965 8 років тому +6

      +Anna M Foster I think Durkin might have gotten it right once during the race.

    • @elom55
      @elom55 6 років тому

      He called her name 6 times correctly, 3 times....oh well...

    • @roberttrail7013
      @roberttrail7013 5 років тому

      He also called Gabby's Golden Gal, Gabby's Golden Girl when he first commented. Not his best effort.

    • @MDK3192
      @MDK3192 9 місяців тому

      Gold jacket, green jack, who gives a shti
      - Nitpicking... oblivious to the greatness 😅

    • @sdiz3430
      @sdiz3430 7 місяців тому

      Durkin's calls of the 2009 Oaks and Derby were nothing short of horrible 🤦‍♂️ Rachel Alexandra and Mine That Bird deserved better. I miss Chic Anderson. RIP

  • @schumi246
    @schumi246 9 років тому +7

    1:24 is where the fun begins.

  • @juliehertz8768
    @juliehertz8768 8 років тому +9

    The greatest fillies ever, Ruffian, Ladies Secret ,daughter of Secretariat, TERLINGUA, daughter of Secretariat, ZENYATTA ,Rachael Alexandra ,Beholder, and Songbird. THEY ARE THE GREATEST EVER

    • @kellyshahan2550
      @kellyshahan2550 7 років тому +2

      julie hertz Very well said I agree. I'm sure Ruffian, Go for wand, Secretariat were running with her to the finish line

    • @PepsiMama2
      @PepsiMama2 7 років тому +1

      Great horses.. I LOVE Terlingua....I think she's my fav filly...

    • @thewitt530
      @thewitt530 6 років тому +1

      Bayakoa won 2 breeders cups, Personal Ensign retired undefeated and won grade 1 against the boys including beating Kentucky Derby winner. Not sure Songbird belongs above these.

    • @kevinburke6055
      @kevinburke6055 5 років тому

      julie hertz Terlingua great mare as well mother of the great sire Storm Cat.

    • @joechrow8341
      @joechrow8341 5 років тому +1

      Songbird?...Stop...How about Go for Wand?

  • @zzeus43
    @zzeus43 4 роки тому +1

    I am very proud I seen her live in New Orleans win the Louisiana Oaks but this race was insane!

  • @brittanythornbury8327
    @brittanythornbury8327 2 роки тому +1

    I wish they would have raced this girl in the Derby instead of the Oaks. We would have had a filly Triple Crown winner in 2009!! ❤️❤️❤️

    • @marysueeasteregg
      @marysueeasteregg Рік тому

      See my answer to CobraMyster_gaming. Ten furlongs -- much less 12 -- was beyond her best distance.

  • @williamdunphy352
    @williamdunphy352 3 роки тому +1

    1/4-23.3
    1/2-47.2
    3/4-1:11.4
    Finish-1:48.4

  • @JoannaNunescurto
    @JoannaNunescurto Місяць тому +1

    I love horses they are loveable; warmth; caring; I detest Animal Cruelty Animals Have Rights Also! I sm watching it October/ November 2024 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

  • @alanalan-uc4zb
    @alanalan-uc4zb 2 роки тому +1

    you go girl. pretty and powerful you are.

  • @cobramystic_gaming1505
    @cobramystic_gaming1505 5 років тому +5

    Man if she would have been in the Kentucky derby I wonder how she would have done but then we possibly wouldn’t have gotten the mine that bird moment we all love

    • @marysueeasteregg
      @marysueeasteregg Рік тому +1

      I loved Rachel Alexandra, and predicted she would end up a Hall of Famer when she won the Kentucky Oaks. It is VERY unlikely she would have done well in the Kentucky Derby (or in the Breeders' Cup Classic).
      She was a middle distance horse, her best distance was 9 furlongs. She never won at a mile and a quarter.
      Rachel was lucky to hang on to her Preakness win over a fast closing Mine That Bird at 1 3/16 mile.
      She lost her only race at 1 1/4 miles, the Personal Ensign at Saratoga, to a filly named Persistently; that was Persistently's sole G1 win. (Persistently did have several placements at that level. Plus Rachel was not the same racehorse at 4 that she had been at 3.) Persistently's time of 2:04:49 for the Personal Ensign was the slowest for that stakes while run at the 10 furlong distance. And you'd have to go back to 1974 for a slower Travers time for the same distance on the same track.

    • @jdeneau13
      @jdeneau13 Рік тому +1

      She was done after the Woodward Stakes win to end her 3 year old season. I was at that race and the Personal Ensign the following year and you hit the nail on the head. She was still very good at 4, but nowhere close to the same as she was at 3. This dominant performance, a similar one in the Mother Goose (where no one even showed up because they knew they were running for 2nd), beat the Derby winner in the Preakness, the Belmont winner in the Haskell and older male horses just for good measure to cap it off. We'll never see a 3 year old filly have a season like that again.

  • @Mr_Nigeria100
    @Mr_Nigeria100 Рік тому +1

    great commentary for great horse / filly "Calvin Borel isn't moving a MUSCLE ON HER !!" love it

  • @bgardiner3354
    @bgardiner3354 4 роки тому +5

    That’s what they call “on the bridle”

  • @MrHuPow
    @MrHuPow 2 роки тому +1

    Hmmm I am seeing again why Zenyatta didn't ever show up for a head to head against her.

  • @EasyGoer-e3z
    @EasyGoer-e3z 16 днів тому

    Although Short Fields Paid Subscriber Won Her Previous Race by Like 30 Lengths and Rachel Beat Her by 20 Next Out in Mother Goose...Prime Rachel Was Effortlessly "Crushing" Her Comp Like This Oaks...Brilliant Horse

  • @juliehertz8768
    @juliehertz8768 8 років тому +2

    I JUST LOVE THE NAME OF THE HORSE TWEETER, IT JUST MAKES ME LAUGH.:-)

  • @williamdunphy352
    @williamdunphy352 6 років тому +2

    Tom Durkin with the call.

  • @karaamundson3964
    @karaamundson3964 4 роки тому +2

    You can see by RAs ears that she was just waiting & watching...
    GGG started lugging her neck like her heart was broken even before RA made her move

  • @kemosabe6693
    @kemosabe6693 9 місяців тому

    Fantastico 😂👏🫡

  • @tontastoner9141
    @tontastoner9141 4 роки тому

    What a performance!

  • @cmmarsden
    @cmmarsden Рік тому

    What a great horse

  • @williamdunphy352
    @williamdunphy352 3 роки тому +1

    Race Call:
    Tom Durkin

  • @randallmartin2549
    @randallmartin2549 7 років тому

    Hey Durkin, thought her name is Rachael Alexandra.

  • @justinnicklas4712
    @justinnicklas4712 4 роки тому +1

    What was her speed figure?

  • @mistyraestables
    @mistyraestables 8 років тому +4

    I feel like everytime an exeptional filly touches a track and is undefeated they are....
    "EXEPTIONAL SUPER FILLY!!!! QUEEN OF THE RACETRACK!!!"
    But when an exeptional colt touches a track and is undefeated....
    "He could be better....."

    • @montanamountaingarden476
      @montanamountaingarden476 4 роки тому

      Because great fillies don’t come a long very often, but it seems like there’s a great colt every year, and all the great colts are considered as could’ve been better bc they’re racing against the historic performances of the likes of Secretariat, Man O’ War, Citation etc.

  • @joechrow8341
    @joechrow8341 5 років тому +1

    So you really think that Zenyatta would have ran this horse down and been "20" lengths ahead of rest of field like Rachel was during this race?...And She did this with absolute "Ease" and was NEVER asked to run...My opinion is that Rachel would not have had trouble with Zenyatta at all

  • @reallytooy3187
    @reallytooy3187 7 років тому +6

    Zenyatta who?

  • @MrZiggy019
    @MrZiggy019 4 роки тому +3

    Rachel would have won the Kentucky Derby,,,,

    • @karaamundson3964
      @karaamundson3964 4 роки тому

      But then no Mine That Bird

    • @stephenjohnson5121
      @stephenjohnson5121 3 роки тому

      She barely hung on to win the Preakness by a length. You don't know she would have won the KY derby against a horse she beat by a length in a shorter race. RA was considered for the Belmont but pulled from consideration. IF Rags to Riches is the benchmark for the very best filly to win the Belmont, RA fails since even Summer Birds 2:27 Belmont was a second faster than Ragz and the 7th fastest Belmont in the past 20 years up until 2009

    • @jdeneau13
      @jdeneau13 Рік тому

      Rachel blew Summer Bird's doors off later that summer in the Haskell. Granted it was a much shorter race and I don't disagree that 12 furlongs was probably outside of her ability, but I think she could've been a contender in the Derby that year. Calvin rode so much better at Churchill than anywhere else, she ran well in a few races at that track and she was at her best when she rated and stalked. If Calvin could've settled her that year, she would've been there at the end as that Derby did not have a crazy fast pace (I think the opening 1/2 was 47 and change).

    • @silvereyedstacker1842
      @silvereyedstacker1842 2 місяці тому

      @@jdeneau13Agreed. On certain days, 10 furlongs definitely was not beyond her scope against any competition . The Oaks and Haskell were proof of that. No horse running that year would have caught her at 10 furlongs on those days.

  • @aknoguz1322
    @aknoguz1322 4 роки тому +1

    muhteşem bir at seni izlemek bir zevkti vede zenyetta yı

  • @iheartpanic00
    @iheartpanic00 9 місяців тому

    She was a big girl. God just look at her she was absolutely incredible. The only horse who could have beat her was Queen Z.

  • @williamdunphy352
    @williamdunphy352 3 місяці тому

    1/4-23 3/5
    1/2-47 2/5
    3/4-1:11 4/5
    Finish-1:48 4/5

  • @eliaatempa8016
    @eliaatempa8016 3 роки тому

    IN SENTION WOW

  • @gerrin1530
    @gerrin1530 7 місяців тому

    Rachel looked more imposing with her full mane instead of the decorated one with Ausmussen

  • @brunazo03
    @brunazo03 2 роки тому +1

    No resistance whatsoever

  • @brianclark1858
    @brianclark1858 4 роки тому +1

    I wish Calvin had let her run to the finish. He was standing up far far away from the line.

  • @toddk8114
    @toddk8114 6 років тому +1

    Great filly but There was no filly like Miesque

  • @brianclark1858
    @brianclark1858 7 років тому +2

    by 20 without even trying. wasnt the same after being sold though.

  • @jasonwoodbury3717
    @jasonwoodbury3717 Місяць тому

    Comparing her and zenyatta is hard to do two totally different runnning styles

  • @adamhg985
    @adamhg985 2 роки тому

    That was an ass kicking

  • @britishladproductions5920
    @britishladproductions5920 4 місяці тому

    Just imagine if she had run in the derby why didn't she? I don't know.

  • @zachariatekawaare4761
    @zachariatekawaare4761 3 роки тому

    WOW

  • @Braglemaster123
    @Braglemaster123 6 років тому

    He never axed her

  • @spaz5138
    @spaz5138 4 роки тому +1

    I'm the owner of Rachel Alexandra I love her

  • @ronelpagao
    @ronelpagao 9 місяців тому

    The girl version of Secretariat 😮😮😮😮

  • @hilarybenoit2926
    @hilarybenoit2926 7 місяців тому

    She pulled a Secretariat. 😂

  • @South3West77
    @South3West77 2 роки тому

    Maybe, she could've contended for the triple crown. Sadly, we'll never know.

  • @indahpermata6685
    @indahpermata6685 3 роки тому

    Mantap..kudanya

  • @glencampbell6909
    @glencampbell6909 8 місяців тому

    Calvin sound like he is talking about his loving wife Rachel

  • @treychrs
    @treychrs Рік тому

    🤩💋❤💯

  • @joechrow8341
    @joechrow8341 5 років тому

    Anyone who thinks Zenyatta could have beaten a "prime" Rachel Alexandra is just fooling themself...Zenyatta would not come close to catching this filly

    • @warrenmeltzer4892
      @warrenmeltzer4892 4 роки тому +1

      To say zen wouldnt have caught her is crazy. Zenyatta always fires and closes. She would have been full force as rachel was galloping away from these other mules. Would have been a great race but zen just knows what to do to catch ya at the wire

    • @karaamundson3964
      @karaamundson3964 4 роки тому

      I feel fairly sure that it'd be a race worth watching.
      This was fun, but Zenyatta won the Breeder's Cup, and many other mixed races. I'd put my $ on her

    • @joechrow8341
      @joechrow8341 4 роки тому

      @@karaamundson3964 Rachel ran Faster...Had Higher Numbers...Also had the Pace/Speed advantage...Rachel also Spent a lot of her career in Open company and against the Males...Just dont see anything at all that would favor Zenyatta

    • @karaamundson3964
      @karaamundson3964 4 роки тому

      @@joechrow8341 quarter horses run faster than thoroughbreds. You're only using some of the data points.
      We'll never know the "mighta" because the race never happened.

    • @joechrow8341
      @joechrow8341 4 роки тому

      @@karaamundson3964 Faster meaning her Final times of Races were Faster than Zenyattas...Rachels Numbers were also Superior to Zenyattas...All of the data and numbers favor Rachel

  • @denderaryuu99
    @denderaryuu99 4 роки тому

    強え〜

  • @ChrisB-vb9hh
    @ChrisB-vb9hh 2 роки тому

    She was a great filly! Not quite as good as Zenyatta but definitely a good horse!

    • @lagosfury5142
      @lagosfury5142 2 роки тому

      when you had the kind of campaign she had at 3..beat OLDER HORSES at 3,,a FILLY?did you hear her jockey damn near crying talking about her after the race?
      She was just as good..and I loved zenyatta but you gotta give rachel her respect

    • @ChrisB-vb9hh
      @ChrisB-vb9hh 2 роки тому

      @@lagosfury5142 I don’t take anything from Rachel! She was a great filly. The reason I think Zenyatta was the best that I’ve ever seen is because of how she could spot horses like quality road and others 30 lengths and still run by them all in the stretch!! It takes a very special filly/mare to do that. And you could argue that the fields Rachel faced wasn’t as talented as Zenyatta’s fields? Especially the 2010 breeders cup classic! 💯

    • @lagosfury5142
      @lagosfury5142 2 роки тому

      @@ChrisB-vb9hh agree with most of what your saying,its very hard to win consistently as a deep closer..and she should probably be a 2 time BC champ as well...but the one knock on her is...she never shipped and that has to be a slight knock on her

    • @ChrisB-vb9hh
      @ChrisB-vb9hh 2 роки тому

      @@lagosfury5142 you could put Zenyatta anywhere and she’s going to fire!! I have no doubt that in a match race going 1 1/8 or further Rachel would of got beat 5 out of 5!

    • @ChrisB-vb9hh
      @ChrisB-vb9hh 2 роки тому

      @@lagosfury5142 and one thing that I forgot to mention is that Steve Asmussen was her trainer and I think we all know what he’s been suspended for multiple times!! I’m not saying she was on steroids but there’s a good chance considering her connections!

  • @eliaatempa8016
    @eliaatempa8016 3 роки тому

    Zenyatta 2.0

  • @tylerkenealy6483
    @tylerkenealy6483 6 років тому +1

    You’re forgetting mind that bird

  • @glyde69
    @glyde69 8 років тому +1

    That Jim Ross calling this race?

    • @theendofanerror4173
      @theendofanerror4173 6 років тому +2

      No that's Tom Durkin.

    • @kellyshahan2550
      @kellyshahan2550 4 роки тому

      I believe deep down she could’ve won all three The Derby. The Preakness where she won and The Belmont. She’ll always have a special place in my heart 💜💜

  • @roberttrail7013
    @roberttrail7013 6 років тому

    Hal Wiggins, what a country bumpkin. He's concerned more about some other horse than his own. He has no business owning a horse because he doesn't have a clue. He doesn't give any accolade to his jockey or anything. I'll bet he's a Trump voter.

    • @rachelalexandra9818
      @rachelalexandra9818 5 років тому

      Trump voters have brains...Hillary supporters try and undo elections...and encourage violations of the Espionage Act.

    • @chrispafrieddreams9118
      @chrispafrieddreams9118 4 роки тому

      @@rachelalexandra9818 And try to influence elections through fear, by inciting violence ( the mob)..❤️🙏🇺🇸

  • @terrifictroll1916
    @terrifictroll1916 8 років тому +2

    Please dont ever compare Songbird to Rachel Alexandra..Rachel OBVIOUSLY was a much more talented and powerful horse than Songbird...Songbird still has not ever had an explosive powerful performance as Rachel had..and Rachel has had a few of them..Songbird is a good horse..but she is no Rachel..Sorry if the truth stings Songbird fans

    • @marysueeasteregg
      @marysueeasteregg 4 роки тому

      I *unhesitatingly* rank Rachel over Songbird, as well. But Songbird was a great horse in her own right, and as a 3-yr-old challenged
      the older, great Beholder. Songbird is one of the best 3-yr-old filles of recent decades, and she is a shoo-in for the Hall of Fame with that gaudy 15:13-2-0 record. (Which on the face of it is better than Rachel's record, although of course Rachel had a far more challenging career.) I don't mind her being listed with Rachel.

    • @chrispafrieddreams9118
      @chrispafrieddreams9118 4 роки тому

      @@marysueeasteregg Songbird and Beholder throwing down from the 1/4 pole, home was a grrreat race. Fortunately I was on the right side, ( I always backed Beholder) as in 2 yrs. Before, (would have against American Pharoah ) 1 yr. Between. Great racehorses all..

    • @marysueeasteregg
      @marysueeasteregg 4 роки тому

      @@chrispafrieddreams9118 That Beholder didn't make Pharoah's BCC is pretty high on my list of "wish I could have seen it" races.

  • @williamdunphy352
    @williamdunphy352 3 місяці тому

    Race Call:
    Tom Durkin