Closing weekend @TheNYRA @Saratoga1863 used to mean Woodward weekend. No Woodward (anywhere) this year, but can't forget Rachel Alexandra raising "the rafters here at the Spa!"

Sep 4, 2026 · 3:25 PM UTC

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Replying to @EJXD2 @TheNYRA @Saratoga1863
She is the greatest racehorse I have ever seen, bar none. A 3 yo filly campaign for the ages.
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One of those seasons where it's impossible to think it can ever even be attempted to happen again let alone actually happen
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Replying to @EJXD2 @TheNYRA @Saratoga1863
I always liked Calvin Borel on horses I bet. He was superb with front-runners and he was also not "afraid of the wood" and would go into gaps other people would not.
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His ride on Atta Boy Roy in 2010 on @kentuckyderby day @churchilldowns was insane.
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She couldn’t win a race as a 4 year old so had to retire. Never one a breeders cup race . Trying winning the derby as a filly like winning colors did. Great horses are great from when they step on the track to when they retire.
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She won the fleur de lis at four
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Replying to @EJXD2 @TheNYRA @Saratoga1863
Being on the apron for that one was insanity! @ErnieMunick
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Only 21 strikes , would’ve owed Hisa 2 mil
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Rachel. Alexandra. The. Great. !!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Was such an awesome day. Luckily I was able to see her win the Preakness & the Woodward that year!
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Thx for posting. Haven’t seen this 1 in yrs. Classic. Rachel was a great 1. After that 22 4/5s opening 1/4 w a great front runner in Da Tara everyone at 2nd floor simulcast at Churchill was yelling she done… wrong 😂🤣😂
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Replying to @EJXD2 @TheNYRA @Saratoga1863
That Woodward call is one of those pieces of race audio that permanently attaches itself to a meeting. Closing weekend can change shape; the old soundtrack still turns up.
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Rachel was an amazing filly. Saratoga isn’t the same anymore
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They changed the hopeful and put it on Sunday !
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The grandstand was indeed shaking!
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Why isn't it running this year??? 20 Hall of Famers won that race.
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A great performance, but she was never the same afterwards. Lucky that racing didn’t have another Ruffian situation on its hands.
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Loudest I’ve ever heard the ground floor of the clubhouse at Saratoga!!
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Replying to @EJXD2 @UrbnHandicapper @TheNYRA @Saratoga1863
idk why the moved the woodward from saratoga-with this race and others it was building a history at Saratoga and then this witched it either tge JCGC
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Replying to @EJXD2 @TheNYRA @Saratoga1863
Taking a break after today, liked the 31 to 1 ten horse 🐎 and then didn't use him. Maybe opening day at Belmont.
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I was there and atest to the foundation shaking noise during that stretch run. I am really hopeful they bring the Woodward back but move it to the spring on Wood Memorial Day. Maybe even create a new Handicapping or Older Horse Triple Crown of sorts (call it whatever you want) that would be the Woodward, Whitney, and JCGC.
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One of the best!
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For my $$$$, one of the greatest race horses I ever saw, her 3yo campaign was amazing….
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More racing corruption
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Good thing they didn’t have any crop rules back then….
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Who did she beat?
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Replying to @EJXD2 @TheNYRA @Saratoga1863
Was sitting in the clubhouse at the 1/16 pole for that race. One of the greatest races I’ve ever witnessed in person. The rafters really were shaking and I’m not exaggerating. Well, maybe just a very little but mostly accurate.
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what a call by Tom Durkin
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Times have changed 🏇
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Monday card is horrible
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