Rachel Alexandra: Pedal to the Mettle

Rachel channels Lara Croft, fends off older males in historic Woodward

Special thanks to NYRA's Dan Silver, for the key to the city

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• rachel
• alexandra
• woodward
• 2009

[banjodawgg]

Great & entertaining (the gorilla!!!!) video!

Thanks so much, my heroine, Rachel A.!

[Floppydog]

I hear ya, Banjodawgg

[TroyStrait]

Rachel Won this with heart and grit. They could have continued racing her against fillies and she would have probably continued winning anywhere between 10 and 25 lengths. But to see her fight for a win against older males is very exciting. And its good for racing.

[ThePixiePoet]

@banjodawgg: The gorilla appearing is one of my favorite parts too!!

[queenluciaa]

@DBJKAJ

Rachel A. is GORGEOUS! Her upside-down Exclamation point adds to her everlasting brilliance. Too bad you can't see it.

[europeracing]

Of course its U-N-C-O-N-D-I-T-I-O-N-A-L...lo­ve for the Rachel Alexandra fans...

...because she can't win a Grade I anymore.

Rachel Alexandra was the most overhyped eastern-based press horse that I have seen since Easy Goer.

Here we have Macho Again breeding down in Venezuela because the Lexington, KY outfits wanted no part of him in the breeding shed, and you have a horse named "Mine That Bird" that will never win another Grade I event in his lifetime.

Keeping it real.

Just sayin...

[sylvesterseye]

@DBJKAJ You again? Did the Chuck E Cheese manager kick you out again? Go eat some rat poison you prick.

[DBJKAJ]

That Rachel Alexandra has one of the ugliest head markings I have ever seen.

[LJKingMT]

@ThePixiePoet Actually, the part of the flower is a "petal" -- a "pedal" is a lever as in the gas pedal in a vehicle or on a bicycle that you use to translate foot/leg energy into forward impulsion... Either way, Rachel is a class act with plenty of mettle. Great video -- really enjoyed it. Thanks for making it and sharing it with us, Floppy! :D

[Floppydog]

I meant it as pedal (vroom) to the mettle (pugnacity), but it's whatever you want it to be (corny but true)

Cool username, Bluecaterpillar

[ThePixiePoet]

Oh yes, you are right. Oh well. (I wasn't the one who made it up). But, hey, it still works with "Pedal" because she is like a race car where you can press the pedal down and accelerate... (These metaphors are getting really deep, man!)

[kadir1982]

i would have given literally my left nut to own a horse as wonderful as rachel is..jj is a very lucky man...hell, i d pick rachel over miss universe if i was ever to pick one :) she rocks, cant wait to see her againts zenyatta...

[bluecaterpillar]

Um, wouldn't that be 'petal' ?