Breath-taking, chill tingling, and scintillating.
These are words that a I often don’t throw around in any sport.
On both coasts, two fillies are doing what they can to save the Sport of Kings.
Yesterday, watching Rachel Alexandra demolish two other fillies in the Mother Goose Stakes harken back to the days of Spectacular Bid’s sterling walk-over in the Jockey Club Gold Cup.
The fact she did it with such ease was awe inspiring.
The 19 lengths was the largest margin of victory in the race. She eclipsed Ruffians 13 lengths in 1975.
She has won seven straight. It gives me goose bumps when I watched it.
To say she is one of the best ever, might not be to far fetched.
Twenty-minutes later at Hollywood Park, Zenyatta needed a late burst to defeat Briecat and Dawn After Dawn in the stretch to extend her unbeaten streak to 11 in the Vanity Handicap.
What made Zenyatta’s race impressive wasn’t how many lengths she won by, it was the fact she was giving 13 to 19 pounds to her competitors.
So basically its like Joe Torosian running against Tim Peterson to see who will get to the buffet line first. No contest who wins that one.
Both fillies are quite professional and at this point in their careers are much better than any male counterpart.
The owners know how important their fillies are for the survival of the sport.
So for now we watch and wait to see if both fillies end up meeting down the line.
For those not into the sport, enjoy the beauty that and strength of those to fillies.
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