Rachel Alexandra
Bred by Dolphus Morrison, who raced the filly in partnership with Michael Lauffer. Rachel Alexandra was sired by Medaglia d'Oro, a multiple Grade I winner who retired with career earnings in excess of US$5.7 million.
Grandsire, El Prado, was the Irish Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and the Leading sire in North America in 2002. She was damed by Lotta Kim, sired by Claiborne Farm's multiple stakes winner, Roar.
Trained by Hal Wiggins, at age two, Rachel Alexandra's first important win came in late November at Churchill Downs in the Grade II Golden Rod Stakes in which she set a new stakes record.
She ended the year with a record of three wins and two seconds from six starts. Racing career
Ridden by regular jockey Calvin Borel, Rachel Alexandra, at age 3, made her debut on February 15, 2009, with an 8-length win in the Grade III Martha Washington Stakes at Oaklawn Park.
She then won the March 14 Grade II Fair Grounds Oaks in New Orleans on a sloppy track. On April 8 she returned to Oaklawn Park to easily win the Grade II Fantasy Stakes by 8¾ lengths.
On May 6, 2009, the filly scored the most impressive win of her career, running away from the field to win the Grade I Kentucky Oaks by 20 1/4 lengths.
Shortly after her Oaks victory, on May 6, 2009, it was announced that Rachel Alexandra was sold to Jess Jackson's Stonestreet Stables and Harold T. ESPN reported that she will be transferred to trainer Steve Asmussen.
2009 Preakness Stakes
Rachel Alexandra won the 2009 Preakness Stakes from the number 13 post, with Calvin Borel as her jockey. She was the first filly to win the Preakness since 1924, and the first horse to win from the outside position.
She is also the first Kentucky Oaks winner to both contest and win the race.
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