Filly & the Mare

This is not brain surgery: I do not know how fit Rachel Alexandra will be after Monday's workout at Churchill Downs, but NO WAY should she run in the Belmont Stakes.
As I have been saying since she crossed the finish line in the Preakness a length ahead of the fast-closing Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, this filly has nothing to prove _ to anyone. Are you listening Mr. Jackson? And thank you Hal Wiggins, Rachel's former trainer before Jess Jackson bought her for what seems to be a number in the $12 million to $14 million. He told Jerry Bossert of the NY Daily News he believes Rachel can get the job done going 1 1/2 miles three weeks after winning the Preakness and five weeks and a day after winning the Kentucky Oaks. But he added: "I'd be surprised if they run her. They don't have a whole lot more to prove." Thanks Hal. The next challenge: ZENYATTA (pictured left) the champion older female of 2008 who is now 10-for-10 after winning the Milady Handicap at Hollywood Park over the weekend. Now that's a race I'd love to see, and who cares where it is? Except my preference is Saratoga, say in the Alabama in August ...