Haskell Invitational G1

Rachel Alexandra proved herself to be one of the great ones as she destroyed some very good colts in the Haskell Invitational. It will be interesting to see where her connections will decide to run her next. Since their objective is Horse of the Year will she next appear in the Travers? Seems like a awful lot to ask of her, but a win in the Travers over the colts would probably be all she needs.



One thing to keep in mind when reading this blog is that the racing indexes of these major stakes winners are not updated after each race. For instance, Rachel Alexandra's index was shown as 62.79 after she won the Kentucky Oaks. Since then she has won the Preakness Stakes, Mother Goose Stakes and Haskell Invitational, tow of which have $1,000,000 purses and yet her index is stall shown as 62.79. Obviously by year end it will be much higher when upgraded. Remember, for our purposes we don't care if Rachel Alexandra's index is 63 or 126, it is her dam Lotta Kim's index of 12.71 that we are interested in. Once Rachel Alexandra showed herself to be a high indexed horse we then are interested in what sort of racemare produced her. Lotta Kim raced two years with 2 wins in 4 starts with earnings of $146,485. she won the Tiffany Lass Stakes and ran 2nd in the Golden Rod Stakes G2. Lotta Kim's racing index of 12.71 is near the top of the range of racing indexes most likely to produce high indexed runners.

Haskell Invitational G1
Rachel Alexandra 63.79 Lotta Kim 12.71

Diana Stakes G1
Forever Together 55.71 Constant Companion unr

West Virginia Derby G2
Soul Warrior 25.66 Urmia unr

Go For Wand Handicap G1
Seventh Street 30.82 Holiday Runner 5.54

Coaching Club American Oaks G1
Funny Moon 14.81 Fun Crowd unr

Sanford Stakes G2
Backtalk 17.16 Apasionata Sonata 7.66

San Clemente Handicap G2
Starlarks 6.68 Violet .68

Jim Dandy Stakes G2
Kensei 22.84 Private Feeling .97

San Diego Handicap G2
Informed 9.91 Cajun Two Step 1.99

Fourstardave Handicap G2
Justenuffhumor 13.32 Justenuffheart .65