Rachel Alexandra Wins Woodward Stakes at Saratoga
The great filly Rachel Alexandra just won the Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course surviving blistering fractions and holding off the fast closing Stephen Foster winner Macho Again by a head.
Rachel Alexandra was again ridden by jockey Calvin Borel and may have sewed up 2009 horse of the year honors in winning the Woodward Stakes.
She is the first filly to win the Woodward in a long time. Despite the small winning margin, it was a remarkable performance as she was pressed all the way in a place known as the “Graveyard of Favorites”, Saratoga.