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'Rachel' will pass on Breeders' Cup

By David Grening
Daily Racing Form

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

ELMONT, N.Y. - Owner Jess Jackson said Wednesday he would love to race his Preakness-winning filly Rachel Alexandra against the boys again this year, but that she would not run in any race in this year's Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita, and he suggested that she could run again next year as a 4-year-old. Jackson made those remarks during a conference call Wednesday to preview Rachel Alexandra's return to the races in Saturday's Grade 1, $300,000 Mother Goose at Belmont Park. Rachel Alexandra drew ...

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