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In a league of her own

By Ray Paulick
Special to ESPN.com

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Rachel Alexandra first hit my radar screen in a big way on March, 14, the day she won the Fair Grounds Oaks in Louisiana by "only" 1 ¾ lengths. I was sitting in the press box at Oaklawn Park, getting ready for an afternoon of big prep races for the Kentucky Derby -- the Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn, the San Felipe at Santa Anita, Tampa Bay Derby from Tampa Bay Downs, and Louisiana Derby from the Fair Grounds. While I was poring over the past performances for those races, an old friend, handicapper P ...

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