Rachel Alexandra wins again!

Rachel Alexandra won the 134th running of the Preakness Stakes

Saturday, becoming the first filly to win the second leg of The Triple

crown since 1924. The female horse took the early lead and held on

at the end of the 1 3/16 miles at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.

Calvin Borel, who rode Mine That Bird in the Kentucky Derby,

switched to Rachel Alexandra and guided her to a sixth straight victory.

Rachel Alexandra beat Mine That Bird, ridden by Hall of Fame

jockey Mike Smith, by a length. Musket Man finished third.

She paid $5.60, $4.60 and $3.60. Mine That Bird paid $6.60 and $4.80,

and Musket Man returned $5 on a show bet.
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What is surprising to me that Mine That Bird was so close, she

only won by a length. When she won the Oakwood, she won

by twenty and one half length or somewhere between 164 and

184 and 1/2 feet or between 2.3 and 3 percent of the entire length

of the race. That's a pretty fur piece if I do say so myself. Now, we

can all lean back and see how long she keeps this up.