Breaking News! Girl Power in My 40s

Here are some fabulous photos of two amazing girls, Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta. I found these on the images center of google and one is taken by the talented Vanessa Ng and the others by unnamed sports photographers. After Rachel won the Mother Goose Stakes handily this past weekend, news reports came out that the trainers of the two top girls are thinking about having them race against each other in some mix-up in the future or a match race.

Zenyatta is the 2004 filly by Street Cry with the astonishing record of 11 wins out of 11 starts. She won the Breeeder's Cup Ladies Classic last year and she also gave the "moment of the year" in one sports tally. She ended up earning the 2008 Eclipse Champion Older Female award. She has an obviously impressive record for a girl who didn't start racing until she was 3!

And, of course, our Rachel Alexandra is a big old powerhouse herself. She is the 2006 filly by Medaglia Doro and has a 12: 9-2-0 record. She's a machine, a big beautiful powering machine! This year, among her victories was a string of mind-blowing races. She won the Fairground Oaks, the Kentucky Oaks, the Preakness Stakes, the Martha Washington, the Fantasky Stakes, and then this past weekend the Mother Goose. She scared off the competition in the latter, and only raced against two others who she soundly beat. The Preakness hadn't been won by a filly in 86 years, so this girl is a big deal.

It makes me happy to see that in 2009, when I am 45 years old, racing is acknowledging the coolness of the fillies and focusing on these champion feminine athletes. The trainer and owner of Rachel Alexandra even have her signature color as pink and are donating part of her winnings to the Susan Komen cancer fund. They were giving out pink Rachel Alexandra rubber bracelets at the race this past weekend. Sure would have loved to get one of those!

Anyway, as always, here's to the girls! Violet, Hailee and Renny are so proud!