Preakness Stakes, Haskell Invitational and Woodward Stakes winner Rachel Alexandra has been named American Horse of the Year.

The filly beat Zenyatta for the award, obtaining 130 first-place votes to 99 for Zenyatta from a total of 232 votes.

Owner Jess Jackson told ESPN that “as long as Rachel is able to run and compete at the top level, we look forward to running at least another year,” and noted that her return to racing had only been delayed due to wet weather in New Orleans.

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Rachel Alexandra made history today, following up her wins in the Preakness Stakes and the Haskell Invitational to be the first filly to win the Woodward Stakes.

With Calvin Borel onboard, Rachel Alexandra started out from the 3 post against Bullsbay, Macho Again, Da’ Tara and Asiatic Boy. She took the lead on the backstretch, but never really broke free of the pack and at one stage looked like she might be overtaken.

But that’s not the Rachel Alexandra we know. Borel cracks the whip and the wonderfilly decided that she wasn’t interested in coming second, holding ofd a late charge from Macho Again.

Rachel Alexandra’s win in the Woodward is her ninth straight win and all that seals her horse of the year crown. Her record now stands at 11 wins in 14 starts for earnings of $2,948,354.

In case you missed it, here’s the Rachel Alexandra Woodward Stakes video:

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Three year old filly Rachel Alexandra followed up her win in the Preakness with first place in the $1.25m Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park today.

The filly, which many are calling the best race horse the United States at the moment, never looked tired, crossing the line a full 6 lengths clear of Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird.

Video of the race shows that the distance could have been far greater, with Calvin Borel easing off the gap became unbeatable on the heavy track.

Rachel Alexandra went into the race the short priced favorite at 1-2, having won six from six races this year. With the Haskell, she now has a racing record of 10 wins from 13 starts

Behind Summer Bird, Munnings was third, Papa Clem was fourth, then Duke of Mischief, Atomic Rain and Bunker Hill.

Haskell 2009 video as follows:

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