WORKOUT 4-19-2010

On Monday morning April 19, 2010 at about 6:30am, with regular rider Dominic Terry aboard, Rachel Alexandra worked six furlongs in a lightening 1:11.40 over a fast track at Churchill Downs in Louisville Kentucky. She set fractional times of 12.40 for the first furlong, :24.40 for the quarter mile, then :36.20 for 3 furlongs, :48 for the half mile, then :59.40 for 5 furlongs, and galloped out seven furlongs in 1:24.10, and a mile in 1:37.80.

The digital clocker from Daily Racing Form reported splits of 12.56, 24.28, 36.16, 47.67, and 59.29 seconds, and six furlongs at 1:11.22 before galloping out seven furlongs in 1:24.41 and a mile in 1:37.76.

Rachel gets freshened up after her workout

“She worked crazy good,” Asmussen said in a release."The racetrack obviously was playing very quick this morning." “She’s had three works here since she’s been here and they have been extremely ‘Rachelesque.’ I’m happy to see her putting in work like she did last year.”

Her work was the fastest of seven at that distance on the track. This is the 5th workout since her last race.