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by Chris Lombardi
It happened in one minute and 55 seconds, too quickly to cheer properly: the first filly since 1924 to win the iconic Preakness Stakes. "The lady is a champ," The Daily News reported gleefully:
photo, Will Kenser Rachel Alexandra, the filly whose jockey chose her over the prom king winner of the Kentucky Derby, held off her hard-charging rival in the 134th Preakness Stakes Saturday at Pimlico, scoring a diminishing-length victory over Mine That Bird, and added some badly needed sex appeal to the Triple Crown.
Read more, and see video, at Women's Voices For Change.
