Rachel Alexandra Loses Again

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Rachel Alexandra, the reigning Horse of the Year, could not find a finishing gear or her characteristic grit and was beaten in a stirring stretch duel with a determined Unrivaled Belle in the $400,000 La Troienne Stakes on Friday at Churchill Downs.

It was her second setback since returning to the races this year as a 4-year-od and stunned a packed Churchill Downs crowd, most of soccer jerseys whom fully expected that Rachel Alexandra would run away from the field the way she did here last year in a reputation-making record 20¼-length victory in the Kentucky Oaks.

“She’s just not been as fast as last summer,” her trainer, Steve Asmussen, said after Friday’s loss. “She ran a good race, but not a great race.”
Santonio Holmes escorted off flight for being ‘disruptive’
New York Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes(notes) is pushing his luck.
According to a television report, Holmes was escorted off a flight for being a "disruptive passenger."
He wasn't arrested, soccer jerseys though.
Per the report, Holmes refused to turn off his iPod during the flight's descent.
Holmes was traded to the Jets from the Pittsburgh Steelers for a fifth-round pick. The former Super Bowl MVP is suspended for the first four games of the regular season for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy.
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