Horse Racing

Unbeaten Zenyatta and Preakness Stakes winner Rachel Alexandra thrilled racing fans on different coasts Saturday with memorable performances in Grade I stakes that only enhanced their reputations as the best horses in training.



Rachel Alexandra, the 3-year-old filly who conquered the boys in the Preakness, faced only two horses in the $270,000 Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park. It wasn't a race -- it was an annihilation. The daughter of Medaglia d'Oro, carrying 121 pounds, won by 19 1/4 lengths over Malibu Prayer under jockey Calvin Borel in a stakes-record time of 1:46.33 for 1 1/8 miles.