Travel Column Heads Rachel Alexandra Stakes

OXO Equine’s Vacation Column will try to start her sophomore year the way she finished her juvenile marketing campaign when she normally takes on eight other fillies in the $300,000 Rachel Alexandra Stakes Presented by Fasig-Tipton (G2) Feb. 13 at Truthful Grounds Race Class & Slots.

The Frosted  filly experienced by Brad Cox received two of a few races final season, scoring on debut at Churchill Downs in September and rallying after a crowded start out to choose the Golden Rod Stakes (G2) there in November. In between these two initiatives she was 3rd in the Darley Alcibiades Stakes (G1) at Keeneland.

Journey Column will crack from post 8 under Florent Geroux.

Stonestreet Stables’ homebred Clairiere also returns from the Golden Rod. Just after profitable first time out in Oct at Churchill, she arrived functioning in the Golden Rod but was 2nd 1 length behind Vacation Column. The Curlin  filly trained by Steve Asmussen is the to start with foal out of Stonestreet’s several grade 1 winner Cavorting. Joe Talamo will be aboard for the initial time from the rail.

Travel Column and Clairiere picked up 10 and 4 factors, respectively, on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks in the Golden Rod. The Rachel Alexandra, operate at the same 1 1/16-mile distance, has even additional details on the line with a scale of 50-20-10-5.

Clairiere is just one of two fillies in the Rachel Alexandra that is Triple Crown nominated together with Are living Oak Plantation’s Souper Sensational, a winner in her to start with two begins at Woodbine, including the Wonderful Song Stakes, and runner-up in the Silverbulletday Stakes at Fair Grounds. Mark Casse trains Souper Sensational, a different Curlin daughter, who will be ridden by Declan Carroll from write-up 2.

Lothenbach Stables’ homebred Charlie’s Penny returns in the Rachel Alexandra off a earn in the Silverbulletday, in which she drew off by 3 1/4 lengths. The Minnesota-bred daughter of Race Working day experienced by Chris Block raced all around two turns for the first time in the Silverbulletday at a single mile and 70 yards. She’ll be reunited with jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. from the outside the house article.

Silverbulletday third-position finisher Moon Swag, a black-form winner in New Mexico ahead of transferred to coach Brendan Walsh, and fifth-spot finisher Littlestitous, a runaway stakes winner at Delta Downs in December, will also return in the Rachel Alexandra. 

Very last out allowance winners Becca’s Rocket and Zoom Up will move up to stakes business for the to start with time in the Rachel Alexandra. Rounding out the discipline is Off We Go, next at the allowance amount previous out after running fifth in the Songbird Stakes in November at Keeneland.