Aledean

Hasslefree Rachel Alexandra Score For Unbeaten Good Cheer

Only briefly giving her backers worry, Good Cheer (f, 3, Medgalia d'Oro--Wedding Toast, by Street Sense) rolled home the easiest of winners in the GII Rachel Alexandra Stakes and claimed 25 points toward the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. On a four-race win streak which started last August in her debut at Horseshoe Indianapolis, the Godolphin homebred followed that effort up with a 17-length victory against allowance runners at Churchill Downs and never slowed down from there. Claiming the Listed Rags to Riches Stakes Oct. 27 and the GII Golden...

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Sunday Insights: First-Year Sires Well Represented In Sunday Maiden Action

6th-SAR, 90K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 3:53 p.m. Debuting in a New York-bred maiden spot Sunday, CHARLOTTE'S HEART (Authentic) went home to Live Oak Plantation on a final bid of $725,000 at FTSAUG last year. Dam Achalaya, who herself sold for $725,000 at KEENOV carrying Charlotte's Heart in utero, has already produced MGISW and new Mill Ridge Farm stallion Casa Creed (Jimmy Creed) and GSW Chess's Dream (Jess's Dream). TJCIS PPS 6th-ELP, 71K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 3:26 p.m. Representing another first-crop sire Sunday, Aledean (Game Winner) was a...

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