By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine

This Saturday the final and most demanding leg of the Triple Crown horse race will be run at Belmont Park in New York, but absent the winner of the Preakness Stakes, filly Rachel Alexandra.  Owner Jess Jackson believes the filly would benefit from more time between races. “We know the media and many fans would have liked to see her run in the Belmont Stakes – we feel the same,” Jackson said in a press release.

But Rachel Alexandra’s fame and fortune won’t end with the decision to not run in the Belmont Stakes. This young lady will be featured in the August edition of  Vogue Magazine.  Vogue’s editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, was inspired by Rachel’s victory over the field of boys in the Preakness Stakes and ordered a photo shoot for last week at Churchill Downs in Kentucky. The Associated Press reports that Rachel is “a clotheshorse without the clothes.”

“Wintour was at the Preakness Stakes and was inspired like so many other women,” said Carolina Shaw, a spokesperson for the owner, Jess Jackson family. 

Rachel Alexandra is 5 for 5 this year, including wins in the Fair Grounds Oaks (March 14), Fantasy at Oaklawn Park (April 5), Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs (May 1), and Preakness Stakes (May 16).  It is unlikely that Rachel Alexandra’s racing career is not over by any means, but if more races are not in the future, there’s always her modeling career.  Rachel beat out 12 male horses in order to win the coveted Preakness Stakes and has become a symbol of female triumph for many women.