Both Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta turned in solid workouts today at their respective training bases.

Reigning Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra breezed five furlongs in 1:00 1/5 at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans. With regular exercise rider Dom Terry aboard, the 4-year-old filly broke off eagerly and zipped through early splits of :12, :23 4/5 and :35 3/5 before relaxing to go the half in :47 3/5 and gallop out six furlongs in 1:14 2/5. The work was the second-fastest of 19 on the day.

Rachel Alexandra, who was also the champion 3-year-old filly of 2009, is on track to make her first start of 2010 in the New Orleans Ladies Stakes, at a mile and a sixteenth on March 13 at the Fair Grounds. It will be her first start since winning the Woodward on Sept 5 at Saratoga. The filly has breezed every six days since returning to the worktab on Jan. 31. If the pattern continues, she could record three more works before the New Orleans Ladies.

Two-time champion older female Zenyatta worked an easy six furlongs in 1:14 flat at her home base of Hollywood Park.
The 6-year-old, who was second in Horse of the Year voting, went in company with unraced 4-year-old stablemate El Vino, who finished up a tick behind in 1:14 1/5.

Zenyatta is unraced since becoming the first female to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 7, stretching her record to a perfect 14-for-14 lifetime. The mare has worked every week since mid-January, after it was announced that owners Jerry and Ann Moss intended to campaign her in 2010 rather than retire her as expected.

Zenyatta is expected to make her season debut in the Grade I Santa Margarita Invitational, at a mile and an eighth on March 13 at Santa Anita.