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Grade 1 winner Rachels Valentina, the only daughter of 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, has been retired from racing, owner-breeder Barbara Bankes Stonestreet Farm announced Sunday.We want to announce that Rachels Valentina will now retire from racing sound and injury-free, the farm posted on its blog. We look forward to sharing her babies with you, carrying on the legacy of Rachel the Great.Rachels Valentina, by Bernardini, won two of three starts last year as a juvenile for Stonestreet and trainer Todd Pletcher. Following her debut score at Saratoga, she earned her signature victory in the Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes before finishing second to the unbeaten champion Songbird in the Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies.Rachels Valentina returned to the races five months later to finish second to Weep No More in the Grade 1 Ashland Stakes at Keeneland. She was soundly beaten as the favorite in her last two outings, finishing sixth in the Kentucky Oaks and fifth in the Grade 1 Mother Goose Stakes.Rachels Valentina was the second foal out of Rachel Alexandra, who will be inducted into the racing Hall of Fame next month in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The mare experienced severe complications following the fillys birth, resulting in surgery and a lengthy clinic stay before she recovered and returned home to Stonestreet Farm in Lexington, Ky.Banke has said the champion will not be bred again. The mares full sister, Samantha Nicole, is also part of Stonestreets broodmare band and was covered by Bernardini this year for her first foal.Rachel Alexandras only other foal is Jesss Dream, a 4-year-old son of Curlin who won his only start last summer at Saratoga. Plagued by minor physical ailments throughout his career, he is now back in training with Kiaran McLaughlin, most recently breezing July 12 at Belmont. Wholesale Fake Vans . 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Robredo, ranked No. 16, bounced back from an upset loss to Leonardo Mayer in the second round of the Royal Guard Open in Chile last week to down Carreno Busta in 1 hour, 25 minutes. On a day filled mostly with qualifying matches, fifth-seeded Marcel Granollers of Spain also entered the second with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 win over Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia, while Guido Pella of Argentina defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 7-6 (6), 6-4 to advance. Fake Vans Old Skool . -- Ty Montgomery had 290 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns, and fifth-ranked Stanford held on to beat No. Sean Abbott does not want to see the laws of cricket changed to eradicate the use of bouncers because there will always be risks in the game, the inquest into the death of Phillip Hughes has heard.The third day of the inquest on Wednesday saw the release of Abbotts statement. It described the events of November 25, 2014 from his perspective as the unfortunate man to bowl the ball that tragically struck Hughes in the side of the neck, causing the arterial injury that led to his death in St Vincents Hospital two days later.Abbott has not been required to appear in the witness stand at the inquest, and in his statement he outlined how he does not wish to see the game irrevocably changed as a result of this most awful of events.I know there is a suggestion that the laws of the game be changed so that bouncers should not be bowled, Abbott wrote, but the same cricket ball will be hit and flying around whether bouncers are bowled or not. There will always be risks in the game.Nothing stands out to me as a change that should be made to cricket, except for maybe some more protective equipment and training on what to do if someone gets hit.Abbotts recollections of the moment Hughes was struck focused on how the batsman had been through his shot before the ball arrived. I think Phillip was a bit early through the shot, he wrote. If a batsman is early through the shot, it makes me think that the ball is slower than they had anticipated.I dont remember the ball being fast or slow. Maybe the wicket was a little bit slower that day. Thats the type of wicket at the SCG. After Phillip was struck, I saw him start to sway and I ran to the other end of the pitch and I held the right side of his head with my left hand.I remained on the field until after Phillip was placed on the medicab and then returned to the change room.Once in the change room I felt confused and upset, I had a headache, people kept coming up to me but I cannot remember what they said.It was all a bit of a blur and I felt like I was in a bit of a daze. I felt super tired. These feelings stayed with me for the next few days.Much of the inquest has probed the tactics emplloyed by NSW that day.dddddddddddd However Abbott echoed the words of his teammates Brad Haddin, Doug Bollinger and David Warner, plus Hughes batting partner Tom Cooper, that it had not been anything out of the usual for a Sheffield Shield match against a set batsman.I do not recall anything unusual about the day prior to the incident when Phillip was struck and I do not recall anything unusual about the bowling that day or in the lead-up to the incident, Abbott wrote. I do not recall any particular instructions being given to the NSW team at lunchtime on that day, or any discussion about a specific plan for the period after lunch, although there would have been a team chat.I cannot recall anything that suggested that either Phillip or Tom were uncomfortable before the incident and I cannot recall anything that indicated that any bowling tactics were making inroads on them. I felt the game that day was being played within the laws and spirit of cricket.Equally, Abbott had no recollection of any sledging between players beyond what he called competitive chat. I do not recall hearing or seeing any backchat or chatting with the batsmen and I personally dont recall talking to Phillip or Tom.I cannot say that backchat is common, however, it is common for bowlers to talk to batsmen in the sense of having a competitive chat. For example, bowlers can let batsmen know that there are no fielders in a particular area and that they should hit the ball there.However, I cannot recall any sledging that day, nor do I recall any complaints being made about sledging.Abbott wrote too of his admiration for Hughes as a cricketer. The pair had made their Twenty20 international debuts for Australia together in Dubai earlier in 2014. I always looked up to Phillip. He was a tough competitor, Abbott wrote. I always knew that I would have to work hard to get him out. I dont think I had ever got him out.Other statements, by Haddin, Warner and Cooper, were also released on Wednesday. The inquest continues until Friday. ' ' '