08/14/2026
TRAINER SPOTLIGHT:
Jimmy Scooter Dodwell
BEFORE RACHEL ALEXANDRA BECAME A LEGEND, SOMEONE HAD TO TEACH HER HOW TO BECOME A RACEHORSE.
Long before the trophies, the headlines and the history books, Rachel Alexandra was a young filly learning her craft.
One of the horsemen entrusted with that foundation was Jimmy “Scooter” Dodwell the trainer who worked with Rachel during her early development, taking raw talent and helping prepare her for the racetrack.
What followed became racing history.
Rachel Alexandra captured the 2009 Kentucky Oaks by an astonishing 20¼ lengths. She then became the first filly in 85 years to win the Preakness Stakes. She defeated older males in the Woodward Stakes, won the Haskell Invitational. She was undefeated 8-for-8 during her 3 year old campaign in 2009 and was crowned 2009 Horse of the Year. Rachel won $3.5 million in career earnings. She eventually received the highest honor being inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. To this day, many continuously debate if Rachel Alexander was the greatest filly of all time.
Champions like Rachel Alexandra possess extraordinary natural ability but turning that ability into a racehorse takes horsemanship, patience, repetition and an understanding of the individual horse.
That’s where the foundation begins.
Today, we’re incredibly proud to have Jimmy “Scooter” Dodwell as Head Trainer at AmeriRace Training Center, bringing decades of horsemanship and the experience of developing elite Thoroughbred talent to the next generation.
Because somewhere today, standing quietly in a paddock or taking those first lessons on the training track, could be another exceptional horse whose story hasn’t been written yet.
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