Preakness heroine Rachel Alexandra will make her first start since winning the middle jewel of the Triple Crown on Saturday, June 27 at Belmont Park, where she will face fellow three-year-old fillies in the Grade 1, $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes.

“Rachel is rested, healthy and ready to run,” announced co-owner Jess Jackson on Wednesday, nearly three weeks after he decided to rest his star rather than run her in the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes against colts on June 6.

At the time, Jackson expressed concern that a start so soon after her historic Preakness win would be asking too much and said she deserved “a well-earned vacation." Had she run in the third leg of the Triple Crown, it would have set up a rematch with Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, who finished second in the Preakness and wound up third in the Belmont behind victorious Summer Bird and Dunkirk.

After watching exercise rider Dominic Terry work Rachel Alexandra on Monday morning under the newly installed temporary lights at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Jackson committed to running her at Belmont Park, which will mark her first appearance in New York.

“On Monday, she turned in a very strong six furlong work galloping out seven furlongs around the clubhouse turn in 1:24.80,” said Jackson of Rachel Alexandra, who is expected to arrive at Belmont Park on Tuesday, June 23.

A winner of six straight races under regular rider Calvin Borel, dating back to Nov. 29, 2008, Rachel Alexandra last faced fillies at Churchill Downs on May 1, when she rolled to a 20 1/4-length victory in the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks. Overall, she has won eight of 11 career starts and earned more than $1.6 million.

Her other major victories include the Golden Rod Stakes (2008), Martha Washington Stakes (2009), Fair Grounds Oaks (2009), and Fantasy Stakes (2009).

Likely to face Rachel Alexandra in the 1 1/8th mile Mother Goose are Godolphin Stables’ Flashing, winner of four of her five starts including the Grade 3 Nassau County on May 2, Alan Brodsky’s Don’t Forget Gil, no worse than third in seven of her eight starts, and Edward P. Evans’ Malibu Prayer, 2-0-2 from four starts this year. West Point Thoroughbreds’ Justwhistledixie, whose five-race winning streak was snapped when she finished second in the Grade 1 Acorn on June 6, and Stewart L. Armstrong’s Dream Play, the Grade 2 Comely winner who was off the board in the Acorn, are questionable. Both are trained by Kiaran McLaughlin.

The Mother Goose, which will be run for the 53rd time on June 27, boasts among its winners such stars as Music Note (2008), Serena’s Song (1995), Sky Beauty (1993), Meadow Star (1991), Go for Wand (1990), Davona Dale (1979), Ruffian (1975), Shuvee (1969), Dark Mirage (1968) and Cicada (1962).

Foaled in 2006, Rachel Alexandra is out of Lotta Kim, a daughter of multiple stakes winner, Roar. Rachel Alexandra was sired by 2002 Jim Dandy and Travers winner Medaglia d'Oro, who also won the 2003 Whitney at Saratoga Race Course before retiring with earnings of more than $5.7 million.