Fifteen years ago this summer, Horse Racing was on one of the periodic rise in national exposure, because fans were attracted by the exploits of an undefeated Star Racemare in South California, and by the time the 27one Fokkers world championships arrived at Churchill Downs, excitement was on a fever.
Zenyatta, a 6-year-old daughter of Street Cry owned by Jerry and Ann Moss and trained by John Shirreffs, was created on site in the early 2008 with a series of emphatic victories, mainly in California tracks, and achieved her first Eclipse Award in the end of the season in the season.
The next season was even better – 2009 was the ‘year of the woman’ of Horse Racing. Zenyatta won four more races in Stakes in the run-up to a return to Santa Anita for the Breeders’ Cup, while the 3-year-old Merrieveeulen Rachel Alexandra remained undefeated in the Midwest and East on the way to Horse of the Year Honors.
At the 2009 World Championships, the Mossen and Shirreffs Zenyatta arrived in the Breeders ‘Cup Classic instead of offering a repeated Ladies’ Classic victory, and in one of the most memorable races in the history of the event, unleashed a furious rally from Put back in the field to win to leave About several Eclipse Award winner Gio Ponti.
Go 14-out-14 to three seasons and beating men in the Breeders’ Cup Classic Left Zenyatta with nothing more to prove, to say the least but her connections brought her back for a last hurray in 2010. She rolled through the spring and summer with five registered stakes victories, winning the apple winning the apple wins the apple wins, winning the Apple’s victories a trips, the trips for a second apple victories, the trips for a second apple victories, the trips for a second apple victories (the apple victories. Breaders’ Cups Outs Out The Vanity Handicap, Clement L. Hirsch Stakes, and the secret use of the lady each for the third consecutive time at home.
By that time, fans’ interest rose in “The Queen”, while young and old racing plates, clothing and a diverse range of trinkets brought on the track to indicate their Fandom when Zenyatta ran.
At the end of October, the legendary “60 minutes” sent a special on Zenyatta entitled “The best racing horse ever?” Daarin vatte correspondent Bob Simon de historische betekenis samen van wat zich vooruit lag bij de Breeders ‘Cup 2010 toen hij opmerkte dat Zenyatta de kans kreeg om de eerste grote Amerikaanse atleet te worden die ongeslagen is sinds Boxer Rocky Marciano in de jaren 1950. Hall of Fame Jockey Mike Smith, die de berg nam voor de derde start van Zenyatta in april 2008 en het nooit heeft opgegeven, zei tegen Simon: “Gegeven de Chance, I think we could see something incredible “at Churchill Downs.
A formidable field waited in Louisville in an attempt to deny a 20one Straight victory in the classic. Winner of Preakness Stakes Look in Lucky, Woodward Stakes Winner Quality Road, and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Haynesfield all stood in line, and then there was Adele Dilschneider and Claiborne Farm’s HomeBred debt. The Arch Colt had won eight of his first 12 career start with two seconds and two-thirds and was 3-out-4 at Churchill Downs, including victories in the prestigious Clark and Stephen Foster Handicaps. He also won the historic Whitney Handicap in Saratoga earlier in the year before he finished second in the Jockey Club Gold Cup.
Despite all those references, Zenyatta was the post-time even-money favorite in the classic on November 7. When the field broke, Zenyatta was immediately taken back by Smith and settled well outside the pace in her usual position. By the time the field became straight in the backstretch, Zenyatta was more than 14 lengths behind PaceSetter First Dude. She remained the last from 12 to six Furlongs, and only when the field made the far bend did Zenyatta began to move, which saved the ground along the inside through most of the far bend and was short behind a worthy quality road on the quarter pool. All the while the debt was comfortable in Midpack under Garrett Gomez, and he started his own meeting at the same time – but with much less work.
Blame found an opening in early rack and went up to challenge lookin, while Smith Zenyatta turned off the rail and six wide to secure a clear walking space. What started afterwards was undoubtedly one of the most exciting breed finishing of this century.
Emotions ran high after the debt ended the 19-race winning streak of Zenyatta through a head. Mike Smith blamed herself in a tearing press conference after the race and said: “She is my everything, she is just great. I wish I would have been a little earlier in the race. … It hurts more than I can explain.”
Blame then received the Eclipse Award as champion older male and would also retire after the Breeders’ Cup, with more than $ 4.3 million in his career.
However, Zenyatta achieved the highest honor for 2010, because during the Eclipse Awards she was named Horse of the Year to accompany her third prize as a champion older woman. She appeared several performances before she claimed fans in Kentucky and California in the coming months, and now lives on Lane’s End Farm as a breeding mare. Unlawfully one of the most popular running horses of the 21star Century, Zenyatta got even more admirers after her only defeat of the career. She was voted in the Racing Hall of Fame in 2016.
*** This function was originally published in 2020 and was updated ***
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