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Posted on Saturday, January 16th, 2010
Horse of the Year candidate Zenyatta is coming out of a brief retirement and will return to the racetrack this year, creating the possibility of a long-awaited showdown with filly Rachel Alexandra.
Race horse owners Jerry and Ann Moss said Zenyatta would retire after becoming the first female to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic on November 7 at Santa Anita Park. Zenyatta finished the year winning all five of her races and appeared headed off to breeding with a 14-0 career mark.
After watching Zenyatta gallop at Hollywood Park on Saturday, Moss consulted with race horse trainer John Shirreffs and announced that the 6-year-old daughter of Street Cry will run in 2010.
“We saw her gallop today and I talked to Ann, and then I talked to John, and she looks too good,” Moss said in a statement. “It’s what she likes to do and that’s what we decided to do, so we’re going to run her.”
Moss did not say where Zenyatta will make her return, although she’s run almost exclusively in Southern California. One possibility is the Apple Blossom (G1) at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, where she won on the dirt two years ago.
That could also be the site of a showdown with the Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra.
The two leading ladies dominated the U.S. races in 2009 and are dueling for the Horse of the Year award, which will be announced on Monday at the Eclipse Awards dinner in Beverly Hills.
The connections for Rachel Alexandra, who won all of her eight races in 2009, have already indicated she’ll run again in 2010.
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