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Posted on Monday, January 18th, 2010
The Preakness Stakes winner Rachel Alexandra won the first matchup between horse racing’s leading ladies, beating out the Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Zenyatta for Horse of the Year.
“Someday we’ll meet, and we’ll decide at that time who’s the best,” Zenyatta’s owner Jerry Moss said of the possible matchup between the two on the race track.
Voters chose Rachel Alexandra for the year-end honor at the Eclipse Awards on Monday night at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The first filly to win the Preakness in 85 years received 130 votes to 99 for Zenyatta in one of the tightest, most widely debated competitions in years.
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Breeders’ Cup Results & Payouts: Zenyatta Wins The Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park
Posted on Saturday, November 7th, 2009
Undefeated Zenyatta stamped her name in horse racing history after beating her male competition to become the first female to win the $5-million Breeders’ Cup Classic, running her record to 14-0 in a race delayed briefly when Quality Road bucked violently in the starting gate.
Ridden by Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, the 5-year-old mare Zenyatta ran 1 1/4 miles in 2:00.62 and paid $7.60, $5.60 and $3.80 as the 5-2 horse wagering favorite. Gio Ponti returned $9.20 and $6.60, while Britain-bred Twice Over paid $7 to show.
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Zenyatta Likely To Run In The Breeders’ Cup Classic 2009
Posted on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Undefeated Zenyatta will put her 13-0 record on the line when she will most likely run against the boys in the $5-million Breeders’ Cup Classic on November 7 at Santa Anita Park.
Zenyatta was pre-entered in both the Breeders’ Cup Classic, together with the Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird and the Belmont Stakes and Travers Stakes winner Summer Bird, and the $2-million Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic on November 6.
The connections of the 5-year-old mare Zenyatta are leaning toward the Breeders’ Cup Classic pending the outcome of her final 6-furlong workout Saturday at Hollywood Park.
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Colonel John Heads Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita Park Opening Day December 26
Posted on Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
Santa Anita Derby and Travers Stakes winner Colonel John leads seven 3-year-olds into Friday’s $250,000 Malibu Stakes (G1) as Santa Anita Park traditionally opens its 72nd season on the day after Christmas.
Colonel John, winner of 5 of 10 starts while earning $1,468,830, has been assigned co-high-weight of 123 pounds and has the glossiest dossier of the Malibu Stakes field. However, the Kentucky-bred son of 2000 Horse of the Year Tiznow has not contested a sprint distance since breaking his maiden in his second start on October 7, 2007.
The WinStar Farm runner trained by Eoin Harty, Colonel John, is cutting back in distance from the 1 1/4-miles of the Breeders’ Cup Classic, in which he finished sixth following a nose victory in Saratoga‘s Travers Stakes (G1) at the same distance.
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