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Zenyatta (foaled April 1, 2004) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Breeders' Cup Classic and Breeders' Cup Distaff and 19 of her 20 starts. She was the 2010 American Horse of the Year , and Champion Older Female in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Zenyatta's 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic win and her 19-1 record established her as one of the greatest ... she had entered the bidding ring with a skin rash. The size of horse was a plus for ...
Zenyatta in the post parade. Instead, the favorite for the race was Zenyatta, who in 2008 had won the Ladies Classic and was named the Champion Older Female Horse. Zenyatta came into the Classic undefeated in thirteen career starts and was, with Rachel Alexandra, one of the most popular horses in recent memory. However, some handicappers ...
The Zenyatta Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, age three and older the distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt scheduled annually in September at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.
In 2012, a lifesize bronze of Zenyatta was unveiled prior to the running of the race renamed in her honor. [18] Since 1950, Santa Anita Park has annually presented the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award to a rider who demonstrates high standards of personal and professional conduct, on and off the racetrack.
Measurement October at age of 2 October at age of 3 Height (at withers) 16 3 ⁄ 4 hands (64.75 inches, 164 cm) 16.1 1 ⁄ 2 hands (65.5 inches, 166 cm) Point of shoulder to point of shoulder (chest width) 16 inches (41 cm) 16.5 inches (42 cm) Girth (around center of gravity) 74 inches (188 cm) 76 inches (193 cm) Withers to point of shoulder
Zenyatta (turquoise cap) saves ground around the far turn. The Breeders' Cup Classic was the most anticipated race of the 2009 event, especially because of the decision by the connections of mare Zenyatta to enter her against male horses in the race instead of attempting to defend her title in the Ladies Classic (aka the Distaff).
The highlight of the day was the much anticipated performance of Zenyatta who was vying for her 20th consecutive victory and second Breeders' Cup Classic. [2]