Zenyatta
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Re: Zenyatta
Zenyatta is a 5yr old TB racing mare who easily won the Breeder's Cup Classic racing against "the boys" to win handily yesterday. She also won last year's Breeder's Cup Ladies Classic and her race record is an impressive 14 wins from 14 races. I watched a YouTube of her race and she won it easily; ears up, happy and ready for [i]MORE[/i]. What a mare!
She was also being discussed and/or compared with Rachel Alexandra, who won the Preakness Stakes of the Triple Crown series of races in addition to 8 other prestigous wins.
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Here are some pics!
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Calvin Borel on Mine That Bird
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Mike Smith on Zenyatta
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Passing us the first time. Zenyatta was in dead last.
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Matt (my hubby) was having a heart attack that she was waiting so late to move. I told him to relax. ;)
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Blazing up to pass the boys!
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My winning ticket! Bet $50, came home with $190!
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Was such a great experience!
A link to the race for those interested.
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Nice photos, SwingHorse! That place was such a zoo, it was hard to get close enough to even see what was going on, let alone get good shots.
I was there with my measly point-and-shoot--here are the birds:
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and here's Zenyatta with her entourage and her entourage's entourage, bigwigs in the foreground
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I was a little worried--she was getting riled up beforehand (although I'm not sure how much of that was her hamming it up versus getting freaked out by the screaming fans), then there were the loading debacles, and then she blew the start. But it didn't matter in the end :D
Oh, and she is [i]huge[/i]! This was my first time seeing her in person... :shock: