Posts tagged Zenyatta
Zenyatta ‘training very forwardly’
Nov 3rd
When Zenyatta lost out to Rachel Alexandra in the vote for the 2009 Horse of the Year title one of the reasons that was put forward was that her record was built on races run on synthetic tracks rather than the traditional dirt tracks on which America bases its racing heritage. Her trainer, John Shirreffs, [...]
Zenyatta helps with Breeders’ Cup sales pitch
Nov 2nd
For those putting on the big show keeping the star of the show happy can be a tough deal. And when that star is a world famous diva, extra supplies of valium could be a wise order but Greg Avioli is not worried. As the president and CEO of the Breeders’ Cup it is Avioli’s [...]
Zenyatta impresses in final gallop
Oct 31st
She is ready. That was the verdict of jockey Mike Smith after he rode Zenyatta in her final work at Hollywood Park before she travels to Kentucky. The queen of American racing will be defending her crown when she runs in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs next Saturday and Smith believes that anyone [...]
Zenyatta working well at Hollywood
Oct 29th
The theory about strength in numbers does not always work out. Todd Pletcher leads the field most of the time in terms of success in America but, when it comes to the Breeders’ Cup, he is neck-and-neck with John Shirreffs in the most important statistic of all. In the last 10 years Pletcher has saddled [...]
Why does Zenyatta keep winning?
Oct 28th
The rest of us have watched in awe, including those trying to beat her, as Zenyatta has galloped herself into the record books and her rivals into submission. The inside track, not the path closest to the rail, but the information from those closest to a horse is always a prized knowledge so if any [...]
Strong European challenge for Breeders’ Cup
Oct 27th
Having set records in Santa Anita for the past two years in the Breeders’ Cup, the European challenge for this season’s meeting will be hoping to avoid they fate they met when it was held at Churchill Downs in 1998. Then the best they could muster collectively manage was a third place for Swain in [...]
Goldikova ready for Breeders’ Cup
Oct 26th
Zenyatta may the undisputed queen of American racing but she may have to share some of the limelight at next month’s Breeders’ Cup meeting at Churchill Downs. While Zenyatta will be attempting to end a perfect career, with a 20th successive victory, in defending her title in the Classic there is another mare who will [...]
Zenyatta good in latest workout
Oct 23rd
Zenyatta is good. No, Zenyatta may be one of the best we have seen. John Shirreffs knows it and his worry is that the mare who goes to Churchill Downs in a fortnight to defend her unbeaten record knows it too. They say you cannot rush genius but when that genius is an athlete, human [...]
Richard’s Kid out of Breeders’ Cup Classic
Oct 20th
At a time when just about everyone else is trying to find a horse good enough to take to Churchill Downs next month for the Breeders’ Cup, one man has decided to go the other way. In fact all the way to Dubai. Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed al-Maktoum, owner of Richard’s Kid, has elected not [...]
Zenyatta ready for the Breeders’ Cup Classic
Oct 17th
While Zenyatta was taking a gentle canter around her home track of Hollywood Park her trainer, John Shirreffs, was in Keeneland to saddle Harmonious in the Grade One Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup, which she won. The filly, already the winner of the American Oaks, would be a star in most other barns but there [...]
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