Steve Gann
Sandra 1Zenyatta: The Lady Is A Champ
April 10th 2010 04:35
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Zenyatta: The Lady Is A Champ
Zenyatta now has wins over Grade 1 winning horses Gio Ponti, Twice Over, 2009 Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird, Colonel John, Richard's Kid, 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, Rip Van Winkle, Einstein, Ginger Punch, Hystericalady, Life Is Sweet, Tough Tiz's Sis, Romance Is Diane, Double Trouble, Sealy Hill, Cocoa Beach, Santa Teresita, Carriage Trail, and Music Note.
She had been rumored to be retiring this year after the Santa Anita meet last December as she bid farewell to her admirers with a jog around the grandstand with her patented dance moves in what at the time looked to be the final parade of her horse racing career.
Other accomplishments in her long and glorious career:
All-time leading female horse in North America with winnings of $5,474,580.
On January 18, 2010, Zenyatta won The Eclipse Award for top Older Female of the 2009 season
On November 24, 2009, Santa Anita Park announced the renaming of the G1 Lady's Secret Stakes, a race Zenyatta won in both 2008 and 2009, after the unbeaten champion.
Zenyatta was the runnerup to tennis player Serena Williams in the voting for the 2009 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year.
Total Career Wins:
1st Apple Blossom Handicap 1 1/8 m Mike E. Smith 1:50.71 I Oaklawn Park Taptam
1st Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap 1 1/8 m Mike E. Smith 1:48.20 I Santa Anita Park Dance To My Tune
1st Breeders' Cup Classic 1 1/4 m Mike E. Smith 2:00.62 I Santa Anita Park Gio Ponti
1st Lady's Secret Stakes 1 1/16 m Mike E. Smith 1:424 I Santa Anita Park Lethal Heat
1st Clement L. Hirsch Stakes 1 1/16 m Mike E. Smith 1:431 I Del Mar Race Track Anabaa's Creation
1st Vanity Handicap 1 1/8 m Mike E. Smith 1:48 I Hollywood Park Briecat
1st Milady Handicap 1 1/16 m Mike E. Smith 1:421 II Hollywood Park Life Is Sweet
1st Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic 1 1/8 m Mike E. Smith 1:46.85 I Santa Anita Park Cocoa Beach
1st Lady's Secret Stakes 1 1/16 m Mike E. Smith 1:401 I Santa Anita Park Hystericalady
1st Clement L. Hirsch Handicap 1 1/16 m Mike E. Smith 1:412 II Del Mar Race Track Model
1st Vanity Handicap 1 1/16 m Mike E. Smith 1:492 I Hollywood Park Tough Tiz's Sis
1st Milady Handicap 1 1/16 m Mike E. Smith 1:41 II Hollywood Park Santa Teresita
1st Apple Blossom Handicap 1 1/16 m Mike E. Smith 1:423 I Oaklawn Park Brownie Points
1st El Encino Stakes 1 1/16 m David Flores 1:403 II Santa Anita Park Tough Tiz's Sis
1st Allowance 1 1/16 m David Flores 1:404 None Hollywood Park Quite a Stormkat
1st Maiden 6.5 Furlongs David Flores 1:151 None Hollywood Park Carmel Coffee
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