DEL MAR, Del Mar, CA
| 1 | Zenyatta | Margin: head | BRIS: 95 | TrueNicks: A | $180,000 |
2004 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Street Cry (IRE) - Vertigineux, Kris S.
Sire: Street Cry (IRE) , Bay, 1998. Raced 3 years. 12 starts, 5 wins, $5,150,837. Lifetime: 399 yearlings sold, median $90,000.
Broodmare Sire: Kris S., Dark Bay or Brown, 1977.
Sale History:
Keeneland 2005 September Yearling Sale, $60,000.
| 2 | Anabaa's Creation (IRE) | Margin: ¾ | BRIS: 95 | TrueNicks: C+ | $60,000 |
2004 | Bay Mare | Anabaa - Premiere Creation (FR), Green Tune
Sire: Anabaa, Bay, 1992. Raced 2 years. 13 starts, 8 wins, $482,394. Lifetime: 499 yearlings sold, median $83,050.
Broodmare Sire: Green Tune, Chestnut, 1991. In 2009: 1.33 AEI.
Sale History:
Goff's Orby Million Sale 2005, ($120,140).
| 3 | Lethal Heat | Margin: 3½ | BRIS: 94 | TrueNicks: B+ | $36,000 |
2005 | Bay Filly | Unusual Heat - Lethal Leta, Synastry
Sire: Unusual Heat, Dark Bay or Brown, 1990. Raced 4 years. 16 starts, 6 wins, $142,605. Lifetime: 74 yearlings sold, median $23,000.
Broodmare Sire: Synastry, Bay, 1983. In 2009: .56 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2009 Mixed Sale, $425,000.
Barretts Equine Limited May 2007 Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, ($25,000).
Barretts Equine Limited October 2006 Yearling Sale, ($49,000).
Others: Life Is Sweet, $18,000; Dawn After Dawn, $6,000; Tidal Dance; Champagne Eyes.
Scratched: Patricia's Gem; Hot n' Dusty; Briecat.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zenyatta | Mike E. Smith | John A. Shirreffs |
| 2 | Anabaa's Creation (IRE) | Tyler Baze | Julio C. Canani |
| 3 | Lethal Heat | Joseph Talamo | Barry Abrams |
| 4 | Life Is Sweet | Garrett K. Gomez | John A. Shirreffs |
| 5 | Dawn After Dawn | Alonso Quinonez | John W. Sadler |
| 6 | Tidal Dance | Jose Valdivia, Jr. | Peter Eurton |
| 7 | Champagne Eyes | Joel Rosario | Doug F. O'Neill |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenyatta | Mike E. Smith | $2.40 | $2.20 | $2.10 | |||||||
| Anabaa's Creation (IRE) | Tyler Baze | $7.60 | $5.80 | ||||||||
| Lethal Heat | Joseph Talamo | $5.20 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (10-8) | $22.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (10-8-9) | $153.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (10-8-9-7) | $297.40 | ||||||||||
Eric Kronfeld, who made his mark in both the music and racing inudstries, died May 15 of cancer in New York. Kronfeld, under his Maverick Productions, bred Zenyatta, one of the most popular racehorses in history.
3 days ago
by Anne Peters
Black Caviar raced from ages 2 to 6 with 25 starts, and was never beaten. She's just been retired, and thoughts now turn to which stallion her owners will send her to in the upcoming breeding season.
An interview with new trainer Will VanMeter, Mike Smith's visit with Zenyatta, and a stop at Patchen Wilkes Farm to visit Lisa Danielle, dam of 2012 Horse of the Year Wise Dan.
A full brother to Horse of the Year Zenyatta was foaled April 9 at Ashford Stud in Lexington, according to Coolmore, which owns broodmare Vertigineux.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Zenyatta, the 2010 Horse of the Year, produced her second foal April 1, Team Zenyatta confirmed via Twitter.
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Zenyatta's half sister is training forwardly, but according to trainer John Shirreffs a start in the March 16 Santa Margarita Invitational (gr. I) is questionable.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Here's a look at where Horses of the Year earned their first victories.
Pete Denk and Kerry Thomas analyze Eblouissante.
Zenyatta's half sister remained unbeaten with a workmanlike victory at Santa Anita Park.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Eblouissante, a half sister to 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta who won her first start at 1 1/16 miles by 4 1/4 lengths, is entered in the seventh race Jan. 17 at Santa Anita.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
A memorial service will be held Jan. 14 for Freddy Wilson, veteran Southern California horseman and exercise rider best known in recent years for his connection with Zenyatta.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Bloodhorse.com's most popular stories, blogs, videos, slideshows, and horse profiles for 2012.
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
The much-anticipated second start for Zenyatta's half sister, Eblouissante, will have to wait. The 3-year-old filly banged her hip and was a late scratch from the fourth race at Betfair Hollywood Park Dec. 15
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Calimonco, a multiple stakes winner and the only full brother to Breeders' Cup champions Sweet Catomine and Life is Sweet, will enter stud at Donald and Karen Cohn's Ballena Vista Farm in 2013.
Friday, December 14, 2012
A smashing winner in her much anticipated debut last month, Eblouissante, a half sister to 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta, will make her second start Dec. 15 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Only in Thoroughbred racing can one of the greatest champions in the history of the sport share the same stage with a former $5,000 claimer from Penn National.
The daughter of Bernardini emulated her half sister, sweeping to the lead and drawing off.
Friday, November 16, 2012Eblouissante, a 3-year-old half sister to champion racemare Zenyatta, will make her career debut Nov. 16 in the fourth race at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Broken Dreams is back to defend her title in the $100,000 Senator Ken Maddy Stakes (gr. IIIT) against eight opponents Oct. 20 on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita Park.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Proving that Zenyatta is far from forgotten, many of her fans arrived at Santa Anita early Sept. 29 in order to see her statue unveiled at noon, an hour before the first race.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
You missed the worst million-dollar race I have ever seen (the Pennsylvania Derby), and one of the best races with a four-horse field that I can remember (Questing vs. My Miss Aurelia in the Cotillion).
An online auction of horse halters, including those from 14 of 17 living Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winners, to benefit the Jim Hurst Memorial Fund begins on eBay at 6 p.m. Sept. 21 and concludes Sept. 30.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Zenyatta, winner of the 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) and Horse of the Year in 2010, will be remembered for all-time by Santa Anita Park when the track unveils a life-sized statue of the great mare Sept. 29.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Favored Include Me Out, benefiting from a rail-skimming ride under Joe Talamo, was all out to deny Star Billing in the $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 4 at Del Mar for her second grade I win of the season.
Saturday, August 04, 2012
Fresh off a victory in the A Gleam Handicap (gr. II), dual grade I winner Switch wheels right back for trainer John Sadler while returning to two turns in the $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (gr. II) Aug. 4 at Del Mar.
Wednesday, August 01, 2012
This year's Preakness is all about Orb. And then there are his eight opponents, most of whom are worthy adversaries, with a case to be made for any of them to step up and run a big race. [More]