Year in review for 2010. Image from the movie set of Secretariat.
Photo: John Bramley/Disney
Quality Road won his first three races of 2010, including breaking his own track record with a win in the Donn (gr. I) at Gulfstream.
Photo: Adam Coglianese
Zardana beats Rachel Alexandra in the New Orleans Ladies Stakes.
Photo: Lou Hodges Jr
Zenyatta, 15 consecutive wins with the Santa Margarita (gr. I).
Photo: Benoit Photography
Eskendereya's victories in the Fountain of Youth (gr. II) and Wood Memorial (gr. I) had folks thinking Triple Crown.
But, he was retired before the Derby, announced by Todd Pletcher on April 25.
Photo: Mathea Kelley
Zenyatta, 16 consecutive wins with the Apple Blossom (gr. I).
Photo: Coady Photography
Blind Luck unleashed her usual late kick to win the 2010 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) by a nose over Evening Jewel.
Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt
Super Saver wins the 2010 Kentucky Derby (gr. I).
Super Saver in the 2010 Kentucky Derby.
Photo: Skip Dickstein
Lookin At Lucky wins the 2010 Preakness Stakes (gr. I).
Drosselmeyer wins the 142nd Belmont Stakes (gr. I), giving WinStar wins in 2 of the Triple Crown races.
Photo: Rick Samuels
Blame wins the 2010 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I).
Zenyatta increases her perfect tally to 17 with victory in the Vanity (gr. I).
Rachel Alexandra returned to Monmouth to win the Lady's Secret.
Devil May Care rebounded from a 10th-place finish in the Kentucky Derby to win 2 grade I's in a row, including the CCA Oaks.
Lookin At Lucky dominated his fellow 3-year-olds in the Haskell (gr. I).
Photo: Mark Wyville/EQUI-PHOTO
Blame caught Quality Road in the Whitney (gr. I) to move to the top of the older male division.
Zenyatta wins the Clement Hirsch (gr. I) and takes her perfect record to 18 wins.
Blind Luck was at it again in the Alabama (gr. I), catching Havre de Grace late.
Afleet Express (right) held off Fly Down in one of the closest finishes in Travers (gr. I) history.
Quality Road rebounded from his Whitney defeat to take the Woodward Stakes (gr. I).
Zenyatta makes her undefeated record 19 wins with the Lady's Secret (gr. I).
Uncle Mo's victory in the Champagne sparked a case of 2011 Derby fever.
His Breeders' Cup Juvenile win added more fuel to the fire.
Unrivaled Belle controlled the 2010 Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic (gr. I).
Goldikova makes three wins in a row for the Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. I).
Photo: Crawford Ifland
Goldikova stretches to history in the 2010 Breeders' Cup Mile.
Blame noses out Zenyatta in the 2010 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I).
Zenyatta retires and says goodbye to California with Mike Smith
Zenyatta retires and greets fans at Keeneland
The year indeed belonged to Zenyatta and her fans.
Photo: Wally Skalij