
14-0 Zenyatta is a total stud. Well more of a Diva. All kinds of trouble. Bad break, on the left lead, Quality Road decided at the very last minute that he was NOT going to race that day and his pushing the pace woulda helped a closer like Zenyatta. Traffic...had to go wide....She closed like the champ she is and beat the best males in the world and looked like she was just getting started to run. I think I have enjoyed watching the videos of her in the Paddock as much as watching the race again. She is a real ham and struts around the paddock like she is saying...I am ready to race and I am gonna kick ASS. They say Secretariat use to do the same thing. He was huge too. Zenyatta was 100 lbs heavier than the nearest male. At the beginning of this one...you can see the Kentucky Derby winner, the Belmont winner and how horses usually act...then Zenyatta... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iHQtdhp2AU&feature=player_embedded More... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzEICzL0PLs I like this one.. http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=zenyatta%20in%20paddock&hl=en&rlz=1R2GGLL_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv# She beat All the best males in the world. She is 14-0 (Seattle Slew, Citation and even Man-O-War lost a race). She is first female horse to win the Breeders Cup. She might be the best horse of ALL TIME. She might not even win the best horse of this year. 
Rachel Alexandra Oh the Drama. The only horse that could give Zenyatta a run for her money is Rachel Alexandra....another filly. Two best horses in the world are Fillies. Rachel beat her foes in the Filly version of the Kentucky Derby by 20 1/2 lengths. With no competition there she went on to beat the boys in the Preakness. From there she beat alot of the older boys Zenyatta beat. Rachel's owner doesn't like the Polytrack surface at Santa Anita so he kept her out of the Breeders. Now the debate is who is better. Who would win. Who gets Horse of the Year. (gotta be Zenyatta...she showed up for the biggest one) Zenyatta's owners say she will be retired to become a Momma....But I have read (probablely wishful thinking) that they might try and get her to run one more time. Rachel's owner won't go for a Match Race so it would have to be a stakes with other horses (she runs up front so her connections figure they would like traffic behind her). One can only hope. If not, debate for the ages. Who is the best. |