ZENYATTA - 2010 Clement Hirsch Stakes

Zenyatta extended her winning streak to 18 races with yet another dynamic late run in Saturday's Grade 1, $300,000 Clement Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar.

Much to the delight of an ontrack crowd of more than 30,000, Zenyatta ($2.20) caught pacesetter Rinterval in the final furlong and won by a hard-fought neck, finishing 1 1/16 miles in 1:45.03. Princess Taylor finished third, followed by Spring Style, Dance to My Tune, and Made for Magic in the field of six.

Rinterval set a slow pace of 25.41 and 50.61 seconds for the first half-mile, with Zenyatta in fifth, racing about 7 1/2 lengths behind the pace. Jockey Mike Smith began moving Zenyatta closer to the leaders on the backstretch, and the 6-year-old mare made a sweeping move while four wide to reach contention in early stretch.

http://www.drf.com/news/zenyatta-makes-it-18-row-clement-hirsch

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[watchingponies]

@HorseSlaughterSux

She is one of the best for sure!

Don't get me wrong, i mean i'm happy they retired her because she had a beautiful career and i don''t want her to be injured. I will never trashtalk Zenyatta :)

But the pressure and crazyness on her got higher and higher. I don't want her to end up like Ruffian.

That's all i mean with it, i can understand why you thought differently. Peace!

[HorseSlaughterSux]

@watchingponies whats that supposed to mean, she's one of the Best race horses to be known!

[watchingponies]

Good thing, they retired her.

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[iluvzenyatta]

omg I luv zenyatta so much I have so many pics of her ruffian rachel alexandra and secretariat

[Nucleo85Torino]

The 6 ran a HUGE race here vs Z. HUGE!....That is the most trouble(besides St Trinians) a horse has given her, and again she is Hand ridden by Mike. Wonderful Mare.

[turbosprincessida]

@queenluciaa I wasn't actually refering to accident stats, but thank you for respecting my opinion. I was referring more to the "state" of the track (fast, slow, wet, hard, different mixes of "dirt" etc) I think there was actually an article pointing out the difference that a dirt track will have if it rains when they switch it out but want to have a surface that horses and people respect. I also wonder if dirt is SO great then why is it America's main/favorite while most other places it is not.

[queenluciaa]

@turbosprincessida

Actually according to Santa-Anita pro-ride's results are fading. More and more accidents are happening on the plastic. Rumours say they are going to rip their plastic track up. I personally dislike it, but who am I to disregard you for having an opinion? Conventional dirt is the way to go. Afterall the most brilliant runners of all time only had one choice. Dirt.

[lovedbysweetie]

It was the "Mostest" day of my life, to see her in person, running and crossing the line first, I was so blessed by God and the Sherriffs Family to be able to see her ...

[turbosprincessida]

@queenluciaa I respect your opinion, but if you look at the horses and their surface history I don't believe it was a mainly turf field. and every horse will have a "favorite field"-for ex. I've heard RA loves Churchhill Downs, so if she won people could say well that was her favorite track. As, for surface I believe synthetic is more consistent that dirt so one could argue that-every track is different and different from race to race. And you are right they are different horses. Thanks.