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dee of CA
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 Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:31 pm Post subject: Zenyatta did it again |
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Zenyatta won her 18th race, the Hirsch Stakes.
What a horse  
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| Incredible for a come-from-behind horse to be able to win so consistently, overcoming slow early fractions and traffic. Shes getting so she knows her job and loves her job, and seems to know she is ZENYATTA! |
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Can't wait to see what she does with a speed horse in front of her and giving her a good pace to come off of. She's an amazing horse.
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dee of CA
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| Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 2:58 pm Post subject: Zenyatta |
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I read that she hates the artificial turf, but still managed to win.
Wonder if she will be a good broodmare. Some of these fillies do not produce winners.
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For the most part, that's all she's run on is synthetics. That's been the big knock against her is that they won't leave the California tracks and run her on dirt. (And Rachel will not run on synthetics)
That said, her largest margins of victories have been on dirt tracks.
Very few mares re-produce themselves, even the greats have had duds of foals.
Flanders had a couple decent money earners.
Pebbles didn't have any that amounted to much.
Winning Colors had little success with her foals.
Personal Ensign was best of the bunch.
Genuine Risk only produced 2 live foals
Bayakoa .. not much to write home about
Lady's Secret produced a lot of foals that made it to the track, decent amount of money winners..
But yeah, the star race mares don't always seem to do much producing.
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Don't forget Sunline! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunline or Makybe Diva (named after the first 2 letters of each of her owners' first names...lucky it came out as something "doable! LOL) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makybe_Diva
Sunline was put down after she had 4 progeny...Sun Ruler and Sunstrike both have racing wins, and two daughters are unraced.
Makybe Diva had a foal in 2007, got caught up in the EI situation in Australia in 2007, and then was bred in 2008 for a 2009 foal (filly). That filly sold for over $1mil. I don't know what, if any, race record Rockstar (2007 foal) may have.
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dee of CA
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| Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 2:46 pm Post subject: Zenyatta did it again |
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Is this getting boring  Zenyatta won again, her 19th race on Saturday at Oak Tree, Hollywood Park.
I hope they let her quit a winner.
So close, but so far, but there was no way I could get to see her run.
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| JR wrote: | For the most part, that's all she's run on is synthetics. That's been the big knock against her is that they won't leave the California tracks and run her on dirt. (And Rachel will not run on synthetics)
That said, her largest margins of victories have been on dirt tracks.
Very few mares re-produce themselves, even the greats have had duds of foals.
Flanders had a couple decent money earners.
Pebbles didn't have any that amounted to much.
Winning Colors had little success with her foals.
Personal Ensign was best of the bunch.
Genuine Risk only produced 2 live foals
Bayakoa .. not much to write home about
Lady's Secret produced a lot of foals that made it to the track, decent amount of money winners..
But yeah, the star race mares don't always seem to do much producing. |
The great French miler, Miesque, produced 3 graded stakes winning sons: Kingmambo, Miesque's Son, and Mingun. Kingmambo has gone on to become a major sire with his sons starting to become good sires as well, including Lemon Drop Kid. |
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dee of CA
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| Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 3:17 pm Post subject: Zenyatta |
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DQH, Thanks for the U-tube link
I am glad to see it. She will always be one of my favorites.
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