7th race - Santa Anita Park - March 13, 2010
Race Name: Santa Margarita Invitational H. -Grade: 1
Race Type: Stakes
Age Restriction: Four Year Old and Upward
Sex Restriction: Fillies and Mares
Value of Race: $250,000
Distance: One And One Eighth Miles On The All Weather Track
Track Condition: Fast
Winning Time: 1:48.20
| Pgm | Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Zenyatta | Mike E. Smith | 2.60 | 2.20 | 2.10 |
| 1 | Dance to My Tune | Martin Garcia | 19.00 | 9.40 | |
| 9 | Floating Heart | Joseph Talamo | 4.20 | ||
| Also ran: 5 - Striking Dancer , 4 - Pretty Unusual , 3 - Made for Magic , 2 - Pretty Katherine , 7 - Gripsholm Castle | |||||
| Scratched horses: Powerofvoodoo (Trainer) | |||||
| Wager Type | Winning Numbers | Payoff | |||
| $1 Pick 3 | 1-1-8 (3 correct) | 25.90 | |||
| $2 Daily Double | 1-8 | 6.00 | |||
| $1 Exacta | 8-1 | 22.50 | |||
| $1 Superfecta | 8-1-9-5 | 531.20 | |||
| $1 Trifecta | 8-1-9 | 150.80 | |||
| Winning Breeder: Maverick Production, Limited | |||||
| Winning Owner: Moss, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome S. | |||||
| Winning Trainer: John A. Shirreffs | |||||
2010 Santa Margarita Invitational H.(G1) Zenyatta.pdf| ZENYATTA 제냐타 암 2004 USA 흑갈색 전적:15(15/0/0) G1  |
Street Cry 스트리트크라이 흑 1998 IRE G1 12전(5,6,1) 279 f, 15sw 3.64 |
Machiavellian 매키어벨리언 흑 1987 USA {1292} G1 655 f, 56sw 2.21 |
Mr. Prospector 갈 1970 USA *+{BC} LSB |
| Coup De Folie 갈 1982 USA {*} G3 | |||
| Helen Street 헬렌스트리트 갈 1982 GB G1 13 f, 9 w, 2 sw |
Troy 갈 1976 IRE G1 | ||
| Waterway 밤 1976 FR G3 | |||
| Vertigineux 흑 1995 USA w 7전(2,0,0) 4 f, 2 w, 2 sw |
Kris S. 크리스에스 흑 1977 USA +[S 1500] LB 839 f, 89sw 2.52 |
Roberto 갈 1969 USA +{C} LB | |
| Sharp Queen 갈 1965 USA w | |||
| For The Flag 갈 1978 USA w 12 f, 10 w, 3 sw |
Forli 밤 1963 ARG {C} DP | ||
| In The Offing 갈 1973 USA w |
Zenyatta Weaves to 15th Win in a Row
By Jack Shinar
Updated: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 2:25 PM
Posted: Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:09 PM
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/55880/zenyatta-weaves-to-15th-win-in-a-row?source=rss
Undefeated Zenyatta, showing she's ready for next month's much-anticipated Apple Blossom Handicap (gr. I), caught the outsider Dance to My Tune in deep stretch to register her 15th consecutive victory March 13 in the $250,000 Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap (gr. I) at Santa Anita (VIDEO).
The late-running Zenyatta gave her fans a scare, as she often does, en route to her 1 1/4-length win. Last of eight at the top of the stretch, jockey Mike Smith opted not to take Zenyatta wide as he usually does, instead guiding her to the inside to launch her bid. Zenyatta weaved through traffic near mid-stretch and took aim at 50-1 shot Dance to My Tune.
Smith never uncocked his whip as Zenyatta got the job done in 1:48.20 for the 1 1/8-mile distance on the Pro-Ride main track. She recorded her ninth lifetime grade I victory for owners Jerry and Ann Moss and trainer John Shirreffs.
The jockey said he wanted to avoid a taxing trip by not going wide with Zenyatta.
"I could’ve wheeled wide when we turned for home, but I decided to follow Chantal (Sutherland, aboard Pretty Unusual) as far as I could," Smith said. "I cut some corners and gambled a bit, but I was confident at all times that if she needed to make room, she could. She’s a bit of a bully. This was a great, great race for her and it wasn’t taxing at all. We got enough out of this race to move forward.”
A few minutes earlier, Zenyatta's connections watched from the Santa Anita paddock as another horse Shirreffs trains, Zardana, upset 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra in the New Orleans Ladies Stakes at Fair Grounds. Oaklawn Park has offered $5 million for a showdown between Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra in the April 9 Apple Blossom.
Regardless of whether the connections for Rachel Alexandra decide to take on Zenyatta, Shirreffs said he knows where Zenyatta will be.
"Zenyatta will run in the Apple Blossom regardless," said the trainer after winning the Santa Margarita for the fifth time. "That was never really the thing, for us. It really wasn’t. Zenyatta came back so we could have some fun with her and other fans could see her. That was the whole thing. She’ll go back to Hollywood (Park) and get ready for Oaklawn.”
Asked if she was better now than she was before: “That’s hard to say. How can you be better than perfect.”
In her first race since her unprecedented win over males in last fall's $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I), Zenyatta is now just one win away from tying the greats Citation and Cigar, as well as Mister Frisky and Hallowed Dreams, with 16 consecutive wins. The 6-year-old daughter of Street Cry—Vertigineux, by Machiavellian, earned $150,000 for the win to boost her career purse total to $5,624,580.
The two-time Eclipse Award winner was briefly retired by the Mosses following her win in the Breeders' Cup, but they decided to bring her back to the races rather than sending her to the breeding shed. In notching her sixth win over the Santa Anita main track, Zenyatta carried 127 for her return, spotting the runner-up 15 pounds.
Zenyatta was content to trail as Dance to My Tune, ridden by Martin Garcia, set a moderate pace (:23.88, :47.69, and 1:11.16) while tracked by Made for Magic and Gripsholm Castle. She was three wide on the final turn when she began to close the gap leaving the quarter pole.
Zenyatta moved up between foes in upper stretch and was steered to an opening along the rail at the eighth pole. Urged on by Smith, she angled out slightly and surged to the lead while in hand all the way to the wire.
"I just have a lot of faith in Mike," Shirreffs said. "I know once he gets her in the clear, he has a good chance. She cut in between horses and everything, but when you have a big X on your back, a lot of places don’t open up that normally would.”
Jerry Moss was extremely happy to see Zenyatta return in such fine fashion.
"Everybody’s so pleased to have her back and to root for her, and when she wins, she makes everybody happy," he said. "It’s sort of like something going on inside each and every one of us. She’s perfect. She’s the idol of perfection we all strive for. That’s about as profound as I get.”
Dance to My Tune, the longest shot in the field, held on by a nose for second over Floating Heart and Joe Talamo. Second choice Striking Dancer was a half-length back in fourth, followed by Pretty Unusual, Made for Magic, Pretty Katherineand Gripsholm Castle.
Bred in Kentucky by Maverick Production, Zenyatta paid $2.60, $2.10, and $2.10. The exacta with Dance to My Tune ($19, $9.40), from the Jerry Hollendorfer barn, was worth $45. Floating Heart, also third in the La Canada Stakes (gr. II) Feb. 14 for trainer Todd Pletcher, was $4.20 to show.
Powerofvoodoo scratched.
Zenyatta on target for Apple Blossom
by Mike Curry
Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2010 6:43 PM
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/racing-news/2010/March/14/Zenyatta-on-target-for-Apple-Blossom.aspx
The defection of Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra from the “Race for the Ages” did not leave Oaklawn Park completely high and dry as unbeaten two-time champion Zenyatta will continue to prepare for the Apple Blossom Invitational Stakes (G1) on April 9.
The six-year-old Street Cry (Ire) mare extended her unbeaten record to 15 on Saturday with a visually impressive victory in the Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap (G1). Trained by John Shirreffs, Zenyatta won by 1 1/4 lengths despite conceding from 11 to 16 pounds to seven challengers and traffic trouble in the stretch.
“We’re disappointed that we’re not going to be able to face each other in the Apple Blossom,” said Jerry Moss, co-owner of Zenyatta with his wife, Ann. “Hopefully, we can meet down the line. We respect both [trainer] Steve [Asmussen] and [majority owner] Jackson as horsemen, and they’re going to do what’s right for their horse. That’s all anybody could ask for.
“We’ll go on to the Apple Blossom as planned.”
Rachel Alexandra finished second in her first start in more than six months to the Shirreffs-trained Zardana (Brz) in the New Orleans Ladies Stakes. Asmussen and Jackson said on Sunday that Rachel Alexandra will not be ready for the Apple Blossom.
Zenyatta also made her season debut off a layoff of more than four months, but she dazzled with a sparkling return that will make her the overwhelming favorite for the Apple Blossom, a race she won in 2008 in her only previous start on a dirt track.
"I thought she'd come back and run like she did, but she actually ran better than I expected," regular rider Mike Smith said Sunday. "I thought she had plenty of chance [at the quarter pole]. I just didn't want to run over anybody."
Trapped in traffic in early stretch, Zenyatta looked like she might be in trouble. But after she found running room along the rail, Zenyatta closed with ground-devouring strides to take charge emphatically. Pacesetter Dance to My Heart finished second for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, who continues to be amazed by Zenyatta.
"It's hard to beat a champion like her," Hollendorfer said. "Kind of everything went wrong for her, and she still won; so you've got to hand it to her, and she carried 127 [pounds]. Zenyatta's a true champion."
AP Photo: Benoit Photo
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