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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
She's a good horse, and ran faster I think than Zenyatta.
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2/5ths in fact.
Though Zenyatta had the kind of trip that just doesn't seem to ever lead to good results out there - I thought her performance was clearly more impressive analytically - but being a late season 3yo compared to a late season 2yo ... that's not exactly saying a whole lot.
Zenyatta is another who's never run on dirt - and has a pedigree that seems to project very well to both surfaces.
From a dirt standpoint - she's by a proven dirt horse and dirt sire in Street Cry and is a half sibling to multiple Grade 1 winner Balance.
From a turf standpoint - her sire Street Cry is an Irish bred son of a multi Euro Group 1 winner out of a Irish Oaks winning dam. Zenyatta's dam Vertigineux won both of her career starts going 10 furlongs on the turf, Vertigineux is kin to several euro stakes winners - and the only other two foals she's dropped, Where's Bailey and Balance . both won on the turf.