I think Paseana provides a decent comparison to Zenyatta so far with respect to races run in(obviously disregarding the surface). She raced 28 times in North America finishing first or second in 24 of those races, virtually all Grade I or Grade II. She finished third once and out of the money three times. The third place and one of the out of the money finishes both came in 1995 when she was 8 yrs. old and at the end of her career. Through her career at six, she had raced 19 times and raced outside of California 6 times. Two of those races were wins in the Apple Blossom at Oaklawn(sound familiar?),two of the races were in the Spinster at Keeneland(probably the biggest difference in their schedules) and one of those races outside of California was at Gulfstream where she won the Breeders Cup Distaff in 1992. We still have a couple of races unaccounted for, they were her other two out of the momey finishes. The first was in the second running of the Pacific Classic against males where she finished 5th. The other race was easily the worst race of her career and her only race in New York. It was the Grade I Ruffian at Belmont where she was last in a five horse field beaten some 20 lengths. Couldn't beat top male horses on dirt and couldn't win in New York. Obviously not one of the all time greats.
