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Don't hold your breath about the Beldame...

One possibility for October is the $350,000 Beldame Stakes at Belmont Park on Oct. 2, or the $250,000 Zenyatta Breeders’ Cup Stakes at the Oak Tree at Santa Anita meeting the same day. The Zenyatta Stakes was formerly known as the Lady’s Secret Stakes until the race was renamed last year following Zenyatta’s win in the BC Classic and retirement. Jerry and Ann Moss reversed that decision in January, giving Zenyatta another season of racing. Zenyatta has won three Grade 1 races this year.
Asked if the Hirsch could be Zenyatta’s farewell start in California, Shirreffs said, “It could be.”
Shirreffs has expressed reservations about running Zenyatta at Del Mar, but has arranged her training in recent weeks to prepare for Saturday’s race.