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11-12-2009, 12:47 PM
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For those wanting some detail to appreciate the nuances of the campaigns...
Zenyatta ran in 5 races this year over 7 months (May 23-Nov 7) over 3 racetracks versus 33 entrants (25 horses)... 4 of which were repeats of races she ran in and won last year (Milady, Vanity, Hirsch, Lady's Secret) and one the Breeders' Cup Classic. She never left California in the 4 races and the Cup happened to be at one of the tracks she frequented most in her career (5/5). Anyway, she won all the races in which she ran, all on synthetic surfaces, and with authority. Rachel Alexandra ran in 8 races this year over 7 months (Feb 15-Sept 5) over 7 different race tracks versus 50 entrants (47 horses). She demolished her own sex by a cumulative 40 lengths in 5 tries including 2 Oaks (Fair Grounds and Kentucky) and faced 3yo males twice, including in an American classic (Preakness) and in another highly regarded Gr. I (Haskell). She completed her year against older males in the Gr. I Woodward. Her winning a race versus elder males is an accomplishment that hadn't been done in more than 125 years in American racing. Zenyatta beat these 25 horses in 2009: ---14 females--- Life Is Sweet (3X) Allicansayiswow (2X) Gambler's Justice Champagne Eyes (2X) Taste's Sis Briecat (2X) Dawn After Dawn (2X) Hot n' Dusty Modification Anabaas Creation (2X) Lethal Heat (2X) Tidal Dance Cocoa Beach Made for Magic ----11 males---- Gio Ponti Twice Over Summer Bird Colonel John Richard's Kid Awesome Gem Regal Ransom Mine That Bird Rip Van Winkle Einstein Girolamo Rachel Alexandra beat these 47 horses in 2009: ---23 females--- Afleet Deceit (2X) Peach Brew Affirmed Truth Hello Again Lake Lugano My Spanx Lil' Hottie Bootprints Flying Spur (2X) Our Dahlia Four Gifts African Skies War Tigress Just Jenda Bon Jovi Girl Cats Stone Legacy Be Fair Nan Gabby's Golden Gal Tweeter Malibu Prayer Flashing ---24 males--- Mine That Bird Musket Man Flying Private Big Drama Papa Clem (2X) Terrain Luv Gov General Quarters Friesan Fire Pioneerof the Nile Tone It Down Take the Points Summer Bird Munnings Duke of Mischief Atomic Rain Bunker Hill Macho Again Bullsbay Asiatic Boy It's a Bird Past the Point Cool Coal Man Da' Tara
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