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Zenyatta joins the immortals with win

Source: guardian.co.uk Sport

Nov 08, 2009

Summary

• Late burst carries popular mare to Classic victory
• Six wins is Europe's best ever tally at meeting

Zenyatta, the unbeaten favourite, produced one of the most extraordinary performances in Breeders' Cup history to take the Classic at Santa Anita last night in her first start outside races confined to fillies and mares.

Very slowly away, Zenyatta trailed the leaders by many lengths going into the back stretch, but came with a withering run around the home turn to cut down Gio Ponti in the final furlong. The win takes her career record to 14 wins from as many starts and makes her arguably the finest racemare in American racing history.

The tactical speed that carried Zenyatta into contention when many in the race were starting to tire was breathtaking and she rapidly put the victory beyond doubt, allowing Mike Smith, her jockey, to start soaking up the applause as she crossed the line.

In her last outing, Zenyatta equalled the American record for consecutive victories by a filly or mare, held by Personal Ensign, one of the legends of the sport in the States. Now

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