There is a statue of her near the fountain at Santa Anita. He made his racing debut April 17 last year at Santa Anita. The track even had posters made of mom and son. The betting opened at 1-to-9, odds as low as it gets. The thinking was that many fans just wanted a souvenir ticket with no intention of cashing.
By post time he was the second favorite at 9-to He broke slowly in the field of six and dropped to the back, a running style championed by his mother. The colt was shipped to Belmont in New York, and ran on July 8, finishing seventh in a nine-horse field.
He never showed any kind of move. John Shirreffs, the trainer of Zenyatta and all her offspring, says Cozmic One, known as Coz, was just too immature. He explained that horses, and most animals, are born with a fight or flight syndrome when the adrenaline kicks in. Coz is still trying to make the transition into listening to those around him rather than just pinning his ears back and saying no.
Shirreffs has far from given up on him and is looking to place him in a longer race. Hall of fame jockey Smith has been working with Ziconic but will not be aboard on Saturday, the result of a three-day suspension for interference. Another hall of famer, Gary Stevens, has picked up the mount. Smith has been around Ziconic a lot, starting when the colt was a weanling, and has seen him develop. His expectations for the horse are less results-oriented.
A fun experience. What we want is for him to consider himself a race horse and want to go back to the track. She was with other young horses playing and running around when one crashed into her and broke her back.
They are fast and fragile. She was really a special filly. I still have a hard time thinking about it. What made the loss especially difficult was it was the first filly by Zenyatta. The breeding schedule of most mares is rigorous. The gestation period is 11 months, then the mare is generally bred again after 30 days. Meanwhile, the mare stays with her newborn for five months, meaning she will already be in foal to another sire while caring for the one just born.
Zenyatta also likes people, who invariably end up patting her. The Mosses keep tight control on who can see the mare but will occasionally raffle or auction off chances to meet her for charity.
Moss get out of the car. She lost two by War Front in and The foal was humanely euthanized after a paddock accident. The colt died days after birth from meconium aspiration syndrome, a condition that results in respiratory distress. Zenyatta aborted an Into Mischief foal in Zenyatta is not the first high-profile track heroine to have difficulty in their broodmare career.
The latter almost killed her. The foaling was uneventful, but it was later found she had suffered a ruptured colon and had fecal matter in her abdomen, usually a death sentence for horses. But because of her foaling difficulties, owner Stonestreet decided not to breed her again. She now spends her days pensioned and outside in the company of retired mares, selected specifically to give the Champion other horses with which she could bond. Males retired to stud careers will breed several hundred times a season, sometimes even shuttling between hemispheres.
Racemares retired to broodmare careers are often high profile. Popularity aside, they have the added scrutiny of being able to foal only once a year.
And, while it does happen that males suffer infrequent poor health consequences of breeding—sometimes in the form of a fatal heart attack—females are more at risk. Her first foal, Q B One, is set to begin his racing career. Healthy mares can theoretically breed into their 20s. That means Zenyatta could continue to be bred several more times. But should she be? Richard has reported for UPI and several publications on science, technology, culture and international issues.
He founded university journalism programs in Dubai and taught in the U. Richard R. February 1, Racing fans in general and Zenyatta fans in particular were disheartened to learn last week that year-old Champion Street Cry daughter and Horse of the Year Zenyatta lost her foal by Argentinian Champion Candy Ride. Pin 2. Read More. Follow Horse Network. Official Media Partners. Fresh Feed.
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