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Zenyatta – A Mare’s Heart to Win

08.28.2019 by betsykelleher //

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Photo of Zenyatta after her one defeat. Close up and tells the story.

Zenyatta is one of the great mares in racing history. Her owners, Jerry and Ann Moss, planned to retire the six-year-old after the Breeder’s Cup Classic in Louisville, Kentucky on November 7, 2010. Instead of retiring with an outstanding record of twenty wins, which would have been the best of any American horse in the history of Thoroughbred racing, she lost her last important race by a head to a horse named “Blame.”

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Categories // Horses Tags // famous race horse, heart of a horse, heart of a mare, John Shirreffs, Mike Smith, zenyatta

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