Zenyatta Breeders Cup Classic + Extended Post-Race Coverage (Stereo) 

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He's said in interviews that she's the best he's ever ridden, and he's ridden a lot of great horses. He also blames himself for her last loss to Blame by a head, that she would have won if not for his riding mistake.

Seriously gonna miss Her!! Only 1 like her, so far? Very difficult 4 me to go to the track now & watch these "other" horses run.

Me too I was at Hastings Park in Vancouver for both IHA another wins in the KT and PRK....but Zenyatta is my fave ever !!

It’s my second favorite race call ever, to me Secretariat’s Belmont is the best and probably the most recognized, but this was a very close second!!!!! The 2 of them will hold onto #1 and 2 spot indefinitely

T:2.63 was a great record for the distance.

LOL, true. I don't think you see any horse come from that far back and destroy a field like this. And yeah, Trevor Denman is one of the very best...great call!

Agree !

Nope...not the best horses in the world, but yes it was a brilliant performance. 🙂

@@st.patrickreid8968 Does not matter St. Reid, Any horse, on that day, on that race, period!

Love John Shereff’s reaction particularly and Mike S is right she is horse of the decade 😬

Not Secretariat?

Yes!! Agree 100%!! American Pharoah, Justify & others Great but Zenyatta 2 me on a different level because of the # of races RAN & WON !! That's the difference.

Winx down under here in Australia gave me the same feeling so I know exactly how you feel. Zenyatta my 2nd favourite horse after her.

I agree Zenyatta is the greatest . I also love the 1996 breeders cup sprint .

What?!?! She thrills me, too, but Secretariat’s Belmont is simply, stunningly, unbelievably otherworldly.

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Me too!! Fantastic race!

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Couldn't have described it ANY BETTER!! Hats off 2 you!!

I’m with you on that Dave, then Ruffian a close 2nd for my favorites

Hey Carl not 10 for 10?

In a match Ruffian would spit in her eye. The horse that gets to the wire in the fastest time, wins. Ruffian broke or equal stake records. Her final times, ( effortlessly) were faster that years Derby, Preakness, and Belmont. Without a rabbit Zenyatta wouldn't have a prayer. Ruffian would control the pace. This is not a criticism of Zenyatta. It's just her running style would work against her in a match.

@@biff5856 Some of what you said is true and sone of it is non sense. Would Ruffian have edge in a match race ? Yes agreed. As for fastest times ? Zenyatta recorded Faster times than Ruffian at a mile and and 1/8 by a Full Second. Zenyatta never ran a mile and a 1/2 but if you Look at Ruffians 2:27 and change for that distance and you Look at Zenyattas mile and 1/4 time you can then project what Zenyatta needs to do in the extra quarter mile to beat that time. She needs to run it in Faster than 25 3/5ths seconds which is EASILY within her ability range. Zenyatta ALSO crushed the best boys in the world AND but for a nose Almost did it again the following year. If you take a full Field to Fillies going a mile and 1/4 Sky Beauty, Personal Ensign, Winning Colors, Genuie Risk , Regret, etc etc Ruffian, Zenyatta. I stand by what I said Zenyatta would beat / out Finish Ruffian 8 outta 10 times. I will concede at a mile and 1/8 I would take Ruffian but a mile and 1/4 or more its Zenyatta almost every time.

@@alivstyson1864 The only time Ruffian was ever asked to run was in the Sorority. It was discovered that she had a fever post race. Shame on you Whitely for not taking a.m temps. Ruffian had suffered a minor fracture of a hind pastern which put an end to her two year old campaign. She was fragile and doomed. Don't bring up the match race. I want to add that in a race with all the aforementioned fillies, I'd have to take Personal Ensign over all. She was the toughest filly I've ever seen run besides Honorable Miss. That aside you read what you wanted to in the context of my comment. I did not state Zenyatta couldn't beat Ruffian, I said it would take a rabbit. I trust you know what I'm referring to.

@@biff5856 Well you kind of state the obvious AND in a full feild with those types of other fillies There 100% would be some early pressure. I stand 100% by my orginal statement. And talk about never being asked to run ? There arer SEVERAL races where Zenyatta won by 5 where she was just costing and could have won by 12 so lets not even try to go there.

+santiago macahilas It's exciting, but the Breeders' Cup alone has produced equally, even more exciting races over the years: Personal Ensign and Winning Colors; Safely Kept and Dayjur; Bayakoa and Go For Wand (tragic); Flanders and Serena's Song; One Dreamer and Heavenly Prize; Desert Stormer and Mr Greeley; Alphabet Soup and Louis Quatorze; Kona Gold and Honest Lady; Tiznow and Giant's Causeway; Squirtle Squirt and Xtra Heat; Tiznow and Sakhee; High Chaparral and Johar; Ginger Punch and Hystericalady; Blame and Zenyatta (ironic); Fort Larned and Mucho Macho Man; Judy the Beauty and Better Lucky, etc.A little *objectivity* would be welcome.

+SKMRify you sit here and say Ghostzapper was a great horse ZENYATTA would of had him for lunch who did he ever beat that piece of shit lost to Scrimshaw in an allowance race and to Valid Video who is Valid Video please don't make me laugh he lost to nobody's and even in the classic aside from pleasantly perfect there was nobody else in the race Roses In May was nothing ZENYATTA beat turf horse of the year Gio Ponti graded winners in Europe Twice Over and Rip Van Winkle and the other European who was undefeated Sea The Stars was to scared to show up she beat derby winner Mine That Bird who's probably getting to the finish line right about now She beat the Belmont winner Summer Bird and what happened to the Preakness Winner Rachel Alexandra where was she at undefeated season my ass she would of got her ass handed to her by ZENYATTA shit ZENYATTA would of left Rachel in her wake she beat the two Pacific Classic winners Einstein and Richards Kid the Santa Anita Handicap winner Colonel John that was a loaded field of horses every GRADE ONE WINNER ALL MILLION DOLLAR RACES were in that field so don't tell me she ran against a weak field Sea The Stars and Rachel Alexandra both dodged her that year and where were they in 2010 oh I forgot Rachel Alexandra lost to Zardana I think Zardana was like 3rd or 4th best in that barn where ZENYATTA was #1 and I think after the owners of Sea The Stars heard that ZENYATTA was coming back in 2010 they decided to retire him and in 2010 all the hype was suppose to be a big 5,000,000.00 dollar match race between Rachel and ZENYATTA but all the hype went away after Rachel lost a prep race to Zardana ZENYATTA'S stablemate you see ZENYATTA didn't need a prep race she just went out won every race if it was molly coddling so be it. Maybe every trainer and owner should get in the habit of molly coddling I'll have to recommend that to Bob Baffert, D.Wayne Lukas, Todd Pletcher and all the other good trainers out there let them know they need to do more molly coddling

santiago macahilas (1) *Most of the world's most prestigious races are run on grass*, like the Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe in France and the Melbourne Cup in Australia, etc. (2) *Most (not all) of the world's top horses are European*, etc., not North American. (3) *Even in North America, the most prestigious races like the Prince of Wales Stakes in Canada and the Breeders Cup Classic in the USA are typically run on natural dirt*, not those comical synthetic surfaces favored by many in California. (4) The *world's richest race, the Dubai World Cup, is once again held on natural dirt*, not tapeta, pro ride, etc. (5) Timeform rates horses like *Dubai Millennium*, *Frankel* and even *Black Caviar* higher than Zenyatta. Also, Beyer Speed Figures, the Ragozin Sheets and Equibase all have *Ghostzapper* as their highest rated North American horse, not Zenyatta. (6) *Most race lovers in England, Ireland, France, the Caribbean, Canada, even the USA, etc. don't really care about synthetic track racing.* (7) Zenyatta ran *17 races on the very synthetic surfaces* that most people simply care little about. *Most people are more impressed with dominance or competitiveness on grass or natural dirt (the traditional surfaces) than on those laughable synthetic surfaces.* (8) It's a pity that *Zenyatta only raced three times on natural dirt* in her career, because *10 years from now few people will care about a synthetic race legacy.*

+SKMRify they could've ran them I water or quicksand ZENYATTA was just a much better horse she would've ran even better on dirt her dirt races are better than her synthetic races and if Mike Smith didn't fall asleep at the wheel in her last race we wouldn't be having this conversation who in the world gives you 20 length head starts who gives GRADE I horses 20 length head starts what was Mike Smith thinking he must of had his head up his Ass I just hope he doesn't do that shit with Ziconic when takes over the reins in his next he looks like he runs just like momma and he's just gonna get better with each race he runs once JOHN SHERRIFFS gets him right watch out he's gonna be a Monster probably of as good as momma but he'll be maybe half as or close to half we can only hope and wish.

santiago macahilas You are a tad irrational and illogical, which is indeed a pity. Zenyatta was a great horse, admittedly, though by no means invincible. You're just as bad as those people here on RU-vid who insist that Christina Aguilera is a brilliant vocalist, when she's actually technically quite awful.

Good for you, I agree. Haters...smh

I was there also Claudia!! You could have walked everywhere back then, not anymore! They block you off now unless...

Yes!! Right with you Matthew. Didn't get to see other great horses run live.

Also Street Sense, the Kentucky Derby winner and Shocking, winner of the Melbourne Cup in Australia.

Did Street Cry ever leave his mark in racing or what!!!! 2 of the greatest filly’s of all time!!!! What’s the chances of that ever happening again ???

She just blew by a field better than RA ever raced against.

I can't hardly wait 4 that day Andrew!! Another 10 years to go!!

Like you just did?...Blame won the race, he won and he earned it....2 more strides to the finish line Zenyatta retires undefeated

Wrong Team!! You NEVER EVER GIVE UP on Pro Football !! Why not both?

+John Doe That is something you could- and yet with lesser than less chances to be the story of a bad starter male crack horse-starting last always finding a way with a last furlongs supercharge.. Coming from a filly is something truly out of this world! Fillies are not supposed to be able to overtake a dozen of males making way among different pacing colts during a race.. That fillie could very well be Secretariat's or Seabiscuit's reincarnation in the will departement..

yup but for a botched ride she is 20 for 20 beating the best boys in the world twice.....and If anyone didnt notice her 1 mile 1/8th race is a FULL SECOND faster then Ruffian at the same distance. Been watching racing since 1971. At a mile and 1/8th her and Ruffian would be a nail biter. At a mile and 1/4 Zenyatta reels her right in 9 outta 10 times.

@@alivstyson1864 Yep, Zenyatta was made for even longer races. She was just getting into her higher gears at the mile and a quarter. I would have liked to see her run mile and a half. The thing is Zenyattas times in races dont tell the story of her brilliance. She always ran just to win. She wanted to be nose in front at the wire. She had more gears but didnt need to use them. I only saw her tested twice and that was Blame and one of the Clement Hirsch races. She was passing Blame just past the wire. Blames jockey even admitted she was reeling him in. She would have won that race if Mike Smith had not let her linger back so many lengths off the pack. He was late moving her into position for her run and did not count on Quality Road blocking her. just that small mistake kept her off Blame at the end. Even though she lost that race I thought it was the most spectacular performance of her career.

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