=== Zenyatta to face eight in Santa Margarita ===
Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Two-time champion mare Zenyatta makes her 2010
debut Saturday in the $250,000 Santa Margarita Invitational at Santa Anita
Park. The six-year-old will take on eight other older females in the 1 1/8-
mile race.
Zenyatta, trained by John Shirreffs, will start from post eight with Mike
Smith again having the mount. Owned by Jerry and Ann Moss, Zenyatta is
undefeated in 14 career starts for nearly $5.5 million.
"I'm an owner and a fan," Jerry Moss said recently, "and a fan and an owner.
"We're lucky to have this horse. Right now, she's progressing really well and
her presence is good for the game, because I would agree that racing needs all
the help it can get."
The last two years Zenyatta has been voted champion older female and for 2009
finished second for Horse of the Year to Rachel Alexandra. She won the 2008
Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic and last year became the first female to capture
the Breeders' Cup Classic.
If all goes well on Saturday, Zenyatta will finally meet Rachel Alexandra in
the $5 million Apple Blossom Invitational a......