How old was Zenyatta when she ran her first race?

After winning both of her starts as a 3-year-old late in 2007 at Hollywood Park, Zenyatta made her 4-year-old debut with her first graded stakes win in the 2008 El Encino Stakes (Grade 2) at Santa Anita. Next up was her first race with Smith in the irons, the Grade 1 Apple Blossom at Oaklawn Park.
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How old was Zenyatta when she won the Breeders Cup?

By Peter Lee. In 2009, the 4-year-old filly Zenyatta was riding a wave of publicity and popularity unseen since Cigar won 16 straight races in the nineties. She was 13 for 13 in races and had won the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic in 2008.
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How many foals has Zenyatta lost?

Her first two foals, Cozmic One and Ziconic, never won in their racing careers. Her other two, Zellda and Zikha, never raced. She also lost two offspring and aborted another one.
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What are some fun facts about Zenyatta horses?

In 2009, she became the first mare to win the Breeders' Cup Classic. Her other major wins included the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic in 2008, the Apple Blossom Handicap in 2008 and 2010, consecutive wins in the Vanity Stakes, the Clement L. Hirsch, and the Lady's Secret, all in 2008–2010.
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How old are race horses when they start?

Thoroughbred racehorses will typically begin racing at two or three years old, and the average career will last until the horse is 4 or 5 years old (but can last longer based on the soundness and success of a horse). You can learn more about their training and race lives by visiting Keeneland!
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Meet Zenyatta's Last Foal, a War Front Filly!

What famous RaceHorse was slaughtered?

American Classics / Breeders' Cup wins:

He entered stud in 1989 and was later sold to a breeding farm in Japan in 1994. Much to the outrage of many horse racing enthusiasts, reports indicate that in 2002, Ferdinand was sent to slaughter in Japan with no fanfare or notice to previous owners.
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How tall was Zenyatta?

A full hand taller than Secretariat and Man O' War.
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Was Zenyatta ever beaten?

On November 9, 2009, Zenyatta became the first female to win the Breeders' Cup Classic and the first horse ever to win two different Breeders' Cup races. Zenyatta lost her final race, a second attempt in the Breeders' Cup Classic, by only a nose.
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Could Zenyatta have won the Triple Crown?

She was too big (ending up racing eventually at 17 hands and about 1,245 pounds) and too slow developing, so the Triple Crown, for three-year-olds only, was never on the table for the Mosses and Shirreffs.
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Where is Zenyatta today?

The mare had her last foal, a War Front filly, June 9, and Claunch says both mare and baby are healthy and doing well. After weaning the foal, Zenyatta will stay to live out her days at the Versailles, Ky., farm.
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How many babies has Zenyatta had?

In the breeding shed, things didn't go nearly as well for Zenyatta. She has only four registered foals. Her first two foals, Cozmic One (2012, Bernardini) and Ziconic (2013, Tapit) both started for Shirreffs but never won.
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Did Zenyatta ever win the Kentucky Derby?

In racing, Moss is best remembered as owner of 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta and Giacomo, who stunned with a victory at 50-1 odds in the 2005 Kentucky Derby. He also bred many of his own horses. Zenyatta became a household name while competing from 2008 to 2010, winning 19 consecutive races.
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What horse beat Zenyatta?

Nineteen times they'd celebrated with her in the winner's circle. Not this time. Blame beat Zenyatta by a head in a thrilling finish at the Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday night, handing the 6-year-old mare her first defeat.
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What is the fastest female horse?

Winning brew

Winning Brew is a legend. She's not just fast; she's a record breaker. Imagine this horse, racing down the track. She hits a speed others dream of, 43.97 miles per hour.
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How old was Zenyatta when she started racing?

After winning both of her starts as a 3-year-old late in 2007 at Hollywood Park, Zenyatta made her 4-year-old debut with her first graded stakes win in the 2008 El Encino Stakes (Grade 2) at Santa Anita.
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How fast was Zenyatta?

He was told that Zenyatta had run her last quarter mile in 22.49 seconds and her last sixteenth in 5.2 seconds, reaching her top speed of the race of 40 miles per hour the moment she hit the wire.
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Did Zenyatta ever lose a race?

Smith blamed himself for Zenyatta's only loss in 20 career races.
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Has Zenyatta produced any winners?

Her stakes wins include wins in the 2010 Lady's Secret (G1), 2010 Clement L. Hirsch (G1), 2010 Vanity (G1), 2010 Apple Blossom Handicap (G1), 2010 Santa Margarita Stakes (G1), 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), 2009 Lady's Secret (G1), 2009 Clement L.
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Is Zenyatta A Boy or a girl?

Conversation. Zenyatta identifies as a male. Male pronouns are used in his backstory.
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Is it OK to ride a 22 year old horse?

“20 year old horses still have years of ability and function ahead.” With the changes in understanding and care on equine teeth and feeding, a horse of twenty can expect 10 to 20 (yes, even 20) years of life ahead, and a lot of that time can have useful riding miles within it.
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How old is a 37 year old horse?

At the horse age of three the equivalent changes and is approximately 5 years to man. From 4 the horse year equivalency changes to 2 1/2 years. If your horse lives to be 36 horse years the human equivalency in years would be 100 1/2 years! Genetics, nutrition, exercise, medical care, etc.
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