Record-breaking American champion Thoroughbred Zenyatta is regarded as one of the top race horses of all time.
In an incredible 20-race career, Zenyatta was victorious in 19 consecutive starts including 17 graded stakes races. Accolades collected by the Thoroughbred during her illustrious career include the American Horse of the Year, 2010, the William H. May Award, 2011 and the American Champion Older Female Horse in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Some of her most noted victories came in the Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic, 2008, the Breeders’ Cup Classic, 2009 and was the three times winner of the Vanity Handicap, the Clement Hirsch Handicap and the Lady’s Secret Stakes. The latter was renamed in her honour in 2012.
Owned by Jerry and Ann Moss, Zenyatta was sired by 2002 Dubai Cup winner, Street Car and racemare, Vertigineux. Her lineage includes undefeated 1963 champion two-year-old colt, Raise a Native and celebrated sire Kris S.
After making her debut in 2007, it was confirmed in 2010 that she would be retiring from the track. While Zenyatta has since foaled four times, it has been with limited success. She last delivered a foal in 2017 from Medaglia d’Oro after a year off from breeding.
Hugely popular with racing fans, Zenyatta claimed the NTRA’s moment of the Year Award for three between 2008 and 2010. She was also featured in O and W Magazines and appeared in a profile on 60 Minutes.
In 2015 Zenyatta was induced into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
