Zenyatta statue to be unveiled in California
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Champion mare Zenyatta is to live immortalised inwards a life-sized statue at California’s Santa Anita Park amongst ii other legends of racing, John Henry as well as Seabiscuit.
The 1200-pound statue volition live unveiled at the racetrack’s Paddock Gardens surface area on September 29, the source Sabbatum of the track’s Autumn race meeting.
The initiative Grade 1, $US250,000 Zenyatta Stakes (formerly the Lady’s Secret), a race won yesteryear Zenyatta over 3 consecutive years from 2008 till 2010, volition live run the same day.
Zenyatta, winner of the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita as well as Horse of the Year inwards 2010, is forthwith aged viii as well as is currently enjoying her business office equally a broodmare at Lane’s End Farm inwards Kentucky.
Named subsequently The Police’s blockbuster album “Zenyatta Mondatta”, Zenyatta is owned yesteryear Rock’n’Roll Hall of Famer Jerry Moss as well as his wife, Ann. Moss co-founded A&M Records with Herb Alpert. Moss too owned 2005 Kentucky Derby winner, Giacomo, named subsequently i of The Police frontman Sting’s sons.
Santa Anita president George Haines said of Zenyatta: “Her win against the boys inwards the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic is considered yesteryear many to live the greatest 2nd inwards Santa Anita history.”
Zenyatta retired with nineteen wins from xx career starts as well as $US7,304,580 inwards earnings.
Although she was defeated yesteryear a caput inwards her concluding start, the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Classic, her stature equally i of the sport’s all-time greats remained undiminished as well as she was voted the Eclipse Award equally Horse of the Year for 2010.
“The breadth of her accomplishments at Santa Anita lonely is astonishing,” said Haines.
“She won a amount of half dozen races here, all stakes as well as 5 of them were inwards Grade 1 competition. Her flush volition forever resonate with our fans as well as nosotros know we’ll conduct maintain many thousands of people coming hither over the years to admire her statue, which volition live situated on due south side of the Kingsbury Fountain, direct across from John Henry.”
Trained yesteryear John Shirreffs as well as ridden inwards her concluding 17 starts yesteryear Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, Zenyatta made her 3rd career induce on Jan 13, 2008, winning Santa Anita’s Grade 2 El Encino Stakes yesteryear i as well as three-quarter lengths nether David Flores.
As was the illustration inwards her 2009 Classic victory, all nineteen of Zenyatta’s wins came inwards last-to-first fashion.
After winning the El Encino, Zenyatta’s subsequent Grade 1 wins at The Great Race Place came inwards the 2008 as well as 2009 Lady’s Secret Stakes, the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic, the 2009 Classic as well as the 2010 Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap.
Sculpted yesteryear Nina Kaiser, who too created the statue of John Henry, Zenyatta’s likeness stands at her tiptop of 17.2 hands, as well as weighs 1,200 pounds, which is most what Zenyatta weighed throughout her racing career.
Commissioned yesteryear Santa Anita, the world-renowned Kaiser worked on the projection for to a greater extent than than ii years.
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