2010 Vanity Hcp (G1)

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Date/Track:
6/13/2010, Betfair Hollywood Park
Post Time:
4:45 AM PT
Distance:
1 1/8 m (Synthetic)
Age/Sex:
3+ F
Time:
1:49.01

What the Nation is saying about the 2010 Vanity Hcp (G1)...

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Call it anything you want? Paint it any color you want? But the bottom line on Zenyatta's win in the Vanity Handicap is called "HISTORY." Zenyatta now stands alone. Atop the list of horses for most consecutive wins without a defeat in non-restricted class company. She has now surpassed the immortal Citation and the great Cigar. So say what you will about Zenyatta nay sayers. But mathematics don't lie. 17 for 17 lifetime, and still counting!!!!
With a powerful closing kick she has never failed to deliver, Zenyatta remained perfect, running her way into history with a thrilling victory over St Trinians and four others in the $250,000 Vanity Handicap on Sunday at Hollywood Park.Read More
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  • mdracing69 · Zenyatta and St Trinians could meet again in the Aug 7 Clement Hirsch at Del Mar. The shorter distance (8.5f) of the Hirsch could favor St Trinians, who reportedly threw her left front shoe in the Vanity. · 714 days ago ·
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  • manderson1119 · I think Mike Mitchell should play a quick game of hide and go f*** himself......The DRF reports he texted John Sherrifs and told him to keep "Zenyatta out California". What a piece of crap, sore looser........and she threw a shoe???? No one that I know on and off the track at Holleywood park has mentioned that.........what a craptastic sore looser.... MIKE YOU LOST DEAL WITH IT DOUCHE BAG · 714 days ago ·
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In thoroughbred racing, greatness is defined by the number of times that you cross the finish line first, and the quality of the competition in the race itself. Sunday's Vanity Handicap at Hollywood Park wasn't lacking in quality competition or greatness. The race eerily reminded me of the 2009 Clement L. Hirsch. Where Zenyatta spanned very wider around the final turn, and had to really open to catch Anaaba's Creation in the shadow of the wire. The difference this time, in the Vanity Handicap, was that Mike Smith again spanned Zenyatta far too wide rounding the final turn into the stretch. But this time Zenyatta had a much tougher foe that lay ahead of her to run down. St Trinians, the 5yr.old mare from the UK, was to be the mare that would challenge Zenyatta's true, natural ability on this day. St Trinians had come to America from the UK having won 2 of her last 3 races, with 1 show effort at Wolverhampton in Great Britain. She then won the Paseana Handicap at Santa Anita in January. Then, in February, beet 2009 Breeders Cup Ladies Classic champion Life is Sweet pretty convincingly in the Grade 1 Santa Maria Handicap. She went into the Santa Anita Handicap in March as the betting favorite against a field of 13 older males, where she finished 6th of 14. So the task was no easy one this time. With Zenyatta giving away 9 lbs. to St Trinians. But showing the heart of a champion, like she always does, her greatness went on display when she ran down St Trinians in the shadow of the wire. To claim her 17th win without defeat, and surpassing the immortal Citation and the legendary Cigar for most consecutive win's without a loss in non-restricted class company. Zenyatta truly defines greatness!!!
 $250,000 Vanity Handicap Grade I 69th Running 1 1/8 Miles   Jockey Quotes    MIKE SMITH, ZENYATTA, Winner: "It's just incredible.  It was a great, great race.  It was a gallant effort on St Trinians' part, she really ran huge.  When we headed for home I hit a real...Read More
Zenyatta spent Sunday morning jogging 1 1-8 miles on Hollywood Park's main track and being walked at the stable in advance of her start in the $250,000 Vanity Handicap later in the day. Zenyatta is after her 17th consecutive victory in the Vanity, and an unprecedented third consecutive win...Read More
A ten race card is on tap for Sunday and all eyes will be glued to Zenyatta as she attempts to run her streak to seventeen wins from as may starts in the Grade 1 Vanity Handicap. The 129 pound heavyweight could have her hands full with talented mare St Trinians. Sunny skies are expected with a high ...Read More
Well, Sunday's the BIG DAY, race fans! Zenyatta will once again prance and power her way into the hearts of her adoring fans at Hollywood Park in the Grade 1 Vanity Handicap. The media is really gearing up, and this blogger was even interviewed for a Zenyatta piece in the Toronto Star...Read More
The 1-2-3 finishers of the La Troienne Stakes at Churchill Downs are all back in action this weekend, including Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra. Plus we get the addition of none other than Zenyatta to the card. There's one small catch: These four horses are in four different races across the nati...Read More
If you want to get racing folks unhinged, whisper a criticism of either Rachel Alexandra or Zenyatta, or their respective connections. Over at the Blood-Horse Jason Shandler has a blog and, apparently , a propensity for tickling the sleeping bear to see what will happen.  A few weeks ago, team ...Read More
Zenyatta will have five challengers when she attempts to race into history in the $250,000 Vanity Handicap Sunday at Hollywood Park.Read More
In her final major preparation for the $250,000 Vanity Handicap on Sunday at Hollywood Park, Zenyatta breezed six furlongs in 1:15 1/5 over Cushion Track this morning.   Hollywood Park clocker and morning line maker Russ Hudak said the 6-year-old Street Cry mare completed the final three-eight...Read More
  • medlocke · St. Trinians will be the best filly or mare that Zenyatta has faced thus far in 2010. By far. St. Trinians is a very legitimate contender, that's won some races since coming to America from racing in the UK. She had also won some races, or ran very well in races in the UK as well. Similar to a Tuscan Evening, although she hasn't won as much in America as Tuscan Evening. St. Trinians won the Paseana Handicap in January and the Santa Maria Handicap in February, a Grade I win. Many thought St Trinians was going to challenge Zenyatta in March in the Santa Margarita Handicap. But St Trinians connection passed on that race in favor of running her in the 2010 Santa Anita Handicap. Where she gave a very solid 6th place effort to a very good field of older males. I don't look for St. Trinians to beat Zenyatta. But I do look for her to run a big race in the Vanity Handicap. This is certainly a mare that Mike Smith doesn't want to fall asleep on, and give her too much rope in the race. Like he did in the 2009 Clement L. Hirsch at Del-Mar, when he left Zenyatta far too much to do, and took her far too wide to do it in that race. It was only Zenyatta's extraordinary athleticism that saved the race for them on that day. If Smith were to make that same kind of mistake against St. Trinians in this race? It could certainly cost Zenyatta the title of most consecutive win's in a row without a defeat that she's been chasing for some time. JMO. · 720 days ago ·
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Trainer John Shirreffs said Sunday that Zenyatta, undefeated in 16 races, will start under top weight of 129 pounds in the $250,000 Vanity Handicap on June 13 at Hollywood Park. On a day when Zenyatta will attempt to make history under jockey Mike Smith, Hollywood Park will honor  the champion...Read More
  • cigar · I was one of those hoping the 2010 Zenyatta campaign would feature some outside the box races and thinking. Guess not. · 721 days ago ·
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After St Trinians won the Grade 1 Santa Maria Handicap at Santa Anita on Feb. 13, outfinishing Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic winner Life Is Sweet, trainer Mike Mitchell gave serious thought to running against unbeaten superstar Zenyatta in the Santa Margarita Handicap the following month. Mitchell w...Read More
Martin Garcia is the new jockey for St Trinians, the 5-year-old mare expected to provide Zenyatta her main challenge June 13 in the Grade 1 Vanity Handicap at Hollywood Park. Trainer Mike Mitchell announced the rider change for St Trinians on Wednesday after Garcia worked St. Trinians six furlongs i...Read More
Zenyatta worked six furlongs in 1:13.00 at Hollywood Park on Monday, moving closer to a scheduled start in the Grade 1 Vanity Handicap there on June 13. Zenyatta worked in company with El Vino, a maiden, with whom she has worked frequently in recent months. Zenyatta ran the first three furlongs in 3...Read More
  • amfuller · Has anyone heard where they are going if Z gets to much weight for the Vanity? It would be nice if she showed up at CD for the Stephen Foster! :o) It's a Handicap race to but maybe better compition. · 735 days ago ·
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It’s official: Zenyatta is a crossover sports star. In fact, she’s a home-run horse. The undefeated mare is the newest Los Angelean to be featured in the “This Is My Town” marketing campaign for the Los Angeles Dodgers. It is fitting for many reasons, not the least of which is that Dodgers skipper J...Read More
Most horseplayers prefer to wager on horses in the afternoon, rather than watch them train in the morning. Wednesday at Hollywood was an exception. The best handicap horse in California, Rail Trip, had his final workout before his comeback. And the best horse in the country, Zenyatta...Read More
Zenyatta will make her next start in the Grade 1, $250,000 Vanity Handicap at Hollywood Park on June 13, trainer John Shirreffs said Sunday. 'The Vanity is run over 1? miles on the synthetic main track and is considered the championship race of the Hollywood Park spring-summer meeting. "It's a logic...Read More

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