WOW!!! Zenyatta Wins Classic!!!

If you are going to be Horse of the Year, you might as well do it in style. At least that may have been what Mike Smith and Zenyatta were thinking in Saturday's Breeder's Cup Classic. In about as dramatic and thrilling as race as you will ever see, Zenyatta came from dead last, went six wide at the top of the stretch, and finished first, flying. She is the first filly to win the Breeder's Cup Classic and she did it in a way that will not soon be forgotten.

What a horse! What a race! What a boost for the sport! No more second guessing between Rachel and Zenyatta. There is no question that Zenyatta will get the nod for Horse of the Year. Rachel? Well, she will have to prove herself all over again next year if she wants to add that title to those she has already accrued.

I am certain that anyone, even the casual observer of the sport, would find that race inspiring, exciting and intriguing. Not only did she, in my opinion, rack up Horse of the Year, Zenyatta did more for the sport in that one thrilling race, than any horse since Barbaro.

BRAVO!!!!