Mike Smith Honored

Jockey Mike Smith won the big Sport of Turfdom award for the second straight year and dedicated the prize to Zenyatta. "She's definitely one of the greatest--if not the greatest--horses of all time," Smith said. "Without her I wouldn't have been up here (receiving the award) either year. I'd like to dedicate this to her. She has done so much for the game."

Smith was presented with the award on December 7 at a luncheon that was part of the University of Arizona Symposium on Gaming and Racing. The award is given each year by the turf publicists of America.

Smith also thanked Zenyatta's connections, owners Jerry and Ann Moss and trainer John Shirreffs, for letting him ride her in most of her 20 career starts. Zenyatta has begun her new career as a broodmare in Lexington, Kentucky at Lane's End farm as of Monday evening, Dec. 6.

The end of an era for an amazing horse but the beginning of a new chapter for the guy who sat on her back.