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Bob Baffert, the most recent trainer inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, would give Horse of the Year to Zenyatta.
He’s a California guy. [...]

By Matt Hegarty
Daily Racing Form

The Turf Publicists of America has named the human connections of 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Zenyatta as the recipients of the organization’s Big Sport of Turfdom Award, the organization announced on Thursday.
The recipients will include Zenyatta’s owners, Jerry and Ann Moss; her trainer, John Shirreffs, and his wife, Dottie, who [...]

It would be interesting to see if this horse could come from behind. Like this one.
Two very different styles but the same result.

By Harry King
The quiet celebration was a first — enthusiasm for a thoroughbred race result and nary a dollar at stake.
A friend called with the news when Little Rock was still more than an hour away on Interstate 40. A watcher of thousands of races, he said Zenyatta looked like she had no chance in [...]

By Don Agriss, Sports Network
Rachel Alexandra (Rachel) dominated three groups of horses in 2009. She devastated three-year-old fillies in both the Kentucky Oaks and Mother Goose Stakes. The daughter of Medaglia d’Oro defeated three-year-old males in the Preakness and Haskell Invitational, and then beat older males in the Woodward at Saratoga.
Zenyatta already came into 2009 [...]

Frank Angst
Following three successful night cards this year, Churchill Downs plans to offer a half-dozen programs under the lights in 2010.
Churchill plans to offer four Friday night programs during its spring meeting: June 11, June 18, June 25, and July 2, along with two fall date programs falling on Halloween (Sunday, October 31) and Friday, [...]

Marty McGee of the Daily Racing Form
They went 1 3/4 miles, and yet it was only an inch or two that separated victory from defeat Friday in the $454,500 Breeders’ Cup Marathon. On the wire, it was the aptly named Man of Iron beating Cloudy’s Knight in an exciting opening to the 2009 Breeders’ Cup [...]

INGLEWOOD, Calif.—Undefeated Zenyatta is getting her own day at Hollywood Park

This horse just wins!

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Churchill Downs Inc., which counts the Kentucky Derby in its stable of businesses, staked out a bigger share of the Internet wagering sector with its deal to buy online rival Youbet.com.
The racetrack operator, steeped in racing history with the Run for the Roses held each May at its namesake Louisville track, is [...]