Zenyatta wins North America’s Horse of the Year award
Zenyatta was this week named the North American Horse of the Year.
Zenyatta, the daughter of Street Cry, is owned by Jerry and Ann Moss, and trained by John Shirreffs. The horse suffered her only loss in 20 starts when she finished second in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
“It has been a great honor to be associated with the other two finalists,” Moss said while accepting the award.
Moss also acknowledged Zenyatta’s breeder Eric Kronfeld of Maverick Productions, Don Robinson, who foaled and raised Senyatta at his Winter Quarters Farm, and bloodstock agent David Ingordo, who bought her at auction.
As well, he praised Jeanne and April Mayberry of Mayberry Farm near Ocala, where Zenyatta was broke and trained. All of them were present for the award presentation.
“(Mayberry Farm) called David and said we’ve got this filly here and you’d better get a good name for her,” Moss said. “He asked why. They said, well you’ve either got one fast horse or a lot slow ones, because they all need two strides for every one she takes.” After the award presentation, Moss urged the industry to pay more attention to the fans of horse racing.
“I came from an industry that sued its fans when they started stealing music through Napster,” he said. “There is sentiment in this business and you have to play to it. It is true in show business and it is true in racing. If you have a horse that gets people in the heart, then they want to came see them and get to know more about them, and you have the Beatles again.”
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