Zenyatta Vanity Handicap 2009

A 129pound impost wasn t enough to stop the undefeated champion Zenyatta, who earned a repeat win in the 287, 000 Vanity Handicap (gr. I)at Hollywood Park June 27 for her 11th consecutive victory. In her familiar comefrombehind style, the imposing 5yearold mare rallied from fourth at the top of the stretch under jockey Mike Smith to draw off in the final sixteenth en route to a 2 1, 2length victory over the pacesetter Briecat on Hollywood s Cushion Track. She was the 310 favorite in the field of six