I attended the race with my Mother and my young niece and it was one of the most awesome experiences I have had. Zenyatta was so full of it in the saddlng paddock that she was tossing her groom around like a ragdoll, I can't recall her being that bad that way, everyone was snapping pictures and waving Zenyatta posters they gave out, including my niece, and I was worrying if this was getting her too riled up, but once she got on the track her prance was once again on display and she appeared herself, as they turned for home we couldn't really see as much as feel from the crowd that she was making her move, the sound and vibration in the grandstand was unbelievable as she crossed the wire, it was like a Hollywood script. Zenyatta was still being wildly cheered as she was walking back through the paddock, she was as full of it going back as she was going in and I will never forget how she proudly pranced by looking at all the people, I realized Zenyatta made all those useless sheets and figures useless as they did nothing but make a beautiful flesh and blood animal with a ton of heart a mere mediocre number running around an oval, she is one of the all time greats and absolutely worthy of her adulation and Horse of The Year, she made my day as well as my Mother and my excited niece clutching her Zenyatta poster ecstatic , and epitomized why I have loved horse racing for so many years!!!
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