Champion mare Zenyatta loses filly foal by Candy Ride

Champion mare Zenyatta has lost her filly foal by Lane's End stallion Candy Ride that she was carrying, Zenyatta.com announced in a blog post on Tuesday.

"We at Team Zenyatta and Lane's End Farm are deeply saddened to share that Zenyatta lost her 2021 foal early this year," it read.

"She had been carrying a second Candy Ride filly, and we grieve the loss of this precious life. Thankfully, Zenyatta remains in excellent health and is doing very well."

Zenyatta, a 17-year-old daughter of Street Cry who resides at Lane's End Farm in Kentucky, is the dam of four registered foals, none of whom have won. Her first two, Cozmic One and Ziconic, have both been retired to second careers off the track.

Zenyatta overwhelms a field of top-class males in the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita in 2009Credit: Edward Whitaker

She also has a four-year-old daughter named Zellda who has not raced and a yearling filly named Zilkha. Zellda last worked during the summer.

Zellda was Zenyatta's first foal since losing two - both by War Front - in 2014 and 2016. The 2014 filly was euthanized as a weanling after a paddock accident and the 2016 colt died a few days after birth due to complications of meconium aspiration syndrome. In 2018, Zenyatta aborted a foal by Into Mischief.

Trained by John Shirreffs for Jerry and Ann Moss, Zenyatta was the champion older mare from 2008-10, and won the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2009. Her only loss in 20 starts came when second to Blame in the 2010 Classic.

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