Zellda, a daughter of Zenyatta, is in training at Santa Anita
ARCADIA, Calif. – Zellda, a 2-year-old filly out of famous 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta, arrived at trainer John Shirreffs’s stable at Santa Anita in late September and is in early training.
Zellda, owned by Jerry and Ann Moss, has been jogging in recent days.
“She’s just getting used to it,” Shirreffs said of the filly’s new surroundings. “She’s learning her way around here.
“It’s fun to have her in the barn.”
Zellda is the first filly out of Zenyatta to reach the racetrack. Zellda has two older half-brothers who were winless – Ziconic, who had 12 starts, and Cozmic One, who had five starts. They have been retired and retrained for second careers.
In recent years, Zenyatta’s foals have been the subject of tragedy and bad luck.
A 2014 War Front filly out of Zenyatta died as a result of injuries sustained in a paddock accident that year, while her 2016 War Front colt died of illness a few days after he was foaled. Zenyatta’s 2018 foal by Into Mischief aborted.
Zellda, by Medaglia d’Oro, underwent her early training with Jeanne Mayberry in Florida before being sent to California.
Van Dyke, Gutierrez to serve suspension
Jockeys Drayden Van Dyke and Mario Gutierrez will serve suspensions this month after dropping appeals of suspensions issued at Del Mar during the summer.
Van Dyke will serve a three-day suspension on Oct. 19-20 and Oct. 24 after dropping the appeal of a three-day penalty issued Aug. 10 for causing interference in the seventh race on Aug. 9. Van Dyke’s mount was disqualified from second to seventh in that race.
Gutierrez will serve a three-day suspension from Friday through Sunday after dropping an appeal of a ruling issued Aug. 2 for causing interference in the fourth race on Aug. 1.
Last Sunday, Gutierrez was suspended four racing days – Oct. 13-14 and Oct. 18-19 – for causing interference in the third race last Saturday when One Fast Bro altered course without clearance in early stretch of a turf race. One Fast Bro was disqualified from fifth to ninth.
Gutierrez may appeal that penalty, his agent, Matt Nakatani, said Wednesday.
