Zenyatta recovers from unsuccessful pregnancy

Hall of Fame racemare Zenyatta's run of bad luck as a broodmare continues, as the mare will not have a foal in 2018 after aborting her pregnancy to the cover of successful sire Into Mischief.

The 14-year-old Street Cry mare lost her pregnancy in mid-April after suffering a low-grade placentitis, an inflammation of the placenta usually caused by an infectious agent, that triggered a premature placental separation. Zenyatta's connections issued a statement on their official website, Zenyatta.com, saying that the mare, who is boarded at Lane’s End in Kentucky, has recovered from the issue.

“Zenyatta has bounced back well and is enjoying the spring sunshine in her paddock,” the statement read.

Since being retired following her 2010 season, Zenyatta has had only two foals to survive to racing age thus far, neither a winner on the track.

Her first foal, Cozmic One, by Bernardini, went unplaced in five starts. He is now training as a hunter-jumper, aiming for the 2018 Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover. In 2013, Zenyatta produced Ziconic, by leading sire Tapit. The horse has two runner-up efforts and six third-place finishes from 12 career starts. He last raced on Feb. 9, and last had a published work on March 13.

Zenyatta produced a filly by War Front in 2014, and was not bred back for the following season. The filly suffered an injury that proved fatal in a paddock accident later that fall, after she was weaned. Zenyatta delivered a War Front colt in 2016, who aspirated meconium during delivery, and survived only a few days.

Zenyatta delivered a Medaglia d'Oro filly, now a yearling, on May 9, 2017 before being bred back to Into Mischief.