INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Zenyatta will be pointed for the $300,000 Clement Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar on Aug. 9, trainer John Shirreffs said on Sunday. After that, it is difficult to predict when the undefeated champion older female of 2008 will start.
The options range from stakes in California and New York, a start against the brilliant 3-year-old filly Rachel Alexandra on a conventional dirt track, probably in New York, or a stay-at-home campaign on synthetic tracks that includes a start in the Breeders' Cup Classic against males at Santa Anita on Nov. 7.