Zenyatta claims third straight Clement L. Hirsch

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08/07/2010 - Del Mar, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Undefeated champion Zenyatta successfully negotiated Del Mar's synthetic surface Saturday on her way to winning the $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes. The six-year-old mare extended her career unbeaten streak to 18 races, including three consecutive Hirsch Stakes.

Owned by Jerry and Ann Moss, Zenyatta was ridden again by Mike Smith, who received a pre-race kiss from Hall of Fame jockey Julie Krone. Zenyatta sits atop the National Thoroughbred Poll and is now perfect in four starts this year.

The pace in the Hirsch was set by Rinterval. Racing in second was Dance to My Tune followed by Princess Taylor and Made for Magic. Zenyatta, who normally is last in the early going, was fifth in the six-horse field with Spring Style in sixth.

As the field entered the far turn, Zenyatta made her move to the front. Smith had her on the outside around the final turn and into the stretch. The champion mare easily went past Rinterval with a furlong to run.

Trained by John Shirreffs, Zenyatta held off a determined Rinterval down the stretch. The winner of last year's Breeders' Cup Classic posted a head victory over Rinterval.

"She literally was playing," Smith said about the 1-10 favorite.

Finishing third was Princess Taylor followed by Spring Style, Dance to My Tune and Made for Magic.

Zenyatta covered the 1 1/16-miles in 1:45.03.

Zenyatta adds $180,000 to her career earnings, which now stands at $6.15 million. In her four wins this year the champion has earned $780,000.

Zenyatta began her 2010 campaign by winning the Santa Margarita Handicap at Santa Anita Park and followed with a win as the 1-20 favorite in Oaklawn Park's Apple Blossom Handicap. She won the Vanity Handicap for a second straight time in her previous start.

Zenyatta is a two-time Eclipse Award winner as champion older female.

Zenyatta returned $2.20 and $2.10, and Rinterval paid $3.80 for place. There was no show wagering.

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Big 12 Conference betting odds

Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.