Thursday October 23, 2008, Breeders' Cup Works

Zenyatta, the odds-on favorite in the Ladies' Classic, shipped over from Hollywood yesterday afternoon and went for a 1 mile gallop over the Pro-Ride on Thursday morning under exercise rider Steve Willard. Willard said, "Lovely, just like yesterday." Freddy Wilson, a veteran horseman on the circuit, has been the pony boy accompanying Zenyatta to the track most days since she went into training. "She brought me out of retirement a couple of years ago. I galloped horses for 55 years. I go back to Ridan--and the only one I can compare to her is Drumtop, a Roger Laurin filly during the 1970s."