Along with the most die hard racing fans, you're casual fan knows of Zenyatta. Well now it's time for anyone on the east coast that hasn't watched Eblouissante (half sis to zenyatta) race out west to see her up and close. Not only am I looking forward to her return to racing so are the people at horse racing nation who had the following to say regarding Eblouissante:
The first four days of the Saratoga meeting are jam packed with great racing, featuring five graded stakes races and the New York, east coast, debut of Eblouissante.
Eblouissante turned in a seven-furlong workout in 1:27.02 on Sunday in preparation for a start in either the Shuvee on July 20 or in an allowance on July 22. Both races are slated to go nine furlongs, which pleases trainer John Shirreffs. “The dynamics of the two-turn races are entirely different from one-turn races,” said Shirreffs. “I love two-turn races and prefer them to one-turn races, personally. I think they give horses a chance to get into the gate, go into the turn, relax, find position. There’s a chance to use a few different gears.” Aside from sharing the dam, Vertigineux, with her famous half-sister, Zenyatta, Eblouissante also likes to start her races slowly and close from off the pace to win, as she did in her only two career starts in California. She broke her maiden on the synthetic track of Hollywood Park in November of 2012 and followed that with an allowance score on the dirt at Santa Anita in January 2013. Various minor setbacks since then have kept her from running, so her many fans are eager to see if this four year-old will continue to live up to her name which translates from French to mean dazzling, stunning, amazing.
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