Unbeaten Zenyatta's effort was a cut below her best on a hot day at Hollywood Park, but that was good enough to win the $300,000 Vanity Handicap (gr. I) July 5.
Ridden by Mike Smith, Zenyatta, the 1-5 favorite over six rivals, went for an early run while reeling in the lonely front-runner Silver Z with a furlong left to go. She then had to hold on under left-handed urging from Smith in deep stretch as a determined Tough Tiz's Sis, who had to angle out for a clear run mid-stretch, cut the edge to a half-length at the wire.
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