A 4-year-old campaign in which she captured four grade I stakes and three grade II contests to go 7-for-7 overall -- with earnings of over $2.1 million -- should wrap up a Horse of the Year title for Zenyatta ( pedigree ). The filly by Street Cry (IRE) ( SRO ) out of Vertigineux (more on her later!)...

Proud Spell ( pedigree ), winner of today's $600,000 Alabama Stakes (gr. I), is a representative of family 4-m. Her distant cousin, family 4-k member Music Note ( pedigree ), finished a neck behind in Saratoga's historic race ( full race coverage here ). Croft's Spinster (a.k.a. the Widdrington Mare...