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TVG-Betfair boost Beldame purse

Posted: Friday, August 21, 2009 12:39 PM

TVG and parent company Betfair Ltd. have agreed to kick in $400,000 to boost the Beldame Stakes (G1) purse to $1-million for a potential showdown between Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta on October 3 at Belmont Park.

The purse increase would only take effect if both stars start in the one-turn, 1 1/8-mile Beldame.

“TVG-Betfair and NYRA are thrilled to offer the owners of these two great horses the chance to participate in a Beldame for the ages,” said Gerard Cunningham, president of Betfair US. “Racing fans have been clamoring for Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta to square off all year and the Beldame presents the best opportunity for the two ‘Horse of the Year’ contenders to meet at one of racing’s best venues.”

Race plans for both Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta are up in the air. Rachel Alexandra is a candidate for four upcoming stakes races between now and Labor Day: the Shadwell Travers Stakes (G1) on August 29, the Personal Ensign Stakes (G1) on August 30, and the Woodward Stakes (G1) on September 5 all at Saratoga Race Course plus the Pennsylvania Derby (G2) on September 7 at Philadelphia Park.

Following her narrow victory in the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) on August 9 at Del Mar, Zenyatta was tentatively pointed to the Lady’s Secret Stakes (G1) on October 10 in the Oak Tree at Santa Anita Park meet.

Trainer John Shirreffs and owner Jerry Moss have both expressed reluctance to subject Zenyatta to the New York Racing Association’s mandatory detention barn, but Shirreffs told Daily Racing Form this week that he would be open to considering her for the Beldame.

“We are very excited to partner with TVG-Betfair and provide the venue and opportunity for fans to see the race of a lifetime,” said NYRA President and Chief Executive Officer Charles Hayward. “Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta are two of the most talented females that thoroughbred racing has ever witnessed, and Belmont Park would be the perfect setting for this dream match-up. We would expect the race to draw a stellar field to be part of racing history."

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