Ok, I realize I'm supposed to be the alt-country guy and Ryan the 80's music fan, but a recent trip to Hollywood Park racetrack in Inglewood, CA got me a little nostalgic about the decade of excessive hairspray and bright leather jumpsuits. One might very well ask what horse racing has to do with music, but the two have long been linked since the days of Bing Crosby recording Del Mar's classic track theme 'Where the Turf Meets the Surf.' In more recent years, music moguls like Jerry Moss (The 'M' of 'A & M' records and the founder of 80's rock legends The Police) have been major players when it comes to ownership of top thoroughbreds.
Few race horses in recent memory have stirred the kind of interest and emotions like Zenyatta (the female horse named (partially) after the famous Police record 'Zenyatta Mondatta'). For the many people who hardly ever watch a race or attend the track, Zenyatta recently became the first female horse to beat the top older male horses in one of racing's richest and toughest contests - the Breeders' Cup Classic. Jerry and Ann Moss are her owners.
Here is a short photo essay from my visit to Hollywood Park, along with about 10,000 other patrons, to honor Zenyatta as she retired from racing.
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