Zenitsu Romps to Become Collected's First Winner

Airdrie Stud's grade 1 winner Collected   sired his first winner when his son Zenitsu  prevailed by 3 1/2 lengths in his second career start July 10 at Camarero Racetrack in Puerto Rico.

Bred in Kentucky by BWB Bloodstock and WDS Bloodstock, Zenitsu sold for $22,000 to Jacobo Ordonez at the 2021 Keeneland September Yearling Sale and was then pinhooked for $35,000 by Golden Thoroughbreds Training and Sales at the Ocala Breeders' Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Confederacion Hipica de Puerto Rico bought the colt at OBS.

Racing for VMH Stud, Zenitsu broke cleanly as the 2-5 favorite and stalked pacesetter El Zafiro in the early going of the five-furlong race. He took command at the top of the stretch and pulled easily away from his eight challengers. The final time on a sloppy track was :59.76.

The colt is out of the Majestic Warrior  winner Acapella , who is a half sister to grade 3 winner Vinceremos  and stakes-placed winner Paz the Bourbon . The mare has a yearling by Accelerate   named Axel and produced a Shancelot   colt this year that later died. Zenitsu is her first winner.

Collected, a 9-year-old son of City Zip , won five graded stakes, topped by the 2017 $1 Million TVG Pacific Classic Stakes (G1). He retired with an 8-2-1 record from 15 starts and $2,975,500 in earnings. He stood the 2022 season at Airdrie for $15,000.