Zenyatta Gives Birth to a Colt

The prince has arrived.

On March 8th, at 10:00 PM, in the gentle stillness of a quiet birthing stall, a dark bay colt pushed his way out into the world.
This colt is learning ordinary things; what thousands of foals have learnt before him.
The soft touch of human skin, the gentle nickering of his dam.
The sweet taste of momma's milk, the proper way to walk ... and later, run.

He is in many ways, a perfectly normal foal.
The 130 pound colt has no way of knowing that while he stumbles around and learns how to live, the rest of the world is perched on the edge of their seats, intently observing him with hope & adoration.
He is completely oblivious that the dark bay mare who looks so much like him is the near-undefeated, 2010 Horse of the Year, Zenyatta. That his sire is Bernardini, winner of the Preakness Stakes.

He is a superstar at birth.

While most horses go by unnoticed til they hit the races, Zenyatta's unnamed colt will be surrounded by hype through every step of his "childhood". Fans of the Racing Queen will be keeping their fingers crossed til the day he runs his maiden.
With such a royal pedigree, you can't really blame them.

To make things even more interesting, there's Rachel Alexandra's colt, born back in January. As Rachel was Zenyatta's off-the-track rival (they never met in a race), and equally as impressive as a racehorse, many are speculating whether there may be a rivalry between the two's offspring. While the notion's certainly bazaar, it very well may happen, as both colts could end up stabled at Santa Anita Park.

Will they live up to expectations? The odds say no, as producing a champion racehorse is much more complicated than adding up good sire + champion mare.
But that won't keep any of us from hoping and praying for Z's colt to run like the wind.
Horse racing's a game of chances.

For all we know, he might just fly.