O, The Oprah Magazine, Oprah Winfrey’s publication, has included supermare Zenyatta in its 2010 “Power List” lineup of influential females. The reigning roster was announced on September 14th.
Zenyatta (Street Cry x Vertigineux by Kris S), a champion among Thoroughbred racehorses, has pranced her way into sports headlines in the past few years, galloping into the winner’s circle in every high stakes race she has entered.
The 2004 mare joins educators, humanitarians, journalists, performing arts celebrities and other high-profile females in O, The Oprah Magazine’s “Power List” for 2010.
“She could well be the world's most invincible athlete,” O, The Oprah Magazine said. Author Laura Hillenbrand (Seabiscuit) listed key qualities that set Zenyatta apart as a leader among today’s females.
O Magazine’s 2010 “Power List” includes:
- Sarah Lewis, curator of the Yale University School of Art
- Kamala Harris, district attorney of San Francisco
- Julia Roberts, Oscar-winning actress
- Jane McGonigal, video game designer
- Lisa Shannon, humanitarian founder of Run for Congo Women
- Esther Duflo, French economist and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor
- Teresa King, U.S. Army commander
- Sarah Ruhl, American playwright
- Diane Sawyer, ABC World News anchor
- Viola Davis, Tony Award-winning actress
- Lynsey Addario, photojournalist
- Marge Champion, actress, dancer and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs character model
- Rebecca Onie, attorney and Project Health founder
- Lynn Henning, environmental lobbyist
- Zahra Rahnavard, Iranian political activist
- Vera Wang, fashion designer
- Jane Lynch, Emmy Award-winning actress
- Kelly Chapman Meyer, environmental activist and lobbyist
- Zenyatta, 2009 Breeders Cup winner and record-breaking Thoroughbred racehorse
- Unnamed – 13-year-old Pakistani rape victim
- Deborah Kenny, educator and founder of Harlem Village Academy
Of course, Thoroughbred horse racing fans will be watching for Zenyatta at the 2010 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, to be held the first weekend of November at Louisville’s Churchill Downs.
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