Zanetti looks for Northfield three-peat Sunday
At 1h40, on January 15, 2023 • By NORTHFIELD PARK
Despite not racing at two, Zanetti has consistently shown throughout his career that he has a lot of talent if they could get him to focus. Focus is what he has done in 2023, kicking off his 7-year-old season with two straight victories at MGM Northfield Park, a streak he looks to extend on Sunday (Jan. 15).
Zanetti, who has one of the most prominent personalities in trainer Bill Rhoades’ barn, has taken a liking to northeast Ohio, seemingly improving with every start.
In his first start, he closed from off the pace after starting from post seven. And while he only finished third, he paced hard through the wire.
Zanetti has shown that he can close from off the pace and leave hard off the gate, and mixing it up is what his connections do to keep him from getting bored.
“We still have to switch his rigging up all the time to keep him interested,” said owner Rick Magee. “Bill (Rhoades) will tell you he loves getting attention in the barn.”
On Sunday, Zanetti will face a tall task — stepping up in class to take on some of northeast Ohio’s finest in the $18,000 Open — but his connections don’t think that we have seen the best of their talented gelding.
“We haven’t seen the bottom of him yet; there’s not a time he comes off the track and seems tired,” said Magee.
Throughout his career, Zanetti has earned $153,621 with 20 victories in 102 career starts.
Leaving from post three, Zanetti will take on Cool Man Dude (Billy Davis Jr.), Lyons Friends (Kody Massey), Fly Charley Fly (Chris Lems), Prince Of Tides (Hunter Myers), Bernie (Ryan Stahl) and Rockn Motion (Ronnie Wrenn Jr.).
