LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Zenyatta is racing toward motherhood.
The Horse of the Year is pregnant, according to Zenyatta.com, which is run by Zenyatta's racing manager Dottie Ingordo Shirreffs, wife of trainer John Shirreffs.
The news comes just over two weeks after Zenyatta was mated with 2006 Preakness winner Bernardini. She will be scanned twice over the coming month to monitor the development of the embryo. The gestational period for horses is around a year, meaning Zenyatta would be due sometime next February.