Zieten (horse)

Ridden by Steve Cauthen he was made the odds-on favourite against four female opponents headed by the Prix Yacowlef winner Wixon.

After moving up to dispute the lead at half way he stayed on well in the closing stages to win by three quarters of a length from Wixon with his stablemate Ski Paradise taking third place.

[8] For his final run of the year Zieten was sent to England and moved up to Group One class for the Middle Park Stakes over six furlongs at Newmarket Racecourse on 1 October.

After settling behind the leader Pip's Pride, Zieten came under pressure a furlong out but gained the advantage in the closing stages and won by a length.

[10] Thierry Jarnet rode Zieten in all of his races as a three-year-old starting with the Prix de Fontainebleau over 1600 metres at Longchamp on 19 April.

[11] Zieten was unbeaten in five races when he started the odds-on favourite for the Group One Poule d'Essai des Poulains on 9 May but sustained his first defeat as he finished eighth of the ten runners behind Kingmambo, beaten twelve lengths by the winner.

In the winter of 1993/4 Zieten was transferred to Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin organisation and entered the training stable of Hilal Ibrahim.

On his first run for his new trainer he made little impact as he finished sixth of the eight runners behind Lavinia Fontana in the Haydock Sprint Cup on 3 September.