Jerry Moss "Zenyatta Mondatta". Zenyatta retired with only one loss and a record 20-19-1-0. Zenyatta is the only female horse ever to win the Breeders' Cup Classic. In 2010 she was American Horse of the Year. Jerry Moss Jerome S. "Jerry" Moss (born May 8, 1935) is an American recording executive, best known for being the co-founder of A&M Records, along with trumpeter and bandleader Herb Alpert. After graduating with a degree in English from Brooklyn College and a stint in the Army, Moss began his music career by promoting "16 Candles", a hit for the Crests on Coed Records. In 1960
Herb Alpert several groups including one-time A&M band Soul Asylum and by comedian Pat Cooper for his album "Spaghetti Sauce and Other Delights". The singles included the title cut, "Lollipops and Roses", and "A Taste of Honey". The latter won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year. "Going Places" produced four more singles: "Tijuana Taxi", "Spanish Flea", "Third Man Theme", and "Zorba the Greek". "Tijuana Taxi" and "Spanish Flea" would be used in the 1966 Academy Award-winning animated short "A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature". The Brass covered the Bert Kaempfert tune "Happy Trumpeter", retitling it "Magic Trumpet".