Good Morning,
I hope all of you are having a happy, healthy week! Everything at Lane’s End is going very well. My paddock pals and I are ALL enjoying the lovely weather and every moment of snacking on the lush Kentucky Blue Grass!
I’d also like to thank you for the kind comments you have written about my dear little sister, EBLOUISSANTE. As you have already noted in your responses, she is not owned by the Moss’…but by our BREEDER. He bred both of US!
On a horse’s JOCKEY CLUB PAPERS (the birth certificate for a horse), the name of the BREEDER is always listed. BREEDING is such an incredibly important part of our industry. The BREEDER is technically the person who owns the mare at the time the foal is born. Sometimes, a mare owner may ‘foal share’. This means that one person owns the mare and another individual provides the stallion season used for this mating. Under these conditions, each party would be listed as the ‘breeder of the resulting horse’ and each would own an interest in that particular foal from the moment it is born.
The majority of the time, though, the breeder owns the MARE and selects the stallion she will be bred to that year. The mare owner secures the stallion season for his mare and thus becomes both the owner and breeder of the foal once born.
A mating is planned with many significant components that need to be considered. Some of the most important are pedigree elements, conformation, size, and the overall general health of both parents. Many people also want to factor in and consider the particular running style of a horse and/or the distance capabilities of each of the potential parents Is the hope to have a pedigree that will encourage more SPEED QUALITIES or are you looking to reinforce the STAMINA INFLUENCE in this family line? There is so much to be considered. It is truly a huge responsibility for an owner to breed the best horse possible.
I would think that the main goal of a BREEDER would be to breed a quality foal who is healthy, strong, very sensible, and has good conformation. It sure looks like “E” got off to a great start in ALL of these areas! (JUST LIKE ME!) Thank you, MOM! She certainly was a great influence on both of us!
In racing literature, it is often stated that breeding horses is not an exact science. It takes a lot of HARD WORK, PATIENCE, and VERY IMPORTANTLY…LUCK!
My owners do have several broodmares. I am one of them! They enjoy the entire process…every step of the way! In our SPORT, it is often said that winning with a homebred is a very, very special thrill because of the total involvement you’ve had with the horse from the earliest stages of it’s life!
JUST IMAGINE….with foal crops of well over 30,000 horses born each year in our country…to be the ONE who breeds a horse who wins the Kentucky Derby or a Breeders’ Cup Classic…what an ACHIEVEMENT this is!
This is not only a complete THRILL….it is TRULY A GIFT!
With love,
Hugs to All~(Isn’t my baby sister TOO CUTE!)
Z
nancy
Zenyatta is in foal, I don’t want to say the sourse of how this was found out, I know they are waiting to say something. But since she is might as well make it offical.
Judy (Maass) Gadwood ~ CA
@nancy ~ I know your “source”, but why not let Zenyatta (Dottie) give the news!!! Good Lord!!!
audreyc
The pictures of Z & E, with script, is adorable.
@Jan – Just loved your witty post about E being the new “Pippa”….ha ha…
@DJ – thanks so much for the beautiful flag memorial link. (will send this to my nephew, a veteran of the Iraqi war)
@Kimberly Potter, Trina Nagele, & Sharon Call – The birthday greetings for Emma were so sweet. Thank you.
@Elena Erdman – re: “Smoke the donkey”- I too remember seeing that story online. Just wonderful. I love donkeys & mules. They are soo very intelligent. They get a bad rap for being “stubborn”, but, in fact, it is due to their intelligence, and deliberation. I knew people who owned mules and would take them to “Mule Days” in Bishop, CA. The difference between a horse, and a mule (cross between donkey & horse), is that a mule will eye a jump – and if he knows he can clear it – he will. If he knows he cannot clear it – nothing and no one can persuade him to attempt it. A horse, on the other hand, will try, even if he doesn’t clear, and ends up bringing the jump rail down. This type of intelligence is also why the poor burros have a rougher time during a round-up by the BLM. Unlike the horses, who will run in a herd, while being chased by a helicopter – the burros (donkeys) will scatter in every direction, so as to escape being rounded up.
There is a lovely legend about donkeys, all of whom have a stripe going down their backs, and across their shoulders, forming a cross. The legend says that the Lord cast a shadow of the cross upon all donkeys’ backs as a reward for showing the humble and loyal servitude of the donkey that carried Christ.
Bonnie MacRaith
There is a deadly horse virus outbreak (equine herpes virus EHV-1)…so far 75 horses have a positive diagnosis and 11 horses have been put down…mostly in mid and western states and Canada. It was first diagnosed at a National Cutting Horse Association show in Ogden, Utah earlier this month. Vets say that it can spread by sharing tact with other horses, ie. blankets, halters, brushes, feed, etc. and that people can transmit the virus by touch…touching one horse and then another. Many horses shows have been canceled. The virus symptoms are spiked fever, nasal discharge, coughing and in severe cases lack of coordination/neurological.
I wanted to share this information just to be helpful and proactive. It doesn’t seem to be in the eastern states that I know of and if handled carefully it’s suppose to dissipate on its own. So, if anyone here has horses you know what to do! Many blessings go out to those who have lost their horse through this!
Sharon Call
@nancy. Excuse me, but I (and I don’t think anyone else does either) don’t consider it official until it comes from Dottie, John, Jerry or Anne. It won’t be the first time a “source” has been wrong. Let’s give these people and this great mare the privacy and respect they deserve and let them be the ones to tell Z’s fans. Thanks.
Alexandra Bowdoin
@Elena, Thank you for posting the story about “Smoke”..
@Dawn, How are you?
@Max, Thanks for the Kris S link, Yes, the
EARS….
@Everyone, Have a Great Long Weekend….
Trina Nagele
Here’s a tribute by Zipse at the Track to Paddy O’Prado. “He was the real deal. O’ What might have been.” http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Remembering_Paddy_OPrado_123
Sharon Call
@Shari Voltz. I know you will miss these young people. But just think, you get to start next school year teaching a whole new group all about Zenyatta and maybe next March there will be a little Z for your class. Hooves Crossed!
Gary Moulton
@audrdyc – Thank you so much for the Donkey Legend. It fits in perfectly with the Christmas Fable where the “Big Guy” is a donkey. Also similar is the Legend of the Dogwood Tree.
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Two thousand years ago, few trees in the Middle East were big enough to construct anything. However, one tree was valued above the others for its thick trunk and fine, strong wood. When the Romans came to rule over Jerusalem, their government used this same timber to build the crosses for executing criminals. A group of workers were assigned to gather wood for the crosses. Before long, every Roman official knew the best wood came from these gatherers of execution wood, so those workers became popular.
One day, the wood gatherers received a special request. An officer of the Roman court came and said, “The King of Jews is to be put to death. Deliver an extra-large cross made from your finest wood.” So, a fresh tree was cut from the forest of the trees with thick trunks and fine, strong wood. An extra-tall (and extra-heavy) cross was quickly made and delivered. Three days after the death of Jesus of Nazereth, the chief wood gatherer got alarming news. “All of our finest trees are withering!” the messenger whispered. The wood gatherer hurried to the forest and saw that it was true. Several years later, the chief wood gatherer heard that, every spring, many people visited the old forest that had once made his job so easy. Despite his advancing years, he set out to discover why. He saw the remains of forest, now like a salty bottom, with only a few trees still standing tall, bare, lifeless and rotting. But what was this? As he drew closer, his feeble eyes could make out the people walking among thousands of beautiful, flowering bushes. Seeing one of his own workers there, the old man said, “No one could ever make a cross out of this twisted wood. Our finest tree has gone to the dogs!” He noticed the beautiful white flowers, each blossom looking as if it had been burned from the touch of a miniature cross. At the time of Crucifixion the dogwood had been the size of the oak and other forest trees. So firm and strong was the tree that it was chosen as the timber for the cross. To be used thus for such a cruel purpose greatly distressed the tree, and Jesus nailed upon it, sensed this. In His gentle pity for all sorrow and suffering Jesus said to the tree: “Because of your regret and pity for My suffering, never again shall the dogwood tree grow large enough to be used as a cross. Henceforth it shall be slender and bent and twisted and its blossoms shall be in the form of a cross–two long and two short petals. And in the center of the outer edge of each petal there will be nail prints, brown
Gary Moulton
with rust and stained with red, and in the center of the flower will be a crown of thorns, and all who see it will remember.” The pink dogwood is said to be blushing for shame because of the cruel purpose which it served in the Crucifixion. The weeping dogwood further symbolized the sorrow. The red dogwood, called the Cherokee, bears
the color to remind us of the blood shed by our Savior.
Abigail from Montreal
To Corey M. (in Shari Voltz’s class): Don’t worry about not being able to write during the summer. I just know that Zenny & all her friends here won’t forget you at all! And you can write in the fall and tell everyone about your move and your new home!!!!
Lisa g
@Judy and Sharon Call: Yes, yes…We all know she probably is carring her baby with all the hints and the Too Cute Winks…but I will not feel it 100% until The Queen herself (Dottie) tells us either…
Lisa g
Ms Zenyatta, have a wonderful weekend, I hope you get some visitors…wish it were ME. I love you, Big Girl, and am hoping to see a new post soon, it is the holiday so I am not expecting one. I know you are such a busy girl. I love and miss you…Lisa g
Christine in VA
@ Cynthia H
Let the horse folks figure out who is related to whom…Too complicated for me…lol Just as long as Zen is happy WHO CARES LOVE YA BIG GIRL
DJ
Dearest Sweet “Z”,
Good morning! TGIF :) I will check back later for possibly a new “hello” from you!
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Audrey – you are welcome. I am sending it to two marines I know too. Have a lovely day and thank you for the donkey legend.
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Gary M. – That is such a beautiful story about the Dogwood Tree. I have never heard it before and will pass it forward. Thank you and blessings to you today!
DJ
p.s. It is going to be interesting to see how Fordham Road and Loro race tomorrow! Good luck to your “Z” family :)
DJ
p.s.s. They are 1 and 1A in the 3rd Race
(now that’s the kind of odds I like!!)
Hernan Tovar
What the Moss’ do not owend Eblouissante, well I made a mistake…
Love you Zenyatta, Ingrid.
Trina Nagele
@Jan—I second audreyc’s response to your comment that E is the new Pippa—-too cute!
Animal Kingdom, the Kentucky Derby winner,is confirmed to run in Belmont Stakes on June 11. http://www.drf.com/news/belmont-stakes-will-include-animal-kingdom
Terry Crow
@Gary Moulton-Wonderful story. I will pass it on to my pastor, although I’m sure he probably knows it. I have been unable to raise any comments about Life at Ten’s race in the Breeders Cup. Do you have an opinion?@Susan in TN-My old hound had a beautiful soul. When she lost the use of her hind legs I had to lift her and carry her up the stairs, not easy since she weigted about 60 pounds. I used to complain about it, now I wish I could do it one more time. I Will see her again. One never knows what life has in store for us.
Barbara Wood
@Bonnie MacRaith–we live in central Texas, and we’re worried here too. However, our vet reassured us that the dstates are being very pro-active to stop the spread. The Horse health newsletter had an update yesterday. There were very few new cases reported. We’ll pray that this deadly disease gets stopped soon!(
@Gary Moulton–thank you!
Hernan Tovar
@ Paula H, I agree with you.
@ Judy B, Ok thanks.
Ingrid.
judy berube
To Trina Nagele and Terry Crow:
Did you notice in the article confirming AK’s Belmont that Mr. Motion is shipping him there the week of. He didn’t do that for the Preakness. He brought him to Pimlico the morning of the Preakness. Do you think he now thinks it’s a better idea to have AK get the feel of the track a few times before the race. T. as you have said, track surfaces are different and AK didn’t seem to like sandy Pimlico and loose dirt in his face. I was rather surprised his connections didn’t give him a few days at Pimlico before the race. What do you think? Hugs, Judy B.
Lisa g
@Gary: Possiblly The Zenyatta Crown, since there seems to be no interest at all in The Triple Tiara anymore, this could replace that 100 times over, and you mentioned 3 races…Get a petition, and I will eagerly sign…Lisa g.
Lisa g
Ms Zenyatta, I look at your pictures and cannot help but wonder if you miss the cheers that are meant for you from the crowds? Just a big change to your now, quite retirement.
Lisa g
@Gary: 1st Race the shortest, winner of the Zenyatta Bows’ 2nd race a little longer, winner of the Zenyatta Ribbons, 3rd Race the Longest , winner of the Zenyatta Tiara….Win all Three…Winner of The Zenyatta Crown…oooo, yes.
Rosemarie Cola
Z, is there a plan for you and your friends if bad weather does come your way. It seems I am not the only one who is worried about you in this terrible weather. If this question could be answered, I think alot of us would sleep better knowing you are safe and sound.
Judy
@Nancy, can you retract yourself please? What nerve!
Lisa g
Ms Zenyatta, hoping for a new post before I leave work, not the case, I love you and have a wonderful, long weekend. I hope there will be an answer for Rosemarie’s post, I know I pray for you alot…this has been a horrible Spring…I love you, Big Girl…Lisa g.
Lisa g
@To Any/All Veterans, and/or Servicemen/women, all who have lost the same…THANK YOU FOR SERVICE, YOU ARE REMEMBERED. Lisa g.