HAPPY 4th OF JULY!
I want to wish all of you a fantastic HOLIDAY WEEKEND and a very safe July 4th.
While many people will be off to the races, walking on the sand, and enjoying great barbeques, I’ll be here at Lane’s End having a special time as well. MY JOHN and his crew will be racing.
I’m looking forward to enjoying the sunshine, grazing on the bluegrass, and eating some of my favorite TREATS! As you can see, I’m happily awaiting a few bites from my ST. LEO’S friends in this photo. This is a visit I did to help fund-raise for a local school. I must say, the ladies were so gracious and brought ME the perfect treats!
The holiday weekend is also filled with a large number of fabulous stakes races. One in particular is of great interest to ME. On Monday, my dear, dear friend, HARMONIOUS, is running in the ROYAL HEROINE G-2 at Hollywood Park. It is one mile on the turf. This will be her first start since February when she tried the dirt at Santa Anita. Harmonious has a wonderful past performance record. She is a very accomplished turf filly by Dynaformer out of a mare named Jade Tree! I’m wishing her ALL THE BEST!
Harmonious and I spent a great deal of time together at Barn 55. We not only grazed together each morning and afternoon, but we shared MARIO as our groom. He is truly one terrific guy! As we would often be outside at the exact same time, Mario would be with ME and Frank would be with Harmonious. It worked out perfectly for everyone.
I believe this is one of the reasons why it was such a smooth transition for ME to share a paddock with other horses once I acclimated to life at Lane’s End. It was such a familiar and comfortable situation as I have literally spent years outside grazing at Barn 55 with other horses close by: Tiago, Life Is Sweet, Zardana, After Market and Harmonious to name a few. We always respected each other’s space, which is so important, and simply enjoyed sharing our time outdoors with each other. We could literally stand there and look around for hours and hours. We weren’t necessarily ‘eating anything’…we were just enjoying the time outdoors! Hmmmm, I still do that!
I’d personally like to wish HARMONIOUS and VALERIA (one of my Moss pals) GOOD LUCK in their races. They are both running on Monday, the 4th! Such FUN!
Enjoy your Holiday!
Please be safe!
With love,
Hugs to All~
Z
Sue MacGray
Hi Z!! Have a wonderful 4th of July weekend! So happy that Zazu won last week. I’ll be following your other pals this weekend too, inbetween music/family/friends/good food, etc. And to everyone else here, Have a Great Holiday!!
DJ
Terry C: That is definitely Off-Color!
Katie Clawson
Happy 90 days in foal Zenny!!
ZENYATTALOVERAMY!!
you deserve all the treats in the world zeny!!beautiful pic! i love how your forelock is blowing in the wind!:):):):)pray for you and your baby daily! love you both! FROM YOUR BIGGEST FAN AMY.
Debbie
hi Z! Happy 4th weekend to YOU!!! Enjoy grazing and hanging out with your friends! I’ll be rooting for Harmonious and Valeria and thinking of YOU! love YOU gorgeous mama xoxoxo
Tere Thomas
Happy 4th Miss Z and good luck to your pals. Any friend of yours would be a friend of ours! Love you!!
Arlene
Congratulations to the Mosses on the recent award.
As usual, beautiful pictures, Zenyatta!
Happy and safe 4th! God bless all.
barb france
Happy 4th to all! Enjoying the sun out in the san juan islands..nature at it’s best! Thanks to all that commented on my Z license plate..I will enjoy spreading “Z” joy to everyone. Good luck to all your friends racing this holiday weekend and be safe.
Pam Zacek,
Happy fourth of July to you, too, Zen have fun in the field, with all your buddies, and Im really glad everyone misses you in Barn 55 I would also if i had been there, I be Mario does more, he took so good care of you always, looks, really, beautiful, all groomed, good, but still are, beautiful. have good time,
Terry Crow
@DJ-Like Strother Martin said in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, I’m not old I’m colorful.
Lucia
Good luck to both fillies (or are they mares?), especially Valeria only because she shares my grandma’s name! Zenyatta you are looking awesome! I have never been constantly around, or experienced a mare in foal before, so Zenyatta’s baby will be pretty special! :) Thank you again so much for the updates! Love,
Lucia
Dear EVERYONE:
I hope you have a safe, happy, and blessed 4th of July, and 4th of July weekend! God bless us lucky Americans!
Janie
Happy 4th of July weekend, Zenyatta. It will be pretty hot at Hollywood Park this weekend and REALLY hot in the San Fernando Valley where I live – yikes! This weekend marks your 3rd month of pregnancy – wow! Eight months to go! Take care of your precious self and enjoy your lush green surroundings in Kentucky. Love you, pretty girl.
Barbara Wood
@Dottie–I hope Sophie is keeping you and John in line! We always welcome pictures of her!
DJ
To Terry C: Yes, and I plan on living forever…So far so Good! By the way, if your nose runs and your feet smell, did God make a design error?
Kathy B.
I love Harmonious but not sure I can make the race on Monday. I am very excited that another champion filly has been nominated for the Gold Cup….Blind Luck! Go Girl Poser!
Kathy B.
Oops…sorry lousy typing. Go Girl POWER!
dunie
Happy July 4th to the best horse ever-ZENNY!
Max
Zenyatta. Another perfect pose. Those treats look really good.
Here is a link to a story about your pal, Harmonious. She looks just like her daddy, one of our favorite bad boys, Dynaformer. Good luck to her for a great race.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/63840/royal-heroine-harmonious-back-at-hollywood
Shanda Hooton
Happy 4th to you beautiful girl! Enjoy all the sunshine, blue grass and specials attention that I am sure you will recieve. Sennding all my love your way!
Rita Stack
Have a great weekend Z, love you always.
Terry Crow
@DJ-With your sense of humor, you have a better chance of living forever than most of us. We know that God is flawless and he has shown he has a sense of humor. After all, what else would explain my presence?.
Especially Horses
@Everyone: I have a book to recommend for this 4th of July holiday and for summer reading: Mount Vernon Love Story: A Novel of George and Martha Washington by Mary Higgins Clark.
This is a very short and quick to read novel that is just so sweet and lovely. Although historical fiction, it offers some interesting insight into our first President and his affection for Mount Vernon. Pick it up this weekend, enjoy, and be proud of our American Heritage.
suew
Happy 4th. of July to you, Zenyatta! How I would LOVE to hand you some treats or just stroke that magnificient body of yours. What a classy gal you are…your manners are always just perfect. It’s good to see your Mario again. You nd he seemed to make the perfect pair. Enjoy the beautiful weather and a romp with your BF in that bluegrass. Hugs and a high hoof to you!
Trina Nagele
URGENT REPOST TO EVERYONE WHO LOVES ZENYATTA”S DIARY: You all know that Dottie Sherriffs is the voice of Zenyatta and we owe this marvelous website to her. Her birthday is approaching on August 10. We are planning a very special way of showing Dottie how much we appreciate her. We don’t want to disclose what the plans are on this site because we want it to be as much of a surprise for Dottie as we can make it, so please e-mail Karen Gogue to get the details on how you can participate. It will involve no cost or travel on your part, but it is urgent that you contact Karen as soon as possible because she wants to have the initial stage completed by July 6. You don’t want to miss out! Karen’s e-mail: karenlg06@yahoo.com Thank you all!
Judy (Maass) Gadwood ~CA
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY ZENNY! I wonder if you will be able to see some fireworks in the sky… :-D
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I remember seeing HARMONIOUS grazing on the grass during one of my visits to Barn 55… TOO CUTE! :-) Best of luck to her!
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SAFE RACING! SAFE 4TH OF JULY TO ALL!
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BIG HUGS & LOTS OF KISSES QUEEN Z & BABY Z XOXOXO
sherry drish
YOU REALLY HAVE IT MADE. EVERYONE IN THE WORLD WOULD DO ANYTHING TO BE NEAR YOU. I KNOW YOU ARE SO LOVED. YOU HAVE KIND WAYS AND A VERY KIND AND CARING WAY ABOUT YOU DEAREST ZENYATTA. I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU ENJOY YOUR PASTURE TIME. HORSES ARE HERD ANIMALS, SO IT IS ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE OTHER HORSES WITH YOU. HOPE ALL Z. FANS HAVE A GOOD HOLIDAY WEEKEND. LOVE TO ALL. SHERRY D. WV.
DJ
To Terry C: I believe a very loving God who delights in differences rather than similarities. Who hides within the beauty of each creature wonderfully made, displaying the awe and reflection of a Divine Being who communicates more about His diversity and attributes than even the creature itself. I try not to make myself too comfortable, for I sense that I am not Home yet. I will share a funny “Creator” joke at H.P. if I am able to go on the 9th…God willing :)
DJ
ps. St. Teresa of Avila said, “Lord, it is of no wonder that you have so few friends…just look how you treat them!”
Brenda
What a nice surprise Dottie, I didn’t expect anything today. Zenny keeps you really busy typing out her thoughts for us but maybe she’ll give you a bit of a break on the 4th. As usual Sarah has taken a great photo of those two lucky ladies who came to see YOU and brought such healthy treats with some mints for desert. I can almost see a little bit of tongue, were you licking your lips? Your friend Harmonious looks very nice and I’m guessing that she must have a nicer disposition than her daddy who has to have the bars in his stall replaced on a regular basis because he kicks them all the time. Vic and I were quite surprised to see how much damage he can do when we visited Three Chimneys two years ago. We didn’t see him defending his paddock, he was already out and in the far corner grazing and so wasn’t very interested in the visitors.
@ DJ How did you know about my nose and feet?
@ All TEAM Z in Ca Good luck on Monday
Zenny, have a peaceful, happy holiday weekend with Matt, David and Sarah.