Good Morning,
A great deal of excitement took place again last evening at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale. MY BERNIE had another successful evening with colts he sired selling for $1,200,000….750,000….725,000. He sired a filly which sold for $500,000. Things are truly looking terrific for MY GUY!
Earlier in the day during training hours, Uncle Mo breezed on the Oklahoma Training Track. Saratoga has 2 really nice tracks for the horses to train on each day: the main track and then the Oklahoma Training Track which is very close to the barn area.
In the above photo, Uncle Mo is going out for this breeze. From all reports, he really looked terrific going the 5 furlongs in a ‘bullet’ 100.22. A ‘bullet’, in reference to workout times, means it is the fastest recorded time that morning for a particular distance.
Mo’s camp feels he is really making wonderful progress in his training. It is quite exciting as he looks to be on target to run in The King’s Bishop… August 27th. Hooves crossed for Uncle Mo! Keep up the great work!
On another note, today is the birthday of 2 members of MY TEAM: Dottie and Mikie Smith. I think this is just TOO CUTE that they are both LEOS and born on August 10th.
My warmest wishes for them both to have a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
With Love,
Hugs to All~
Z
Robin
Happy Birthday Dottie and Mike!
@TRINA – that poem was WONDERFUL! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!
Love you Queen Z….you are truly WONDERFUL and MAGICAL..
Heidi Kruckenberg/DinkyDiva
Happy Birthday Dottie and Mike!! May you have a wonderful day!
Zenny, yes, You’re man is the MAN!!! His babies are so well balanced and beautiful! Just looking at those babies made me think of how your foal will look. I also noticed that he’s throwing size as well as looks. You’re going to have an Amazon! :) Love you Big Mama!
Trina Nagele
Dearest Dottie, In honor of your birthday, I am going to make a donation to Old Friends, and a little extra to my favorite equine rescue groups. Thanks for all you do and all you are.
Cynthia H.
@JAG: Valeria scratched from race 6 today?
Elaine
Happy birthday to Dottie and Mike. Mike also had a great win in the Battle of the Exes match race! Congratulations…you looked great!
Sami
First,
Happy birthday Dottie & Mike! Many blessings and thank you for our queen!
Zenny,
Your man is THE MAN! I cant wait to see little Bern-Yatta/Zen-idini runnin’ around in the paddock! And are Jerry/Ann Moss gonna buy the little foal? I hope so!
Love you guys, many blessings and love,
Sami
Cynthia H.
Batten down the hatches, Dumplings!
2012 Breeders’ Cup will be held at Santa Anita, November 2nd and 3rd!!
Fitting that the big announcement should come on Dottie’s birthday!
Liz Gooch
Happy birthday, Dottie and Mike. Hope you have a wonderful and successful year!!!
Debbie
Happy Birthday Dottie and Mike! May you bask in the glory of the Zenyatta story. We wish the best today and always. Have a blessed day…I hope you eat some carrot cake and celebrate Zenyatta style. :)
Pam
Happy Birthday, Dottie and Mike! I just had my birthday on Aug. 6th, so I can truly say that LEOS RULE!
Phronsie O'Brien
Tina said it all in her wonderful poem! A very Happy Birthday to you, Dottie and Mike. This has been a wonderful ride! We Z blog readers really appreciate all the work and effort you’ve put into keeping us informed and HAPPY. You make our day!
DJ
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOTTIE AND MIKE!
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Dottie, thanks for keeping the memories alive…. God bless you both and long live ZENYATTA!
http://www.youtube.com/user/johnchun?blend=1&ob=5#p/a/u/1/md89IrR0Weo
Susan Romano
I love, love, love the daily updates from Queen Z and Dottie. Happy Birthday to Mike and Dottie! Susan in SO CAL
Peg
Happy Birthday, Dottie and Mike
sherry drish
MAY DOTTIE AND MIKE BE BLESSED WITH MANY MORE BIRTHDAYS. DOTTIE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INFO YOU PROVIDE TO ALL OF US. MIKE KEEP RIDING THOSE GREAT HORSES. SO GLAD UNCLE MO IS BACK TO WORK. THIS IS TRULY A MIRACLE. HE WAS A VERY SICK HORSE. YESTERDAY 9 OF AUGUST WAS MY HUSBANDS BIRTHDAY. LOTS OF LEOS OUT THERE. LOVE TO ALL. SHERRY D. WV.
Marty
Happy birthday Dottie and Mikey!! Hope you both have wonderful day!!! Lots of hugs and kisses…
Ann Maree
Hi, Z,
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Please tell Dottie how much we appreciate all that she does to give you a voice, and to be our teacher for so many aspects of your sport! Her dedication is totally amazing and just awesome! She has set a standard others can only hope to aspire to! All major active (and even many retired) thoroughbreds have a Facebook page with a scribe! You and Dottie did that for the sport! One year ago you had about 15,000 fans…now you are approaching 90,000 fans! So, give Dottie a big hug from me….tell her how much I hope her special day is super and that her upcoming year is all that she would want it to be!
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Big hugs!
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@Trina Nagele, what a great poem…you are so talented! Thanks for sharing this with us.
Maria K.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Dottie and Mike. May you have many many more to come! Thank you so much Dottie & Queen Z for keeping us updated. You guys are great!!! I love you Zennie!!!
Bailey
Happy Birthday to Mike and Dottie!! Glad to hear Uncle Mo is doing well!!
Shari Voltz
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOTTIE!!! Thank you for being the Horse Whisperer to my Homeroom 215. We ALL love you and wish you many many more Birthdays.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GREATEST JOCKEY in the Sport of Kings. My Homeroom also knows about you because I have told them your the VERY BEST. God Bless you with safe rides.
I love you Zenny. XXXOOO
@ Trina Nagele your a very talented lady :)
@ GO MO GO!! I love that Boy!!!!!
Sue Fredrick
Hi Big Mama, sending HI HOOFS to St. Dottie, who translates all of Z’s words, and darling Mikie who rode her so carefully to all her victories.
@Trina N loved your poem none of us can add much to that wonderful expose`
@All, I would just like to add congrats to Bernie on his beautiful babies and special congrats to A P INDY who is truly the SIRE OF SIRES!!!
luv you Z and kisses on your nose
nina
Happy Birthday to Dottie and Mike. Dottie thanks for all the great work you do for Z’s diary. High hooves!
Barbara Wood
What a happy day all around!
Happy Birthday, Dottie and Mikey.
High Hoof to Uncle Mo.
And last but not least, high hoof to OUR TRINA N.–That poem took a lot of time and effort.
What a blessing our time her is!
Barbara Wood
P.S. Think I’ll celebrate all this happiness with a strawberry daquiri–don’t have any Guinness–lol!
judy berube
Dear Terry Crow:
That last joke on Diary 315 was sooo funny. Really needed a good laugh and that did the trick. Hugs, J.B.
Tracy
Happy Birthday(s) to Dottie and Mike!!
And thank you for keeping us in touch with Z,it is like having a birthday present to open every day!
Allen
Go Mo, can’t wait until the 27th., Mo is back! Happy Birthday Dottie and Mike! Have a great day Queen Z.
Irene Caty
Happy Birthday Dottie and Mike, it is a beautiful day in S. Calif. and hope you both are here to enjoy this beautiful day that is ubusually great for the month of Aug. Zenny so glad that Bernies kids went for such a nice price. I was truely happy to see Uncle Mo now back in training for his next race and Good Luck to him along the way. Hope you are doing well Zen and wonder when you might get some visitors again. I hate to see you so alone at this time but I guess most of your team are pretty busy right now. Love you Queen Zenyatta and think of you daily.
Stella Bagwell
Dearest Zenyatta,
Thanks so much for all of the happy news today. You must be glowing with pride for Bernie–he’s certainly a sought after sire! And it’s wonderful to hear that Uncle Mo is healthy once more. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that he’ll blaze the track when he races again.
Please give my birthday wishes to Dottie and Mike—may they have many, many more!
Have a lovely evening, Queen.
Hugs and kisses,
Stel
Pamela J Hebert
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dottie & Mike!!! What a guy you have in Bernie Zenny. Dottie have a wonderful day!!! Hugs to all!