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
Lorri
Happy Birthday Dottie and Mike! Hope both of you have wonderful days!
I love Uncle Mo and am so happy that he is training so well after his illness. He was my pick for the Triple Crown.
Moving on…Hope all is well with you Momma Z and don’t eat too much of 2 birthday cakes! xoxo
Tessa
I’m so excited about Uncle Mo, I wish he coulda raced in the derby. Love ya Z Love, Tessa
Tressia in Phoenix
Happy Birthday to two extrodinary people. Sure glad YOU BOTH are part of Team Z. Dottie and Mike, sure hope you have many many more Happy Birthdays.
Trina Totally Cool Poem!
Joan
Happy birthday to Dottie and Mike! I hope they both have great days today. Thanks as always to Dottie for keeping up the Diary. That’s wonderful news Uncle Mo continues to progress on his way back to the races.
DJ
To Barbara W: Fresh Strawberry Daquiris, yum! It must be 5:00 somewhere?! :) You’ve called the cyber Happy Hour Specialty. Let’s see, how about with Guinness Chocolate Cake..Our Dotties favorite? Candles…2, one for Big “Z” and one for little “z.”
Sharon
Happy Birthday to Dottie and Mike!
OXOXOX to u both and Lady Z too!
Love Trina’s poem!!
DJ
To Kc: Hope to see you on the “Z Green” for Happy Hour in a few? Ta!
Sharyn
Happy Birthday to Dottie and Mike – two very special people in your world Zenny!
Celeste
Thank you again for another uplifting diary post!! I love the photo of Uncle Mo and the explanation of a bullet work – now I’ll better understand. Thank you!!!
Happy Birthday to Dottie!!! Happy Birthday to Mike!!! I hope today is a beautiful day for both of these beautiful people.
Trina – what a wonderful poem!! Thank you!! It made me cry because it hit all the right notes and feels so true. Thank you for expressing so well what many feel but cannot say.
Have a great day everyone!!
Kari Bussell
From one more Leo to two fabulous Leos- The Best of Birthdays to: Dottie Ingordo-Shirreffs & Mike (Mikey) Smith. I hope all of both YOUR dreams come true!
Dottie-Thank you for EVERYTHING!..
@Laura J-LOL-love the name!
@Trina N- LOVE the poem!
@Cynthia H- Remember I am a mighty lioness in future wrestling matches-Roar!
@Ann… Para-thank you.Sorry I took so long…Did you find it?
Especially Horses
Happy Birthday Dottie and Mike.
Dottie, like Zenyatta, you are a treasure to horse racing. Your sharing nature, to the throngs of Zenyatta fans, does not go unnoticed or unappreciated. Each day I am amazed by your generosity and kindness in the time, education, care, energy and humor you pour into this site. This site touches an amazingly diverse group of people, from seasoned horse people to novices, to folks who place a bet based on the horse’s name or color to the serious analyzer of past performance. Then there are the quirky thinkers, poets, animal lovers of all types, city dwellers, farm owners, the animal activist, the rescuer, the donator to animal causes, and age groups of all kinds. As the saying goes “you can’t please all of the people all of the time”, but this site sure does please most of the people all of the time and that is saying a lot. Happy Birthday dear “Voice of Zenyatta”.
Mike, hope your day is a winning one. Every generation needs their “Eddie Arcaro, Johnny Longden and Bill Shoemaker”….you are that guy for a whole generation.
maureen in CA
I couldn’t wait to get home for lunch today to write this – Internet is down at work today – Grrr-rrrr!!
Dottie – Just wanted to wish both you & Mike a very Happy Birthday today, and many, many more! Congratulations on your Match Race win on Sunday, Mike! And can’t wait to see Uncle Mo back on the track again!
Barb
Happy Birthday to both of you …Have a great day! Love you Z
Gloria
Happy Birthday, DOTTIE!!! I hope you and Mikey have the best birthdays EVER! Thanks for all of your hard work. Hope you get lots of great presents!!
Lisa
Happy B’Day to two very great people. Zen you are lucky to have them in your life.!!!
Doreen
Dottie – Happy Birthday!!! I hope you have a wonderful day. I want to thank you for sharing this site with Zenyatta fans and horse fans in general. This diary is very special to me. My mother and I shared a great love for horses – she grew up on a farm and she told me stories when I was a little girl about some of the tricks her little Shetland pony “Dotty Dimples” would play on her. When Dotty was tired of being ridden, she would always head towards a certain tree on the farm that had an extremely low branch so that she could knock my mom off her back. My mother passed away in 2003 and that part of our relationship passed on to, until this diary. Thank you for sharing and having other people share their love of horses here. This site is an inspiration and I cherish it more than these words can express.
Mikey – Happy Birthday too!!! Thank you for taking such good care of our Zenny every time you had the chance to ride her.
@Barbara Grimaldi and Trina Nagele – Thank you for the link to the “annex”, I didn’t have any problems accessing it. Barbara G from the looks of it, you’re definitely not a novice.
Finally, thanks Zenny for “just being you”. We are so lucky to have you in our lives.
Quarterhossgal
Special Birthday wishes to Dottie, a wonderful person who shares Queen Z with all of her fans. Best wishes to Mike who kept the Queen safe in all her races. And most important of all Queen Z and little z have a great day!
Tatia
Happy Birthday Dottie and Mike!
Way to go Bernie!
Uncle Mo – we knew you could do it. Can’t wait to see you again ♥
Ann from KY
@DJ
Thanks for the great link. Really brought back the memories! I haven’t seen that Post race video but I was there that day :)
Cynthia H.
@Especially Horses: this quirky thinker loves your post!
@Kari B.: Mess with my fascinator—make my day! Grrroowl…
Brenda S..
Dottie, I hope you are enjoying your very special day. I can’t hoist a Guinness to you but I’m having a cocktail so “Cheers”. I sent birthday wishes this morning from Vic and I but forgot to say Happy B’day to Mike, hope he has a winner.
@ Trina – What a talent you have, I hereby name you Poet Laureate of Zenyatta Nation.
Joanna
There was a question earlier about the Moss’s buying Z’s foal???? Usually the owner of the mare OWNS the foal (and paid any stud fee) and last I heard, Jerry and Ann own Zenyatta. Are there other arrangements in play here? (i.e. sometimes somebody else will lease a mare for a breeding just to have the foal).
suew
Dottie and Mike…HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Dottie, I hope your every wish comes true today and always. Zenny, thanks for another great post. Your Bernie is AOK!
Kari Bussell
Del Mar race 1 starts in 7 minutes.
Good luck to Bobine & Valeria today…
Laura M.
A very happy birthday to Dottie and Mike Smith. What a happy day! I love the poem by Trina and the race tribute from DJ featuring both of them! TOO CUTE!
tony and sue
Zenny, hope you are having a wonderful day!
Dottie, you are one in a million…have the best Birthday ever!
It seems as if Bernie is bringing in big $ with his offspring…he and Z ae a match made in heaven.
tony
Happy Birthday, Dottie and Mike.
Z…you continue to amaze. Good luck with your little Z. He or she is bound to be a great one!
Kari Bussell
@EspeciallyHorses-very beautiful and well put!
Sherry
@DJ
I loved that race! Thank you, I could never have seen the happenings that close up. A great memory for Mike, Dottie and Our Queen! Thanks.
Olivia W.
Happy Birthday Dottie and Mike!
@DJ – Mike looks so gosh darned cute after that win!! A big XOXO your way Mike!