Happy Friday Dear Friends,
It truly has been an eventful week. The 2 primary summer race meets completed their sessions…and now both Belmont Park and Fairplex open their individual meets. Good Luck to All!
Fairplex is a lovely ‘fair’ meet which runs on a ‘bullring’ race course. This means that the oval is a 5/8ths mile track. They do not have a grass course. All races are run on the main track. Belmont Park is beginning their fall meet and they will offer several major stakes and prep races for the Breeders’ Cup. When the Santa Anita Autumn Meet begins on September 30th…they will have the same quality for their stakes program. The fall racing action is really heating up!
Also, on Sunday, the KEENELAND SEPTEMBER YEARLING SALE begins. The sale will open with 2 evening sessions…which begin at 7 p.m. Eastern Time. These 2 sessions are offering some very fashionably bred yearlings. They are listed in BOOK ONE of the sales catalogs.
When a sale is going to take place, the sales company, Keeneland in this case, prepares a ‘SALES CATALOG’. The catalog provides you with all of the pertinent information relating to the sale and the conditions for the sale. It then lists the horses by HIP NUMBER starting with Hip #1. This way when you are reviewing the catalog, you use this number to find all of the information on a particular horse, the date it is being offered during the sale, and all of it’s detailed pedigree information.
HIP # 147 is of special interest to ME! The colt is a very close relative of mine. He is by STREET CRY (IRE)…my sire…and out of BALANCE. She is my 1/2 sister by Thunder Gulch. What makes us 1/2 sisters is that we have the same MOTHER…VERTIGINEUX.
This colt sells on Monday evening. The bidding on him will be very exciting to watch. You may also follow the activities on your computer. Go to KEENELAND.COM, then click on SALE…and select LIVE for the actual viewing of all of the action as it is taking place. This sale lasts for approximately two weeks. All sessions after the first two start in the morning at about 10 Eastern Time.
The catalogs and pedigree pages are on the web-site for you to review as well. It is really quite fascinating to see this side of our industry.
By the way, BLUSH–BLUSH, my photo is on the cover of BOOK ONE. My pal, ZAZU, has her photo on the cover of BOOK TWO. We are both ‘graduates’ of the September Keeneland Yearling Sales.
MY TEAM is coming to Kentucky for the sale…and most importantly they told ME…to SPEND TIME AND VISIT WITH ME! I can’t wait!
With Love,
Hugs to All~
Z
Especially Horses
So Del Mar closed just in time to miss one of the biggest blackouts in Southern California history – Late afternoon yesterday, 1.46 million homes and businesses lost electricity, from the City of San Clemente down to Northern Baja. Triple digit temps and too many air conditioners running I suppose.
Zenny stay cool and all your fans will try to do the same. Have a happy weekend everyone!
sherry drish
I WISH I HAD SOME MONEY TO SPARE, I JUST FEEL LIKE #147 IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER GREAT HORSE. ALL THESE THINGS ARE SO INTERESTING. I WILL TRY TO WATCH THE SALES. CONGRATS TO YOU DEAR ZENNIE. LOVE TO ALL, SHERRY D. WV.
Alexandra Bowdoin
I have been to one of the Sales at Keeneland. Quite fun and interesting. I would love to go again. I am so pleased that your “Team” is coming to visit you!! I wish everyone a great weekend! Z, you look fabulous….
Cheryl Heath
You are such a doll….love you so much. Have fun with your family!
Christine in VA
You look so COOL Zen. A visit from family ..take lots of pics and a video or two. I know the family has a talent with the lens.
Have a blessed week Zen MOM.
Marilu V
Dear Zeny: Thank you for the information. How exciting for those are participating in the sale. I am happy to hear you will have visitors this weekend. Please share photos with us. Take care of yourself! Hugs and Kisses, Marilu
Sharon in Seattle
Hi Zenny – you look refreshing with that spray and as gorgeous as ever! Don’t you love reunions with wonderful friends? ENJOY!!
Mary
Enjoy your company this weekend Z…I know they will be so excited to see you as you are to see them. Have fun….hugs to you Z…..
Sally L. Hopkins
Zenyatta, you’re the GREATEST! Lots of oxoxoxox from Southern California and thanks for all the posts.
Gerrie P.
So pleased Zenyatta will get a visit from her family. Love the photos of Zen.
Miss Zenyatta………..so, so, much.
Debbie
hi Z! I’m sooo excited for YOU about YOUR family visiting YOU!!! Thank YOU for all the info about the sales and I will try and watch #147’s bidding but company’s coming so I might be too busy. YOU look gorgeous getting YOUR bath, love YOU beautiful mama!!! xoxoxo
krazymeerkats
You sure get lots of baths. You must be the nicest smelling horse around. No wonder you are so pretty…
Pam
How nice to hear that you’ll soon be having another visit with members of your loving family. Pretty cool to have two families, human and equine! I’m sure the photos of you and Zazu have already done much to boost interest in the Keeneland sale. In my opinion, the more places your image shows up, the better! Have a great weekend, dear, sweet Zenyatta.
Nancy
Well, Of Course they are coming to spend time with you. I bet they can hardly wait to see your new ‘figure’. Have a lovely weekend Lady Zenyatta.
Patty Smith
Enjoy your time with your team! I know how much you love them and they you! I hope John or someone takes some nice pictures to share with us here on your page. I’ll be looking forward to that. Thanks also for the Keeneland sale info. I’m going to check this out. I am also very interested to see Hip #147. I bet she sells for a lot more than you did now that everyone knows you so well. However, even if she does, we all know there will never be another one like you Queen Z! Take care and enjoy the visit with your friends.
Cathy Marshall
I hope you have a wonderful time with your family. Love ya, Zenny!!
Terry Crow
@all members of the redneck club-Rosemary McCauley wondered if a national redneck day was in the offing. Actually, there already is one of sorts. The date is January 27 and it is designated as Thomas Crapper Day, dedicated to the man who invented the flush toilet. Today’s joke-Husband comes home from work. Wife says the TV has lost its color. How about looking at it. Husband says Hey, I’m no TV technician and gets a beer. Next day the wife says my car is kipping, how about looking at it. Husband says, Hey, I’m no Mister Goodwrench, and got himself a beer. Things got a little frosty and the husband decided to check out the faulty TV and car. He could find nothing wrong. When asked, the wife said she had found a man who fixed both of them. “how much did it cost?” the husband asked. “Oh, I told him that I had no money but he said we could work it out. I could bake him a cake or we could have sex or something.” Laughing, the husband said “What kind of cake did you bake him?” The wife said “Hey, I’m no Betty Crocker.”
WILD HORSES
Have a wonderful weekend Big Beautiful One. Love Ya Lori
jeanie langford
Balance’s foal will fetch a big price. I know you are happy to see your team. Is Mario coming. I hope they take some video. Love yat Z
Trisha Veazey
You must be soooo excited to have your team come to visit. I am sure they miss you as much as you miss them. I know we all miss seeing you, beautiful girl.
Have a great weekend and enjoy the time with your team
Love hugs and kisses to you and the team
JAG from California :-)
Hi Zenny TGIF!!!
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I’ve been in Lexington in Sept and Oct… oh, if I had only known! I would have gone to the sales! My friend (also a “Judy”) asked me more than once if I’d like to go… kick myself, kick myself lol – she saw YOU!
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I will try and watch the Sales because I want to see “History in the Making” :-)
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Kisses & Hugs Queen Z and Baby Z XOXOXOXO
Jean M.
Beautiful Zenyatta, How wonderful that your family is coming to visit, how they must miss you. If you were mine, you would live in my home. Will definitely check out the sales at Keeneland and be thinking of you. Love you so much.
Allen
On the cover again Z, way to go. Z, you also have a half sister in the sale by Henerythenavigator, I’m not sure what the hip number is. Z, you have a great weekend with all your Ca. family. Love from Tn.
Especially Horses
Zenny we are all aware of what a big girl you are, and now being in foal too, but I have to say this latest photo is just a reminder of how voluminous and gorgeous you are! Your two pals look rather minuscule next to you. It kind of looks like they are rinsing down a bronze statue, which brings me to another thought….I hope someday to see a life size statue of you at one of our So Cal tracks! On a different note, it’s nice to know loved ones will soon visit you.
Laura
Awww Z, hope you have a nice visit.
Shannon From Cool
Thanks for the report. Will be watching the sale at Keenland.
Sue Fredrick
Hi BIG Girl, there you are in all your glory getting the spa treatment again from two handsome men……what a life!! Your mom and dad are going to be shocked to see you looking so MARISH. Have fun!!
@Terry Crow, my god you crack me up! I sure wish I could meet you sometime it would be a laugh a minute. I have a picture of you in my mind because of a wonderful man I knew from who we bought our Saddlebred years ago. He was a wealth of information and could recite any horse’s pedigree from memory and told the funniest jokes and stories.
@Abigail in Montreal……what about that book…… or even some type of magazine with all your Vault stories????? I would like to keep all of them and reread them from time to time.
@Texans still praying and thinking of you in that inferno ( pics are horrendous)hope you and yours are all safe.
By the way Zenny hope you saw the game last nite GO PACKERS!!!
Luv and kisses on your nose
Kisses on your nose
Terry Crow
@Sue Fredrick-Thank you for your kind words but I would probably be a disappointment in person. However, if you are ever in California, would be happy to meet you.
Judy
I was wondering… is your care any different from the other mares at LE? Do you get bathed regularly or only when company is coming? Do all the mares have baths? Seems like you get to have lots of baths and to bathe all the mares in residence would be a huge job. Just wonderin’….. thanks!!
Hailey
Have a great weekend Z !!