Good Morning,
All is going well with MY PARTY plans. I am getting so excited. At this time, we have guests who will be attending from approximately 35 different states and Canada. This is so much FUN!
I know Dottie and Leonard are working quite hard on all of the specific details one needs to plan and organize for such an event. Yesterday, they were reviewing the timeframe with Amy (Video Production) as to when I will attend the party via live feed.
In the meantime, I’m getting to visit with special family friends. REAGAN came to see ME the other day for a ‘play date’. This baby thing is still so new to ME. It think she thought my coat was quite ‘soft’ when she touched ME.
TOO CUTE!
As I’ve mentioned before, MY BABY will be so much bigger than a human child. REAGAN is 6 months old. At this age, BABY Z / B will be at the stage of being weaned and weigh somewhere in the range of 400-500 ish pounds…per Bayer Equine Connection.com.*
“Foals are commonly weaned at 5 to 6 months of age.”*
Wow..this is interesting. I can only imagine that BABY B/Z and I will really be quite close for several months after his/her birth. I really like this idea. I hope to teach ‘MY DUMPLING’ some great things.
“Once a foal is no longer nursing, a 500-600 pound weanling should be eating approximately 2.5% of its body weight in feed and forage in a day.”*
This is also something to note. Foals grow quickly.
I love learning all of these new things. I truly want to be well-prepared to be a GREAT MOM!
With Love,
Hugs to ALL~
Z
judy berube
Dear Z Fans:
You have to scroll down a little ways. Item 108. Hugs, JB
judy berube
Dear Z,
Goodnight and Sweet Baby Dreams. Love you lots, Judy and Russ
Peggy (N)
Here we go again more bad news. What in the heck is wrong with these Trainers/Owners. Yes, seem to be in it just for the money. Heartless people. They slip a little bit and off to the Auction Block they go. Discusting. Life At Ten, Blind Luck, I know the best thing I can do for you is pray hard. And, that I will. If I could buy you both I’ld do that too.
I have nothing against the Japanese, but its so far away and the bad memory of Ferdinand’s fate is still very much disturbing to me. Can not bear to think of something like that ever happening again.
These beautiful horses could just be put to Broodmare.
No matter how much money these people make its not going to help them at the end of there life and thats whats important. “Greed”, How Sad
Frazier, My Boy your in the forefront of my prayers.
Zenny I love you.
One last thing, I know Blind Luck and Life at Ten, I know the Japanese aren’t the only clients that could buy you both,you could go to a great home maybe here in the U. S. too,and I will pray hard for that. But, I am just still very worried. Love ya both.
Barbara Grimaldi
I am following the conversation about Blind Luck here, and the more I read, the more I worry. How this slime of a trainer/owner is letting this great horse go–and for what? Is she injured? Even if she were injured, who of us here would even think of sending her to strangers. Yes, I hope with all my heart that a decent farm will take her like Winstar or LE–but what chance does she have for that. These people who treat horses like inanimate objects, like batteries that run down so they get tossed out–they are the lowest of the low. The mare earned more than $3.4 million dollars in purses, and he’s throwing her away? I will be at Keeneland next week–when is the auction? If it’s next week, I will go there and picket all by my6self, so help me. You see, this is what happens when horse racing monitors itself, when fat cat trainers ignore the feelings that horses have. Our group had to choose an area to specialize in, and we choose TB racing because of all the horrors that go on behind the scenes, like truckfulls of horses being hauled to slaughter in the middle of the night, sold for a few hundred bucks. A dear colleague of mine said to me today–don’t these hard, calloused men recognize that a horse has feelings and that doing this can break the horse’s heart? I did not mean this to be a commercial, but it just made me see that our group has picked a cesspool to work in and we are determined to clean it up so that racing can be clean again. Racing has to be regulated. But with a national government that encourages and sanctions the slaughter of wild horses and burros on land they’ve lived on for hundreds of years, when they sanction the hunting of wolves thereby destroying the balance of nature, when they are in cahoots with the cattle industry, when they are turning the range into a fracking, mining, and oil drilling area–then it’s up to us to be these animal’s voices. And every day in every way I see more and more evidence of this brutal, inhumane opinion people in charge have toward animals. That’s why coming here into Zenny’s garden, I know I’m with people who care as much as I do about the welfare of horses and all animals. YOu don’t have to join equi-army, but please, please do something to help our horses–they are under siege everywhere.
Goodnight, dearest Zennie–wish I could give you a hug tonight.
Peggy (N)
I wish we had a Hot Line to Sheik Mohammed. Wish he could buy our two girls. I trust him and the Mosses.
Denise
Queen Z – We are truly blessed – You look so happy (We see those ears) – these pictures are amazing!!! You have great instincts about children. Motherhood fits you well. Have a great week Z !!
Delrene
Thank you Judy for that adorable 3 month old picture of BLuck. It is very upsetting for sure.
On another note on David Letterman tonight he is having the horse “Tonk” and his handler Erin. For east coasters it’s probably over or you have watched it; I will DVR and watch tomorrow.
I also signed the burro petition. This is a tough industry and we all have to be the voice of the horse.
thank you all for what you do and if you get the Horse and Man blog there is a darling little knock-kneed filly that needs help.
Zenny, Thank God for your owners and trainers and for all the people who love you.
Andrea
Perhaps some consolation, I think the lineage of the mares we are talking about is stellar. I think LAT is a daughter of Malibu Moon. His daughters are highly prized as broodmares. Well, it is something for us to cling to! I do not think that the only future for mares is the shed, but, it is better than other alternatives!
Marshall (girl's name)
Good evening, lovely Z! You are truly a gentle soul, and magnificent, too. Thanks for the sweet photos, and thanks to Dottie for keeping us informed. Hugs!
@All: I, too, am very disheartened about the all-to-common “use them and throw them away” approach which is practiced by many owners/trainers. This is reprehensible!!! All the very best wishes and hopes for Blind Luck, Life at Ten, St. Trinians, Switch, and all the others whose only flaw was to belong to the wrong humans — something they have no control over. Truly a sad commentary on our species.
Good night to all.
JAG ~ California
@ Brenda S
Did I wash Mike’s kiss off yet? Well, unfortunately, yes :-( I also had to eventually wash the jacket I wore at Barn 55 with Zenyatta’s kisses :-(((
signofthetimes
Dear Zenny
Your head is bigger than Regan’s whole body!!!!
The photo of her touching you and you look so
Very gentle. You are one very intuitive sensitive
Horse loving humans and other equine friends with
Such trust and sensitivity. Hope you had a great day.
XXXXOOO
Peggy (N)
I can think of a few more greats to step up and buy Blink Luck, Life at Ten and others. Lane’s End, Three Chimneys our great horses need your help. John Ferguson, Sheik Mohammed, Jerry and Ann Moss. O, K I know i’ve named a few of you twice. LOL
Good Night All.
signofthetimes
Just watched David Letterman with Erin Bolster and Tonk.
He is a very gorgeous horse, much nicer looking
Than the picture. However, David Letterman’s makeup
People looked like the really shined him up.
DL is such a character. He goes to pet Tonk on
The face and Tonk pushes him away and he turns to
The right. DL gets frustrated with unfamiliarity. This was
A very cute segment. Thanks do much JAG for posting
The link with the story.
candi carter
ooh zenny you so gentle and adorable and a beautiful angel. But I am worried with BLIND LUCK PRAYING WILL not SOLD TO JAPAN hope lord someone here in the USA farm will have her praying he have the greatest future a head it’s sad this beautiful creature of heaven because of this greed ouner don’t care if the horse cannot make money for them if the horse can talk and tell this greed ouner after the million they make for the horse they never care to the end but MONEY It’s sad.
J Smith
Abigail, thanx for link to stallions. Fab photo’s. A welcome break from thinking about ‘the girls’, Blind Luck and all. I see that as a business decision, Hollendorfer and co owners probably always intended to sell her when it was time for retirement, as they don’t have breeding interests. But it’s the way it’s been done, they have created their own PR nightmare that could have been so easily avoided had they bothered to express delight and thanks for the wonderful career they shared with her, and said they are selling her now as they want the best for her in retirement. But no, nothing like that has been said, which makes them sound cold, callous, and completely uncaring, and given past horse disposal stories by this person, that’s probably the way it really is. I do think all thses girls will be bought by good farms as they’ve had such good careers. The real test for them will be when their first foals start racing, so try to look out for them in 3 years. More reason to commend Mr Repole, he recently secured Uncle Mo’s future at a very nice farm. When Mo is ready to call it a day, everything is already in place for him. Just like it was for Zenyatta. Couldn’t the owners of these filly’s have done the same?
meredith hughes
Zenyatta, how much does it cost to come to your party?
Love you always
Meredith
signofthetimes
The whole Blind Luck thing is sad. It is purely a business
Decision. Probably weight the cost of trying to
Bring her back versus bailing. Maybe like RA, when
She took a rest she does not want to race anymore???
Also not sure if the 4 owners have a breeding operation.
Most likely not. Breeding and paying to keep broodmares
I imagine is very expensive. Whereas, stallions you
Can sell shares which will pay their way. Will definately
Read her Facebook page.
Kimberly
Zenny, You are always so kind and gentle with EVERYONE!!! I feel your team is partly responsible for this. All the love you received from them had made you the wonderful, kind horse that you are.. Love you!!!
Peggy (N)
@J Smith, well said.
signofthetimes
@J Smith
I think that keeping a broodmare is far more expensive
Than selling shares in a stallion. It seems Mo’s future
Is secure but no one knows if he is fertile or not. How MR
Would deal with sterility or low sperm count might
Not be so pretty. The true love of an owner like
Those who bred and raced Lure is very special. He has
A wonderful home where he was bred teaching all
The yearlings. His story is very touching.
judy berube
Dear Delrene:
You’re welcome. She’s too cute in those photos. I hope she is purchased by loving, caring people here in the States. Hugs, JB
judy berube
Dear Signofthetimes:
I forgot Tonk and his owner were going to be on DL tonight. Must have been fun to see. Hugs, JB
judy berube
Dear Signofthetimes:
That’s the whole story. The horses are at the mercy of whoever owns them. Lure was taken care of by people who cared. Let’s hope Blind Luck, Switch, Life At Ten and St. Trinians are as lucky. I agree with you that Blind Luck maybe just doesn’t want to race anymore. I think horses can lose interest in racing. I think Rachael Alexandra did too. What do you think? Hugs, JB
Peggy (N)
@Signofthetimes, I’ll have to check out the story of Lure, i am not familiar with him,
@Judy Berube, Just wanted to say Hi.
Such sadness lately just wish we could do something else for Frazier and our girls.
judy berube
Dear Peggy (N):
That would be great. Let’s hope that she stays in the US. Hugs, JB
Peggy (N)
Oh, Barbara well said.
Peggy (N)
@Judy B, Yes Sheid Mohammed could put them at Darley in Lexington.
Peggy (N)
Sorry, that’s Sheik Mohammed. OOps
Marshall (girl's name)
Sorry, that should be: …all-too-common “use them and throw them away”…
(“too” instead of “to”)
Best wishes for recovery of Here Comes Frazier!!
Again, Good Night!
MP in NC
judy berube
Dear Peggy (N):
Here’s a brief article about Lure. Hugs to you,JB
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/breeding-news/2003/september/28/lure-pensioned-to-claiborne-farm.aspx