Happy December 23rd!
In the midst of all of the pre-holiday rush, it appears that SANTA was so busy and moving about so quickly that his hat flew off. Luckily for him, STELLA and VIOLET found it!
Dottie told ME that Ann and Jerry are going to set it by their tree immediately to be sure DEAR SANTA gets it back as soon as possible! We’re sure he’ll be needing it to complete his CHRISTMAS DELIVERIES!
It has been a very special year for ME and the people who are so, so close to ME. We can’t thank ALL of you enough for the kindness and loving spirit you have shared with EACH of US throughout ‘my countless adventures and racing career’.
We’re all sending you one big HIGH HOOF!
With Love,
Hugs to All~(This is TOO CUTE…Stella, Violet, Ann and Jerry add their HOLIDAY CHEER to ALL!!!!)
Z
JAG ~ Zenny's Auntie Judy ~ So. California
VIDEO:
Lentenor_Tampa Bay 12-23-2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxRFoviAXvA
Trina Nagele in So Cal
Oh my goodness, Z—Stella and Violet are incredibly adorable—like little Sophie too!
@Marilu V—Have a wonderful trip to see your mom!
@Dawn Conrad—What a BEAUTIFUL story about Mad for Smarty and the young lady Madison! Brings tears to the eyes. And THANK YOU also for the LOVELY Christmas card.
@Suew in VA—Cute comment about Stella and Violet learning Z’s hat trick!
@Sue Fredrick—I’ve been wondering if your dream to get Precious (now Amazing Grace, to be known as “Gracie”) would come true! You are truly going “the extra mile” to make it happen! Congratulations to the two of you!
@CYNTHIA H—WOW! GREAT POEM! I TIP MY HAT TO YOU! YOU TRULY ARE A MASTER OF BOTH PROSE AND POETRY! AND I TAKE THIS AS A SIGN THAT YOU’RE FEELING MUCH BETTER TOO, THANK GOODNESS! HIGH HOOF! PS–Will we get to see you on the 26th?
@Sally B (WI)—Yes, I too am old enough to remember that closing line!
@Signofthetimes—LOVE those Clydesdales! Thanks for the links.
JAG ~ Zenny's Auntie Judy ~ So. California
VIDEO from John!
Barn 55 Eby Gallop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i4jxjE0Fqw&feature=digest_fri
Donna in El Paso
Merry Christmas to you, Zenny girl, and all of Team Z. May your days be merry and bright. God bless you.
Darlene
A very Merry Christmas to the Moss family, Dottie and John and to you Z…the greatest racehorse alive!!! Team Zenyatta truly brought love and excitement to our lives this past year. We are so grateful to John for allowing us to be close to you. Thousands of us have photos of ourselves with you…thanks to his trust in your fans. May the New Year bring more love and success to everyone on your beloved team.
Kari Bussell
My Queen & Miss Tasty,
I hope the two of you and ALL those you Love have a very, very, very Merry Christmas & Holiday Season. I love each and every one of you with every inch of my heart.
@-ALL Z-sters- Have a very Merry Christmas….and Happy New Year!
Here is a link to Beethovan’s “ode to Joy”…one of my favorite compositions of All time…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up6KRUG4D8Q&feature=related
Kari Bussell
To ALL who celebrate Christmas. I want to again say Merry Christmas!! and share this …it is my favorite rendition of “Silent Night”…by The Tempatations live ….recorded many moons ago… for my family , it isn’t Christmas until we here this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THQBbyhe7K
Wishing ALL of YOU ….Nothing , but JOY this New Year!
Kari Bussell
opps …try again..
http://www.youtube.com?watch?v=THQbByhe7K
Kari Bussell
Oops, sorry first two don’t work…try. try again….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cThQbByhE7k
Kari Bussell
Never gve up ~ third link works…JOY!!
Cynthia Holt- What a great poem. I love you friend. 12th-heart!
@Trina Nigale- Wishing you All the Joy you have given me!!
Barbara Wood (Texas)
Good morning, Z and all–just had to check in before getting busy.
@Kari Bussell–the “Ode to Joy” link started my day off on the right track for sure–beautiful!
@Sally B (WI)–Jimmy Durante??
Emma
I hope you and your family have a merry X mas queen Z.
maryp (New York)
@Sally B (WI), Thank you for your prayers, first of all.
My husband and I are HUGE Packer fans.
We are also old enough to remember Jimmy D’s closing line.
We Zsters have much in common with each other. Such a wonderful place!
Have a very Merry Christmas.
Abigail from Montreal
@ Susan in TN: Many of the vintage photos on THE VAULT are mine — I’m a shameless collector of racing photographs & especially those of our past heroes/heroines! I actually own the shots of Molasses Bill and the one of Jimmie, I am proud to say.
@Barbara Wood: TOO FUNNY about your Daisy. My Daisy is a Shepherd-Husky mix. And thanks for sharing about the bloodline connections in your thoroughbreds’ pedigrees. At a certain point in time, every American Thoroughbred links back to at least one of these “great ones.” My personal favourite as far as NA sires of old goes is probably Ben Brush. Not that he was the greatest of them necessarily, but he’s an interesting fellow and was a super sire. I might do something just on him on THE VAULT in 2012.
@Kari: BEAUTIFUL VIDEO, girl! I’m honoured to receive it. HUGS!
Elizabeth in NM
ZENNY, Merry and Blessed Christmas to YOU and YOUR Baby Z and to everyone at your home at Lanes End. Hope you and Tasty get lots of peppermint candy canes. Love Stella and Violet in their beautiful white, fluffy coats, especially those wonderful ‘leg warmers’ they wear! Would love to have a pair like that to wear in the snow here in NM!
Merry and Blessed Christmas To YOUR Wonderful FAMILY, ZENNY who inspires us daily and has sacrificed so much for all of us, YOUR Fans – Thank you Jerry and Ann Moss for so generously sharing your Amazing Zenny with us all and for your time and encouragement and kindnesses; Dottie and John – thank you for all of the time and effort and encouragement you give to all of us Z fans and for the wonderful posts that brighten our days and for your kind hearts; many blessings to you Sarah and your beautiful baby Reagan; thanks Mike for such exciting and inspiring racing and the love you have for Zenny; thanks to everyone at Barn 55 and at Lanes End – your care and loving of Zenny and ‘her friends’ is amazing – not to mention your patience with us Z fans; and thanks to the Mosses & Dottie & John for the pics of Stella and Violet and Sophie – we know they will get lots of wonderful treats this week – their pics are always too cute; and thanks to all of YOUR Z Fan Family, Zenny, all of you Zensters are so amazing and inspiring.
Elizabeth in NM
Merry and Blessed Christmas
@ Abigail – As always with your writings, your piece on Jimmie and Molasses is so interesting. You always inspire me to want to learn so much more.
@Dawn Conrad – Loved your update of Madison & Mad for Smarty’s story & Three Chimneys
@Past the Grandstand – Mary, what a wonderful, inspiring update about King of Speed. Fell in love with him just reading your beautifully written story. Thank you
@ Cynthia H – beautiful poem!
@ Sign of the times – great links of the awesome Clydesdales
@ Kari
Derlene
Barbara Wood
Barbara Grimaldi
JAG
Trina
The Kennedys
D Stuart
Susan in TN
Nancy in NC
Marlene
Judy Berube
Merry and Blessed Christmas to the rest of our ZENNY Fan Family (who I don’t have time to list as am hurrying to get to town this morning -in our snow storm here in NM).
We want to thank You ALL for your wonderful posts and kind hearts, and Pray and Wish Every Good thing for you that comes from our loving LORD. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Robin S
Merry Christmas to all of Team Z and all of Z’s dear followers! Blessings to all in 2012!
Kathy S.
Blessed, happy Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to Zenyatta, Team Zenyatta, and all Z-sters.
Mary Hale
Stunning picture of Stella and Violet. I can picture Sophie sitting between them.
@Dawn Conrad – thanks for sharing the Mad for Smarty story. Can’t get much better.
@signofthetimes – I just watched most of the Budweiser commercials. They evoke a range of emotions. Another worthy cause is Gentle Giants – saving these beautiful horses from the meat men. I’ve been giving to them this year.
To all — I treasure my time visiting Zenny’s site to read of the friendships made, sharing of positive, loving, and educational material. Merry Christmas Z, Dottie, John, Jerry and Ann, Lane’s End, Barn 55, Mike Smith and Z’sters (Tasty too). I’m looking forward to 2012 and all that it has to offer us.
@Sue Fredrick – congrats on your new family member. Go Pack!
Karen Gogue
One more day till Zanta arrives everyone!
Stella and Violet you are too precious for words. What a delight you two huge snowballs must be for your Mom and Dad! I bet you are full of mischief and mirth and they never stop from laughing.
eastcoastkid
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays everyone!
@Abigail in Montreal; do you by any chance have any pictures of 1935 TC winner Omaha you would be willing to share with the Omaha Project?
Yes, it is still in full swing and working to a happy conclusion…if so please email me (or anyone who is interested or has some info/pix)to MKB1802@comcast.net…I would love to hear from anyone who might be able to fill in some gaps…
M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S and
H A P P Y H O L I D A Y S to one and all…most especially “The Queen”…
Mary in MA
Dee
Merry Christmas to the beautiful Zenyatta and her team and to all of Z’s fans! Queen Z has been an inspiration to us all. Have a wonderful holiday.
Barbara Grimaldi and Little Juliet from NJ
MERRY CHRISTMAS, DEAREST ZENYATTA AND DEAREST DOTTIE–YOU HAVE BROUGHT A WORLD OF FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE TO ALL OF US HERE AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS SITE. AS YOU KNOW, A GROUP OF FANS FROM YOUR DIARY, ZENYATTA, FORMED A HORSE ADVOCACY GROUP THAT HAS BEEN WORKING HARD FOR HORSES SINCE AUGUST OF THIS YEAR. THROUGH BOTH OUR SITE AND YOURS, WE HAVE MADE SO MANY NEW FRIENDS BECAUSE OF YOU, ZENNY AND DOTTIE. HARD TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR ALL YOU HAVE GIVEN US. WE’D LIKE TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT TODAY, IN KEEPING WITH THE JOY OF THE SEASON, AND WITH RESPECT TO ALL THOSE READING THESE WORDS:
EQUI-ARMY-NDO, NOW FIVE MONTHS OLD, GRATEFULLY AND SINCERELY WISHES ALL OUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A NEW YEAR FILLED WITH ALL GOOD THINGS FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING OUR HORSES. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US DURING OUR MAIDEN VOYAGE AND PLEASE STAY WITH US AS WE GO FORWARD. IT HAS BEEN OUR PLEASURE TO WORK WITH HORSE RESCUE GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND CANADA, AND TO SHARE OUR INFORMATION AND EMERGENCY ALERTS WITH A GROWING LIST OF OTHERS WHO LOVE AND RESPECT HORSES. WE HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO THAT WILL NOT BE EASY, BUT WE WILL BE STRONGER TOGETHER. THANK YOU, DEAR ZENYATTA AND DOTTIE, BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU, WE WOULD HAVE NEVER MET AND MANY HORSES WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED THESE PAST MONTHS. WE’RE NOT A ZENYATTA SPIN-OFF, BUT AS WE WORK WE HONOR YOUR NAME, YOUR COURAGE, AND YOUR HEART. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!
Love
Skip
Celeste
Wishing I had enough time today to comment back on all the wonderful posts, links and comments on here the last couple of days, but I will have to simply say “thank you all!” for all the messages of this love we share for our Queen. I think the photos of Sophie and Stella and Violet are absolutely adorable and I love seeing how precious they are. My best wishes to everyone for a beautiful Christmas/holiday season and all the best in the New Year!
mary bobolis
Two gorgeous white standard poodles. Merry Christmas to Ann, Jerry, Mike E, John, Dottie, Mario and his wife, Michelle and all at barn 55.
Karen Gogue
Zenny
I have a wonderful Christmas surprise for you – I gave this to myself yesterday: A visit with your dear friend Giacomo!
Actually two wonderful gifts to myself. I went up to see my idol from my childhood days, jockey Jerry Lambert. He was the jock for the great Native Diver back in the 1960’s, and he ‘breaks’ and trains their horses at Magali Farms. I presented Jerry with my nomination packet for the Racing Hall of Fame for their consideration to have him inducted. He deserves to be inducted into the HOF alongside the Diver’s trainer Buster Millerick and the Diver himself. I want to thank Terry Crow for his beautiful letter he sumitted on behalf of Jerry. Also jockeys Pincay, Pierce, Eddie D., Hawley, Blum, Tom Shapiro – grandson of the late L. K. Shapiro, owner of Native Diver – and daughter of the great jockey Johnny Longden, Andrea. Thank you all so much.
Why am I posting this you ask? Because of you all who post on Z’s site – YOU gave me the courage to do things I never thought possible and to never give up. This site is so inspirational and it has brought about a change within myself through you, Zenny and Dottie. And I am a better person because of that inspiration and the people I have hugged and loved through it… I will post my photos and video of Giacomo onto Z’s Facebook later on today. Thank you all for the inspiration YOU give me – what a wonderful Christmas gift YOU all have been the last four years! And I love you all! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! BTW – Giacomo is an even bigger snowball than Stella and Violet Rose! He was playing with me, trying to ignore me while munching away, but I knew what he was doing – ha! sneaking up on me ever so slowly, him thinking I didn’t know! Too Cute – what a ham he is!
sharon in seattle
Eby flies!! John’s video was such a great ride!! Thanks, JAG!
Way to go, Lentenor!! so happy for the connections
Karen Gogue
wild horses
http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=19334
Patricia
Merry Christmas to all!
Lover of Horses
Stella and Violet are the cutest poddles I’ve ever seen! They’re adorable! Merry Christ mas, Zenyatta! Love you!