To ALL of my very DEAR FRIENDS,
I would like to wish EACH OF YOU a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a LOVELY, HEALTHY and HAPPY 2012!
It is my fondest wish that this holiday season and the new year brings each of you great joy…in so many ways. May you be blessed with treasured moments with friends and family, wonderful health, and the time to really stop and appreciate the things in life that truly matter!
My pals here at Lane’s End….Mike, Charles, Matt, Donna, Sarah, David and the Farish Family all send YOU their warmest wishes as well!
Oh…..and yes, TASTY DOES TOO!
Please be safe on the roads…and enjoy your day!
With Love,
Hugs to ALL~ (I do mean to ALL OF YOU!)
Z
I also wanted to mention that Santa Anita opens tomorrow. MY JOHN and Dottie will be racing…so we’ll all touch base in the middle of the week and again share all of our holiday and racing news! HERE’S WISHING MANY WONDERFUL BLESSINGS TO ALL!
Margaret
Haters? HALTERS, Anybody have any ideas how to fix the spellings errors my iPad keeps coming up with? My iPad needs to go back to elementary school…!
Lucky Ekberg
Hi Z, Hope you got lots of wonderful Christmas carrots and apples. Wishing you lots of love in the New yeaar !!
Love you so much !
Barbara Wood (Texas)
Well, we bit the bullet and spent some time this morning getting plane reservations for BC2012. Arriving Wednesday and leaving Sunday.
@jeanie from vista—haven’t seen the movie yet (one of our group is sick, and one is out of town), but posted a link from the Paulick Report about how well the horses were treated during filming. Many have seen it and posted. I expect to love it!
@Stephanie (S in San Diego)–GREAT report on the mare. I believe I still have her picture. That just gladdens our hearts.
CA DUMPLINGS–PLEASE put your heads together to save that QH–those ads are an open invitation to kill buyers. Stephanie, please keep us posted.
Margaret
Barbara thanks for the link! I read the article and it reminded me of my sister’s dog last night. The dog had his new squeaky Santa toy. And his dad wanted to get a picture of him in front of the tree holding it in his mouth. He sat, he drooped the toy. His dad was getting frustrated but I kept with the dog and sure enough we got the picture! Then I petted and petted him! Told him he was a good boy! He’s the kind of dog that will drop his Santa come to wherever you are and then you tell him “go get Santa, go get Santa”! And off he’ll go. Hell be back in a flash with Santa hanging out of his mouth. He loves to be told how smart he is! And he LOVES the attention. No one else sees he smart he truly is. Santa is in a totally separate place and you tell him to go get Santa and he knows EXACTLY what you’re talking about! He’s a lab and my best friend.
Jeanie
Dear Great One,
You and Tasty look marvelous! I’ve been gone a few days and away from a computer, so wanted to get on and wish you and all of your dear ones a wonderful New Year!
ALSO WANTED TO SEND A NOTE TO ALL Z’ISTERS WHO WANT TO HELP WITH THE RESCUE AT THE NEVADA FEEDLOTS. WE ARE STILL SHORT BY ABOUT $1,100. iT’S NOT A LOT OF MONEY IF WE ALL CHIP IN! LET’S DO THIS AND GET THESE THREE DEAR HORSES OFF THE TRAIL TO SLAUGHTER IN CANADA. MARLENE DODGE HAS TWO MORE DAYS TO PAY THEIR RANSOM. PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN!
YOUR HUMBLE J
Eveline / Maryland.
Plans for a statue for sergeant Reckless http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2011/12/144.shtml
Kari Bussell
Barn-55
Santa Anita
Race 5———
#1 Death Star/(MIKEY)Smith/ (HERO)MR.J. SHIRREFFS)/
St.George Farm Racing
Race 8———-
#4 MR.COMMONS/M.SMITH/SHIRREFFS/St. George Farm Racing
#8 RANDAZO-V. Esponza/Shirreffs/MOSS
GO DEATHSTAR GO!!!
GO MR.COMMONS GO!!!
GO RANDAZO GO !!!
Yeva
Merry Christmas Zenyatta!!!
Arlene
Hi Zenny, Blessed Christmas and Year to you and Tasty, too !!! What a beautiful picture for the new year !!!
LOL & Prayers, Arlene in Vermont
Kari Bussell
Congratulations to Mikey & Ismeme for the win!!
Congratulations to What a Rush!! and Chantal Sutherland for the win!
Victoria
Merry Christmas Z!
I made my horse Stardust a facebook page…she loves blogging just like you!:)
Joan in Texas
Love ya Z
Yvonne and Maurice
Hi Zenyatta. Your picture with Tasty is as usual picture postcard beautiful. Wow!! We are going to a Shrek ice show this evening. Looking forward to it. This weekend we will be going to Sunland Park Race Track in New Mexico, a mile away from El Paso. We will be spending New Year’s Eve there. Can’t wait. Watched a special on HRTV last night on A.P. Indy (Lane’s End) I hope the two of you can meet. He would be so awestruck. Love you mommy to be, time is going so fast. Stay toasty, eat well for two and may you, Tasty and all of your friends have a wonderful entended holiday celebration leading up to New Year’s. Love you, Angels.
Sharon Call, Atlanta, GA
@Kari Bussell. As always, I loved your recent video. Who is playing the piano?
Sally B. (Wi)
MERRY CHRISTMAS YOU BEAUTIFUL HORSE YOU, BEAUTIFUL FROM INSIDE AND OUT. You have a pretty friend Tasty. I wish all at Lane’s End a veery Merry Christmas too!
Love, kisses and best wishes
judy berube from Rhode Island
Dear Z and Fans,
You, Z, and TT looking gorgeous. Love you and love to all of you, Judy and Russ
Elyse Mach
Happiest of Holidays to:
beautiful and dearest Zenyatta,
your wonderful owners, Jerry and Ann,
your uber-talented trainer, John Shireffs
your sensational jockey, Mike Smith
and a most special greeting wish to Dottie who provides us all with such a special joy in each and every one of her delightful posts! HIGHEST OF HOOFS!
Rosemarie Cola
Happy Holidays to Zanyatta and Tasty and everyone at this great site!
Kari Bussell
– correction-
Randazo is in race 5 with Death Star!!!… race starts in 5 minutes…
Barbara Wood (Texas)
@Margaret–too cute. Love those labs!
@Jeanie–thanks for the update. Will post on Equi-Army site. I already sent something. If anyone got Christmas money, it would be a great way to use some. Please keep us posted. Hugs.
Made my flight arrangements for BC 2012 today, AND I got the Zenyatta Breyer from our daughter for Christmas. It’s so funny that all those years growing up, she got Breyers from us, and now she’s the one doing the buying. Too cute!
Sally B. (Wi)
@Kari Bussell; you have brought me such JOY with the Z video, Glory. Although tears fell and my nose is still dripping, it is out of the purest love for Zenyatta.
You are very special to share this with us all. I Hope you and all had a Wonderful Christmas.
@all Christmas Day, later in the afternoon, we went to see WAR HORSE. One definitely has their heart awakened with this movie. I don’t want to spoil things, so I will just say, I would recommend it, I loved it!!
Louise Castello
I love this picture of you and Tasty, Zenyatta. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas. I was lucky enough to get a Zenyatta ornament signed by your dear John and Barn 55, a poster of your beautiful print, a Zenyatta T-shirt, some more beautiful pictures of you, a calender with you, commemorative magazine of you and your print is already framed! Lucky, lucky me. Loving all things Zenyatta and especially loving you.
Sally B. (Wi)
Yes, Kari, GO MR. COMMONS GO!
Dallas from Texas
Merry Christmas baby girl…love you so much.
Vicki B. near Hollywood Park
David Milch, owner of two Breeder’s Cup winners, and creator of HBO’s “Luck”, was interviewed in today’s L.A.Times: http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-pugmire-qa-20111226,0,5931388.story
Vicki B. near Hollywood Park
@Kari Bussell – Thanks so much for yesterday’s video!
Vicki B. near Hollywood Park
And Bill Dwyre’s column on Santa Anita’s opening today was quite nice: http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dwyre-santa-anita-20111226,0,160978.column
Kari Bussell
Mr. Commons in 15 minutes..
http://www.calracing.com/video.php
Vicki B. near Hollywood Park
Mr. Commons did it!
Eveline / Maryland.
Congrats Mr. Commons! Awesome ride.