Dear Friends,
Today marks the end of another year! In my lifetime, I’ve been incredibly fortunate to have several very wonderful years filled with the love, kindness and thoughtfulness of so many people.
December 31st can also be a day of great reflection. Often people review the year mentally …and the different paths that took place in their lives. For ME, this was definitely a year of CHANGE. My life and career went from one amazing stage to another…from being the very accomplished professional athlete that I was…to now becoming a broodmare. Hopefully, though, throughout all of these life changes for ME one thing has remained constant….that I have continued to be a TRUE FRIEND to ALL OF YOU….the wonderful people who have shared so many of these experiences with ME!
Additionally, 2011 will always mean a great deal to ME personally for another reason… thanks to ALL OF YOU, MY DEAR OWNERS, and MY DEVOTED FRIENDS AT BARN 55….I became the 2010 HORSE OF THE YEAR last January! I will always celebrate this moment and cherish it! In all sincerity, it did mean the world to ME to be recognized for ALL of my racing accomplishments with this honor. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU for your part in helping to make it possible!
I know many people are celebrating tonight and making their 2012 NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS! Mine are quite simple yet specific….I want to eat right, stay healthy, and become a terrific MOM! I also want to be a loving friend to ALL of YOU and a great role model and inspiration for MY SPORT! It is so special to be able to ‘give something back’. Each of these goals encompasses a very high level of importance to ME!
TASTY and I, TEAM ZENYATTA, BARN 55, and our LANE’S END pals, ALL want to wish EVERY ONE of you a GREAT 2012….blessed with lots of love, great health, happiness, and the joy of realizing your dreams and cherished special moments.
With Love,
Hugs to All~(HAPPY, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU!)
Z
Oh, this is TOO CUTE! We also wanted to start the NEW YEAR with a HIGH HOOF to celebrate our BRAND NEW WEBSITE DESIGN. My dear ‘tech’ friends, TYLER and KYLE, are working on the final details of it at this moment! The site will be down for maintenance for some time on Sunday. Depending on your timezone, the new site will be online Sunday night or Monday morning. I must say, I think it is going to be ONE FUN and VERY EXCITING NEW YEAR!
CHEERS EVERYONE!
Maureen P from Santa Barbara
Wishing the absolute best to you for this upcoming New Year Zenyatta! Barn 55, The Mosses and the best: John and Dottie, you deserve the greatest of years ever. A Giacomo colt just won at gulfstream! Best to all the Z’sters.
Abigail from Montreal
Zenny, Tasty, Dottie & John, Ann & Jerry, each member of Team Z at Barn 55 & Lane’s End and my dear Zen-sters:
I must confess that I thought we wouldn’t hear from you, Zenny, until after New Year’s — I’m used to your taking a (well-deserved) break on the weekend — so I left my New Year’s wishes on the previous diary! Never fear…here’s another expression of my appreciation.
I wish one and all a 2012 filled with warmth, joy, friendship and love. May each of your lives be a macrocosm of our family here @ Zenyatta’s Place.
AND — WOW! A new website design? I can hardly wait to see it. What a great way to kick off 2012!
Love & hugs from me to you, big girl, and to all of my wonderful Z brothers & sisters. Life would be so much less rewarding without you! May you each be festive tonight in your own way and please remember to stay safe. See you in 2012!!!!****
Kari Bussell
Happy Birthday Zenyatta!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI02arFNGWk
Sue Colvin -NJ
bday link is too cute
Sue Fredrick - Wisconsin
Wishing the blessings of a happy new year to the Zenyatta family and all dumpings and posters and lovers of our Queen. For those facing health issues I pray you are healed so we are all here to see the birth of our beloved foal in March. Hugs
Darryl
Happy New Year Zenyatta, Tasty, Ann and Jerry Moss, Team Zenyatta, Barn 55 and Lane’s End. A special Happy New Year to Your John and especially to Dottie who brings you alive here and deserves a special High Hoof !! I almost wish it really was you (but not possible) for this site is magical. All the best in the coming year and can’t wait for your foal to be born.
Pam Homeier
Happy New Year from the great state of Kansas to all of the Zenyatta family and friends! Can’t wait to see what the new year brings!!!
Carole
The world awaits the birth of baby Z,Love you Zenyatta.
pamela manzer
Happy New Year Zenyatta and to your connections. May the new year bring much joy and happiness to everyone. Love and Kisses!!
Linda M
Dear Zenny and all, from our home to yours, HAPPY NEW YEAR! http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=3296295482645&source=jl999
PS cannot wait for the new Website!!! :)
Kari Bussell/Tn.
Thank you for taking the time to send us this beautiful e-card. I hope you have a very Happy New Year!
Sue Colvin -NJ
thx for the ecard :)
Carole
Carole from Minnesota.
Carole
Don’t seem to be working right. Happy New Year Mama Z. Minnesota gets a storm today.
Kimberly Potter/Montana
My Beautiful Zenyatta~ I am forever grateful just having you in my life. There are no words that can accurately express how much I truely love you and how you have changed my life. Because of you Zenyatta, I have built relationships with so many amazing women and we will never stop being the voice of horses who need our help.
Happy New Year to YOU, all your connections and ALL here in Zen Nation. So much to look forward to in 2012 and I am so excited about the new website!
I love you with all my heart!
Your #1 fan in Montana!
Pam Homeier
Hoping all goes well for Rachel and her connections, too! She has to be getting close! Anyone know her due date?
Past the Grandstand
I don’t know why but this post brought me to tears. How I love Zenyatta, Team Z, and Zenyatta fans! From earlier this year when we were all rallying to make you Horse of the Year (I did everything I could: suggested people to like the pages on Facebook, urged people to sign the petition for you to be voted HOTY, and even gave a persuasive speech in speech class at school on why you should be HOTY), to following you on this awesome website, to reminiscing on your racing years, to watching your baby bump grow, to reading about your life, your team’s life, and your fans’ lives, to attending the Zenyatta Celebration at the Breeders’ Cup and tearing up when I got to meet your connections for the first time, and now to anticipating your baby that will be here before we know it. I love you, Zenyatta and you have truly been one of the brightest spots of 2011 for me. I’ll never forget screaming and crying tears of joy when you won Horse of the Year, tearing up when I gave Mike a big hug at the Zenyatta Celebration, being unable to breathe when I met your team, and smiling when Dottie complimented me on my necklace that was made of stones the color of your silks with a sparkly running horse pendant. Zenyatta, you and your team and your fans have helped make this a great year for me. I know I speak for all your fans when I say I can’t wait to see your foal! I wish you, your team, and all your fans a very happy new year.
Gloria
To you, Zenyatta and Tasty, everyone connected with you, and that includes all your many fans–have a healthy and happy New Year. May your foal grow up to be the healthiest and fastest horse EVER! That is my wish for you.
Patty Smith
Dear Zenny, Dottie, John, Jerry, Ann & everyone at Barn 55,
It has most definitely been a year of change for all of you with many good times and some bad. Thanks for being with us every step of the way. It is so very comforting to hear from all of you regularly. My wish for all of you in 2012 is a year of health, happiness, success, peace, love and joy! It will no doubt be another year of change with the birth of the new prince or princess coming very soon! Cheers! I love you all!
Cynthia H./Santa Anita Girl
Zenyatta, the 2010 Horse of the Year and Queen of our hearts for all-time! STANDING OVATION, Zenyatta! CHEERS, Kari Bussell, for capturing the emotion of that moment with artistry and unabashed JOY!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK5gzTJ18Mw
Sue Colvin -NJ
thx for the Z link. i’ve marked that as 1 of my faves.
Fran Doos
Happy New Year Z and to all your family and friends. Love you! xxoo
Ingrid Arnone. South Beach.
OH! My adorable Zenyatta, your post brought tears to my eyes, we all love you very much, and know my love for you will never end, and again I wish all of you a wonderful NEW YEAR, God Bless to you and your team, and to all your fans, love you Ingrid.
Ann Maree / Tennessee
Happy New Year, Z, and Happy “official” birthday, though your “real” birthday won’t be until April 1! Big hugs, so glad you are happy and healthy. I’m looking forward to a great year of racing in 2012, along with some fantastic happy times watching you with your Baby Z/B, and also getting to see your sis Eblouissante in her debut sometime soon. It’s a good time to reflect and give thanks for all the blessings we have, though some of our number are going through some difficult personal and health issues, for which I offer my prayers and best wishes for positive outcomes.
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Best wishes and Happy New Year to all at Barn 55, at Lane’s End, and all who devote their lives to caring for all of God’s creatures. BTW, you are ONLY 34 FANS away from 95,000 on FACEBOOK!! WOW! You will surely go over the top by tomorrow, Jan. 1st!!
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Big hugs, Queen Z. Love you bunches. Ann Maree
Sharyn ~ Vermont
Happy New Year to you too and all your connections from California to Kentucky!!
Such a nice picture of you and John! Your pictures always make me smile – such love in them!
judy berube from Rhode Island
Dear Z, Team Z and Z Fans:
Z, you are the Horse of a Lifetime. You and your team are the epitome of what the sport should be. Want to wish you, TT, Team Z, Lane’s End Crew and all our wonderful Z Family a Happy, Healthy New Year. What a special New Year it will be. Looking forward to the Spring and Little Z’s birth. Love you and love to all of you, Judy and Russ
Shari Voltz/Ohio
Dear Zenyatta A happy New Year to You and Your Family and Team. You are so Special and all of the things you mentioned plus many more. I Thank You for All that you have done for me personally and my classes of 5th Graders. I have had the 5th graders from last year tell me how much they loved being Zenyatta Children. How they will never forget. Because of You my new class in involved with the Peppermint Pal Project. You have done so much in my life I could never thank you enough. All I can say is Thank You form the Bottom of my Heart. I love you Zenyatta and that will never change. God Bless You always and Your beautiful baby. Hugs and Kisses, Shari :) XXXOOO
@ To my Z Family Larry’s Blood Pressure is coming down and he is feeling better. Thank you for the prayers and support.
@ Dawn I will call you Late for me early for you tonight :) Dawn The Homecoming Queen. You are So Special. I love you girlfriend :)
Sue Colvin -NJ
glad your hubby is doing better. i’ll cont to pray for ya <3
anita renee pabst
LOVE YOU LADY Z!! LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOUR NEW YEAR BRINGS….
Leanne
Happy New Year to all and what an exciting 2012 it will be!
judy berube from Rhode Island
Dear Terry Crow:
That Lone Ranger joke was priceless. Ha, ha. Hugs and wishing you and yours a Happy, Healthy New Year.
Dee
Dear Zenyatta, You are the best and you are loved sooo much! I’m glad I switched to waterproof eye make-up (lol)–because you always bring me tears of joy and happiness. Happy 2012 to Zenyatta, her team, Sophie and to all of Z’s fans. Love, Dee from Philadelphia
Stephanie
Happy New Year to Team Z!! Can’t wait for March!!
Joy
Team Zenyatta!!
how good you are to all of us,,,thank you so much
Jane mehaffey
Happy New Year Zenyatta! And a very Happy Birthday as well! You look fantastic! We love you!