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!
signofthetimes
All the new sires for 2012; drool, drool, drool !!! (diatsu tempe)
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/slideshows/slideshow/2012NewSires/new-sires-of-2012#MTI0ODI3NzQ2MQ
Jill Mabry
Happy New Year and Happy Birthday Zenyatta!! Wishing You, Tasty, your Lane’s End Family and your Barn 55 Family all the best in 2012!! I can not wait til your little one arrives…the closer it gets the harder it is to wait!! I absolutely love the new website!! Sending you Hugs and Kisses from CA!! XOXO I love you Zenyatta <3
judy berube from Rhode Island
Dear Z and Dottie,
This new site is just beautiful. Wonderful photos and videos. Great articles celebrating Z and her Team. Thank you. Love and Hugs, JB
Martha (Zowie) Wentling
May all your friends horse and human have wonderful 2012!. I can’t think of a better thing than becoming a MOM so I know that you and Tasty will be having the BEST year ever!!! I also wanted to let you know your site is in your words TOO CUTE!!!
Margaret
OOooohhhh lala Zenyatta I love absolutely LOVE the new site!
I’ll save my wanderings for a bit later but wow! it looks beeeeaaauuuuttttiiifullllll!!!!
Margaret
Holy Moly this site is UNBELIEVABLE! Everything makes sense. It’s all archived and everything is so neat. Navigating–okay John did you have any say so in this???? Cause the navigation is SUPER EASY!
The two guys that were a part of this–my hats off to you. UNBELIEVABLE! It’s beautiful. I’m happy. Thankfully we got a warning yesterday that the site would be down this evening. So when I came online and saw it down I knew the magic was coming.! I came back a bit later and voila!
As Trevor would say
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE! ZENYATTA WHAT A PERFORMANCE! ONE WE’LL NEVER FORGET! LOOKED IMPOSSIBLE…
Anita in CA
I truly love you, Zen, and always will. I am so happy for this year when you were honored by your profession as HOTY, and for all your other achievements which you so richly deserve. My goodness, what a great year it was for you. Am so looking forward to meeting your wonderful foal in a couple of months. Zenny, you have been a wonderful friend to me, and my life has been enriched by you and the wonderful new friends I have made through you. I have achieved a life long dream this past year by having my first horse, my wonderful boy, Keystone, and continuing my riding lessons. Thank you, Sweetheart. Happy New Year to you, Tasty T, Team Z, Barn 55 and Lane’s End!! XXXOOO’s
Valerie
The new website is such an improvement. A lighter feel, loads much more quickly, is easy to navigate.
Karen Gogue
Hi Zenny!
I am sorry girl, call me a ‘stickin the mud’ ole fashioned, but I love your old site better (as far as the background – black and the coloring – it was beautiful. It really stood out from other sites) I know it was not great for some people with eye problems, but the other was more soothing to my soul, it felt more welcoming, now it looks and feels like all the others out there. To me this is too cold for you girl! Not you. But I love the other new features! Forgive me everyone, just my thoughts, it will not drive me away from you girl though! I am just an ole fuddy-duddy who does not like change. I’ll get used to it over time … I do love that you added your racing colors to the site, kind of difficult to do with the old one … I am sure I’ll be the ONLY one who doesn’t agree with the others about your new look LOL! I love you Zenny, and baby, more and more!!
Darlene Daniels
Yes, Karen I’m having second thoughts. I felt the darker background was warmer and easier to read, but either way I’m here to stay. I do love the new features. Darlene Daniels
Margaret
Karen I don’t like change either but I LOVE this new site. We can easily respond to one another without going through miles of messages. I can understand that you may have liked the dark background but it was hard to read. Now it easy.
Plus they archived all of the past diary posts by month. The old site was super cumbersome if you wanted to back to look at old diary posts.
Just look around and absorb it all nice and slow. You might feel a bit let down–kinda like when Zenyatta was retired–like having a good friend move and it wouldn’t be so easy to stay in touch. In time I think you’ll come to love the ease of navigation and how easy everything is laid out. The two guys who did the work did a FABULOUS job.
If you’re having trouble accepting change then be patient with yourself. Don’t ask more of yourself than you feel comfortable with. You will come to love the site when you’ve fully adjusted and feel comfy accepting the change. I look forward to hearing from you when that time comes.
Especially Horses / Southern California
Margaret, I appreciate your comments on “change”, spot on. Also I wanted to try the new “reply” button. It’s an “easy” button, ha-ha. Now if only we could spell-check the comment box too…that would really make things easy.
suew/Va
I Love the new website…it’s every inch worthy of the wonder mare we call “The Queen”!
sue and Tony
Zenny, the new Zenyatta.com is perfect…just like YOU!
tony
Holly Molly…with one click we can see her races! Great look…like the changes.
Rosemary McCauley So. Cal.
I love the new website. I like the option of more photos and having videos available. Easy to get around on it too. I’m anxious to navigate around it, but wanted to leave a comment first.
Alex Bowdoin in MA
Wow, I love this new website!! I watched AGAIN her video from 12/20 when she was
running in her paddock…I cried again too…Thank you…HUGS TO ALL….
evy
Happy New Year, Zenyatta and Team. Love the new look of your website.
Thanks for keeping us up to date on all things Zenyatta.
Celeste in TX
Wow! Thank you for the wonderful new web-site!! From the little bit I have looked around so far, I think it will be so easy to navigate for those of us who are technically challenged, so that is a big plus in my book. The print on the older version with the dark background was kind of rough on my old eyes at times, too, so I am grateful for an easier read. This site is so important to my day and I’m so thankful that you continue to provide this venue for us to visit and admire our Queen. Thank you!!
Alex Bowdoin in MA
I love the Photo of Steve on Z and the picture of her Classic race with her big long
stride!!
Susan from Fl
Happy 2012! New site looks fantastic! Peace & happiness to u Z!
Beth Buckley
The new website is very user friendly and i love the photo assortment.
I especially like the “silks” color selection.
Can’t wait to see Zenyatta’s foal!
Brenda
Happy 2012!
Zenny your site redesign is UNBELIEVABLY FABULOUS! (Just like you, your team, friends and fans!)
Love that Liza’s song is featured in the video section, because like you, it was perfect! Peace and Blessings Z!
Judy Sims in Florida
Wow! Love your new website Zenny.
You and all your connections are such a class act.
Hope you enjoy another winter in Kentucky and frolicking with Tasty
in the snow (be careful though mother to be).
Stay warm and safe and happy.
Hugs & nose kisses
mary bobolis
I just love the new website. What a great new way to start the new year. We love you Zenny!
Especially Horses / Southern California
2012…baby count-down is now in the home stretch. Oh my, are we now only….what…..9-10 weeks away? What an exciting year 2012 is going to be….can hardly wait to see the first home videos of little Z.
Andrea
Happy New Year! LOVE the website! So fresh and forward! Thank You for sharing your life with us!
Eveline / Maryland.
Wow Zenny, love your new website. It’s going to take some time to go through it. Can’t wait until I have some time to check it out!
Especially Horses / Southern California
So…..any Californians watching the Rose Parade? Love, love, love seeing all the equine entries….so many different breeds represented.
Mike from NY
I like it a lot, but:
Pull down menu for t shirt (Celebration T-shirt) size has only medium? sweat shirts only x large?
The poster page says “accessories” (?) – goes nowhere. Same page “detail” photo does not open larger to see detail?
LauraJ (Cincinnati OH)
Don’t know about the posters, but regarding the tee-shirt and sweatshirt, maybe the other sizes are out of stock?
Janet Cutting in Wisconsin
Hi Zenny and All: Just love this new website—its so bright and the pictures and video’s look beautiful!!!!! I think its a great improvement –especially looking at the pictures–my fav part of the Diary. Thanks, everyone who worked on it. Zenny, gotta watch those Bucky Badgers in the Rose Bowl today. Have a superb day everyone!!!!
Cynthia H./Santa Anita Girl
Although she is no longer Moss-owned, LUTESS, a gray daughter of Maria’s Mon bred by the Moss’, will be running in the 5th race today at Santa Anita (#6, Bob Baffert/Martin Garcia). Good luck!
I would like to reiterate how very much I like ths new site. For a techie non-entity such as myself, navigation is a dream. And I love the soft white background as opposed to the stark black with bright yellow print, whch played tricks with my astigmatisms. Many of the readers on this site are a part of the “older” demographics of the sport. Everything looks fresh and cheerful and ready to go for a most EXCITING new year, and the fact that the Moss’ colors have been incorporated into the logo radiates a good karma!
Debbie
hi Z! I love the new Queen Z website!!! How was YOUR first day in 2012? I did a lot of thinking about YOU!!! I’m so thankful to be able to keep up with YOU and ALL Z connections on a daily basis, I really don’t know what I’d do without this website, I sure miss watching YOU racing down the track, so being able to talk to YOU daily is the highlight of my day!!! Love YOU gorgeous mama xoxoxo I look forward to 2012 and the birth of YOUR baby Z/B!!!