HRTV TO AIR SECRETARIAT VOX POPULI AWARD PRESENTATION TO ZENYATTA FROM SANTA ANITA THIS SATURDAY
TO MY DEAR FANS,
This is exciting! Dottie has been working with the TV and Marketing Departments at Santa Anita for the last few weeks on this AWARD Presention. Well, one of the thoughts was that they send a film crew to the farm to FILM ME in my new home at LANE’S END for all of you to see!
Well, it looks like this is going to happen! YIPPEE! I will be on the BIG SCREEN at SANTA ANITA AGAIN! I love this thought!
The crew is arriving at 7:30 in the morning on Saturday to set up. Then they will be filming ME…in my paddock, with my friends, and in my stall. I am so excited. I gather they will then show this on Saturday afternoon during the presentation. THIS WAY I WILL BE THERE WITH ALL OF YOU TO HELP CELEBRATE!
At the bottom of this press release, Amy mentioned a way to see these HRTV things on a computer. I hope it helps those of you who don’t have this cable channel.
Time to check my HAIR and NAILS!
With Love,
Hugs to all~
Z
Santa Anita…PRESS RELEASE
Arcadia, CA, Feb. 2 — HRTV (R) will offer live coverage of the inaugural Secretariat Vox Populi Award presentation, which will be bestowed upon the brilliant, 2010 Horse of the Year, Zenyatta, at Santa Anita Park this Saturday, February 5.
The newly-created award was recently announced and is the first of its kind in horseracing. The annual award will recognize a horse whose popularity and racing excellence resonated with racing fans and gained additional recognition for the sport during the previous year.
Secretariat’s charismatic owner, Penny Chenery, will present the award to Zenyatta’s owners, Ann and Jerry Moss, following the fifth race on Santa Anita’s card. Also expected to be on-hand are Chenery’s daughter, Kate Tweedy, along with Zenyatta’s trainer, John Shirreffs, and his wife, Dottie, as well as the wonderful mare’s jockey, Mike Smith.
In addition to the live coverage of the award, the presentation will also feature footage from earlier in the day of Zenyatta at Lane’s End Farm in Versailles, KY. Zenyatta was retired to the Lane’s End Farm last December and the Mosses have announced that she will be bred to 2006 champion 3-year-old Bernardini.
“All of us at HRTV joined the fans around the world in watching Zenyatta’s amazing career,” said Amy J. Zimmerman, Executive Producer of HRTV. “This award unites two of racing’s most popular horses of all-time. We are excited to bring this coverage to the many Zenyatta and Secretariat fans, but also to show them how well the great mare is adapting to her new home.”
Zenyatta captured the imagination of racing fans, and casual observers, during an astounding career that included:
only one hard-fought loss (to Blame in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic) in 20 races. In addition to her Horse the Year recognition, she is a three-time Older Female Eclipse Award winner (2008-10), and a two-time Breeders’ Cup winner — 2008 (Ladies Classic) and 2009 (Classic). The daughter of Street Cry earned more than $7.3 million in purses.
About HRTV
HRTV is a 24-hour, television-based multimedia network dedicated to horseracing which features racing action from the world’s greatest racetracks. HRTV also features other forms of equestrian competition, as well as original programming and award-winning documentaries covering a variety of racing and general equestrian topics. The live stream of HRTV is available on a subscription basis to high-speed Internet users worldwide at www.hrtvlive.com. The HRTV television network is presently available via cable, telco video and satellite in approximately 19 million U.S. homes.
Nancy/Ca.
Thanks so much Dottie,Team Z for thinking of that,filming our girl for the ceremony! Hoping I get to go,not sure yet,but that will help take the sting away while at SA that our California Queen is now living in Kentucky instead.*sniff* We were wonderfully spoiled for a long time getting to follow her around to all our SoCal tracks! Many thanks for that! :)
Bren L. New Orleans
GM Queen Z,
I just got a chance to read this. Congrats & I will definitely be watching HRTV this pm.
It will be so awesome to see you on the screen again (wish I was there)& also Team Z & Penny. Love you Zenny
Theresa Buck
Zenny you are one of a kind…can’t get better than ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ…WOOHOOOOOOOOO
Allyn Garner
I’m having a hard time finding out what time the presentation is today. Can someone please let me know ?
Jan Doyle
@Allyn, I beleive it is at 4:30 PM (CST)
Cathy Polansly
Thank you for posting this Zenny. It does help us your fans that can’t get the channel. Have a great day and with lots of love and big hugs.
Paul
I wish I could be at your Secretariat Award Ceremony, Zenyatta. You deserve it in every possible way imaginable. Unfortunately, I don’t get HRTV so I didn’t get to see it. It must be nice to be so famous and to be associated with such famous, well known people such as Penny Chenery.