Zenyatta

Queen of Racing

Z's Diary

Diary Post #184

Oh…such a fun PLAY DAY outside! Photo by John Shirreffs

Good Morning,

I hope all of you are having a lovely weekend. I am. One of the things MY TEAM always loves to do is relax and watch videos when they have a free moment.

Well, several of you have been asking for more videos of me. I’m not sure if you know how to get to a collection of them we have done recently….many with Sarah’s fabulous help. We have posted them on my FACEBOOK page.

This is how you get to them. Click on the FACEBOOK ICON in the upper right hand corner of my Web-site. It will take you to MY FACEBOOK PAGE (and only my page). Go down the left hand column until you see the word VIDEO. Click on this…and it will take you to lots of FUN MINI-MOVIES of ME!

ENJOY YOUR SUNDAY and these videos! I love all of them…but the one from January 21…Z AT PLAY (it is on the top column…and runs for 1:31 minutes)…is one of my FAVORITES! But…like I said…they are ALL VERY SPECIAL TO ME!

With Love,
Hugs to ALL~
Z

PS…Many of you are also asking about the date I will be bred. As Dottie explained in an earlier DIARY, it is all about my system and how I am doing, ovulating etc. So…at this time, nothing yet is specific…other than I am one very healthy GIRL! Yippee! This is fabulous news!

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    @ Linda NJ & Peggy,
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    Not everyone believes in God. Quit picking on Nancy.
    And what about people who follow other religions? Why couldn’t they expect Zenyatta to be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Hindu, etc? Seriously people…

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    It is no small thing that in 2004 there were 34,797 registered American Thoroughbred foals. Some of them were champions and stakes winners, many, many more of them were entirely something else, and of those 34,797, 34,796 of them were not Zenyatta. (Barbara Livingston)

    This is for those of you who seem to be very young and are just beginning to learn something about horses. There aren’t many mares who reproduce themselves when they were in that rare air at the top of their game. Personal Ensign was one. Possibly Zenyatta will be another. Don’t expect it. Just be elated if it happens. Name the foal “The Master’s Touch” …and hope that it is.

    Happy Valentine’s Day, Z team.

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    Oh, Zenyatta
    Nobody does it better
    Your bow brings ‘wow’
    Your strut no ordinary rut
    A flick from your ears
    Moves people to tears
    A wink from your eye
    Smiles do not lie
    A swish from your tail
    Has the flies in a pail
    The way you chomp on carrots
    Equals Marilyn’s beauty in carats
    With your nostrils aflare
    What a gorgeous mare
    You are!
    Life is a-smucker
    When Zenny, Zenya, Queen Z, Zen, Z,
    Zetty leaves us a-pucker.
    Happy V-Day,
    to you and your paddock pals!!!

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    @ Peggy One
    A few diary posts ago a gentleman raised the same concern, not with the numbers, but I believe his words were : Great racing mares rarely make great champion foals.
    That’s why I wonder still, and I know a lot of research goes into picking hopefully the right match, if the mare wouldn’t make a better choice if allowed.
    My idea behind it is that may be those horses who have the A-formular racing genes, themselves being the end product of those, cannot further the ladder, and it doesn’t happen for the foal, but if a lesser stallion were introduced, it would leave a vacuum for nature to fill again, and the A-formular racing genes would find room for extenting the ladder.
    Just wondering.

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    Happy Valentine’s Day Zenyatta! I hope you get speical treats today and that you get lots of Love from your Team and Friends.
    With Love and Hugs

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    Happy St. Valentine’s Day to you, beautiful girl, your wonderful teams and all your fine fans! Love and hugs, SuzanneG
    @audreyc–keeping pinkies and paws crossed that you’ll be able to buy your lovely mare
    @Dani–thanks for letting us know about Maggie. Do you know if the site, backside55.com, will remain?

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    Happy Valentine’s Queen Z……Love is definitely in the air for you and your King awaits meeting you…it will be love at first sight! :-)

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    Dearest Queen Z,
    Happy Valentines Day to the most precious Valentine of all! I hope your day is filled with tons of love and all sorts of delicious treats. You’re America’s darling!
    Love, kisses and hugs to you on this special day.
    Stel

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    @ENSIGN — Thank you for the DRF link.

    The current issue of Blood-Horse has an article “From Fame to Foals” in which the author states, “Statistically, high-class racemares have much better records as producers than their lesser sisters. This is not to say that any given good racemare will be a good producer …”

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    Happy Valentine’s Day dear Zenny! Loves and hugs are sent your way. I hope you get some much deserved peppermints today! Love your videos.

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    Hi Kennedys,
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    Haven’t read the recent BH yet, but I hope they mentioned the obvious fact of high class race mares also having the best opportunity to produce those foals as they’re statitscally speaking bred to the creme de la creme of sires.
    I’ve seen past studies done and it usually does indicate that graded stakes winning mares have been the best producers but most articles fail to look into just why that may be. The most obvious answer is usually opportunity.
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    The same can be said for stallions….opportunity at the best mares vs their actual siring talent, which is why the Comparible Index and Average Earnings Index come into play. It becomes easy to see who’s ‘riding the coatails of their mares’ vs those actually siring better horses : )

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    Zenny, I miss you very much on the racetrack but my consolation is seeing you happily running and playing outside. Be very careful though as your date with lucky Bernardini draws near. Luv you.

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    ENSIGN, we will wait until you have had the opportunity to read the article. The author does continue”..their success in proportion to their numbers is quite remarkable and cannot be attributed entirely to superior breeding opportunities …”

    That said, it reminds us of another study comparing the sales prices and graded stakes wins of the offspring of ‘older’ mares to those of prime breeding age. After the study was released, much was explained by horsemen directly involved in breeding who pointed out that older mares tend not to be given the opportunity to breed to the top stallions.

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    Big hug & kiss to you Zenyatta for Valentine’s Day. Love you, Queen Z.
    Happy Valentine’s Day to your whole team.

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    Hi My Beautiful Z, Happy Valentines Day to you and your Team Z. Hope you received lots of goodies. Thank you for keeping us posted of your daily doings, I love to hear about them and hear about you. I love you very much and hope you are having a great time at your new home. If everything goes okay I will be there to see you in July.
    Take care and lots of XOXOXOXO to you.

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    Love Zenyatta as a being with a heart. Videos with a religious theme is not at the heart of the matter. Zenyatta is the theme and a story to be told. Everyone chill and enjoy the gift of Zenyatta.

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    Dearest Sweet “Z”,

    Thank you! I so enjoyed the video of “Z at Play.” The most beautiful thing I have seen today thus far. I am not off to have lunch with my Son for Valentines Day, so now I will have a another beautiful moment. God bless you and keep sharing your “JOY”

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    Zenyatta, I will definitely be going to facebook and watching your videos. Keep them coming! Also, keep me posted on your relationship with Bernardini and what is going on in the area of you being in the process of producing foals. I also wanted to say that you and Mike Smith have a very special bond and relationship that few people can ever imagine. That’s why he came to you all the way from California to visit you. It shows how special you really are.

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