Wow, this is ONE of my FAVORITE BLOOD-HORSE MAGAZINE COVERS!
Good Morning Everyone!
The most interesting thing has happened. Dottie’s sister, Patti, sent her a FACEBOOK page which showed ME on the cover of 16 BLOOD-HORSE MAGAZINES.
I gather from this they actually did 3 different covers for the 2010 HORSE OF THE YEAR issue…and ultimately selected the one they used. It is a great photo (if I say so myself) of ME! Too cute! On that cover, I am looking to the right and my coat is GLOWING! I think ALL of ME is actually GLOWING as it is such a fabulous and proud achievement to be awarded such an honor.
I thought it would be fun to share these covers with you. As MY TEAM had not seen this presentation of them yet, it was a great walk down MEMORY LANE for all of us! My first cover was May 30, 2009. This is the issue created after I’d won The Milady Handicap at Hollywood Park…marking my TENTH WIN IN A ROW…and my 10-0 record!
Here is the link for the 16 covers. You will see the 14 they used and then the 2 alternates they debated upon for the HORSE OF THE YEAR issue. When you double-click on the cover, the entire photo pops up along with a description at the bottom telling you when the magazine was issued and what race the cover is celebrating!
Enjoy! This was sure FUN for MY TEAM and I hope it is for you also! It really looks amazing to see all of the covers placed on one page.
I hope I am not being too bold in saying…I think I’m rather photogenic! Blush, Blush!
Have a wonderful day!
With Love,
Hugs to ALL~
Z
Maria
Zenny, your training partner, El Vino won his maiden race today! I bet you remember him really well.
Deborah Lawson
Zen, all I can say is AWESOME!!!!
Shema
Dear Zenny,
Do you have access to a big video screen? I’d love to share with you some video of your new partner, Bernardini. My gosh, did you ever pick a handsome guy. You both have the best eyes, ears, and head too. Everything about both of you is incredible.
Here are some links.
This first link is so beautiful, I cry when I look at these photos of Bernardini. Oh, how I wish you could spend more time with him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpAZmOANF3k&feature=related
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/videos/watch/4195262E-4B44-4C66-ACC3-4A041EEE60B7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23jdwZWi9PU&feature=fvsr
Sarah
you are the most beautiful horse I have ever seen. No matter the angle
Shema
Here’s the link to the BloodHorse video of you Zen. This is so beautiful. Girl, you were really stretching out your legs … great to see you run and frolic! So beautiful. And wonderful music too!
Zenyatta at Lane’s End 12/20/10
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/60418/zenyatta-walks-jogs-runs-with-video
HappyHarriet
Dear Queen Zenyatta
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I have that commemorative issue here on my desk, along with the photo that Blood Horse sent with it. LOVE IT! I remember thinking to myself at your Zenyatta Appreciation Day at Hollywood Park – and even said it to the group with me – that you look like you glow from the inside out! I wondered if Mario put some special grooming product on your pretty skin but later I think it was confirmed that you “glow” due to extremely good food and care by your extraordinary Z Team.
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Thank you to Voice of Zenyatta, our lovely Dottie, for this “Gallery of Glory” link to Zenyatta covers. …looking for wall space to display them… :)
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Horse Hugs to All ~~ HH
LOU IN TX
Queen Zenyatta…you will always be the Racing Queen of all time. You are beautiful inside and out. Love you soo much. Hope you have a wondeful weekend with your gal pals…Lou
Lou Ann
Love the Blood-Horse covers! Got my copy of the 35th Anniversary “Horse Illustrated” magazine today (April 2011 issue) and across the top is “Zenyatta Poster Inside”! They also put a two-page article inside (pages 8 & 9) about your Horse of the Year accomplishment! The poster is of Z racing. How excited I was to see this. I love you forever Z. You and your team deserve the very best of everything!
Cynthia A. Holt
The pictures took me on a nostalgic walk down memory lane. The featured photo is my all-time favorite, with you looking so gorgeous and glamorous in your smart blue brow band. I cannot think of anything which moves and breathes that can compare to your immense beauty. And it’s not even that—-it’s the beauty BEHIND the beauty which is so magnificent. Even those around you share this gift. Look at Ann, Dottie, and even Sophie! They are all truly lovely, lit from the light which glows from within. You have it all, dear Z: the rarest of talent, ntelligence, grace, beauty, personality, and a kind and loving disposition. I can think of no human cover girl who can equal these attributes.
Patti in Carlsbad
16 BLOOD-HORSE COVERS…THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE NOW BROKEN ANOTHER RECORD! THAT MAGAZINE CERTAINLY RECOGINZES A GREAT LEGEND WHEN THEY SEE ONE. QUEEN Z, YOU ARE AWESOME! YOU KNOW I HAVE ALWAYS TOLD ANYONE WITHIN EARSHOT, “YOU GOTTA LOVE ZENYATTA” AND EVERYONE AGREES. HUGS TO YOU AND YOUR LADY FRIENDS.
Nancy
In my next life I want to come back as a “zenyatta” type.
Linda
I keep thinking I have a favorite cover until I see the next . . . beautiful from every angle. Thats Z
Cathy
That particular cover photo is so awesome!! Zenyatta really shows her true Queen quality in this picture. Love that lady!!!
Karen
Zenyatta,
You are the Queen of all Queens—the Regal One. Your profile is gorgeous from ever angle. I love you.
Julia B
You are beautiful Zenny !
Laura
You’re my fav cover girl, Zen! And I love your expressive ears, even when they’re stuffed with cotton!
Maybe that very clever pen pal of yours, Dottie, will ask you to do a write-up sometime about your new best friend, Pirate’s Bounty (?), and then later of your other paddock partners, and then also about that barn cat you’ve adopted (or is it the other way around?).
Love you, beautiful lady!
Laura
RHONDA C
Dear Queen Zenny, You are beautiful inside and out. We love you sincerely!!!XOXOXOX
Sharon in Ohio
Cover Girl Zenny, I have this wonderful picture of you !! I have the commemorative issue of Blood Horse….it is beautiful and I love that I have an 8 by 10 they included to frame. You look stunning in all settings natural…running free at the farm, on or off the track in your racing gear, whatever I love them all. I loved seeing you outside of your barn in Cali. seeing all of your fans taking pictures, and just admiring your beauty…wonderful that you are on 16 covers…what a record. Will see you on many more and you and Baby Z, will make front covers I am sure, everyone needs to save room for lots of baby pictures !!
@Lou Ann, thanks for talking about the 35th Anniversary, Horse Illustrated with a poster of Z. Here we go, will have to have another pic of z !
Love to you Zenny, and thanks to Dottie, for posting the links to your cover pics…you are so wonderful to keep us in the know,we are blessed by your dedication !! xxxxoxooxo
Lisa
Thank you for sharing those pic’s! You are photogenic, I have always thought so. Keeping my fingers crossed that you are in foal.
Lisa in Colorado
Z: You are the most beautiful creature on the planet….and let’s face it, you never take a bad picture…
Reading this blog is always a day brightener.
LouAnn Cingel of Union, Missouri
You sparkle and shine brighter than any star up in the sky Zenyatta!
You are unforgettable!
My Love & Blessings to you always
Julie DuVall
Does anyone know which horse has been on the MOST Blood-Horse covers? I’m sure you are near the top of the list! Of course, you’ll probably make a few more covers before you are through, big girl — I can’t wait for the one of you and your foal sometime next spring!
Paula Higgins
There is no one on the planet that is Zenyatta’s equal in beauty and sweetness. I have four of these covers/magazines and the HOTY magazine from Bloodhorse and cherish them. Wonderful pictures and articles. Thank you Dottie for posting the link.
Tere Thomas
You are incredibly photogenic little lady and we love everything about you! The covers are gorgeous!!
Lisa T
LOVE IT!!! Thanks so much for sharing. YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL ZENYATTA!!!
Shari Voltz
Zenyatta I have this magazine on the table in my living room. It came with a BEAUTIFUL picture of YOU. I framed that picture and it is hanging in my spare bedroom. I have another picture of you in my kitchen. I have a blanket of you and Mike that I bought from Blood-Horse. It is so pretty. I keep that on a chair in my living room. I also have my ornament your human mom sent me along with the ones she sent my students. I keep that in my kitchen too. I have never felt this way about another horse. You are part of my family. Your beautiful face brings me peace and joy. The picture of you with your human mom speaks a thousand words. You can see how much she loves you. You can see how much you love her. She is a beautiful giving woman. I got to talk to her on the phone and I will never forget it. She told me how smart you are but I could tell that even though I have never met you in person. Your intelligence just shines through. You are a Shining Star :) Well sweet girl I am going to get ready for bed. It has been a long day. Stay dry and warm. I love you Zenny.(Thank you Dottie) Hugs and Kisses from Shari in Ohio XXXOOO
PS Karen you are in my prayers. Dawn I am thinking of you :)
Sunny Boyd
Good Evening, Zenyatta,
wowie, what a beautiful cover-photo, you look like an Indian chief as a horse. Just gorgeous. Clap, clap, clap, wolf-whistle, whistle whistle.
I swear every night, it gets better and better.
I have a question for you and your fans, last night I e-mailed to TOC. Thoroughbred Owners of California and asked why there has not been a float created by them for you, being one of the most famous TBs to represent the horse racing industry at the Rose Bowl Parade.
My exact words:
I’ve been following Zenyatta’s successful races, her last race & finally her retirement to Kentucky, & now hopefully her being in foal. I don’t own a race horse, got most of my information from the newspaper at first, and now off her, Zenyatta’s website. Team Z has opened up a window for anyone interested in horse racing through its generous information on the great racing mare Zenyatta, before her retirement & now. I wonder why the California racing industry is not represented with a float at the Rose Bowl Parade? With Zenyatta’s romance with the public, would it not be advantageous for the industry to have such a float at the next parade, if not with Zenyatta, maybe her half sister Eblouissante as a stand by who will be joining the Shirreffs’ barn sometime in the future. Along with her maybe introduce a few rescued horses, who have by then won a place to participate through various competitions, maybe handled by students as a class project, or special groups. And this would be a permanent place at the Rose Bowl Parade, every yr. a different Cal race horse & its entire team being honored & introduced to the spectators, & also the rescue horses & teams etc. I think this would be great advertising and a great show.
I have a friend who is against horse racing & a lot of her feelings are based on misinformation but I am slowly winning her over because of all the information, updates on the Zenyatta website.
More contact with the public can only bring more interest to the industry & horses in general, isn’t that what the industry needs?
What do the fans here think of a Zenyatta float at the Rose Bowl Parade for the first time, and then making it a permanent feature with a different Cal race horse every yr after that rescue horses also being part of the parade??
Anyhoo the picture is just beautiful, and also the new one that opens up when your site is entered. Great stuff ******:) :) :)
Bonnie MacRaith
Dear Zen, I love the photo from Bloodhorse of you and your “zen” trainer, John Shirreffs in the red shirt. Very nice!
Thanks for the link to all the B.H. issues!!!!!!!
Now what was the gift Anne Moss brought to Bernardini???
Quarterhossgal
It is hard to pick a favorite from all your covers, they are all great! Some of my favorite pictures of you are with Ann Moss. You really put a smile on her face. I can’t wait to see to see a picture of the three of you after you have your first foal! That will be a priceless picture.
Dani
That headshot should adorn a skyhigh billboard showered in bright lights in the middle of Times Square. You are the ultimate Cover Girl. xxxooo