HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL OF YOU!
It is early Thanksgiving morning as I’m writing this. It is exactly 4 Thanksgivings ago that I won my first race. So much to be thankful for…and so much to be grateful for along the way.
I know so many people are planning a great dinner. Here, at the barn, we will be celebrating with our normal meals and then some fresh SWEET POTATOES! John buys them for us to munch on as a treat! (That part of the Thanksgiving Day Meal I will share with all of you.) He gives them to us nice and whole and then we get to munch on them. My friends at the barn and I just LOVE them!
The track closes early on Thanksgiving morning….so we all have to get out and get a bit of exercise early. It is brisk and cool outside this morning, but it is absolutely gorgeous.
I hope you all have a wonderful time celebrating today with your family and friends. I will with mine and all of my Team!
With tremendous gratitude and love to you all,
Z
Carolyn Caswell-Brown
Among my many blessings this Thanksgiving is to have experienced the grace & beauty that is Zenyatta. May ALL be Fed. May ALL be Healed. May ALL be Loved. Happy Thanksgiving!!
jena hobert
Happy Thanksgiving Zenyatta. We all should be grateful for all we have in this country. Special thanks to all the troops far from home. Team Z thank you for allowing us the honor of being able to share Zenyatta. Thank you for the thrill of watching a shining star. Tell Mario to give you a big hug from all of us. God Bless the Queen.
From all of us, Secsea Dance, Salawgi, Simon, and Picasso. HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!
Marilyn
Happy thanksto you Z and your family at the barn.
BarbB
Enjoy your treat Z! Happy Thanksgiving to all of you there!
Maria E. Hill
Hi Zenyatta. I am sitting in my living room with my cat Kelly thinking about Thanksgiving and you popped into my mind. I am truly grateful for your warm and spirited presence in our world. Blessings and all the best to you.
Susan Watson
So glad to know about sweet potatoes, Zen.
I am sure my girls will enjoy them also.
Your give us all strength and courage.
Enjoy your day!
AdmiringFan
Team Zenyatta gave millions of people everywhere a brief glimpse of integrity, power, and heart (grit). You showed us good can prevail, and that dedication and thoroughness are fundamental components of success. That is different from almost any other “success” often massaged into reality… Zenyatta and her people gave us a chance to touch an honest, innocent and brilliantly beautiful, majestic Champion. To experience a genuine Champion in our lifetime. For that we are grateful.
(Enjoy those taters, Zenyatta!)
Tracey
You deserve the best Queen Zenyatta!!! A kiss on the nose
Judy Sims
You are a “Sweet Potato,” beautiful Zenyatta. Glad you are enjoying the day and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your team. Have made an album for myself of your fantastic career so I can look through it and keep enjoying the pictures of and articles about you. I am so thankful for you and all the joy and warm feelings you give and all that you have meant to horse racing.
Bless you, Queen Z.
Joani Jiannine
Happy Thanksgiving Zenny! And also to Mario and his wife, John and Dottie, Steve and Mr and Mrs Moss. I am soooo thankful that they shared you with us for soooo long! Many Thanks and Blessings!
Susan from Fl
Happy Turkey & “Sweet Potato” Day to Z & her family & friends!
Elena Erdman
Happy Thanksgiving gorgeous…. I loved your greeting and guess what I forgot to cook my sweet potatoes so I am off to the kitchen… Stay warm and thanks for the reminder and enjoy your sweet potatoes. I love you a whole lot.
Lori Koellner
ZENYATTA & TEAM Z, HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Enjoy your sweet potatoes ZENYATTA. Thank You for the posts I really enjoy them. I LOVE YOU ZENNY Love Lori XOXO… P.S. I am so THANKFUL that god has blessed us with you.
Paula Higgins
Happy Turkey day to all of you! Zenny, enjoy your potatoes!
J Darling
happy Thanksgiving Zenny. I am richer from ‘knowing’ you. May you have the best of care and health in your long life- you are a breath of fresh air in the horse world! Bless you and your family!
Debbie West
Happy Thanksgiving Zenyatta and many many more. You’re the best. You’ve made the world a better place.
Anita Carville
I’m thankful for you, Zenny Girl. Enjoy those sweet potatoes! You are awesome.
Mary Alice Kier
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving meal and it’s really swell that John brings in Sweep Potatoes for you and your gang at the Barn. Actually, I spent my Thanksgiving Day at Hollywood Park with a friend and we raised a glass in your direction to honor the 4th anniversary of winning your first race. And we even saw John out in the paddock with Scenic Blast.
All in all it was a wonderful way to spend Thanksgiving celebrating all the horses entered today…great racing and safe trips for all. I’m so grateful to have witnessed your greatness, Zenyatta, over these past four years and I will miss seeing you dance and prace, but I do have a storehouse of wonderful memories. Here’s to you, an amazing champion of all time and to your fabulous Team Zenyatta. Looking forward to seeing you on Dec. 5th!!
Linda Henderson
I am so thankful I was able to see you race three times and parade at Santa Anita last December. Beautiful memories for me. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your team.
Robin
Z and her Team – We are so thankful for you and how much you have lifted us up in tough times. Sweet potatoes are the best! Hope to see some pictures of Queen Z having some fun in CA before she moves to KY!
MK
Blessings to you and yours, Zenyatta! Happy Thanksgiving to all the readers of this page.
Sheri
Happy Thanksgiving Z! Its my dad’s birthday to! And happy… I guess “anniversery” to breaking you maiden! Love you Zenyatta and I hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
Shari Voltz
Zenyatta what a beautiful letter to us. You made me cry. I am thankful for my little family and you even though we have never met. You are always in my prayers. You and Mike. I just think the day you were born God smiled down on you.
I want to thank Team Z for being so kind to remember all of us in keeping us informed. May God Bless each and every one of you. Happy Thanksgiving from Shari in Ohio.
Kirsten
Zennie I was rooting for you! It’s not over tho. Keep exercising and playing with the people who love you… you will be a chapter in HISTORY. xo
Mary Stanford
Hope you enjoyed those sweet potatoes!! You are a gift from God and I am thankful He has let us all enjoy you so much!! You are just so much fun to watch ….when you race…when you dance….and I am looking forward to hearing all about the next phase of your life and maybe being a mom.
Louise Bland
I’m a little nervous about you not being in the acting game anymore. Racing was the most fun for you it seemed. Dancing and please people seemed to be your favorite thing. Happy Thanksgiving beautiful girl!
RuKi
Dear Zenyatta: I sent my DVD of your races to extended family to watch on TG day in between football games. What better way to celebrate TG than to see you in your glory? Love the idea of sweet potatoes as your treat.
Victoria
very thankful for constant presence cheering us all, your fans and admirers. Have a wonderful potato day. Thanks John and Z Team
Diane
Happy Thanksgiving, Queen Z! You have been such a
wonderful blessing in my life; I can’t even tell you how I looked forward
to seeing you many times over the last couple of years. Thank you
to you and your team for letting us get to know you! I believe you
are the most special racehorse this world has and ever will know. You
are so very special and I wish you and all your team the special
blessings that you all greatly deserve, Love and Hugs, Diane
Jayme and Glenn
Loved seeing you at the BC and all the other runs to the wire. Hope you live a long and full life. Miss you already!