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12Z Has His Feet Trimmed

Zenyatta, January 2013. Photo courtesy of Alys Emson/Lane's End
Zenyatta, January 2013. Photo courtesy of Alys Emson/Lane’s End

Happy Wednesday!

This week has brought warm and sunny weather to Lane’s End, which means many happy horses!

12Z received a visit from the blacksmith yesterday, during which his feet were assessed and trimmed. He was quite the well behaved colt! Alys was there to document the occasion, so you can watch the whole process on video below.

Enjoy!
-Team Z

12Z having his feet trimmed by the blacksmith. Photo courtesy of Alys Emson/Lane's End
12Z having his feet trimmed by the blacksmith. Photo courtesy of Alys Emson/Lane’s End

12Z having his feet trimmed by the blacksmith. Photo courtesy of Alys Emson/Lane's End
12Z having his feet trimmed by the blacksmith. Photo courtesy of Alys Emson/Lane’s End






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    I don’t know much at all about horses, and I know that Zenyatta is very close to giving birth. However, she just looks so sad! Her winter coat looks unkempt, and, of course, she’s huge. But it’s her eyes! There’s no spark. Am I just reading too much into one picture?

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      Yes, you’re reading way too much into that picture.

      Zenyatta looks like a happy, healthy *horse*.

      She is covered in mud because she’s had a night out with the girls (or at least a morning depending upon how cold it was) and has rolled to her heart’s content scratching all the itches. She is bundled up in NATURE’s natural blanket, her full winter coat which holds on to all that mud all the more. I pity her grooms who are going to but currying for a good hour, it tires the arm!

      She looks like she was enjoying some grazing and got ‘whistled’ at to lift her head and ‘click’ so her expression is more ‘Hmm, interrupting breakfast here, oh it’s a photo op? Okay’.

      Does she have the intensity of her on track ‘game face’? No and at this stage in her life she should NOT have that intensity. She is retired from racing, enjoying life as a healthy, pampered broodmare awaiting the arrival of her foal to lavish love on and teach, just as she did with Z12.

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        Thanks Zenyen.
        I love those fuzzy winter coats,great style. Thank you ,Mother Nature.
        P.S. Another lip curl…hit the right spot while grooming,yeah,you found it!

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        Zenyen, I love your posts because I always learn something new. Thank you for all your horse insight, very interesting to me. I have learned so much about horses from everyone here. Truly, I learn something new almost every day on this wonderful site. Thank you everyone! Fun stuff here.

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        Thanks for the insights Zenyen. I feel like I’m barely out of preschool on all of this horse stuff :-)

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      I think it’s normal for her to look big, she’s exspected to be exspecting around Feb.28th. She better be huge. It looks like she was facing the wind, maybe that’s why her eyes are squinty a bit.

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        Remember Sunny B,

        All of the pelvic organs/ligaments relax and the foal drops low in the abdomen
        toward the end of the pregnancy. Relaxing of the parts allows the foal
        to pass smoothly and quickly. Best of Luck to MaMa Z.

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      Dear Christine,

      Horses don’t look kempt in the winter ever, they grow woolly winter coats to keep them
      warm. The only thing that can be done to improve the look of a winter coat
      is to clip it, not done to Broodmares and horses in general are not clipped in the
      winter. They are clipped when the weather starts warming up.

      She is sooo very happy and healthy and well taken care of, no longer that
      competative in training warrior eye, now the eye of the soft and gentle mother.

      Can hardly wait for your “grey/gray filly” ? Zenny.

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        Dear Judy B.,
        Thanks for this gorgeous photo! No one could possibly doubt that our Zenny is blooming! She looks lovely, especially running in the snow — she is enjoying the crispness of the “marshmallow world”! This is one of my favorites, but I guess they are ALL favorites. Hugs

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        Dear Judy B,

        Gorgeous photo of Zenny, she always looks gorgeous
        any time of year, mom or racing.

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    beautyfull zenny don’t hear the post, not all information is usefull, i feel you are well now, i carefully kiss your croup…..

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      Dear Ann,

      Riding in this sort of weather is so amazing. If I still lived in OHIO, I would be doing it.
      The horses learn to walk in the snow and on the ice right? The Texas wind does
      make ours a little loco here, have to watch the bucking, crowhopping and cold backs.

      Having kept up with the UK weather and the chasing over their is unnerving to me.
      Those jockey’s have nerves of steel along with Trainers and horse. Remember
      wearing batter operated socks at the Browns football games in Cleveland, wonder
      if they have batter operated riding boots????

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      Dear Ann:

      I never knew this existed. It’s flats, harness and those guys were on ski’s with the horses pulling them. A little too risky for me. I worry about the horses, as Trina said, on icy surface. Hugs, JB

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      Ann,
      I saw a photo of the White Turf races in the N & O. This is truly amazing — WOW!
      Thanks for posting this incredible tradition.
      Cheers and snowballs!

      Note to nonlocals: The News and Observer (N & O) is the Raleigh area newspaper.

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    Gorgeous Z, I hope to have a pic of you rolling in the mud one day. You look like you are about to pop. This must be a big baby. I hope all goes well with out a hitch when it comes time to foal.
    All love hugs and kisses to you beautiful girl. I think of you everyday. I have a pic of you and mike on my desk top.

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    For those of you that thought so much of Obama’s inauguration speach, you should know where he stands on horse slaughter.

    In late 2011, President Obama signed into law a broader bill that reverses the ban on the funding, leading to the possibility that horse slaughter would resume in the U.S. Federal legislation actually banning the process of horse slaughter has failed to pass Congress.

    Read more on BloodHorse.com: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/76053/new-mexico-slaughter-facility-bill-rejected#ixzz2K3vskij4

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      This is what gets to me, people saying, rather than have a horse starve, slaughter it. If no home can be found for one of Z’s unfortunate close or distant cousins, a bullet would work, too, and a proper burial. I saw old footage, the way these horses are treated even before they go to slaughter, it’s awful.

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        Dear Sunny B.:

        There is no way to justify the brutality and pain of slaughter as a way to prevent the neglect of our beloved horses. You are right there are alternative methods that are humane like euthanasia by injection. First and foremost, I would rather see horses given a chance to be adopted to loving homes or retrained as therapy horses, hunter/jumpers, trail horses, etc. In the case of TB’s, would really help if more owners/breeders were willing to be responsible for where the horses are placed when they are through racing.

        As for the Wild Ones; our National Treasures, if herds are continually being rounded up and prevented from breeding or worse killed, they are in danger of extinction. This has been going on for years in large part to satisfy the cattle ranchers who want the land for their own. Hugs, JB

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    A riddle…with the answer.
    If anyone remembers my story about Billy Bob heading the wrong way on the interstate,,,,guess who turned the wrong way on a one way street in Denver today. That’s right…Moi. SCARY. I need to get out more, I think. Hubby may think I need to retire from driving.

    I saw that there were so many names suggested for the Budweiser foal, that they named two foals. One is Hope and the other is Stan. Sorry, no link to provide.

    Has anyone tried to get into the Zenyatta Shop in the past couple days? I wanted to check on the mugs to see if they are in stock, but I’m not able to get into the shop. Suggestions?

    I saw on Face Book we have new winter pictures of Zenyatta by Alys coming tomorrow. The one in Face Book is glorious.

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    Dear Zenyatta Family: Thank you so very much for listening to my little babble – and more so for making me feel much better. With all the terrible things happening to our loved equine friends, I feel very very selfish for thinking like that. But to try and put a happy face on our day – here’s a dream come true for one happy jockey:

    http://www.skyracing.com.au/index.php?component=news&task=rnewsdetails&Itemid=108&id=23&rid=17173

    YES: She’s kept the ride on MOL!! Many hugs, KathyR.

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      Glad you are back, Kathy R. That’s great news about apprentice Lauren Stojakovic keeping the ride on filly Miracles of Life. Run like a girl, MOL! Ride like a girl, Lauren!

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      Dear Kathy R,

      So love your uplifiting links and posts from down under.
      Hope your migraine is gone, those pesky things.

      What a day, if I took things personally and had low self esteem today
      would have been a death and dying day. But since I don’t, the story goes:
      anyone ever touched a person and had the treat of the person having a seizure not once, not twice but five times, what an experience. Long story short a secondary gain
      attention getting behavior. Sad for family, husband so concerned and scared and challenging for medical professionals. Our Medical Director is tops !!!!

      So so very glad to see this wonderful uplifting post about Miracles
      of Life after this very challenging day.

      Thanks for bringing our fun loving, great discussion, great knowlege of
      racing down under to this site.

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    dear kathy so sorry to hear about your horrid migraine maybe all that heat and smoke did’nt help hope you are feeling better now have missed you on the blog with news of nelly she looked great on saturday at caulfield your mum must prefer the cooler weather it;s gone back cold over here again snow expected take care hugs sheena

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    Dear Keta: Your mate Bensley is just chatting to Patrick Bell, the regular trackwork rider for Nelly – think you’ll get the mail on this one via your Tweet soon – nothing up on it yet on Skysportsradio. And many hugs to you!

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      Andrew Bensley‏ tweets Patrick Bell Update
      Patrick Bell, regular trackwork rider for Black Caviar will return to race riding this Sunday at Terang. Last ride was May 2010.
      Patrick Bell rode 122 winners over a 5 year period. Was apprentice to Grant Searle. Thanks to sister (personal trainer) weight under control
      Patrick Bell plans to ride at 56 in the future but his ride at Terang has 58 kilos.
      Can’t wait to ride again. Reports Black Caviar is super

      Knew he wouldn’t let me down
      Hugs, Keta

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    I emailed zenyattashop.com and this is the response I got:
    “Team Zenyatta has elected to discontinue the website store in its present form. For all store-related inquiries, please email [edit: info@zenyatta.com]” I hope they reopen soon. I need my Zenyatta fixes.

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      Diane in CA.

      Thank you for passing along the information. I’m sure several hope the shop will reopen. Appreciate your effort to find out the status of the shop. Marty R.

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        I sure hope there are more than several interested in the shop. Without it Zenyatta items would be pretty much unavailable. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it comes back bigger.

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    12Z is as well-behaved, confident, and calm as his dam…Z’s genes have also been passed on in his temperament. He is good-sized and well-confirmed even at this awkward stage of his growth (love those Z and V distinguished ears). His good manners and calm countenace also reflect the outstanding care and guidance provided by the Lane’s End staff. (His tail could use some brushing/care…just saying…especially when the videos of farrier work on him was going be posted for all to see).

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      Dear Seatower,
      Very well said and sweet. Not sure a yearling’s scruffy tail can look much better,
      though. It is so much better than that little fuzzy foal tail.

      It is so much fun watching 12 Z grow and develop into a very nice young man.

      Thanks so much Lanes End !!!

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    DAILY RACING FORM: CHAMPION GOLDIKOVA PRODUCES HER FIRST
    FOAL A COLT BY GALILEO – will he meet 13 Z on the track

    13 Goldikova and soon to be 13 Zenyatta !!!

    02/05/2013 5:25PM
    Champion Goldikova produces first foal, a colt by Galileo
    By DRF Breeding Staff

    Champion Goldikova produced her first foal on Feb. 3, a colt by Coolmore stallion Galileo.
    Goldikova, a champion on two continents who won an unprecedented three consecutive editions of the Breeders’ Cup Mile, gave birth to her first foal on Sunday, Feb. 3, a colt by leading international sire Galileo.

    The colt was born at Coolmore Stud in County Tipperary, Ireland.

    An 8-year-old Anabaa mare foaled in Ireland and based in France for Alain and Gerard Wertheimer and trainer Freddie Head, Goldikova won 17 of 27 career starts, only finishing out of the top three once, while earning $7,176,551. Fourteen of her victories came in Grade or Group 1 events in three countries.

    Goldikova made three successful raids on the U.S. during her racing career, winning the Breeders’ Cup Mile in 2008 and 2009 at Santa Anita—defeating defending champion Kip Deville in the former—before claiming the 2010 edition at Churchill Downs. That third victory, over three-time Eclipse Award winner Gio Ponti, made Goldikova the only horse to ever win three Breeders’ Cup races. Her attempt to add a fourth fell short when she finished third in the 2011 Mile at Churchill Downs in her final career start.

    The Wertheimer homebred was a nine-time Group 1 winner in France, taking four consecutive editions of the Prix Rothschild at Deauville. She was also a multiple Group 1 winner in England, counting the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot among her victories.

    Goldikova earned the Cartier Award as Europe’s champion older female in both 2009 and 2010, and won the Eclipse Award as North America’s top turf female the same years. Goldikova also won the Cartier Award as Europe’s Horse of the Year in 2010.

    Goldikova is out of the winning Blushing Groom mare Born Gold, dam of 11 winners from 13 starters, including Group 1 winner Galikova, by Galileo. The mare’s other top runners include Group 3 winners Gold Round and Gold Sound, and Group 3-placed winners Born Something and Red Tune. Gold Round is the dam of two stakes winners, including Group 3 winner Goldwaki.

    © 2013 Daily Racing Form. All rights reserved. | Credits

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      Dear Sheena,

      Your post is just above the breaking news from Daily Racing From US
      about Goldi’s colt. WHOO HOO !!!! Who is she booked to next, Frankel?

      Now we need to find the foal photo, Janet can you find it????

        • Dear Janet,

          Thought maybe she was, guess they want a sure thing.
          He is the greatest in Europe for now, since his “dad” passed
          and Frankel is an unknown. Maybe Frankel will be his best son.

          Still watching stall #3

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      Dear Sheena,

      Interesting the colt was born in Ireland, was that a political strategy??
      Did not realize Goldi was foaled also in Ireland, more prestigious
      and more opportunities to race in the UK and Europe???

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    Dear Judy B,

    Sent you and e-mail with link to medications (over 200) that can
    cause false positive drug tests in animals and humans.

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      Dear Sheena,

      Maybe Galilieo this year until Frankel in proven???

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    sheena, she is going back to Galileo. Here is story. Hugs, Keta
    Goldikova’s First Foal Is a Colt
    By Blood-Horse Staff Updated: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 5:55 PM
    Alain and Gerard Wertheimer’s homebred champion Goldikova, the sole three-time Breeders’ Cup winner, produced her first foal, a colt by leading sire Galileo, Sunday, Feb. 3, at Coolmore Stud in Ireland, according to Coolmore’s Facebook page. The 8-year-old mare (Anabaa—Born Gold, by Blushing Groom) will be bred back to Galileo, who stands at Coolmore.
    http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/76063/goldikovas-first-foal-is-a-colt

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        Sign,
        The Blood-Horse had the fact that Goldikova would be bred back to Galileo.
        It is interesting that BH and all are gathering their info from Facebook.
        Sheen thought Frankel would be next. So, I posted the article.
        Keta

        • Sign,
          Here are the timelines
          sheena comment re Frankel February 5, 2013 at 3:46 pm
          Keta comment re Galileo February 5, 2013 at 4:26 pm

          Sign comment re Galileo February 6, 2013 at 4:53 am
          Sign comment re repost February 6, 2013 at 4:53 am
          Just like to keep the facts straight
          Keta

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    Dear Zenyen, Vicki b, Sign, and anyone elses name I have forgotten;
    I came on today to see if anyone was able to respond to the happenings at the Horse Rescue….Sir, in particular. Thank you all so much. You have provided me with alot of knowledge.

    Ever since Sir had arrived, and he was a horse that was left abondoned in a farm field, very skinny etc., he was the last horse to arrive here and he just seemed to take his place as the last one to be able and come to eat hay, even though we had at that time three outside feeders. The smallest mare would agressively chase him from every feeder. Sir sometimes went out aways into the beginning of the snow covered pasture. I could tell Jo to “stop” but I guess the horses deal with this on their own. I would, while the others were busy eating at the hay feeders, bring out a flake or two and drop it for Sir to eat on. Sometimes, Jo would notice and get Sir away from that hay!! So, as from what I read from your interesting “click ons” is that food is everything!! Perhaps with our Wisconsin weather getting so cold, Sir just had it, and his need and want for food, like “right now”, had his personality change with the other horses. No one was there when his dominance for being head of the herd occurred. But I have noticed the last two times, all he has to do, is approach a feeder with his ears back, and whatever horse is there, leaves quickly. They all are kind of afraid of him now. Anyone know if it will settle down?

    I truly have appreciated any and all comments and I do love all these horses and only want what is good for all of them. I just have to be a little more careful now when Sir comes around and I am cleaning up poop outside, because that means another horse is suddenly getting away. Sir has not displayed any symptoms of colic, but he had fallen on his left side a month ago. We had a Vet come, he said he was very bruised. I hope it is nothing internal.
    Anymore info is appreciated and I sure love your interest in sharing knowledge!

    hugs, Sally B

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      Dear Sally B.:

      Thank you for your updates on Sir and the other horses you care for at the rescue. It’s wonderful to be around them and learn from them. Hugs, JB

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        From what I read about food agression in horses, it’s best to feed the Sir by himself, so he won’t feel that his food is threatened, or feed him in his stall, and leave him alone while he’s eating. So he doesn’t feel there are any competitors for his food.

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      Dear Sally B,

      Sometime when rescued, they have “low self-esteem” for a better equine word,
      other horses sense it and are protective of their food anyway. First who eats
      is top of the pecking order.

      Feeding him separate from the group initially is a good idea, so he gets his
      food first, this also strengthens his position in the herd as they wait while
      he eats. Interesting dynamics. A herd or group of animals, can outcast a
      weak member and they can become weaker as they are not able to eat.

      Great updates, Sunny B

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    Oaklawn Park notes: Borel still awaiting clearance from doctor
    By Mary Rampellini Daily Racing Form 02/05/2013 4:16PM
    Jockey Calvin Borel, who has not ridden since breaking a small bone in his left wrist the second week in January, is awaiting clearance from his doctor to return to the saddle. Borel was evaluated on Tuesday by his doctor, who asked him to come back next week for another assessment, said Jerry Hissam, the rider’s agent. Borel is one win shy of career victory 5,000. He was injured just prior to the start of the Oaklawn meet Jan. 11.
    Hissam spent last week in the hospital, battling an infection of his pancreas. He said Tuesday that the infection was a complication from a gall bladder operation he had Dec. 27. Hissam also had heart bypass surgery in December. He has long been the agent for Borel, a three-time winner of the Kentucky Derby
    http://www.drf.com/news/oaklawn-park-notes-borel-still-awaiting-clearance-doctor

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    I am now with everyone else…..no Z shop…..ugh…..
    Congrats to Goldie….teach the little guy well
    Katie….hope your migraine is resolved….we miss your reports from downunder when you are not here….
    Going to fb…..looking for Goldie’s page…..suppose to be a pic of the new mom and boy there
    Kisses for all soft noses

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      John would be thrilled – no apologies needed :-) One of my most favorite video stories about him includes footage from the Sydney Opera House which he just loved. Going to a tribute concert next week (if the weather is decent) – supposed to be lots of videos, etc.

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      Andrew Bensley‏ tweet ORTENSIA
      ORTENSIA will have a quiet few days before any decision is made on running
      in Black Caviar Lightning. Trial yesterday has brought her on

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