Happy Friday!
Spring is in full swing at Lane’s End! We spent the earlier part of the week in Kentucky visiting Zenyatta and her two boys.
13Z is quite a frisky and independent colt. He’s equally interested in greeting visitors and cruising around the paddock with his mom. You’ll see them running together in the video at the end of this post.
Coz, who is now a very handsome yearling, was always waiting at the fence to greet us.
There are so many more photos from this visit, and we’ll be putting up brand new photo galleries next week.
Enjoy!
-Team Z
Meredith
Gorgeous photos of two magnificent horses. Thank you.
Jamie
Three ;D
Michele Moore from Tx.
OMG, Momma still rules, but I see a future King in our future. I will not be surprised to see another Secretariat, I think it is in her genes ( I know Daddy was there but my love lies with Queen Z.) I hope everyone is well, God Bless, Michele.
Barbara Wood (Texas)
Hi Michele–hope you got my message at the end of the previous blog. It is such a delight to come here and be uplifted by new beginnings and a mom who so enjoys her new “career”.
maryann lane
Zenyatta is so beautiful. Her dapples really show up in the pictures. 13Z has a very refined head for such a baby. He will be a stunner. 12Z or Cozmic One is such a handsome young lad. He looks like he will be a handful, but kind as well.
Thank you for continuing to share them with us, their adoring fans.
Rhonda
Man that is one gorgeous colt! He is really spectacular! Zenyatta looks beautiful and looks to be enjoying motherhood.
Coz looks so sweet, he has that soft eye his mother has.
Anita from SoCal
Oh yeah! Been waiting for that video. So beautiful to see them running side by side. Thank you so much, Team Z, for this glorious set of photos & vid. Does my heart so much good. Looks like a wonderful visit. Love you all, Zenny, 13Z, Coz, Mr. & Mrs. Moss…Kyle you take great photos!! God bless you all.
Stephanie in San Diego
What a great way to end the work week and start the weekend. Thank You !! All 3 look great and happy!! The video is pure joy!!
Vicki
Thanks you Ann & Jerry Moss and Lane’s End for continuing to share Zenyatta and the boys with us. I love you Cozmic One and if has been so much fun watching you grow up over the last year. Z13 you are so handsome and you already look like a champion in the making. I am counting the days until Zenyatta’s boys thrill us at the races! In the meantime enjoy the beauty of Lane’s End.
Sandy in Las Vegas
Thank you so much for continuing to share these wonderful pictures with us. I have followed Zenyatta’s career and post-career activities, including the birth of Z12 (Coz) and now Z13, and am so glad that you have continued to allow us into this wonderful world of nature and beauty at its best.
Sarah T.
Z13 looks like a very strong sturdy individual already. I think Tornado would be a great name for him. It’s what his blaze resembles and it could also be a name that suggests he is a force to be reckoned with.
Great photos!
MONIQUE (FRANCE)
I can see that Zenyatta is more majestic since she became a mom.
His son is a very distinguished foal, he has a very beautiful arabic profile.
TAPIT + ZENYATTA = very successful crossing.
I don’t forget COZ, he is a very kind yearling.
Congratulations team Z
♥ Auntie Judy aka JAG / So. Cal ♥
I posted this video on the previous blog but in case peeps missed it I’m re-sharing. I didn’t make this video.
Au revoir Eblouissante
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5N5PGnevxA&feature=em-subs_digest-popular
We love ♥ you Team John Shirreffs (barn 55)
judy berube from Rhode Island
Dear Auntie Judy:
Thanks. Hugs, JB
ST
KG must have made it with JAG staring !!!!
zfansandy
I’ve waited days and days for Jerry and Ann’s visit in anticipation of more pictures. We got a video too, how great is that !!!!!
What beautiful photography, Kyle. Bless you.
I’m spellbound by the pics. Love the one where Zen and Z13 are ‘kissing ‘ each other. Guess he’ll be an affectionate little smoocher like his mommy. I’ve always loved that about Zenyatta–the most affectionate horse I’ve ever seen. The pic of CoZ with Ann is priceless. It’s like he knows exactly who she is and is thinking “I love when you visit.” Ann looks like a horse whisperer in the pic, and beautiful, as always. And look at baby 13Z rearing up like a big wild dominant stallion. That CoZ is too gorgeous for words. I would love, love , love to see a vid of Zen’s reaction/ interaction to seeing CoZ again, hint hint.
I’ve worn out this video watching it repeatedly (and I’m not through yet!!!) One striking note is that 13Z is not just running–those legs are REACHING, just like winner legs reach. He WANTS to keep up with mommy running. And it’s the ‘want’ that crosses the finish line. He’s got the fire and it’s obvious.
A mere thanks to teamZ and the Mosses is insufficient for the gratitude I feel for your sharing this space with us. I think I can speak for all us fans how overjoyed we are with the updated pics and vid. Be blessed, all of you for your work and generosity.
Okay, gotta go watch some more.
sue and tony
What a beautiful post. Thanks for expressing our feelings with just the right words.
Celeste_in_TX
Thanks for expressing feelings many of us share so well.
maureen phi-llips
Thank you for the photo’s, this was an absolute treat, and more to come next week, pure joy, anything Queen Z and the boys is always a winner for me and uplifting. God Bless everyone. It is well.
Ann NC
Thanks Team Z for the beautiful photos.
Everyone looks great,happy and KY in the springtime is gorgeous.
Zenny, your boys are something else! I love the photo of Z grazing and the little spit fire running around her. Good job Zenny.
Catherine Uher
What a blessing I just saw when I went to Zenyatta’s site to see if there were any new pictures!!! Oh my heart is jumping for joy! Thank you doesn’t begin to cover the gratitude I know I feel and I’m sure all of her fans feel for you to continue to share her and her new babies!!! Cozmic One is just breathtaking….looks so much like his mother and his mother’s dam in the face….just such a sweet and kind expression. And oh boy! I think y’all better look at for little 13Z! He is going to be a pistol…but a seriously cute one!!! Love his little independent spirit and watching him play around and especially the video of him running right along his mom!!! He’s not going to be left behind!!!
So just thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of these wonderful and beautiful pictures you continue to share with all of us! We are forever grateful and blessed!!!
Lisag in Texas
Ms Zenyatta, finally was able to see your video with the latest GIFT given us. You look beautiful funning with your tail fanned in happiness and excitement, while, it seems, allowing a photo finish with your Red Headed Stranger. Ummm, think I will call him Willie, for now. Cozzy, he is just so stunningly beautiful, and then I remember who is parents are, LOL. I think that we have two exquite and handsome gifts from you, I see two colts that are going to make their name in history. I love this Trio of Love. Lisag
Marshall (NC broad)
Lisag,
Love your Red Headed Stranger/Willie reference!! Great nickname.
Cheers and hugs
Lisag in Texas
Watched the video and again and scrolled the pics again, cannot get enough of the Family Z Ears. OMgoodness.
ST
Maureen,
You made some great comments about COZ and 13 Z.
Their differences are reflected in their different sires.
Bernie produces “grinders” and has not produced his
Champion yet, that is Eclipse or BC winner. Tapit produces
Speed horses and 13 Z is already looking like he is going to
Have precosity. Z is actually running with him whereas with
COZ she ran behind him. Talpit has already produced some
Champions in BC races and Eclipse award winners. Comparing ghem is
Like comparing apples to oranges .
Kerp up the great comments !!!!
ST
PS
Tapit stamped 13 Z pretty hard, he is very much a Tapit
maureen phi-llips
Thanks ST for your post, my point is that there will be time enough to compare Z’s 2 Princes, they have only a small window of opportunity to be babies without worries,or the stress of tomorrow’s racing, let them enjoy it. Soon, Prince CoZ will be off to school and the start of his journey to making his parents proud, be that as it may that Bernie produces grinders and has not produced any BC or Eclipse winners, he is a young Sire and plenty of time for one of his off springs to win the Big one, maybe even the love of my life Prince CoZmic One will be that one, after all, the stars and cosmic elements were aligned on the day of his birth. I guess I feel the pressure and stress more than they do. Just saying. Have a great weekend. It is well.
ST
So true Maureen,
Coz may be Bernies champion !!!
It is ok for them to be different like
All siblings are.
Max
Maureen. Agree with you. Not everyone thinks that Bernie produces “grinders”. The Mosses obviously think highly of him as do many, many others.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/77074/bernardini-colt-tops-f-t-sale-at-16-million
ST
Again Max,
You miss the point,
By the US commentators, his progeny are described as grinders
On the teack. How much they sell for does not mean they are going
To race well. As with The Grern Monkey, who sold for $16 million,
And never won a race.
Owners are buying his progeny for pedigree. Perhaps because
You are not from the US you don’t seem to understand the issues
That we discuss and and are part of US racing. It is difficult to tout
Yourself as an expert in a country in which you do not live.
Max
ST or SignoftheTimes.
Please do not insult Bernie and his progeny. Coz is no grinder.
Susan In Fl
Fantastic pics!!! Great way to start the day. Thanx for sharing! Peace & Happiness!
Terry Crow
Hope everything is going well for you.
Cynthia whitten
I think Cos is very elegant looking.13z looks like a fighter . Both are of course super. Thanks for sharing!
maureen phi-llips
Love your comment, made me laugh. Thanks, have a great day. It is well
shirleeinindy
Thank you Team Z, Lanes End and Ann & Jerry. What a nice way to begin the day with pictures and a video of these three. Cozmic One has lost his baby look and appears to be growing up big and strong. Thanks again for the pics and videos.
Also, Safe trip to The Last Meow at Churchill today. Hope she wins to honor her sire the great Storm Cat.
Kathy
Wonderful pics and fantastic video. Thank you TeamZ! 13Z is just beautiful and Mom looks amazing.
judy berube from Rhode Island
Dear Kathy R.:
Miss your posts. Hope all is well with you. Hugs, JB
Keta
Judy B
Join in your comment
Kathy R, you are missed!
Love your comments & sharing of what’s happening in Australia
Hope all is well with you & your Mum
Hugs, Keta
Sandy (Northeast Ohio) PUR, PUJ
Yes, I was asking about Kathy R just yesterday on the previous post. Hope everything is OK with her.
judy berube from Rhode Island
Dear Sandy and Keta:
Yes, I hope we hear from KR soon. Hugs, JB
tony
How many of us wish the Mosses would adopt us? I’ll be bet the number is in the thousands.
Max
Yes!
judy berube from Rhode Island
Dear Tony and Max:
For sure and we would like to reside at Lane’s End. Hugs, JB
Max
JudyB. That’s our dream.
judy berube from Rhode Island
Dear Max:
Wouldn’t it be “loverly”. Hugs, JB
Meghan in Massachusetts
Coz looks like an artist or philosopher, a virtuoso: the male expression of Zenyatta’s soul. He may create his own destiny. 13Z looks like an athlete or warrior, a champion: a classic racehorse. He may burnish his breed’s legacy. He has what I imagine the great ones displayed from the first.
13Z is a “Wow!”; Coz, an “Ah…”
maureen phi-llips
Nicely written, win or lose, I will be there cheering on my sweet Prince CoZ, only God knows their destiny’s, we can only speculate. They are both Z’s Princes, and no matter how it turns out, we will always be there to cheer them both on and rejoice in their mothers legacy and love. It is well.
Janet Newman
Came to get my morning fix. It just never gets old. I envy the folks who get to be around these wonderful animals. I know it is not all glamorous and not without it’s up and downs, but wow what eye candy. To see absolute joy on the face of Ann Moss with Coz and that connection they made from his birth goes to the heart strings.
Looking at the love Zenyatta has for 13Z tells me she has so much of it to give.
Now, I can go on with my day.
Elsie Martus
Oh I can’t stand it. I’m Over flowing with joy!!! I LOVE seeing this and listening to the sounds of their hooves! Run my Zenny Run.
nancy
Thank you yet again for the photos and the vid. I sure Z, Coz and Z13 must know how speical they truly are :)
Terry Crow
Just to break the understandably reverent tone of the blog, considering the subjects we are presented with, You might be a redneck if you have ever stood outside an outhouse and heckled the person inside.
Pati- Derby Dreamin'
Or thought you were heckling someone only to find out you were just talking to yourself.
Terry Crow
I do that quite often.
Pati- Derby Dreamin'
As do I. ;-)
Ann NC
and I said to myself, ” self…”
Vicki B. near Hollywood Park
Doesn’t even have to be an outhouse, just a home with only one bathroom!
judy berube from Rhode Island
Dear TC GP:
Ha, ha. Hugs, JB
Ann K
Those grey “goggles” that somebody mentioned are starting to show around the eyes of 13Z. Given the already dusky leg color, I’ll wager that he’s going to turn grey, and pretty soon, too. He’s such a pretty chestnut now, it will be sad to lose that reddish color. But since he’s such a stunner in every respect, he’ll doubtless be a beautiful grey, too. Maybe with Zenyatta’s dapples? Hope hope.
ST
Probably will be a grey/roan like his sire; only time will tell,
Takes 3 to 4 months to really know
LauraJ (Cincinnati, OH)
Where? I sure don’t see any goggles.