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Big Weekend…

Photo by Alys Emson/Lane’s End

Happy Friday!

It’s going to be quite an exciting weekend for all of Zenyatta’s fans! We just added a new photo gallery with lots of recent images of 12Z. We’ll continue to add to this gallery as he gets older. Check it out here.

Additionally, a life-sized bronze statue of our Queen Z will be unveiled at Santa Anita Park tomorrow. We will be streaming the events live on Zenyatta.com courtesy of HRTV! The stream will be posted this evening, with the ceremony happening tomorrow at 12 pm PDT.

Check back soon!
-Team Z

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      12. Z looks gorgeous with all of his herd friends, having
      Fun all day long and like a big boy in his stall munching
      On hay.

      Zenny did such a wonderful job raising him to
      Be a beautiful, crazy, fun loving weanling soon
      To be yearling.

      Thanks so much for sharing his life with us. It
      is so very special to see a TB foal and grow up.

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    That boy is lookin’ good. Such a lucky one to have such a wonderful moma!!
    Can’t wait to see the unveiling tomorrow!
    Love you Zenyatta.
    Thanks Team Z

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    What a beautiful prince!! Looks like he’s developing some powerful hindquarters there too ;) Are there any plans of naming him soon?

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      Here we go Heidi (Dinky “Hot” Diva):

      For Sophia !!!

      The Mosses DO NOT name their foals until during or after their 2 year old training year so they know their personality, racing style etc…
      The Mosses always name all of their foals and horses, no contest.
      How did I do Blog friends !!!!

      Pacing pacing pacing Max and Sue,
We have until 2013 and then 2015 for Zenny’s
Tapit foal !!!
      What is everyone going to do with 2 unnamed
foals ?????
      This unnamed foal issue is common, but the public
Does not realize it goes on.

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    I love, love, love the Prince, of course….but I have been totally enamored of his pasture-mate with the crooked blaze. Does anyone know that one’s sire/dam? I would like to keep an eye on him/her as well.

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      I think that weanling’s mom is Zenny’s bay friend.

      Because Spooky Minster’s weanling is darker, we did not see the bay mare much
      when the boys were foals, but he was in the pasture with Zenny, 12 Z, Spooky
      and 12 SM. He is sooo photogenic because he was also infront of the camera
      with 12 Z and 12 SM.

      He is soooo cute, wonder who his sire is, someone with a white blaze that is for sure.

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    Does anyone know whether Dottie and John are keeping Youngster Zenyatta or are they going to sell him at the yearling sales in Keeneland?

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      This is rare. Another Heidi K. Where are you from? Can you please put that info next to your name so we don’t get people confused? Thanks!

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      12Z belongs to Jerry and Anne Moss and yes, they are keeping him. He’ll probably go to Florida for training at the same place that trained Z.

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      To the new Heidi K,

      Another standard answer: The Mosses will not sell any of Zenny’s children, perhaps her grandchildren, but they are going to build Zenny’s “family”.

      SO FORGET ABOUT SEEING ZENYATTA’S CHILDREN AT ANY SALES, IT WILL NOT HAPPEN, AND ANN SAID THIS BEFORE SHE WAS EVEN PREGNANT WITH 12 Z.

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        Heidi K,
        We also might add, if you have any questions about when Z12 will be named ask SIGN OF THE TIMES, she can tell you when that will be. Hugs

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      Heidi K (2)
      Welcome! Haven’t seen you posting before.
      This Blog has been going on since Zenyatta retired.
      First it was a Diary with Dottie writing as the voice of Zenyatta.
      So, for you, this is like coming into the middle of a movie.
      For us, it is reading questions that have been asked & answered many times.
      Previous Blogs & Ask the Experts do have a lot of good info in them.
      It might be helpful reading/scanning through the last couple
      Again, welcome!
      Keta

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        Also Hedi,
        You can read the diary which began October 2010
        Before Zenny’s 2010 BCC. It is chocked full
        Of lots of information.

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    Yipee! A race named after our Queen and her statue to be unveiled. OH MY! Such an honor to Zenyatta, she is more than deserving. I wish I could be there. I hope we will be able to see the ceremony on Zenyatta’s web site next week.
    I am going to be so slammed this week end. I don’t think I will be able to see it live.
    Sending love hugs and kisses

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    High hoof to Team Z!!!! Now, I know I won’t miss the unveiling!! Now, time to check out the new pics…

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    How GREAT is that – having a live feed!!!!! Thank you Team Z, George and I will be watching from our family trip in Illinois!

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    Oh, WOW! Thank you so much, Lane’s End, Team Z for sharing new images of the crown prince for us to see how big he is getting. He is definitely adorable but you can tell he still has a lot of growing to do. He is going to be one handsome young colt – well, he already is, but I know it’s just going to be better and better.

    What a fabulous treat for you to live stream the statue unveiling for those of us unable to be there. Team Z, the Mosses and everyone else in this bunch are the kindest and most generous people! How beautiful to dwell in the Queendom of Zenyatta! Thank you!!

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    Wow! The little guy sure has his mama’s hindquarters! I love to see him running and playing with his pasture mates. He’s growing up to be quite a looker.

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    Double WOWS!!!

    Thank you to Team Z for the feed for the unveiling — I can hardly wait!
    Geez but the Prince is starting to look very grown-up, don’t you think? I went off to look at the new photos and I’ve gotta say that when the babies are in a herd those EARS are very helpful in terms of finding OUR BOY!!!!
    I, too, would like to know the identity of the colt (?) with the crooked blaze.
    I also noticed that in one of Alys’ shots — #3 — the Prince has that “Zenny look” of sweet intelligence.
    Hugs to all Zen-sters from autumn in Montreal!

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        Sign,
        Here is a list of Lane’s End Foals around same time as Zenyatta’s
        Mar 14. CANDY RIDE – SWEET SYMPHONY f.
        Mar 13. BIG BROWN – MISS NORMAN c.
        Mar 12. QUALITY ROAD – CODE BOOK c.
        Mar 12. CANDY RIDE – PROPOSED f.
        Mar 12. QUALITY ROAD – DREAM TIME f.
        Mar 09. CANDY RIDE – A.P. DREAM f.
        Mar 08. BERNARDINI – ZENYATTA c.
        Mar 08. STREET CRY – INDESCRIBABLE c.
        Mar 08. SMART STRIKE – PHILLY’S PHILLY c.
        Mar 08. CURLIN – EMBRACING c.
        Mar 08. CITY ZIP – SMOOTH PLAYER c.
        Mar 08. PULPIT – WIN McCOOL f.
        Mar 06. CANDY RIDE – SPOOKY MINSTER c.
        For full list of 2012, here is link
        http://www.lanesend.com/2012/04/2012-foals.html
        Could that be a Curlin blaze?
        Keta

        • That is a really good possibility, she is bay and he
          Is chestnut with a blaze. Don’t know if any of the other
          Stallions you listed have a blaze.

          We know Bernie and Street Cry do not.

          So it might be embracing, if it is she is a beautiful
          Bay and her and Zenny seem to be good friends.
          SM is more independent. !!

        • Oops
          Pulpit does have a broken blaze with a partial
          White nose like AP.

          However, he is a dark bay and the weanling is
          A light bay.

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    Thanks to you and HRTV for giving us a link to the feed. Don’t get HRTV here where I live. Was afraid was going to have to miss it and hope someone would post it later. Very happy to get to ‘see’ the unveiling from afar. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

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    Thanks for sharing the news. That’s very exciting and I can’t wait to see the unveiling. Love the beautiful new photos of 12z. I agree too that the foal with the crooked blaze is rather fascinating.

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    Thank you sooo much for the photos of 12Z. He looks like he may be the leader of the pack! And that big rump of his, no denying he’s his mama’s boy. Looking foward to the unvailing of Zenny’s statue tomorrow. Everyone have a good weekend. :)

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    DEAR LANES END AND TEAM Z,

    These photos of 12 Z and his weanling “herd” are just soooo cute. It is sooo much
    fun to watch him grow up. I am sooo glad the Mosses are going to wait to get
    to know him and his racing style and personality before naming him. As a TB,
    owner, the name is everything.

    Look forward to the live feed and watching live on HRTV. The statue is such a wonderful tribute to “The Great Mare” to be with John Henry and Seabiscuit at Santa Anita.

    Winning the BBC 2009 was such a wonderful accomplishment that will live on for a long time. There does not seem to be a mare that can beat all those boys almost twice. Blame had a distinct advantage, being on his home track that he loved and always won on. The Queen ran on a track she hated with all that dirt in her face and unable to see to only lose by a neck. Don’t think any other mare will accomplish either of those feats for a long time.

    ZENNY YOU ARE THE BEST RACING MARE AND BROODMARE, KEEP UP YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND YOUR DEMEANOR, NEXT TIME DON’T FORGET TO LOOK AT THE CAMERA WHEN JOHN IS TAKING YOUR PICTURE. ARE YOU GETTING SHY!!!!

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    about the guy with the great blaze….Z12’s friend….someone here figured out who they thought mom was…Z , SM , and Blazes mom and pasture pals….i cant remember who but they went to the LE’s foaling page and found a bay mare that delivered a colt about the same time as Z…guess this approach eliminated all but one possibility…i have been unable to dupicate this effort….so whoever figured it out….HELP

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      Carol,

      I guess that would be me. On February, 19 a mare named Noble Idea foaled a Smart Strike colt. On the blog of 7/25, “Kicking Off a Big Week”, the last picture is of Zenyatta and the bay mare and holding the cursor on the picture it says Noble and Zen. On the 8/8 blog, “Boys of Summer”, again the last picture, holding the cursor on the picture it says 12Z and Noble. (That would be the colt.) The only Noble I found in the foal list was Noble Idea. So, that was my process for trying to identify the mare, the name that was on the picture. Marty R.

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    Paynter Update Fri. Sept. 28 1:40 PM Pacific A. Zayat tweets combined
    Paynter update: Paynter’s attitude and appetite have continued to improve and he has started gaining weight.
    His temperature has been normal. He is walking comfortably and has been playing in the field
    .
    Keta Note: No further Tweets for about an hour. Think that there must be more.
    Morning tweet from A. Zayat to me said: “we will have a full and detail update later this afternoon MAJOR update ”
    When I see more on Twitter, I will share
    Keta

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    Congrats on your big weekend! So happy about the statue and the Grade 1 Zenyatta Stakes. I get TVG not HRTV in my area so will miss the unveiling but will be there in spirit. Thanks again and again Team Z for all the wonderful updates and pics. I hope you know that you are stuck with us Zenyatta fans for now and forever!

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    What a great week we’ve had, three updates in one week. Thank you Lane’s End and Alys, the pictures are wonderful and the news about the live feed tomorrow is so welcome. I may have to change all my plans but I’m thinking that 12.00 noon PST will let me squeeze some things in and still be home by 3.00pm Ontario time.
    @ Dear Abigail, Great to see your post today, hope that all is well with you and Daisy Doodle. Hugs to you both.

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        carol in utah. From his career at Woodbine, RA ought to know all of the tricks. If you remember that last photo of Tasty looking over the fence, it may be that Ms Tasty was sizing it up for a jump to join Z in the next field.

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    Trina N SoCal:

    Thanks for you kind thoughts on the previous post! No sense in leaving you a msg there with all the new pic’s here! This is the place to be!

    Wishing you well too.

    GirlSaratoga

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    So good to see more pix of JR (Junior-Prince!) Agree with Abigail, fairly easy to pick him out with those ears! If he grows into those ears, he may be as big as Zenyatta!

    For anyone who might want to watch some of the other races going on this weekend, here are some options to consider (besides the feed from Zenyatta.com, and hopefully it will continue throughout the day for Santa Anita and the Belmont feed will be covered by HRTV):

    For races in California, http://www.Calracing.com (registration required) – Free
    http://www.TwinSpires.com/tv – Free with registration (one of the best free sites anywhere, can watch races all over the world). You will be required to set up an account, but, they will not pester you to wager. This is live streaming on your computer.

    Besides TwinSpires, I also use HRTV, which is streamed to my computer (I subscribe for $10/mo, which I consider fairly cheap entertainment!).

    To catch races you were unable to watch live, you can always go to the BloodHorse race result and replay site: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/race/race-results I like the BloodHorse replay site as it covers not just stakes races, but, all of the races at a particular track on any given race day.

    These services are fairly straightforward, but if you have problems with this or any of these sites, feel free to contact me and I will be glad to walk you through getting “hooked up”! There may be other sites out there that others can name, but I have used these personally and can vouch for their safety and reliability.

    Good luck at the races!!!!

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    WOW! WOW! WOW! What a treat to end the week with! Just love picture 14, what a cutie pie! He looks so royal and I see both his mom and dad in him, except the ears they are ALL mom!

    Did anyone else notice that there is another similar colt that also has green tape on his halter? I looked at the pic’s twice and noticed that the colt that is similar in color to our prince also has some green tape on his halter? Of coarse, those ears give him away every time! There were a couple of pic’s I wasn’t sure who was who?

    Thank you LE and all of team Z for sharing our precious boy’s growing spurts! The Mosses very well could be creating the next “Royal Family” here in the US! We all appreciate the time and effort you put in to keep us loyal devoted fans in the loop!

    Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, May God keep you and Bless you all.

    GirlSaratoga

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    Hi All:
    Wow Z12 is all grown up. He is so beautiful!!!! It’s hard to believe this is the same little colt that use to walk under his mama’s belly!

    I wonder if he misses his mom! I am sure she misses seeing him.

    To all that will be attending the unveiling of the Zenyatta stature — I wish I could be there. I hope you have a wonderful time! I will be thinking of you.

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