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BLUEGRASS BRUNCH AND BUBBLES

BLUEGRASS BRUNCH AND BUBBLES – Saturday, September 24th 10 am – 12 pm

Zenyatta is happy to support the Secretariat Center in their upcoming event. Including a Lane’s End Tour Package featuring Zenyatta.

Join us for a fun morning at the Secretariat Center filled with bluegrass-themed brunch, a great mimosa and bloody Mary bar, a world-class silent auction, meet the OTTBs, demonstrations, guest speakers, contests, giveaways, and so much more! Help support the aftercare and reschooling efforts of our adoptable Thoroughbreds.  Meet some of the owners and trainers who entrust their horses to our care and chat with some of our previous adopters who love their Secretariat Center graduates.  Come to eat, drink, support, shop, meet, and mingle but leave with artwork, trips, tickets, and experiences you won’t soon forget.

Check out the Silent Auction featuring racing memorabilia, trips and experiences in Kentucky and abroad, gift certificates from local businesses, equine artwork, and more! Bidding is live now at will continue till 12pm on Sept. 24th!

For more info and to purchase tickets Click Here.

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195 Comments

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    Thanks so much for the heads-up about the Secretariat Center event!
    I wish them much success with the fund-raising and all the activities!
    Love the name: Bluegrass Brunch and Bubbles!! Sounds delightful!
    Hugs and Love 💕

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    I hope that the event will be a great success! I can’t think of a better combination than Zenyatta and Secretariat, my two heart horses for all-time, 💙🤍💙🤍

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    Dear Team Z, Z, COZ, ZI, ZEL, ZIL and DC:

    Goodnight and Happy Dreams.

    Hope the Secretariat event Bluegrass, Brunch and Bubbles is a great success and raises much needed funds for OTTBs.

    Love and Hugs, JB

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      Dear Judy and any who are interested,
      I entered a reply to Judy’s post on the previous blog entry (September 20?)
      There is a link to a Bloodhorse article about Success Rate, a 12 year old racehorse. He is being retired after he won his 100th race! His owners/trainer will decide what his new task might be, but they love him and plan to take good care of him. They say he looks more like a 5 year old than a 12 year old. Congrats to a hard-working warrior!
      Hugs and Love 💕

        • Dear Marshall:

          I read that article; warms the heart. I hope he finds a caring, loving forever home in future.

          Thanks for posting the story here. Love and Hugs, JB

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    Sounds like the big event would be lots of fun. Go Zilka Go! Very glad to see she had a work out. Big fire now 14% contained and more rain on the way. Also special equipment has been brought in to work on the firelines to keep it contained. Sleep tight and have pleasant dreams of your favorite horse flying down the stretch

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    Happy Friday everyone! Our boy Hovey laments not being allowed to watch the Queen’s funeral and then was subjected to being in “the school” at the same time as Barbie Boy and Mini Mum. He was restrained (mostly by Mother and not his sense of kindness and fair play) from taking any adverse actions – this time. He’s off to start preparing for Your Horse is Alive 😊
    https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/blog/hovis-friday-dairy-my-time-will-come-of-that-i-am-sure-803990

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      Dear Sandy,
      Hovis is, as usual, his highly entertaining self!
      Hope he has a wonderful time at the Your Horse Is Alive event.
      Thanks for sharing his antics with us❣️
      ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
      Hugs and Love

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      Dear Sandy:

      Thanks for our Friday Hovis update. Looking forward to his report on Your Horse Is Alive adventures. Love and Hugs, JB

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    Dear Z, COZ, ZI, ZEL, ZIL and DC:

    Hope the Secretariat Bluegrass event was a huge success. Happy Dreams. Love You. Hugs, JB

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      Dear Judy,
      Thanks for posting these links! What a big weekend for Gun Runner’s sire credentials! Five winners including two G1’s! Congrats to all!
      ——-
      Wow, what an amazing phone call for the Lane’s End folks. Imagine talking “shop” with The Queen! This will always be an incredible memory for Bill Farish and Lane’s End. We will never see anyone like her again.
      Thanks again, JB❣️
      Hugs and Love

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    Dear Z, COZ, ZI, ZEL, ZIL and DC:

    Happy Dreams. Goodnight. Love You. Hugs, JB❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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    Dear Zenyatta and family,
    💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕
    Goodnight beautiful girl and sweet dreams❣️
    Stay safe and healthy, dear ones.
    Hugs and Love

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    Happy Friday everyone. I hope any Zsters in Florida are safe. Sending prayers and best wishes to them and to those in Georgia and the Carolinas as this dreadful storm continues to spread destruction of all types.
    This week’s Hovey lament concerns the highly changeable and unpredictable autumn weather. We can all relate 😩. He continues to prepare for Your Horse is Alive and the launch of his next book.
    https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/blog/hovis-friday-diary-18-804541

    Tons of racing this weekend and next as the BC folks have really packed in the final “win and you’re in” races. It really is a dizzying array!

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      Dear Sandy,
      Thanks for our sunshine boy, Hovis!
      He is a regular wordsmith, isn’t he? Mum does let him get away with a lot — those “Don Rickles-type” insults at her expense for example. LOL!

      Enjoy the weekend of racing! Safe and sound running to all!
      Hope everyone will be safe from injury and damage due to Hurricane Ian.
      Prayers and sunny days for Ft. Myers and central Florida residents. 🙏
      Hugs and Love ❤️

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        Addendum:
        I must add the same good wishes and prayers for ALL states affected by this hurricane. That is some ferocious wind here in central NC!
        May tomorrow be much calmer and dry.
        Hugs and Love 💕

        • Dear Marshall:
          Adding my prayers to yours for everyone in the path of that hurricane. Devastating loss and damage. 🙏🙏🙏

          Love and Hugs, JB

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      Dear Judy and all Z-friends,
      Glad the Blog is accessible again!
      Thanks for posting the replay/article for the Lukas Classic, JB!
      That really was an exciting race — too bad they both didn’t win!
      So happy that RS ran so well. He is not a fluke or a “one hit wonder”.
      Congrats to HRC and to RS, also to all connections of both horses!!
      Hugs and Love 💕 🏇 💕

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        Dear Marshall and Z Fans:

        Richie is just so gorgeous and so talented.

        If Leon remains his regular rider, hope he takes care with the way he rides him for Richie’s sake and for all the other horses and riders. Putting everyone at risk is just inexcusable. Racing is risky enough without deliberate reckless riding.

        Love and Hugs, JB

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    I too had trouble with the blog yesterday and last Saturday. Exciting racing yesterday! Mike and Howbeit nosed by in the sixth yesterday at SA!

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    I keep rooting for Rich Strike to really show his stuff. He is very talented and fast. He ran a good race and came so close for the second time. Hot Rod Charlie just barely outdid him. It was a good race.

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    Rich Strike’s jockey was suspended for lugging in so close to HRC! The picture, on Bloodhorse, you can clearly see the foul that happened. Very dangerous riding for both riders and horses.

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      Dear Lindal and Z Fans:

      I read that had Richie prevailed, he would have most likely been disqualified because of his jockey’s ride.

      Luckily no horses or riders were injured. Disappointed in Leon.

      Love and Hugs, JB

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        All of that wasted energy in riding like that. Very disappointed in Sonny. Then to claim a slipping saddle…wow, so disrespectful of your team.
        What a race! Richie is the Real Deal and Charlie is just one of the best ever!

        • Dear Ann:

          So true. Hope Richie races next year.

          Hot Rod Charlie is a true Warrior. Love him. Love and Hugs, JB

        • Dear Ann and Judy,
          Wasted energy indeed — Rich might very well have won if kept in a straight path. I guess it could be the “race riding” effect currently seen too much and used by the top-level.
          Not good. Hope Sonny learned from this mistake. Glad no one got hurt.
          Hugs and Love

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    Dear Z, COZ, ZI, ZEL, ZIL and DC:

    Goodnight and Happy Dreams. Love and Hugs, JB🏇🏻🏇🏻🏇🏻🏇🏻🏇🏻🏇🏻

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    33 years ago Equine Heaven received one of the GREATS…Secretariat. You were phenomenal and we will never forget you! RIP, sweetheart.

    Hugs,
    Kathy

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    Love Richie and Charlie. Too bad Leon does not know how to ride properly.

    Judy,loved the video you sent of the wild horses. We need to protect them from the BLM, otherwise known as the Bureau of Livestock and Mining.

    I also had trouble getting in for a while.

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