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Dottie & John Visit Lane’s End

Happy Wednesday!

While recently in Kentucky for the Keeneland Yearling sales, Dottie and John went by the farm to say hello to Zenyatta and to meet “Baby Z”. John was tickled when Zenyatta came right over to say hello, and watching baby 12Z running in the paddock with his friends was pure delight! It was great time for all.

Enjoy the photos from their visit!
-Team Z

Photo by John Shirreffs

Photo by John Shirreffs

Photo by John Shirreffs

Photo by John Shirreffs

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    Wonderful!! Thank you so much for sharing the new photos of our lovely Queen and her charming prince! Can’t believe he is getting so big – wow – they grow up so fast.

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    Thank you for always sharing Zenyatta and Baby Z. We are so lucky and blessed. I will alwyas love Zenyatta and all her babies. Hugs and Many Kisses, Shari XXXOOO

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      I saw your class cheering for Brown Almighty! That’s so awesome you do that with them! If my teachers were like you, I wouldn’t sleep in any of my classes at all!

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        Pati,
        You got a chuckle out of me when I read “If my teachers were like you, I wouldn’t sleep in any of my classes at all!”

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    Zenny – your boy has officially entered that silly phase of being all awkward, all legs, all – EARS! We love him! When he grows into that body he will be spectacular! We love seeing his photos and I especially love seeing some of you and Dottie. Hope they will post more of John and Dottie’s visit! Never can get enough of Team Z the Original!

    diastu in tempe

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      Dear Diana and Z Fans:

      The Prince is going to be so handsome. You can see already how gorgeous he will be when he’s grown. Hugs, JB

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    Does anyone have the link to Zeny’s weaning photo? I’d like to do a side-by-side comparison to 12Z. The little poseur has to be one of the most “looked over” babies in history. Nothing is going to change that. The up side….he is loved by so many and will be a star all his life.

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    Z Dumplings and Z-sters: Please remind everyone who is going to do General Admission for the Breeders’ Cup that the GA tickets go on sale – ON LINE – this Monday, October 1st, at 9AM Pacific time!

    Also, reading the fine print on Zenny’s party, another reminder: The physical tickets need to be picked up at the Zenny Party tent in the paddock starting at 3PM on Friday. I wish we could have a runner get them all for us, but I know they will ask for ID.

    Getting so excited!

    diastu in tempe

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      BETSY,

      THE GENERAL RULE WITH ALL OF THE MOSSES HORSES/FOALS IS THAT THEY
      NAME THEM AS TWO YEAR OLDS IN TRAINING OR AFTER TRAINING.

      SO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 2013 FOR A NAME.

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    This made my day! So glad to see that John and Dottie came to visit Zenny and the Prince. Of course Zenny knew John!!! He was very important in Zenny’s life. she will never forget John or Dottie.

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      NOT A CHANCE, SHE IS BURIED DEEP INSIDE LANES END FARM !!!!

      SHE ONLY DOES CHARITY WORK AT TIMES THROUGH OUT THE YEAR AND
      MAY FOR FOR A $10,000 OR $20,000 DONATION YOU MIGHT BE SELECTED
      FOR A VISIT.

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      Dear Peggy N.:

      Left you messages about Gabby on Page 5 of this Blog and Page 7 of Ask The Experts #12. Hugs, JB

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    Such a treat to see Dottie and John with Zenny and with 12Z! Great photos!
    Almost seems like old times!
    Love to Zenny and Z-Love all around!

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    Thank You for the wonderful photos! Zenyatta will always remember John & Dottie :)
    My Sweet Lady Zenyatta, so beautiful and 12 Z is turning into such a handsome Prince.
    I love seeing them both so much.

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    Ok, on certain sites it says, the unveiling will be at noon Sat. I looked it up on calracing.com to see if anything was scheduled but, only the post time for the first race which is at 1pmish. So, does anyone know if they will show it live on calracing, tv or some other avenue besides hrtv??? Thanks!!!

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      Heidi,
      From The Blood-Horse
      The legendary Zenyatta, winner of the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita and Horse of the Year in 2010, will be honored for all-time by Santa Anita Park as a life-sized statue of the great mare will be unveiled in Santa Anita’s Paddock Gardens area at noon (PDT) this Saturday.
      Read more on BloodHorse.com: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/73063/zenyatta-statue-to-be-unveiled-saturday#ixzz27eyrAZM7
      From Santa Anita site
      Santa Anita is proud and excited to honor the queen, Zenyatta! At 12:00 Noon, her brand-new bronze statue will be unveiled in the south quadrant of the Kingsbury Memorial Fountain, located west of the Paddock. Don’t forget the Zenyatta Stakes (Gr. I) will also be run!
      Have a great time!!
      Keta

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        Keta, Thank you so much for this info. I was watching and waiting for the time.

        Ok, it is noon in Ca, that means it will be 3PM in Indiana , right. I do hope it is covered on HRTV or TVG.

        • I would imagine that HRTV will cover it live, as it has the contract. TVG can only telecast things from Santa An ita on a delayed basis, if at all. The only question aould be: At what point on Saturday will HRTV start covering the action rom Santa Anita?

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        OH YES,

        HRTV IS COVERING IT AND TALKING IT UP ALL WEEK.

        HAVE FUN ALL OF THE CALI DUMPLINGS AT THE UNVEILING AND RACING DAY.

        • SANTA ANITA SHOULD HAVE :

          12 Z BOBLE HEADS IN HONOR OF HER NEW BROODMARE “JOB”

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    Mike E. Smith September 29 – Belmont Park

    Stevland Wgt-120 Race 2 Maiden Special Weight
    Katz My Song Wgt-121 Race 3 Allowance Optional Claiming $25,000
    Royal Delta Wgt-123 Race 5 Beldame Invitational S.
    Starformer Wgt-119 Race 8 Flower Bowl Invitational S.
    Atigun Wgt-122 Race 10 TVG Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational S.

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    Black Caviar to Race On
    Filled in: Australian Horse Racing | 27/9/2012 at 5:57pm
    Unbeaten champion Black Caviar is set to race on.
    Trainer Peter Moody confirmed on Thursday that the sprinter would be sent for a spell with the intention of bringing her back for an autumn racing campaign next year.
    “We’re going to give her a spell now and she will be geared towards an autumn preparation,” Moody told Racing Victoria.
    “That’s the extent of it at this stage, no races have even been thought of or discussed as potential targets.”
    Black Caviar’s racing future had been up-in-the-air since her scrambling victory in the Group One Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot on June 23 when she suffered muscle tears in her hindquarters during the win.
    Moody and her owners delayed a decision on Black Caviar’s future until after she had undergone some pre-training at Moody’s Caulfield stables.
    A winner of 22 races from as many starts including 12 at Group One level, Black Caviar has won $6.8 million prizemoney which has endeared her to the Australian public.
    http://www.justhorseracing.com.au/news/australian-racing/black-caviar-set-to-race-on/164131

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    Just one day until my show! Getting nervous, and really excited!

    Let’s see if I can get through the day with drifting off into a daydream about Breeders’ Cup.

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    Ah, What a beautiful site, Dottie and Zenyatta together again. Warms my heart so. Dottie and Zenyatta it is great to see you both. Thank you Team Z for these wonderful photos.

    12Z, you are such a stud muffin already. Love you little man.

    Zenyatta, I love you forever.

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    Thank you Dottie, John,Zenny and young z for sharing your visit with all of us.
    Young z, you are turning into a handsome guy!! WOW. You are looking all business in your photo.

    Judy B.,
    Thanks for sharing the wonderful news about Papa Charlie and the mare.
    I hope he loves his new home. Hope you can visit him often. Also the mare.

    Bobbleheads….TC GP…..I say we make one of YOU w/ the hat on! Now that would up attendance!!!!!

    Max…..all fillies are now requesting RED bottomed shoes! See what you have started.

    Thanks team Z…for all you do,we love you Zenny.

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      DEAR ANN,

      That is a great idea, booble heads to TC with Red neck Skunk coat, never mind the hat.

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      Dear Ann:

      Thank you so much. Your concern and caring, along with so many other Z’sters, helped keep me going to find a place. Yes, I will get to see Papa at least three times a week. He’s settling in very nicely. He’s enjoying the love. Hugs, JB

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    I’ve arisen early today
    To let you all know
    That it’s the birthday
    Of our dear Terry Crow.
    I’ll return in a bit
    With another poem that’s hopefully fit
    To celebrate it
    In a way
    That’s more adequate.

    Happy birthday, Terry, and many, many happy returns!

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      Happy Birthday Mr. Grand Poobah, Terry Crow. It should be a national holiday, a national celebration
      , to celebrate the birthday of our Grand Poobah, Red Neck, most elite!!! To whom we all owe our education of the allegiance of January 27th,

      Wishing you a day aglow, with all your hearts desires,

      Mr. Grand Poobah, Terry Crow!

      Love and happiness to you always, Grand Poobah,

      (I will leave the rhyming to Trina, our most elustrious poetress, amongst us), but the sentiment is there, none the same)

      All the best to you Terry Crow, today and always!

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      Trina,
      Trust me all your poems are “more than adequate”
      And, so many tell the person’s story
      Thank you for letting us know & thank you for all you are doing
      Hugs,
      Keta

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      OMGOSH!!! Terry is another LIBRA!!!! woo hoo, Terry! Love it!

      Tell him I said that explains a lot about his winning :D and his sense of humor :o))))

      Officer JAG ;-)

      p.s. His birthday is on MY wedding anniversary (would have been 32 years today had John not passed away).

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      Happy Birthday Terry (both the person and the esteemed GP – and the distinction is intentional)!!!! You share the date with several friends and join me and my nephew with a 27th date! I know this hasn’t been the greatest year, but it seems to have picked up some here lately, and here’s hoping that more good things lie ahead for you!
      Sandy

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      Apologies to Trina.

      Dear Ol’ Redneck Poohbah of the First Order,
      I wish SoCal and Arizona were sans border,
      So this creaky ol’ broad at day’s close
      Could give you hugs and kisses (on your soft nose)
      Wait! – that’s the other Dumpling’s line!
      Sorry, I meant “B’day swats” on your behind
      To celebrate this occasion auspicious –
      You’ve survived a wild year – how delicious!
      And forward from here it is hoped
      Your bad luck is hogtied and roped,
      No more to darken your door.
      Yup, that’s what this B’day wish is for!
      I’m anticipating with glee,
      Your smiling face to see
      At the 2012 BC! Wheeeee!

      diastu in tempe

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    Paynter Update Thurs. Sept. 27 7:30 AM Pacific A. Zayat tweet
    Paynter happy and comfortable
    Will update later After gathering talking to all vets on next steps

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    HRTV

    20 hours ago.

    HRTV live coverage!!

    On Saturday, Santa Anita Park will forever memorialize Zenyatta, winner of the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic and Horse of the Year in 2010, when the track unveils a life-sized statue of the great mare in the Paddock Gardens area.

    Sculpted by Nina Kaiser, who also created the statue of John Henry, the sculpture has been in the works for over two years, and will be revealed Saturday at Noon PT, before the inaugural running of the $250,000 Zenyatta Stakes.

    HRTV.com will cover the unveiling live Saturday!

    I will be back later :) !

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      ♥ Hi GF!!! You’ve been missed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Auntie Judy ♥

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      Well, that answers that questiion. There will probably be a larger TV audience for the unveiling than there will be for the races, Thanks, Keta.

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      PS – please alert us to available videos once this happens. Don’t get HRTV. Maybe calracing.com will stream it live????

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        Sandy, I’m with you and I am hoping that calracing shows some of the festivities and especially, the unveiling. I’ll have it on just in case! My fingers are crossed!

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        When HRTV takes over as the TV provider for Santa Anita, they usually have a local TV channel that they piggyback on during racing hours. THis is the way it worked during the regular SA meet. On my sysstem at the time, it was channel 22. Check the HRTV website. The information for your area might be there. At least you can send them an email.

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        Sandy, you have a computer? I am not sure if HRTV will broadcast the unveiling on TV or just at HRTV.COM Watch it on computer at HRTV.COM. I will post more later – very busy day at Barn 55 with Zenny’s dear John (and Ebby!) Surprise coming later!!!! My thoughts are jumbled up right now to post more ….

        • I’ll give it a shot Karen, but I have yet to get ANYTHING from HRTV to work on my computer. I don’t know if it’s the DSL connection or what, but none of their videos will play. Maybe streaming stuff will work better.
          Sandy

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      WECOME BACK KAREN,

      HOPE YOU ARE FEELING WELL.

      HAVE BEEN WATCHING HRTV ALL WEEK AND THE TALK OF THE ZENNY UNVEILING.

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    A Birthday Poem for Terry Crow
    (September 27, 2012)

    I’d like you to know
    There’s cause today for celebration
    For it’s the birthday of that marvelous chap,
    Our dear Terry Crow,
    The Grand Poobah of Dumpling redneck humor.
    There’s a rumor
    As the Breeders’ Cup does near
    That he may perhap’
    There appear
    In a “Dead Skunk” cap,
    Most resplendent,
    As he regales us with his jokes.
    Can’t you just picture that?
    Many folks
    Hearing his last name
    Do wonder
    If Terry Crow might be a descendant
    Of an Indian nation,
    But he says his family name
    Is historically the same
    As that Russell Crowe from Down Under
    Though the spelling be
    Without that final “e.”
    His relations
    Originally did from England come.
    To that let me add
    That Terry’s dear dad,
    A member of our Greatest Generation,
    As a soldier did return
    To that island nation,
    And he gave his full participation
    In the crucial D-Day operation
    For Europe’s liberation,
    When the Allies stormed Normandy’s beaches.
    The fighting was bloody and raw
    As his dad landed there at Utah,
    And then did advance
    Onward through France
    To Berlin’s outer reaches.
    His valor him many medals did earn,
    And by good chance
    He survived to again return
    When the war was won
    To stateside life
    With his cherished wife
    And dear Terry, his toddler son.
    Terry in turn
    As a very young man
    Was called in 1962
    To serve in Viet Nam.
    He did what he had to do
    And as he was bid
    Though of that war
    Terry was no fan,
    And what’s more,
    Today
    I think he’d say,
    The truth from us was hid
    And we got it all wrong
    When we went to fight the Viet Cong.
    Blessedly in 1964
    Terry was finally home from the war,
    And as he again started
    Living life as before,
    He to SoCal tracks did repair
    There good times to share
    Whenever he was able,
    For his dear mom
    Had early on
    A love of horses to him imparted.
    She had a small racing stable
    Headquartered at Hollywood Park,
    And he from her had caught the spark.
    One day Terry was hanging with young pals at Santa Anita,
    When a middle-aged lady, let’s call her Rita,
    His coterie approached
    And a question ‘bout the next race broached.
    She had his group observed
    And noted how very well their skills in handicapping,
    Which she herself was sorely lacking,
    Had them served.
    Only him
    Did she address.
    She asked of course
    Just which horse
    Did he surmise
    Would win.
    Now as it chanced,
    ’Twas a race which only maidens would contend
    And Terry had not at the entries even glanced.
    When he did, he not one name
    Did recognize,
    But all the same,
    Wishing only the lady away to send,
    He one horse to her did highly commend:
    “The Scoundrel,” said he,
    “Is by far the best—
    It will be no contest,
    He’ll for sure get the victory!”
    Imagine how great was Terry’s surprise
    After the race was run,
    That The Scoundrel, at odds of 30 to 1,
    Had indeed won!
    But wait, the story’s not yet done!
    When “Rita” came back to him
    With a huge grin
    And many thanks for the great win,
    She did confess
    The reason why
    She with happiness
    Was ready to cry
    And so infinitely for his tip glad
    That she would him never forget:
    She had bet
    All she had,
    And the winnings would now save her house
    From imminent foreclosure!
    At this daunting disclosure,
    Terry managed to keep his composure
    Though perhaps his complexion did pall
    Since he had given that tip with no thought at all.
    This he did not to her reveal,
    For he had no wish her joy to douse,
    But did he perhaps feel
    In some way
    A louse
    Though all had ended well?
    This much I can tell—
    After that day
    Terry Crow
    Never again did deign
    To endorse
    Another horse,
    Though many would fain
    His opinion know,
    And that does you show
    That it is his heartfelt aim
    To keep his good name.
    Terry, as you now fifty years later
    Face again a time of transition,
    Nothing would be greater
    Than to take from long ago the message
    That hard times still can presage
    Better days to come,
    So make the decision
    Not to be glum,
    Remember, it’s not so bad as Viet Nam,
    And to yourself say, “As long as I am
    Here in personam,
    I’ll make hay,
    And the rest be damned!”

    Happy birthday, Terry, and many, many happy returns!

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      Trina-I intend to print this and save it. When we were talking, I did not realize that you were interviewing me like Lois Lane. Instead of superman, you interviewed turkeyman. You are a good friend and I will never forget neither your nor Diana’s kindness. Bless you and all of my friends on the blog. The power of positive thoughts, good words and blessings cannot be underestimated.

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        Terry, I learned from experience that Trina does make “mental notes” when peeps speak to her… great memory she has!!!! Nice poem :-)

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      This is the best ever!!! I love the story about your winnings and can only imagine how Terry felt knowing what could have happened!! Happy Birthday Terry!! And many more!

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        Louise-I often think about that lady and what would have happened if the horse had lost. I was young and full of myself at the time. I didn’t realize that Trina was paying attention to that story. I thought I was just shooting the bull.

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      Another epic Trina!! ‘Bout time we learned a bit about our Terry (and I’ll admit it, I was one of those wondering if the name was of Native American descent, and now I find out he shares some British roots despite some . . . well . . . unflattering comments about racing over there!) This may be the most excitement you’ve ever built into one poem – wars, people’s savings on the line – WOW! Happy Birthday again Terry!

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        Sandy-Until I read the poem I had no idea what Trina was going to say. As I told Louise, I often think of that lady. I have much morr empathy today than I had then.

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      Dear Trina – You are such a clever rascal to extract so much nitty gritty scoop on your poem subjects! What a fabulous read – about a fabulous guy.
      I wanna play the damsel in distress at the track when the movie is made!
      diastu-I’m-no-angel-in-tempe

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    Hi!

    Zenyatta is so beautiful as usual.

    Wow! Her baby has grown a lot.

    Thank you for sharing the photos with us, her audience.

    Lise from Maine

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