Zenyatta

Queen of Racing

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    It’s 6:20am in Massachusetts. Waiting patiently for some news. I hope all is well and that today is the day!!

    Thinking of you, Zenyatta!

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    “About the head of a truly great horse there is an air of freedom unconquerable. The eyes seem to look on heights beyond our gaze. It is the look of a spirit that can soar.”
    Zenny, this quote seems like you. Hope Baby Z arrives very soon. Love you, Elizabeth

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    Hi All:
    Again no post, praying that all is going well for our Zenny and her baby!!

    We love you Zenny!

    -Linda

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    Nothing yet. Perhaps baby appeared over the night and they just have not posted yet. Could be our girl is going to have an April foal. Storms forecast for tomorrow. Be safe sweet girl.

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      Boy, do we ever! I was just thinking about the fact that she knows she’s special and I”m sure knows just how much she is loved!! You can see it in her eyes!

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    March 30 Cherokee Devotional

    On a particularly cold winter day, Mother came into the kitchen carrying a load of firewood and dropped it in the wood box. Wasn’t she tired of such chores? “No,” she said, “it keeps me moving and I don’t huddle by the fire. Instead I can breathe deeply the cold fresh air.” A few minutes passed and she added, “Don’t ever resent a certain duty. Sometime, in some way, it pays off and we are the better for it.”

    When life is too good, we think too highly of ourselves and our blessings.
    -Fools Crow, Lakota

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    Hi Zsters?

    Today’s devo:
    He Will Keep Us Safe
    The Lord will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. (1 Corinthians 1:8–9)

    What are you depending on that your faith will last until Jesus comes?

    The question is not, Do you believe in eternal security? The question is, How are we kept secure?

    Does the perseverance of our faith rest on the reliability of our own resolve? Or does it rest on the work of God to “keep us trusting”?

    It is a great and wonderful truth of Scripture that God is faithful, and will keep forever those whom he has called. Our confidence that we are eternally secure is a confidence that God will “keep us trusting”!

    The certainty of eternity is no greater than the certainty God will keep us trusting now. But that certainty is very great for all whom God has called.

    At least three passages put the call of God and the keeping of God together.

    “The Lord will sustain (keep) you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord” (1 Corinthians 1:8–9).“May the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, he will do it” (1 Thessalonians 5:23–24).“Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you” (Jude 1:1-2).

    The “faithfulness” of God guarantees that he will keep safe all whom he has called. (See also Romans 8:30, Philippians 1:6, 1 Peter 1:5, and Jude 1:24.)

    This devo made me think of u Queen Z?
    The lord will watch over u and keep u & ur foal safe
    Hooves crossed?
    HugZ❤ prayerZ, vamp

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    Good morning Z and all, now I’m pacing since no news yesterday??? Praying for a safe and swift delivery!!! Love you soooooo much xoxoxo

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    Pacing, pacing……makes me even more nervous when there’s no daily post!

    ….I guess I’ll just have to wait for Mother Nature — and for your website to crash, Zenny!

    Love to all

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    Dear Kathy.I am still living in the”old time” an hour late!I’ll get used to it by the autumn.Things have to go wrong in our lives for us to appreciate the good.Can you imagine being happy ALL the time?I could see on Zoe’s page you had some thunder last night.Hope the pups weren’t too scared.She had a nice lunch yesterday.
    Oh.it’s all kicking off at the Dyfi Blue is busy doing her nestorations Dai Dots is back there too and mating!Another female from Rutland5F (who visited last year)is now fighting with Blue.Monty and Glesni better get a move on.Aidan is only planning to run Air Force Blue in the 2000 guineas on april 30th(5yrs to the day since Frankel’s astonishing victory).It’s a lovely sunny but chilly day here so far.Poor Zenyatta must be really tired by now.No more news of Dolly or Fubu.Mr Fibbs habbed a dream or was it?He went to Austrailia and sang at the Sydney Opera house and everyone was dressed in penguin suits and somehow a Kangaroo plus Dabid Hasselhoff got inbolved.He must have ate some cheese before bedtime!It’s great that Christophe has been given Cirrus.I could think of a certain owner in the UK who could either have given his horse to his trainer or jockey.Did you see that stupid man who took a selfie with the hi-jacker yesterday?Totally self obsessed this. modern generation.I heard about someone who got badly injured at Yellowstone taking a selfie with a bison!Hope you have a great day.Love and hugs to you,Kisses for Holly,Nikko and Sugar.SheenaXOXO

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    Dear Sheena,

    Yes, we did have thunder and lightning. The poms were affected, Sugar was laid back. Poor little Sugar has some hearing loss. You can actually enter our house and if she’s asleep she doesn’t wake up. Poor baby…Yes, Zoe had a very nice lunch event. exciting times at the Dyfi! Frankel is an amazing champion! So nice to remember back 5 years! Zenyatta does look so tired through her eyes. I hope it’s not much longer! Hope we hear news about Dolly and Fubu soon. Wow, Fibbs had a nightmare from the sound of it. Very happy for Christophe and Cirrus! Missed the selfie with the hijacker. What an idiot! Yes, people get injured with the bison on a regular basis. Bison are HUGE animals! How can people be so ignorant? Have a great Hump Day. Love and hugs from me, kisses from Holly, Nikko and Sugar. Kathy XOXO

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      Judy The Beauty,
      Hi, thanks for sharing our lovely girl’s picture. I’m checking in and see she’s still hanging on to that baby bump…….give it up Zenny…….so we can all share him/her, LOL. hugs to all, now I can resume pacing.

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      Dear Judy

      Yes beautiful, lovey face sad but lovey.
      I cannot wait anymore….Pacing….

      Praying praying….

      Big hugs to Zenyatta and to you.
      Ingrid.

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      What a look! As though to say “Yup — I’ll foal when I’m ready people!” Thanks for locating this Judy.

      Now I can pace through the day knowing Zenny isn’t quite ready. LOL

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      Judy–Thanks so much for the Easter card. Very thoughtful of you. Please excuse the delay in my reply as I have a new email system and some of the messages are not getting through. For in stance, the first time you tried to send the card. Thanks to Lola Mae also.

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        Dear Terry Crow,

        So glad to see a post from you! I was beginning to wonder where you had gone.
        New systems can sure be problematic — hope the bugs get worked out soon.

        Hugs and Love

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        Dear TC GP:

        Glad you got the card. So good to have a post from you. Love and Hugs, JB and LM

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    Zenny you look well, wet weather with light rain is well for horses, two mares in foal quietly walk with groom, chestnut moved head lil to low and thinking about something, dark bay Zenny turned head to left and see on something that is some far from them, Coz and Zi follow your usual everyday routine, have good long rest in time from one workout to other, beautyfull Zenny sleep in deep soft straw, do all quietly and not quickly, eat apples, care of health, beautyfull Zenny Zi Coz and mates, stay comfy and cozy, eat apples, care of health, kiss your soft noses, lil 14z filly Dubai im remembering you

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    Zenyatta, Jerry and Ann Moss, and the entire Z-Team I am praying for a safe delivery and a healthy foal. Zenyatta you have touched my heart and I hope one day to meet you. You inspire me to push myself to do better.
    Love,
    Beverly

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    Dear Z family.

    I remember way back in the early days when I was first started learning everything I could about Z, hearing a story that Ann had a horse and Jerry sold it. Ann was upset and told Jerry to buy her another dark colored horse, that horse would be Zenyatta. Does anyone know who the horse Jerry sold was and what became of it?

    Also anyone want to start quessing the foal weight. I am quessing 144.5 lbs.

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    Just checking in on our beautiful Zenyatta. Hope all is as it should be and you are just waiting for the perfect time.
    Stay safe and happy, beautiful queen.

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    Thank you Jerry and Ann Moss, Lane’s End, and Team Z for the wonderful pictures of Zenny and her stablemate. They both look like they’re ready to foal any day now. Perhaps Zenny will foal today on “Big Red’s” birthday!!!

    Praying for an easy and safe foaling for both Zenny and her stablemate, and two healthy foals. Let my pacing commence in overdrive. :)

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    Such happy, laugh-out-loud photos! Wish we could be there to join Zenny’s back scratching team. Holding our breath waiting for her delivery….pent-up excitement like watching her twenty lengths behind on the back stretch! Thanks to everybody on the Queen’s retinue for her peerless care…and for taking the time & trouble to keep all us Zenyattics informed.

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    The local C&W radio station played a song on Easter that I had not heard in many years and I would like to share some of the lyrics with you. The singer was Bobby Bare. The title is Dropkick me Jesus. and it is a real song. “Bring on the brothers who’ve gone on before and all of the sisters who’ve knocked on your door. All of the departed dear loved ones of mine. Stick ’em up front in the offensive line.” Now, that’s country.

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    my guess is zenny will fool us all and deliver on her bd april 1 …..its a big foal what ever it is…….kisses to you mama z…… saw your baby boy ziconic saturday he sure has your head and facial expressions, not to mention your beautiful eyes…

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      BGG,
      Thanks for posting and thanks for the memories to Calvin BORAIL! Will expect to see him sitting or standing by the rail at Churchill.

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      Wow that is news. Wasn’t he one of the Louisiana Boys?

      Enjoy your retirement Calvin. We certainly enjoyed you over the years.

      Love,
      Linda

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      Dear BGG,
      Thanks for the news about Calvin B. Wow, 30 years of racing excitement!

      Best of Luck to Calvin Borel! Hope your retirement is wonderful — you deserve it!
      Thanks for the great racing moments you have given us.

      Hugs and Love

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    One day without news makes one a little nervous. Two days without news is at best worrisome. It appears that something has happened. All Zsters know how good Ann is at keeping us informed, so keep pacing. I know she will let us know when she is ready.

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    Terry Crow & all our Chromies
    A Must Read by Steve Haskin which describes all that California Chrome has
    accomplished with special focus on Art Sherman

    Hall of Chrome
    Steve Haskin Hangin’ With Haskin The Blood-Horse 29 March, 2016
    Did California Chrome’s victory in the Dubai World Cup assure him a place in racing’s Hall of Fame?
    http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-steve-haskin/archive/2016/03/29/hall-of-chrome.aspx
    From article”
    “Here is a horse who accomplished something American racing fans no longer see – he won a race (at 1 1/4 miles) carrying 132 pounds and conceding 15 pounds to the second- and third-place finishers. I don’t care if the race was in Dubai and not one of major consequence. All I know is that the last time I wrote the words “132 pounds” and “conceding 15 pounds,” I was writing about Forego. “

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      BGG,
      He will get no argument from me. Chrome is a sensational champion and deserves to be a first ballot HOF horse. How lucky can racing fans be to have Chrome in one year American Pharoah in the next and the Chrome roaring back? Do think the older horses are much more interesting than the 3 year olds this year (excluding Songbird!)

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      Dear BGG, Shirley and Z Fans:

      Thanks for this link to SH’s wonderful article. CC deserves first ballot entrance to HOF for sure.

      Shirlee, I think it’s great to see CC racing at five years old. Their bones have had a chance to get stronger and they have experience and racing skill at this age. Chromie is a Warrior. Would love to see him win the BCC this year. Stay healthy beautiful boy. Love and Hugs, JB

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      Dear BGG,

      Thank you for posting this link to Steve Haskin’s article on California Chrome. I don’t know how SH does it, but I am sure glad he does! This is a superb piece of writing about a magnificent horse — a Champion writing about a Champion. I got tears in my eyes several times while reading this beautiful tribute to CC.

      Thank you, Steve Haskin — Always brilliant!

      Hugs and Love

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      Dear Sheena:

      Fireworks for sure when Glesni and Monty arrive! Fly was on his best behavior; good boy.
      Texted Peggy; nothing new as yet. Love and Hugs, JB

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    Dear Zenny,
    Your tummy looks so huge it almost hurts to look at it! I think you would be much more comfortable if you had that baby – now – PLEASE? Just sayin’ LOL.
    I hope there is good news tonight that you’ve safely delivered a healthy foal. In the mean time, I think it’s my shift . . . pace . . . pace . . . pace . . . pace . . .

    diastu in tempe

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      Zenny’s friend looks like she’s as wide as she is tall. I feel sorry for her. I hope she has an easy time of it. At least Zenyatta’s tummy looks in proportion to her body, but then Zen is humongous.

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