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Foal Watch: Day 9

Jerry and Ann at Zenyatta's paddock near the foaling barn. Photo by Kyle Acebo.
Jerry and Ann at Zenyatta’s paddock near the foaling barn. Photo by Kyle Acebo.

We’re getting ready to throw a birthday party, and we promise to post photos of tomorrow’s festivities. Happy birthday, Zenyatta!

Scroll down for photos from our ninth day of foal watch.

Enjoy!
Team Z

Photo by Kyle Acebo.
Photo by Kyle Acebo.


Zenyatta and Jerry Moss. Photo by Kyle Acebo.
Zenyatta and Jerry Moss. Photo by Kyle Acebo.


Zenyatta's paddock mate, who was bred by the Mosses, cuddles with Ann. Photo by Kyle Acebo.
Zenyatta’s paddock mate, who was bred by the Mosses, steals a cuddle with Ann. Photo by Kyle Acebo.


Bag check! Photo by Kyle Acebo
Bag check! Photo by Kyle Acebo


Zenyatta enjoys a scratch from Broodmare Manager Charles Campbell. Photo by Kyle Acebo.
Zenyatta enjoys a scratch from Lane’s End Broodmare Manager, Charles Campbell. Photo by Kyle Acebo.

Reader Interactions

177 Comments

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    Am praying for you sweet Zennie! I’m nervous and will be glad when you deliver safely.
    Happy, Happy Birthday.

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    Let’s make it 3 for 3 with a delivery today of Z’s baby; although I wouldn’t wish her pain in anyway. Does anyone know when her original due date was? Is she really late? Can they induce labor for a horse? I am clueless in Maine!

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    Happy, Happy Birthday Zenyatta and to your special boy Ziconic!!! Have a wonderful celebration and a safe and easy delivery. We love you here in Carlsbad . These pictures say everything. You are loved beyond measure. May every day be a happy one . Thank you for these beautiful photos. So very appreciated.

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      Happy Birthday Zenny! I love you so much! I love your babies too! How come Anne and Jerry do not touch your face when you are loving on them? I don’t understand, unless it has something to do with you baby dropping any moment.

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      Zenyatta,
      Happy Birthday, dear Queen. Enjoy every minute of your birthday party today.
      Your day is extra special for me as it is also my wedding anniversary with my husband, my heart picture, and a huge fan of yours.
      Love
      GM

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    Willie Mullins has a strong team ready for Aintree.He is a man on a mission!Looking forward to seeing Annie Power,Vautour Douvan and Vroum-Vroum Mag to name but a few.Sheena.Please pass-by if no interest to you.

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    Thanks Team Z for the happy pictures. I forgot to mention earlier –

    What an sweet picture of Ann and Zenyatta’s paddock mate who was bred by the Mosses according to the description in the photo. She’s adorable.

    May I please have her name. I must have missed it before. Thanks!

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      I asked that question as well. Even though she never raced, so no racing name, she has a farm name. We all want to know her name. She’s important to Queen Z, probably her best friend, and their babies will be best pals for sure!

        • Dear Sheena and Z Fans:

          There is a Violet Rose (Street Cry/Tarlow) born in 2008. She was bred by the Moss’ and then sold. She is unraced. She would have been registered and named even though unraced. So, it seems you are correct as info seems to fit. Love her name. She’s a beauty too. Love and Hugs, JB

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    Happy Birthday Zenny and Zi!! Enjoy your special day. Perhaps an additional gift of another birthday foal will make the day even more rememberable.

    I just love the “bag check” pic and Ann seems like she has “magical touch” with other horses too.

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    Happy Birthday, Happy birthday to my adorable Zenyatta !!!
    and to my adorable Ziconic !!!!!
    I love youuuuuu !!!!

    Pacing….Pacing…..!!!!

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    Happy birthday Zenyatta and Ziconic. We up here in pincher creek Alberta Canada want to wish you a special day and we love the updates can’t wait for that special little new one to join your wonderful family. Have a great birthday and enjoy all the love you get, you deserve it.

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    I have to say that it is a real unique and special blessing that you are willing to share this website with all of us who love the interaction with Z and her people :) Such a rare thing in the thoroughbred world! We are blessed that you are willing to give your time to Z’s admirers. Still praying for Z and a smooth birth.

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    HAPPY BIRTHDAY Prince Ziconic. Hope you have fun with first Prince Cozmic one today. Hope you are allowed to take a break from gate lessons and just roam the green pastures eating lots of carrots and peppermints with your friends and Coz. Always soooo proud of you kid. Don’t worry, you’ll get that gate thing figured out very soon. Today, we have fun. Peace of the Lord be with you and your second family and crew. It is well dear boy.

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      I think the bird flying in front of his gate as it opened may have had something to do with Ziconic’s start in his last race….

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        Yes, as I say in my birthday post below, Ziconic had a hose in the paddock and a birdie at the gate to contend with last Friday, so it’s no wonder he was not at his best.

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        I read on the Forum that the picture probably was taken with a telephoto lens and that bird could have been anywhere between the gate and the camera.

        • Even if the photo was taken with a telephoto lens, the dove had to be just in front of the gate in order for both it & Zi & Mike to be in focus. Telephoto lenses that long have a VERY short focus range.

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    O Happy Day!!! Love you Zenyatta. Love all your beautuful foals….only prayers for a safe delivery….You are the Greatest Mare in the entire world.

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    Happy birthday darling Zenyatta and splendid Ziconic. Who would have guessed that the birth of one little filly could fill so many people with so much love.

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    Happy Birthday Queen Zenyatta! Happy Birthday Handsome Prince Ziconic!! Hopefully it will be Happy Foaling Day!!

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    Dear Kathy:

    So very sorry for the loss of your Holly. Rest In Peace Beautiful Girl. Love and Hugs, JB

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    ??????
    Happy bday to u ?
    Happy bday to u ?
    Happy bday dear Queen Z &Red Prince Zi?
    Happy bday to u ?
    Have a greaaaaat day! ??
    HugZ?prayerZ?
    Luv ya bunches?
    Vamp

    Just luv these pics❤ way too cute?

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    Happy Birthday my beautiful angel Zenyatta. I love you forever.

    Happy Birthday Ziconic, my beautiful red prince. I have called you little Secretariat since you were born. I love you forever too.

    Have a wonderful day and weekend to all Zsters and Dumplings. Love to all.

    I will check back later of course for any baby news.

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    Happy Birthday to beautiful Zenyatta and handsome Ziconic! And maybe to a new addition to the family today too? We’ll see.

    You were so brave last Friday at Santa Anita, Ziconic, with that scary hose in the paddock and the birdie at the gate to contend with, but I got some great pix of you. I hope you both have wonderful days today and lots of treats!

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    Happy Birthday Zenyatta and Ziconic!
    Wishing you both a safe delivery ❤
    Thank you to the Moss’s for the updates and beautiful pictures!

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    todays devo:

    We Are Better Together
    by Lisa Leonard

    Each of us is better because of the others. God purposefully created each of us with special insights and giftedness. He made each of us uniquely individual, but with a need for community. Despite our many differences, we have common ground.

    Each of us is made in the image of God.

    Each of us has needs — body and soul.

    Each of us has talents and gifts.

    Each of us has joys and fears.

    Each of us is broken and flawed.

    Each of us has hopes and dreams.

    Each of us wants to love and be loved.

    Each of us is known by God.

    1 Corinthians 12:15-20

    “Now if the foot should say, ‘Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,’ it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. And if the ear should say, ‘Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,’ it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as He wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body.”

    Ecclesiastes 4:12

    “Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.”

    The past couple weeks I’ve been reflecting on the idea of truly being “better together.” We have to care for each other and look at the whole (instead of just ourselves). We have to reach out those in need and love them — with our words, our time, and our resources. It’s good to love our families. Perhaps this is the most important place to start. We need our church community to help each other grow and learn. We need to reach out in our towns and cities to love those who need food, clothing, childcare. We need to think globally to those in other countries who are displaced by war or hungry or looking for a job.

    No one person can meet all these needs. And truthfully, isn’t it God who does the work? If we are available, God will use us, in our family, in our community and beyond.

    We are not meant to be alone. We need each other. When we work together, our gifts complement each other and God is glorified. No one is better than another.

    Truly, we are better together.

    hugZ/prayerz, vamp

    queen Z – u’ve made my life better as well as others <3 :*

  24. / Reply

    Happy Birthdays to our Z and Zi. I hope you each get a cake with lots of carrots and apples on it! I love that Z is playing with Charles while he scratches her, although he probably would like to wear that shirt another day lol Party on…

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      Dear Judy B.,

      Thanks for this link to the SH article on Calvin Borel. He’s a remarkably likable guy, and he obviously loved what he did. Hope he is well and enjoys whatever he chooses next.
      Great piece by SH (as usual!).

      Hugs and Love

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        Dear Marshall:

        Seems Calvin and RA had a bond very similar to Mikey and Z. Wishing him a very happy retirement too. Love and Hugs, JB

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    The retirement has been announced of the mighty Balthazar King.Now 12yrs old he touched the nation’s hearts when recovering from a crashing fall in the Grand National last year.Enjoy your new life my brave boy.
    Wesley Ward has 2 juvenile fillies running in the UK this weekend.Create A Dream by Oasis Dream (aka Brad Pitt) will run at Doncaster and be ridden by Frankie Dettori.New Trier will run on the polytrack at Kempton.Wes always enjoys visiting our shores.Good luck Sheena

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      Dear Sheena:

      Happy retirement and healthy life to Balthazar King. Godspeed all horses and jockeys going this weekend; safe and sound. Love and Hugs, JB

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    Happy Birthday to our Forever Queen. Our entire family fell madly in love with you when we first laid eyes on you, on the day of your amazing first Apple Blossom in 2008. Finally having something we could all agree on, our love for you helped heal us before it was too late. We loved you with ALL our hearts then and we love you more now. We hope somehow, someway, YOU know how much you are loved by so many. With all our hearts, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!…..Great, beautiful one. We love you.

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      Oh gosh, I left out a whole paragraph..
      Happy Birthday Ziconic!! You are the son of royalty, and our beloved Queen. Like we would have done for your great mother, even if she had never won another race after her 2008 Apple Blossom, win or lose, you captured our hearts and souls and forever more….. We will love you and cheer for you, always.

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    Happy Birthday Queen Z and Prince Ziconic!

    And many thanks to Team Z for the wonderful pictures and the frequent updates.

    PS where is that baby already:)

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    hope Annie Power and Cue Card will breeze very carefully and better on sloppy turf, was not joyfull photo of Annie Power on hind fence in cheltenham not now in 2015, Zenny i like how in one photo you lightly eat hand of broodmare manager Charles Campbell, usual sign of attention from horse, it show that you feel yourself comparatively quietly, happy birthday beautyfull Zenny and lil horsy Ziconic, slowly drink clean not cold water and eat green light hay and your favorite treats, pears sweet potato carrot juice, i think Coz with mates will celebrate your birthday too, Zenny when Coz was lil foal there was comments about signs of near delivery in mares, hope all go same way, Zenny its well that you are with mate, in herd horses feel themselves quietly, quiet weather in photos, 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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