Happy Friday!
Today’s extra special edition of Friday Photos features Zenyatta and her new Medaglia d’Oro filly photographed by Alys Emson.
We’re on our way to Lane’s End to meet this adorable girl—and to share more photos and video footage with you.
Enjoy!
-Team Z
Vicki
Wonderful pictures! I love the look in Zenny’s eye as she’s grazing and the filly is running around her! LOL!
sheena.davies(wales)
Hit a Bomb son of War Front will now shuttle to South America instead of Australia according to Spendthrift farm.He was trained by Aidan.CNSM and Herman are both visiting Hovis today.He in in the casa del pero big time!!!
shirleeinindy
Max,
Thanks for the update on Biscuit and Gun. They both seem to be doing well. Keep up the good work. Always lightens my morning mood. Wonder if Dreaming and Classic Empire will have a little talk in the gate tomorrow?
sheena.davies(wales)
Congratulations to Her Majesty as Dartmouth wins the Yorkshire cup today with Ryan(who actually smiled)aboard.Royal Ascot is obviously the next stop for this son of Dubawi out of a Galileo mare.
Ingrid Arnone
Dear Judy Berube
Check this out!!
Love & Hugs Ingrid.
https://www.facebook.com/daalaiqegverdi/videos/1936866379878914/
judy berube
Dear Ingrid:
I couldn’t access the video. Love and Hugs, JB
Ingrid Arnone
Dear Judy.
Oh, I don’t know what happen, so sorry.
Love and hugs Ingrid.
judy berube
Dear Ingrid:
It’s because I don’t belong to Facebook. On some Facebook pages I can access their videos and photos; but others, I can’t. Love and Hugs, JB
Marshall (NC Broad)
Dear Ingrid,
I have the same issue as Judy. Some Facebook pages are accessible to me and some aren’t.
Hugs and Love
Rosemary McCauley
I also am not on Facebook and when I tried to access the video the message I got was that the video was unavailable to me. I am not a fan of Facebook and not likely i will create an account there. Rather than posting new photos on this website new photos are being posted on Instagram. I do have an Instagram account and follow Team Zenyatta so I am able to see these photos. Team Z seems to be changing their method of posting this time around. However, there are a lot of photos of the new filly available to us and she looks just beautiful – and Zenyatta – well that goes without saying.
Eileen kerr
Please give us more photos of Z and the baby. I’m spoiled as usually there are videos and lots of photos of Zs offspring. Would love a video. Thanks.
judy berube
Dear Sheena:
Congrats to the Queen and her Dartmouth. Goodnight. Love and Hugs, JB, LM, PC, HT, Cap, Herc, Frank, Bentley and all the Sweeties
judy berube
Dear Mama Z, COZ, ZI, BBG and DC:
Z, exciting day tomorrow for your Mikey and Gunnevera. Have a restful, pleasant evening and Happy Dreams all. Love and Hugs, JB
Z Princess, Dubai, Baby Z, will always love you.
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Judy:I thought we would have had some more photos by now.We had Hovis’s version of the “incident”today no news after Herman visited.The 4th chick died soon after hatching at Rutland yesterday but the 2 remaining chicks are fine.Look out for Pippa’s wedding in the papers tomorrow.Goodnight God bless you LM PC HT Cap Hercules Frank Bentley Willow and all the sweeties.Love and hugs SheenaX
judy berube
Dear Sheena:
Yes, maybe tomorrow. Poor little chick; RIP. Hope she gets good weather. Love and Hugs, JB
Angela Beavers
Congratulations Zenyatta to you and your new baby girl . I wish you hugs and kisses and happy years to come ! hopeful i see you soon !
Angela Beavers
i would love a video of zenyatta and her new baby filly please and keep me update on the new filly .
san dee
beauty baby. i sure hope ann can sell lotsa photos.
sheena.davies(wales)
A fine win for Ribchester under William Buick in the Lockinge.The son of Iffraaf will most likely head for the Queen Anne and meet Minding.Richard Fahey adores this horse.
sheena.davies(wales)
The first chick is on the way at the Dyfi.Egg is slowly cracking exactly on time!
Marshall (NC Broad)
Congratulations to Actress on her win in the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes yesterday!
She did very well indeed. Congrats to all connections, too.
Hugs and Love
Marshall (NC Broad)
Actress is another of Tapit’s offspring so congrats to Papa, also.
This girl broke her maiden with this stakes race — not too shabby!
Hugs and Cheers
Ann NC
Congrats!
judy berube
Dear Marshall and Ann:
Join you in congratulating Actress; beautiful Gray Tapit. Love and Hugs, JB
Alice Gibson
What a big honking filly! I think maybe you should call her Big Un! Also I ran a True Nicks on a cross between Zenyatta and Hard Spun (son of Danzig) and it was an A++ rating. (Just saying).
Marshall (NC Broad)
Dear Alice,
I always liked HardSpun! He is a very solid determined horse with great qualities.
I am big fan.
Hugs and cheers
Max
Sandy in Ohio: World Approval wins the Dixie on the Preakness undercard! He’s Za Approval’s bro. Looks exactly like Za and runs the same way. Beautiful win. Congrats to a great gray and the Casses.
Ann NC
❤️❤️ Beautiful win for a beautiful boy! Perfect racing weather….. right Biscuits?
Max
Biscuits should be at Pimlico. The party is there and it’s wild. Might be good for his business too.
judy berube
Dear Max and Ann:
Congrats to World Approval. Max, too cute! Love and Hugs, JB
Sandy (Northeast Ohio)
Thanks Max!! I was SO excited about World Approval’s race!!! He looked terrific, and his Mom, Win Approval, will be so proud! He is her 4th millionaire offspring which is a Florida record!! They were so excited about the possibility when we were at Live Oak in March.
Marshall (NC Broad)
Hearty Congratulations to World Approval on his Dixie win! WA is so handsome and ran a great race. Congrats to Mama, Win Approval, too!
Hugs and Love
sheena.davies(wales)
Update on Hovis.Karen was met by the Boss Lady and a sheepish looking Hovis yesterday.All the horses had kicked off in the field and the big guy thought he would join then went from zero to warp speed realised he no room to pass swerved lost his balance and fell.CNSM just about stopped Karen from killing him.He is now back on metacam and to his postage stamp size bit of grass plus 15mins walk a day so in Karen’s words may prevent him being a total twerp.She’s now on the wine!
Congratulations to Team Mullins and Shaneshill who won the Prix la Barka in France today.He will return for the French Champion Hurdle in 3 weeks time.
judy berube
Dear Sheena:
Oh, our poor Hovis. Needs to have more rest and heal properly. Poor baby. Power Up beautiful boy. Love and Hugs, JB
Marshall (NC Broad)
Dear Sheena,
Poor Hovis! It is so hard not to be frisky when you have such a large personality and feel so good. Hope he heals well and will calm down in future. :-)
Congratulations to Shaneshill and all connections!
Hugs and Love
sheena.davies(wales)
DearJudy:I managed to watch Ziconic’s video on my windows 8.He looks great.Hope you got to see pics of the wedding Pippa looked lovely George had a little tantrum.I was annoyed with William for leaving Kate to cope with all the children.Poor Hovey is in his mum’s bad books and feeling sorry for himself too.
A sad situation developing at Loch Garten Odin the male osprey has disappeared and EJ is left with her 3 chicks.I hope she will leave the nest soon and feed herself.Sad as it is this is the natural world and not a Disney filmThey will not interveneMaybe he has gone because there have been younger males hanging around.Goodnight God bless you LM PC HT Cap Hercules Frank Bentley Willow and all the sweeties.Love and hugs SheenaX
judy berube
Dear Sheena:
Saw some video of the wedding on TV. So sorry Hovis has had a set back; healing prayers for him. Hope the baby chicks survive. Love and Hugs, JB
sheena.davies(wales)
Congratulations to Cloud Computing. Great run by Classic Empire.
Bluegrass Girl
Preakness Stakes order of finish, payouts
By DRF Staff 05/20/2017
http://www.drf.com/news/preakness-stakes-order-finish-payouts
Max
I suspected that the winner wouldn’t be Dreaming or Empire when the talking heads on NBC were counting every other horse out. I did not know which horse would win, but I knew that the racing gods were going to give us a wild ride. You got to love them all. In my view, they are all winners. Ponies are impressive too. Somewhere at Churchill, Gun Runner is enjoying his dinner with his ranking secure for another day. Only regret about the Preakness is that Royal Mo was not in the race. Power up Mo. On to Belmont.
judy berube
Dear Max:
I said to Peggy in a text that it was time for a long shot; hoping it would be Gunnevera or Hence. But, what you said is so true; all of them are winners. They give it their all and we love every one of them. Love and Hugs, JB
Max
Both are good looking chestnuts. Got a long look at Hence during the post. He’s impressive. Bright red cashmere. Owned by Calumet. Stablemate of Gun Runner.
It was nice to see Chad Brown get his Classic win. Winning on turf is one thing. Winning on dirt is everything. Bobby Frankel must be proud.
judy berube
Dear Max:
Hence is a relative of Z’s; explains why he’s a looker. Oh, yes happy for Chad Brown too and sure Bobby is on a “Cloud” smiling. Love and Hugs, JB
Max
Zenyatta’s good looks are from her mother’s family. Z is almost a replica of Roberto, who is on her distaff. She doesn’t look like Street Cry. Her size also comes from her mother’s family. Roberto sired Big D.
Hence on the other hand has Secretariat on his distaff. Maybe that explains that bright red coat as a legacy from Big Red?
judy berube
Dear Max:
Although Z does favor Roberto, gotta give Street Cry and Street Boss some credit for his good looks. Street Boss, Hence’s sire, is a gorgeous Chestnut too; Cashmere coats on both sides. Here’s a photo of Street Boss. Love and Hugs, JB
https://darley-cpl.netdna-ssl.com/sites/default/files/drupal-media/stallion-images/USA-2016/street-boss/news_St_Boss_0242_Thoroughbred_stallion_in_paddock.jpg
Max
You are right that Hence has splendid chestnuts on both sides. The brightness of the red seems so familiar from Big Red on Hence’s mother’s side. Looks like Hence is going back to Churchill to regroup. Could see him later this summer.
judy berube
Dear Max:
Yes, beautiful red Chestnut like Big Red. Want to keep track of Hence; maybe we’ll see him at Saratoga. Love and Hugs, JB
judy berube
Dear Z Fans:
Big upset in the Preakness. Congrats to Cloud Computing and Javier C. Hope Always Dreaming, Gunnevera and all of them come back from the race well and sound. Love and Hugs, JB
judy berube
Dear Sheena:
Classic Empire was a beautiful, brave warrior today; he was so roughly bumped and battered in the Derby and he went all out today. Hope Always Dreaming and all of them are OK. Goodnight. Love and Hugs, JB, LM, PC, HT, Cap, Herc, Frank, Bentley and all the Sweeties
sheena.davies(wales)
Indeed hope all horses come back safe and well.Very close finish.Only 2 weeks to our Derby.Love and hugs.
Marshall (NC Broad)
Dear Judy B.,
Me, too! Classic Empire dug in and kept fighting. They are all winners to me.
Thanks for posting that photo of Street Boss. He is absolutely breathtaking — gorgeous!!
What a great photo; it is perfection!
Hugs and Love
judy berube
Dear Marshall:
He is a Beauty! Love and Hugs, JB
shirleeinindy
Think Always Dreaming and Classic Empire just wore each other out going to the lead as they did. Proud of Lee. He finished 4th. He needs a rest and more ground. Hope all of them came back okay. Cograts to Cloud Computing.
Sleep safe and sound dear Zenyatta and your little girl. Wish I could see you two in person but very thankful for the photos posted here on the blog.
judy berube
Dear Shirlee:
Yes, perfect scenario for a closer like CC. Two of the four finishers were fresh horses and Lee did well to get 4th. They all did their best and need some rest for sure. Hope they all came back OK too. I just think Hence is gorgeous (Stunning runs in Z’s family); maybe not competitive with this group though. He should do well with a rest too. Will keep watching him. Love and Hugs, JB
judy berube
Dear Mama Z, COZ, ZI, BBG and DC:
No luck for your Mikey and Gunny today, but all of them tried hard. Hope you have a lovely evening with your Beautiful Baby Girl. Happy Dreams all. Love all of you so much. Hugs, JB
Z Princess, Dubai, Baby Z, will always love you.
Donna Z
Congratulations to Chad Brown, trainer of Cloud Computing on winning his 1st Triple Crown race. He is a local boy who grew up very near to Saratoga.
Hope you are doing well, Royal Mo. I really wanted to see you win the Preakness after you didn’t make the vcut for the Derby. I , like you have a plate in my ankle. Mine is in my left ankle though. Your ankle will feel strong once the bone mends & you will be able to do anything you want to do except race. I am sure that the Mosses will find a wonderful place for you to retire to.
Momma Z, I hope that you and baby are having a lot of good weather days to be outside so baby can run & grow strong. Baby Girl is a real TreaZure & I can’t wait to see more pictures & some videos of the two of you.
judy berube
Dear Z Fans:
Don’t have a video, but this is a photo of my Charlie and Alex at the Show today. So very proud of my boy. Love and Hugs, JB
https://charliesalbum.shutterfly.com/pictures/11
judy berube
Dear Z Fans:
Don’t know if the girls will continue with his Dressage training, but he’s smart and should learn quickly. Here’s another photo. Love and Hugs, JB
https://charliesalbum.shutterfly.com/pictures/12
judy berube
Dear Z Fans:
Sorry. This is a new service for me and I have to work out the kinks for posting. Will try again when I figure it out. Love and Hugs, JB
judy berube
Trying it again.
https://charliesalbum.shutterfly.com/pictures/13
judy berube
Here’s another one. Hope it comes through this time. Love and Hugs, JB
https://charliesalbum.shutterfly.com/pictures/11
judy berube
Sorry, I’m doing something wrong. Back to the drawing board. Love and Hugs, JB