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May Visit from Ann and Jerry

Photo by Alys Emson/Lane's End
Photo by Alys Emson/Lane’s End

Happy Preakness Day!

Zenyatta and her colt got to see Ann and Jerry this week! Alys took photos of their visit, and Mike Cline and Charles Campbell stopped by.

Also, at the end of this post, see a conversation with Ann and Charles about the night of the foaling. They discuss Zenyatta’s inclination towards motherhood and the special bond she shares with her foals.

Enjoy!
Team Z

Photo by Alys Emson/Lane's End
Photo by Alys Emson/Lane’s End


Photo by Alys Emson/Lane's End
Photo by Alys Emson/Lane’s End


Photo by Alys Emson/Lane's End
Photo by Alys Emson/Lane’s End


Photo by Alys Emson/Lane's End
Photo by Alys Emson/Lane’s End


Photo by Alys Emson/Lane's End
Photo by Alys Emson/Lane’s End

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      Zenyatta is looking great, New baby Z is absoloutely precious. Can’t wait for both babies to grow and start raqcing. Hope they take after Mom.

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    Thanks so much for sharing the pictures and the lovely video of Z and her beautiful new foal. Z is the miracle of love that keeps on giving. She is such an inspirational spirit that has provided me with such joy and happiness, especially when I needed it most. She is simply amazing and I am so grateful that Team Z, LE, and the Moss’ share her life with all of us. It will be interesting to see what color Z13 will be once he sheds his coat, either way he will be magnificent! He has Z’s larger eyes (thanks to Street Cry) and they are expressive and kind like hers. I would really like to see some pictures of CoZ, he is growing up so fast and will be leaving soon for training. He and Ebby have similar builds-the Bernardini influence. I am anxiously awaiting the announcement of Z’s next date. I wonder who it will be? Any news from Z is always good news!

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    Just awesome! Z looks great, foaling takes nothing for her. I continue to thoroughly enjoy following Z and the Mosses.

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      Super article and pictures!! Thanks Vicki :-) Her new foal sure was a hunk and is really beautiful in the more recent picture.

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      Dear Vicki B.:

      So happy for RA and her beautiful foal. She is a miracle horse on an d off the track and her Bernie Baby is gorgeous too. Hugs, JB

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      Vicki, Thank you so much for posting this on Rachel. She, like Paynter, has made an amazing recovery. The love that the owner of each of them has shown is beautiful to see and I am sure saved their lives.

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      vicki-I responded to this post a while ago but it has disappeared. I guess it was too controversial to remain. Maybe I should post under another name as others have done.

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      Vicki-I was completely wrong about my post disappearing. Apologies to the moderator. The reply is on page 14 of the previous blog. I would be interested in your comments.

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    Thank you Team Z for the great pictures and video of Ann and Charles. I never tire of hearing about Zenyatta and her 2 boys.

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    love the pictures and the interview, thanks to the Moss’s and all the Lane’s End connections for sharing with us. You are all just great

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    What a wonderful surprise when I check in to Zenyatta this morning – a new photo essay and video – WOW! I am so thrilled once again that your generosity seems to know no bounds in sharing this fantastic mare and her colt with us! She always, always lifts my heart – I don’t pretend to understand how she has this effect on me, but it happens each time I open this web-site and see her her photos and videos and find out the latest going on in her world. Thank you for sharing your Queen. I love all the photos and the video, too. Guess I should quit gushing, but have to say Thank you one more time.

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      Dear Deb M.:

      I expect Z has already been bred, but they probably won’t announce until they’re sure she is safely in foal. I listened to an interview with Dottie Ignordo Shirreffs and she said they could breed in May to early June. The foals are then born no later than May. Hugs, JB

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    dear max lovely new pics ofZ and red hasn’t he got the longest legs! would be great for the jumps over here. will watch out for mad moose next Saturday would be great if he could win the queen Alexandra at ascot I didn’t hear anything about beauty parlour wasn’t her race there was some talk on the racing post website about cityscape’s poor performance he sweated up a lot pre-parade ran very poorly and finished last they were commenting it was silly of roger Charlton to blame the ground should be tested for drugs!!! think last Mohican is sure to go hurdling next season with alan king have high hopes for him! think farrh has the choice of the queen anne or the prince of wales they wont decide until the 5 day declaration the sun is out over here hoofray!!! hugs sheena

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      Sheena. I read that Henry Cecil scratched Beauty Parlour because the turf condition was not good for her. As to Cityscape, I do not understand what happened with him. I looked up his photo. He’s an amazingly handsome ole chestnut with a white blaze which covers most of his face. Maybe he’ll do better the next time? Looking forward to Mad Moose’s next move. Moose has adapted rather well to starting gates. Cannot believe it.

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    Z13 now looks like he has a mask. I have never seen a horse turn grey before, so I look forward to seeing his color transformation. I hope the Mosses will share lots of pix so we can follow along.

    Maybe it’s just because I was ducking into this website all year to follow Z12 and his life changes, but I couldn’t help but notice that Orb ran with his old weanling mate for most of the race. He beat Departing, perhaps just like the old days in the paddock, but he was never far from his buddy, and the attraction seemed mutual. I would think that would be a very deep bond between them, to share that first parting from their moms and rely on peer bonding instead. Surely this bond cannot be ignored, and their fun at having an unexpected reunion. Maybe this was more appealing to Orb than trying to fight through a crowd of horses for the first time in his racing life.

    I don’t want to take anything away from Oxbow and Gary Stevens, or Lucas, but I wonder if the race might have turned out differently if the owners of Departing and Orb had arranged a reunion prior to the race, so they could have their chat before the race instead of during it.

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      He is not turning gray. Look at the hair right around his eyes. it is chestnut. If he were turning gray, it would be white.

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    I am out of my post Preakness funk now.
    Oxbow ran a great race with a great jockey.
    Orb it was not meant to be, but you will always be
    a winner of a classic and one everybody wants the most.

    Wonder if we will see fillies in the Belmont.

    My morale has been boosted by coming on and seeing
    the wonderful new pics. Ann Moss just glows around Zenyatta.
    Thank-you!

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      Dear Janet:

      Orb won the Derby in fine fashion and he and Shugs take their place among Derby Winners.

      Too bad it’s yet another year when we don’t have a run at the Triple Crown, but as other Z’sters and Dumplings have said, maybe it will be one of Z’s boys that get it done. Hugs, JB

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    Thanks for the pictures. Zenny looks marvelous! And that little red rascal looks cuter than ever. Love & kisses to Coz.

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    Ann and Jerry, Lane’s End and all connections, thank you so very much for the pictures and video of Zenyatta’s foaling. She is just such a loving mare which comes from all the human contact and love she has been given throughout the years and such a gentle mother.
    Your continued generosity to Zenyatta’s fans is so appreciated. We love her so much and will continue to want to be apart of her life. She still brings a tear to my eyes and a lump in my throat. When I see how well she is doing my heart just swells with love and pride.
    Love hugs and kisses to all

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    No one knows if 13 is turning grey but he sure seems lighter underneath. Am I just imagining that? Does the mask mean anything?

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    Dear Max:

    Your Oxbow lived up to your faith in him. Great win and great ride by GS. Hugs, JB

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      JudyB. I had hoped like most that Orb could go on to take the TC. It’s been so long. But to see Ox run like that was a real thrill. Ox is so much like Paynter, except for that unusual coloring which he may have inherited in part from his dam sire, Cee’s Tizzy, a gray. Their “uncle” Tiznow must also be proud. Tizso and Tisamazing are great broodmares. The sire Awesome Again is producing some very good runners. Frank Stronach, who owns AA, was almost as happy yesterday as Calumet at the results.

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        Dear Max:

        When Oxbow won I thought of you right away and how happy you must be. He has great bloodlines. Was so happy for Gary Stevens too and all of Oxbow’s connections. Hugs, JB

        • JudyB. There was dancing in the streets. Lots of carrot cake. The party goes on. As good as it was with Ox, I was more thrilled by Z’s last race. I’ll never forget that race and how brave that Z was. Consistent, courageous and charismatic. No other horse will ever be like her, unless Coz or Red can do it. Hoping, always hoping.

        • Dear Max:

          I’ve never seen a race better than Z’s 2010 BCC. She’s was magnificent. Hugs, JB

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    happy sunday Zsters :)

    You’re Already Amazing

    Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28
    Jesus doesn’t want us to be exhausted.
    He doesn’t expect us to be all things to all people.
    So take a deep breath, lean back into His love, and ask Him what your heart needs to be filled with today.
    (Daily devotional excerpts from You’re Already Amazing by Holley Gerth.)

    THX AGAIN TO TEAM Z FOR CONT TO SHARE Z & HER BABIES W/ US!
    IM STIIL LOVING THE PICS & VIDEO. <3

    Z is still lovely as ever & prince red is just too cute <3
    the video is awesome <3
    Z RULES!!!

    like vicki b – i too posted last nite on the prev blog before bed – then i find a new blog this AM. lol

    @pati- love your quote: “Why Z13, WHAT BIG GOGGLES YOU HAVE! :-D”
    his reponse would be: “ALL THE BETTER TO SEE THE HORSES WITH! :-D”

    they could do a dna test to see what color Z13 is correct?
    i dont expect them to but that would definitively determine if he’ll be gray or chesnut correct?

    @Pat Stevens Williams – my condolensces on the loss of your father.
    hugs/prayers. on the bright side, you were lucky to see queen Z :)

    @carol – glad ur crabby hubby is getting better.
    will cont to pray. hugs

    @Peggy (N) – i agree w/ you. thats how ifeel & posted that in prev blog (last post).
    i had a feeling it was gonna oxbow. so that was cool that gary stevens on him :)

    love the links guys :)

    may god blees you all this week
    hugs/prayers, vamp

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    Did anyone else notice that during the post parade Johnny V was very busy undoing Itsmyluckday’s fancy hairdo? He was taking out those knobby things (you horse people will know what they are called) and combing it out with his fingers. In the pictures of the finish Itsmyluckyday’s mane is blowing in the breeze. Perhaps he likes to grasp the mane during the race. Sure didn’t hurt his results.

    Glad that if Orb had to lose it was the Preakness and I didn’t have to be a nervous wreck awaiting the Belmont.

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      Dear Shirlee and Sally B.:

      I’ve read where the jockeys take hold of the mane as the gates open. Give them more control and better balance at the break. Hugs, JB

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      Jockeys twine their fingers into the mane when the horse breaks from the starting gate. The sudden acceleration is such that the jockey would be left behind if s/he did not. Sometimes you will see only the top two-thirds of the mane braided, so that the jockey does not have to pull the braids out.

      You can see this pretty well in the gate scenes of the Secretariat movie, and probably in Seabiscuit as well.

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    “The Preakness was hatched at a dinner party at Saratoga in 1868….A course was laid out where Pimlico rests today. The race was called, fittingly, the Dinner Party Stakes. Seven horses entered. Of the two colts in that group, one owned by Milton Sanford won. Sanford made his money selling blankets during the Civil War. The horse’s name was Preakness. Three years later, the race took his name and became a centerpiece for much history.”

    Yesterday, in the L.A. Times: http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dwyre-preakness-20130518,0,3811453.column

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      Dear Vicki B.:

      Thanks. Didn’t know any of the history of the Preakness. Hugs, JB

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    @QueenOfSuites: A SHERR rescue is rocking the western show circuit! http://t.co/fneCbAt1m5

    Look at our Gypsy, Liddy’s mama! She’s an official blue ribbon winner! The owners have really allowed her to flourish into a confident, beautiful mare. Now to tame that Liddy horse. ;-)

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        Dear Pati,
        What a beauty! Gypsy is a real treasure. Liddy should be really proud of her stunning mama!
        Thanks for posting this!

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    dear shirleeinindy we call them plaited manes over here in theUK have never seen a jockey undo them over here beryl McCain always plaited red rum ‘s mane before the grand national hugs sheena

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