Happy holidays from Zenyatta, Vixana, and all of Team Z!
Photo by Alys Emson/Lane’s End FarmPhoto by Alys Emson/Lane’s End FarmPhoto by Alys Emson/Lane’s End FarmPhoto by Alys Emson/Lane’s End FarmPhoto by Alys Emson/Lane’s End FarmPhoto by Alys Emson/Lane’s End FarmPhoto by Alys Emson/Lane’s End Farm
Dear Kathy.My message disappeared again!!!I heard this morning about Debbie Reynolds.they had a difficult relationship but were much closer now.It’s so tragic and they showed her singing “Tammy”It was very cold shopping today frosty this morning and says even colder next week!Mullins is churning out winner after winner I do so miss Max’s comments.Hope to write more tomorrow.Lovely blog on the Dyfi lots of history about the river and how they started.It’s on my FB.I was warned about that couple a few weeks ago.Have a great day.Love and hugs to you,Kisses for Angel Holly,Nikko and Sugar.SheenaXOXOXO
Petit Mouchoir stuns Nichols Canyon in the Ryanair Hurdle at Leopardstown.Coneygree has suffered another setback and we will see him before the Gold cup if then.
Thank you for the wonderful and happy pictures of Zenyatta and Vixana. It has brightened my day.
My brother passed away early December so I needed something to cheer me up. I haven’t opened my emails due to a hectic schedule. A Zenyatta friend suggested I check out her website to cheer me up. And it has. Always works when I see her pictures.
So good to see her healthy and enjoying herself. She always loved being surrounded by people.
Praying for you and your baby’s health Zenny. Love and Hugs! Marilu
Dear Marilu,
So very sorry for the loss of your brother. Keeping you in my prayers, with love, Elizabeth PS Zenny’s website helped me so much when we lost my younger brother.
Thank you for another happy ending! Kennedy is a stunningly handsome guy. So glad that Ms. Fedorka was able to get him to safety and to a new career. Great story!
Dear Judy,
We all need 2nd chances and 3rd and 4th. Loved reading about Kennedy and his new career. So grateful for kind and loving people who help make other’s lives better.
We just watched the movie about ”Dream Alliance”. It is a wonderful movie about an amazing horse and his ‘humans’ and ‘second chances’. A true story. Hope you and everyone here on Zenny’s website get a chance to see it, if you haven’t already. Hope you have a wonderful evening. with love, Elizabeth
Dear Judy;So lovely to hear these stories of OTTB’s leading happy lives after retiring.Our Monet’s Garden has won the RoR horse of the year.He was a very popular grey and is nearly 19 now.Prayers for Debbie and Carrie.Goodnight God bless you LM PC HT Cap Hercules Frank Bentley and all the sweeties.Love and hugs SheenaX
Do you remember a colt named Tiznoble by Tiznow out of Tapit mare, Tamboz. He was out of racing for one year after he won an Allowance Race in December 2015 when he was two years old. I’m assuming he suffered an injury of some kind. I tried for the longest time to find out what happened to him, but had no luck at all. Then he showed up in the entries and I’m hoping he stays sound and well.
He returned to racing on December 15, 2016 as a three year old and won a $21,000 Claiming Race at Fair Grounds. He’s entered in the Woodchopper Stakes at Fair Grounds on Saturday, December 31, 2016. Godspeed beautiful Gray boy.
In response to Elizabeth from NM, thank-you! The picture of Zenyatta rolling in the dirt and Vixana is one of my favorites too. I also think the one of Vixana with the lips held up to her face is really cute.
What age are you? We can measure our age in years or in attitude. Some people with the most years are the youngest in attitude; some who are young in years are very old. But if we have an “old” attitude, can we change? You bet. Looking for help? Do it yourself. Take the bull by the horns and be your own best friend. Press in closer to that Almighty Spirit who gives life. Remember-age is just a word unless you lose interest in living.
Nobody knows when we die, maybe tomorrow or ten years.
-Quanah Parker, Comanche
TGIF! I guess Hovis is taking a Christmas break. Steve is working from home today, so my schedule is really off! lol We leave tomorrow for a few days…back home on Monday. I will post the Devotionals. The FB furbabies I’ve visited are well. Have a great Friday! Love and hugs from me, kisses from Angel Holly, Nikko and Sugar. Kathy XOXOXOXOX
Dear Kathy.Yes,Hovis is in fairyland after Herman the German visited and Karen has been on holidays this week.Julie went up to London for the day and sent the pics and videos.Charlotte posted a great interview last night she has already booked Carl and Alan as babysitters should she have any children and she may take over the yard when Carl retires to Spain!!I hope you have a wonderful New year what does 2017 have in store for us all I wonder.Another cold grey day over here.I visited Debbie Reynolds FB no post about her passing but she had thanked everyone for their messages for Carrie.Have a great day.Love and hugs to you,Kisses for Angel Holly,Nikko and Sugar.SheenaXOXOXO
The great and the good of the racing world gathered in Newmarket yesterday to bid farewell to Walter Swinburn .His photo was placed on his modest coffin.One of the most naturally gifted horsemen he missed the buzz of riding but his family meant the world to him as they helped him over come his demons.The choir sang for the choirboy one final time.
Now though he will not ride with us again,
His merry spirit seems our comrade yet
Freed from the power of weariness and pain,
Forbidding us to mourn and or to forget.
Reunited now with his beloved Shergar running free forever.RIP.
As you know JS used to give Z her Guinness regularly when she was racing. Thought you all would get a chuckle out of this article about other racers and their knocking back a brewski. Yes, our Queen is included in the article; along with ZI’s daddy, Tapit. Love and Hugs, JB
Ha-Ha! Thanks so much for the chuckles! Love this article. Makes sense to me that our equines would like a brewski — it is a grain product, isn’t it?
Thank you for posting this article, dear friend. Have you any snow in Rhode Island?
Oops!
I goofed — hops isn’t grain, but it is a plant, and horses are herbivores. I imagine a fermented product enhances their feed, too. Three cheers for Guinness.
Cheers and Hugs
Marshall (NC Broad)
It’s me again! Alcoholic beverages must have pickled my brain a bit. I must cancel my correction above — barley IS a grain obviously. Barley is an ingredient in Guinness and other brews. I miss my mind sometimes!
Sorry for the lapse of memory! I think I will go see what’s in the fridge. :-)
Cheers
Dear Judy:Patricia posted this on our FB today and I reminded her of Arkle and Zenyatta two famous guinness lovers.A little of what you fancy does you good!Love and hugs Sheena
Nice article from The Paulick Report on Black Caviar’s first foal, Oscietra, with photo. She’s looking to break her Maiden on Sunday. Godspeed Beauty! Love and Hugs, JB
Dear Judy:I hope she can follow in her mama’s hoofprints.A beautiful filly.Goodnight God bless you LM PC HT Cap Hercules Frank Bentley and all the sweeties.Love and hugs SheenaX
Huge congratulations to Andy Murray,Mo Farah and Lee Pearson who have been knighted in the new years honours list.Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katharine Grainger have become Dames.Charlotte Dujardin and Nick Skelton become CBE’S.In drama Mark Rylance has been knighted and in music Ray Davies becomes a Sir too.Congratulations to all.Can you imagine Sir Andy playing at Wimbledon?Says he doesn’t want to use the title yet.
Happy New Year everybody! I will be gone for a few days so here are the Devotionals:
December 31
In life we experience brokenness, woundedness, and weakness. But take heart, life also offers healing. By living fully in the Spirit, we become stronger, more resilient, and more open to the healing that the Spirit continually offers.
As this year comes to an end and another year begins, remember to be as gentle with yourself and others as you would with the most fragile flower. Be honest but with kindness. Determine what causes pain and seek healing. Erase dark thoughts, and stand free and whole again. That is the gift the Spirit offers each new day, each new year. Claim it with anticipation, hope, and joy that you may live life in all abundance.
The Indian believes that the sun is a gift from God, our Father above, to enlighten the world and as the sun appears over the horizon they offer up a prayer in acceptance of our Father’s gift.
-Washakie, Shoshone
JANUARY
Unu la ta nee’
Cold Month
The Cherokee people stand upon new ground. Let us hope the clouds which overspread the land will be dispersed, and that we shall prosper as we have never before done.
Chief John Ross
October 9, 1861
January 1
If, like a Cherokee warrior, I can look at the new year as an opportunity to stand on new ground, then strength and courage are on my side. If I have waited a long time for everything to be perfect-and there have been moments, brief as they were, that filled my expectations-then I can face the challenges. I will remember that things do work out, bodies do heal, relationships mend-not because I said it, but because I believe it. But it is time to make things right, to stay on the path. As water runs fresh and free from the woodland spring, so new life and meaning will bubble up from my own inner source. I will be still and steady, because there is nothing to be gained by showing fear in a chaotic world. I can turn from ignorance and prejudice toward a light that never goes out.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
Sequichie Comingdeer
January 2
This morning, snow wrapped every tree and rock in soft white, and promised to keep the outline of distant hills hidden against a gray sky. But it could not keep its promise. After a few hours the sun came out and turned it all into nature’s jewelry, beautiful dew gems sparkling on the grass. We can be so busy that we miss the little things that sweeten life, the way a pet waits to be noticed, the way an owl, a wahuhi, hoots in the woods, and a bluejay chortles in the middle of winter. It is a lovely thing to turn away from busy work to pay attention to our loved things and loved ones. We know how we wait to be told we are important. We should never wait to say or think something beautiful that will make someone’s day easier and more secure.
We do not want riches. We want peace and love.
Red Cloud 1870
We, in Wales,are very proud our Bryn Terfel has knighted in the New Year’s honours list.Para Olympic dressage rider Sophie Christiansen was awarded a CBE.I remember her starting in Athens as a 16yr old.Patricia Routledge of Hyacinth Bouquet fame becomes a Dame but it the unsung heroes that deserve the plaudits.There has been much criticism of handing out knighthoods to some so young.I remember Winston Churchill was offered a dukedom by Her Majesty but he refused preferring to be known simply as Winston Churchill.Says it all.A medal glitters but casts a shadow.
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Kathy.My message disappeared again!!!I heard this morning about Debbie Reynolds.they had a difficult relationship but were much closer now.It’s so tragic and they showed her singing “Tammy”It was very cold shopping today frosty this morning and says even colder next week!Mullins is churning out winner after winner I do so miss Max’s comments.Hope to write more tomorrow.Lovely blog on the Dyfi lots of history about the river and how they started.It’s on my FB.I was warned about that couple a few weeks ago.Have a great day.Love and hugs to you,Kisses for Angel Holly,Nikko and Sugar.SheenaXOXOXO
sheena.davies(wales)
Petit Mouchoir stuns Nichols Canyon in the Ryanair Hurdle at Leopardstown.Coneygree has suffered another setback and we will see him before the Gold cup if then.
Barbara Brayton
From a long time Star Wars fan: rest in peace Carrie and Debbie.
Marilu Villanueva
Dear Team Z:
Thank you for the wonderful and happy pictures of Zenyatta and Vixana. It has brightened my day.
My brother passed away early December so I needed something to cheer me up. I haven’t opened my emails due to a hectic schedule. A Zenyatta friend suggested I check out her website to cheer me up. And it has. Always works when I see her pictures.
So good to see her healthy and enjoying herself. She always loved being surrounded by people.
Praying for you and your baby’s health Zenny. Love and Hugs! Marilu
Judy B from Rhode Island
Dear Marilu:
So very sorry for your loss. Love and Hugs, JB
Marshall (NC Broad)
Dear Marilu,
Thoughts and prayers are with you and sincere condolences to you in the loss of your brother. Remember we are here for you, always.
Hugs and Love
Elizabeth in NM
Dear Marilu,
So very sorry for the loss of your brother. Keeping you in my prayers, with love, Elizabeth PS Zenny’s website helped me so much when we lost my younger brother.
Celeste_in_TX
So sorry for your loss. Sincere condolences to you and your family. It is amazing how Zenyatta can lift our hearts in times of need.
Judy B from Rhode Island
Dear Sheena:
Congrats to Petit M. Another day for Nick. Power Up Coney. Goodnight. Love and Hugs, JB, LM, PC, HT, Cap, Herc, Frank, Bentley and all the Sweeties
Judy B from Rhode Island
Dear Mama Z, COZ, ZI and DC:
Wishing you a restful night and Happy Dreams. Love You. Hugs, JB
Z Princess, Dubai, Baby Z, will always love you.
Judy B from Rhode Island
Dear Z Fans:
Another happy story of an OTTB that has found a loving home and a new venue. Clever change of name too. Love and Hugs, JB
https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2016-graded-stakes-winner-marilyns-guy-smoothly-transitioning-second-career
Marshall (NC Broad)
Dear Judy B.,
Thank you for another happy ending! Kennedy is a stunningly handsome guy. So glad that Ms. Fedorka was able to get him to safety and to a new career. Great story!
Hugs and Love
Judy B from Rhode Island
Dear Marshall:
Yes, he is gorgeous. Love and Hugs, JB
Elizabeth in NM
Dear Judy,
We all need 2nd chances and 3rd and 4th. Loved reading about Kennedy and his new career. So grateful for kind and loving people who help make other’s lives better.
We just watched the movie about ”Dream Alliance”. It is a wonderful movie about an amazing horse and his ‘humans’ and ‘second chances’. A true story. Hope you and everyone here on Zenny’s website get a chance to see it, if you haven’t already. Hope you have a wonderful evening. with love, Elizabeth
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Judy;So lovely to hear these stories of OTTB’s leading happy lives after retiring.Our Monet’s Garden has won the RoR horse of the year.He was a very popular grey and is nearly 19 now.Prayers for Debbie and Carrie.Goodnight God bless you LM PC HT Cap Hercules Frank Bentley and all the sweeties.Love and hugs SheenaX
Judy B from Rhode Island
Dear Sheena:
Yes, me too. Congrats MG. Love and Hugs, JB
Judy B from Rhode Island
Dear Max and Z Fans:
Do you remember a colt named Tiznoble by Tiznow out of Tapit mare, Tamboz. He was out of racing for one year after he won an Allowance Race in December 2015 when he was two years old. I’m assuming he suffered an injury of some kind. I tried for the longest time to find out what happened to him, but had no luck at all. Then he showed up in the entries and I’m hoping he stays sound and well.
He returned to racing on December 15, 2016 as a three year old and won a $21,000 Claiming Race at Fair Grounds. He’s entered in the Woodchopper Stakes at Fair Grounds on Saturday, December 31, 2016. Godspeed beautiful Gray boy.
Judy B from Rhode Island
Love and Hugs, JB
Marshall (NC Broad)
Dear Judy B.,
Congratulations to Tiznoble! Good luck to him and may he stay sound and healthy — safe and loved, too.
Hope we can keep track of him as well.
Hugs and Love
Judy B from Rhode Island
Dear Marshall:
Yes, safe and sound. Love and Hugs, JB
Beth from indiana
In response to Elizabeth from NM, thank-you! The picture of Zenyatta rolling in the dirt and Vixana is one of my favorites too. I also think the one of Vixana with the lips held up to her face is really cute.
Denise in STL
Love these pictures!! Thank you Team Z!!!
Kathy
December 30 Cherokee Devotional
What age are you? We can measure our age in years or in attitude. Some people with the most years are the youngest in attitude; some who are young in years are very old. But if we have an “old” attitude, can we change? You bet. Looking for help? Do it yourself. Take the bull by the horns and be your own best friend. Press in closer to that Almighty Spirit who gives life. Remember-age is just a word unless you lose interest in living.
Nobody knows when we die, maybe tomorrow or ten years.
-Quanah Parker, Comanche
Kathy
Dear Sheena,
TGIF! I guess Hovis is taking a Christmas break. Steve is working from home today, so my schedule is really off! lol We leave tomorrow for a few days…back home on Monday. I will post the Devotionals. The FB furbabies I’ve visited are well. Have a great Friday! Love and hugs from me, kisses from Angel Holly, Nikko and Sugar. Kathy XOXOXOXOX
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Kathy.Yes,Hovis is in fairyland after Herman the German visited and Karen has been on holidays this week.Julie went up to London for the day and sent the pics and videos.Charlotte posted a great interview last night she has already booked Carl and Alan as babysitters should she have any children and she may take over the yard when Carl retires to Spain!!I hope you have a wonderful New year what does 2017 have in store for us all I wonder.Another cold grey day over here.I visited Debbie Reynolds FB no post about her passing but she had thanked everyone for their messages for Carrie.Have a great day.Love and hugs to you,Kisses for Angel Holly,Nikko and Sugar.SheenaXOXOXO
sheena.davies(wales)
The great and the good of the racing world gathered in Newmarket yesterday to bid farewell to Walter Swinburn .His photo was placed on his modest coffin.One of the most naturally gifted horsemen he missed the buzz of riding but his family meant the world to him as they helped him over come his demons.The choir sang for the choirboy one final time.
Now though he will not ride with us again,
His merry spirit seems our comrade yet
Freed from the power of weariness and pain,
Forbidding us to mourn and or to forget.
Reunited now with his beloved Shergar running free forever.RIP.
Judy B from Rhode Island
RIP WS. Love and Hugs, JB
Marshall (NC Broad)
Farewell WS. May you and Shergar ride in perpetual light.
Rest in Peace
Hugs
Judy B from Rhode Island
Dear Z Fans:
As you know JS used to give Z her Guinness regularly when she was racing. Thought you all would get a chuckle out of this article about other racers and their knocking back a brewski. Yes, our Queen is included in the article; along with ZI’s daddy, Tapit. Love and Hugs, JB
http://www.paulickreport.com/horse-care-category/nutrition/knocking-back-cold-one-beer-horses/
Marshall (NC Broad)
Dear Judy B.,
Ha-Ha! Thanks so much for the chuckles! Love this article. Makes sense to me that our equines would like a brewski — it is a grain product, isn’t it?
Thank you for posting this article, dear friend. Have you any snow in Rhode Island?
Hugs and Love
Marshall (NC Broad)
Oops!
I goofed — hops isn’t grain, but it is a plant, and horses are herbivores. I imagine a fermented product enhances their feed, too. Three cheers for Guinness.
Cheers and Hugs
Marshall (NC Broad)
It’s me again! Alcoholic beverages must have pickled my brain a bit. I must cancel my correction above — barley IS a grain obviously. Barley is an ingredient in Guinness and other brews. I miss my mind sometimes!
Sorry for the lapse of memory! I think I will go see what’s in the fridge. :-)
Cheers
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Judy:Patricia posted this on our FB today and I reminded her of Arkle and Zenyatta two famous guinness lovers.A little of what you fancy does you good!Love and hugs Sheena
Judy B from Rhode Island
Dear Z Fans:
Nice article from The Paulick Report on Black Caviar’s first foal, Oscietra, with photo. She’s looking to break her Maiden on Sunday. Godspeed Beauty! Love and Hugs, JB
http://www.paulickreport.com/news/bloodstock/maybe-lightning-can-strike-twice-black-caviars-daughter-set-career-debut/
Marshall (NC Broad)
Best wishes and Godspeed Oscietra!
Thanks for this article, Judy B.
Hugs and Love
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Judy:I hope she can follow in her mama’s hoofprints.A beautiful filly.Goodnight God bless you LM PC HT Cap Hercules Frank Bentley and all the sweeties.Love and hugs SheenaX
sheena.davies(wales)
Huge congratulations to Andy Murray,Mo Farah and Lee Pearson who have been knighted in the new years honours list.Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katharine Grainger have become Dames.Charlotte Dujardin and Nick Skelton become CBE’S.In drama Mark Rylance has been knighted and in music Ray Davies becomes a Sir too.Congratulations to all.Can you imagine Sir Andy playing at Wimbledon?Says he doesn’t want to use the title yet.
Kathy
Happy New Year everybody! I will be gone for a few days so here are the Devotionals:
December 31
In life we experience brokenness, woundedness, and weakness. But take heart, life also offers healing. By living fully in the Spirit, we become stronger, more resilient, and more open to the healing that the Spirit continually offers.
As this year comes to an end and another year begins, remember to be as gentle with yourself and others as you would with the most fragile flower. Be honest but with kindness. Determine what causes pain and seek healing. Erase dark thoughts, and stand free and whole again. That is the gift the Spirit offers each new day, each new year. Claim it with anticipation, hope, and joy that you may live life in all abundance.
The Indian believes that the sun is a gift from God, our Father above, to enlighten the world and as the sun appears over the horizon they offer up a prayer in acceptance of our Father’s gift.
-Washakie, Shoshone
JANUARY
Unu la ta nee’
Cold Month
The Cherokee people stand upon new ground. Let us hope the clouds which overspread the land will be dispersed, and that we shall prosper as we have never before done.
Chief John Ross
October 9, 1861
January 1
If, like a Cherokee warrior, I can look at the new year as an opportunity to stand on new ground, then strength and courage are on my side. If I have waited a long time for everything to be perfect-and there have been moments, brief as they were, that filled my expectations-then I can face the challenges. I will remember that things do work out, bodies do heal, relationships mend-not because I said it, but because I believe it. But it is time to make things right, to stay on the path. As water runs fresh and free from the woodland spring, so new life and meaning will bubble up from my own inner source. I will be still and steady, because there is nothing to be gained by showing fear in a chaotic world. I can turn from ignorance and prejudice toward a light that never goes out.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
Sequichie Comingdeer
January 2
This morning, snow wrapped every tree and rock in soft white, and promised to keep the outline of distant hills hidden against a gray sky. But it could not keep its promise. After a few hours the sun came out and turned it all into nature’s jewelry, beautiful dew gems sparkling on the grass. We can be so busy that we miss the little things that sweeten life, the way a pet waits to be noticed, the way an owl, a wahuhi, hoots in the woods, and a bluejay chortles in the middle of winter. It is a lovely thing to turn away from busy work to pay attention to our loved things and loved ones. We know how we wait to be told we are important. We should never wait to say or think something beautiful that will make someone’s day easier and more secure.
We do not want riches. We want peace and love.
Red Cloud 1870
sheena.davies(wales)
We, in Wales,are very proud our Bryn Terfel has knighted in the New Year’s honours list.Para Olympic dressage rider Sophie Christiansen was awarded a CBE.I remember her starting in Athens as a 16yr old.Patricia Routledge of Hyacinth Bouquet fame becomes a Dame but it the unsung heroes that deserve the plaudits.There has been much criticism of handing out knighthoods to some so young.I remember Winston Churchill was offered a dukedom by Her Majesty but he refused preferring to be known simply as Winston Churchill.Says it all.A medal glitters but casts a shadow.
Lise from Maine
Bonjour Zenyatta!
You are so beautiful as ever. Love the photos.
Thanks for sharing them.
Lise from Maine
Linda in NJ
Such cute photos. I missed this post at the time.