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Winter landscape from Lane's End. Photo courtesty of Alys Emson/Lane's End
Winter landscape from Lane’s End. Photo courtesty of Alys Emson/Lane’s End

Happy Friday!

Alys recently spent some time with both Zenyatta and her colt. She sent us these photos of Zenyatta getting some attention in her stall and the yearlings enjoying winter weather out in the paddock.

We are also proud that Bloodhorse has named the birth of Zenyatta’s colt the most popular story of 2012. You can see the whole “2012 in Review” newsletter by clicking this link.

Bloodhorse 2012 in Review
Bloodhorse 2012 in Review

Photo courtesty of Alys Emson/Lane's End
Photo courtesty of Alys Emson/Lane’s End


Photo courtesty of Alys Emson/Lane's End
Photo courtesty of Alys Emson/Lane’s End


Photo courtesty of Alys Emson/Lane's End
Photo courtesty of Alys Emson/Lane’s End


Photo courtesty of Alys Emson/Lane's End
Photo courtesty of Alys Emson/Lane’s End


Photo courtesty of Alys Emson/Lane's End
Photo courtesty of Alys Emson/Lane’s End


Photo courtesty of Alys Emson/Lane's End
Photo courtesty of Alys Emson/Lane’s End


Photo courtesty of Alys Emson/Lane's End
Photo courtesty of Alys Emson/Lane’s End

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    Gio Ponti’s First Foal Arrives in Ontario
    By Blood-Horse Staff Updated: Friday, January 11, 2013 7:12 PM
    The first reported foal by three-time Eclipse Award Winner Gio Ponti was born Jan. 11 at Huntington Stud Farm in Kleinburg, Ontario.
    Kissin Party, a stakes placed daughter of Kissin Kris, produced the chestnut colt by Gio Ponti.
    Owner Dan Mooney said he was “delighted with the foal who has good size, bone and great quality.”
    Gio Ponti, an 8-year-old son of Tale of the Cat out of the Alydar mare Chipeta Springs, was champion turf male in both 2009 and 2010 and champion older male in 2009. He stands at Castleton Lyons near Lexington in for $20,000 in 2013.
    Read more on BloodHorse.com: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/75525/gio-pontis-first-foal-arrives-in-ontario#ixzz2HiX2gvq3

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      Dear Keta:

      My gosh, what a determined filly. She broke from the gate and just ran brilliantly. Very impressive. Thanks for sharing this video. Hugs, JB

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    Assail scratching shakes up Magic Millions Classic market
    Posted by: Morgan Payne Filled in: Horse Racing Betting | 12/1/2013 at 9:03am
    Race favourite Assail who was a $3.60 chance this morning has been a late scratching for today’s Magic Millions Classic at Gold Coast racecourse. Assail has been taken out on stewards advise due to a foot abscess. With the scratching as expected the whole market has changed with Clevadude the outright $3.40 favourite ahead of Missy Long Stockings at $4.60 . View the full Magic Millions Classic market.

    Read more: http://www.justhorseracing.com.au/general-news/betting/assail-scratching-shakes-up-magic-millions-classic-market/183666 #ixzz2HiRL5VAy

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    Dear Lanes End and Team Z,

    Love the photos of Zenny and 12 Z and his yearling pals. My oh my he is one already !!!
    She looks as loving as ever enjoying her grooming and maybe looking for a carrot
    or peppermint. No mints for now Zenny, you are weight watching.

    Loved to see the honor Lanes End received from Bloodhorse on
    Zenny’s first foaling. Lanes End you are such a very special place and we are so
    very lucky that you keep us in Zenny’s and 12 Z’s life.

    Thanks so much for all of the great updates, can’t wait to see 13 Z, a grey filly, hopefully !!!!

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    Great pictures. I could stare at Zenyatta all day long and
    12Z Wow!. I love his chestnut buddy with that white blaze.
    In the last picture it looks like they were caught planning something
    and decided to act like nothing is going on. So cute!
    Greta job Alys with the pictures as usual.

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    I normally don’t post personal issues but, this needs to be posted. My sister has been sick for about 6 years. Doctor after Doctor, Er room after Er room, no one has figured out what her issue is. Pumped her full of meds and she’s still getting sick. Now, she has another Doctor that might think it’s her gull bladder. Why didn’t they find that in the first blood test? So, her appointment is next week and we’ll go from there. On top of that, she is scheduled for arm surgery in March due to carpal tunnel. In which, she’ll have a bone removed and another shaved. What is wrong with Doctors today?? Six years of her suffering, always in pain and unable to enjoy her life. If it turns out that it is indeed her gull bladder, you better believe, there will be a major law suit. Please, Dumplings, keep my sister in your prayers and that the new Dr can figure this out so that she doesn’t have to be in pain anymore. Thank you! Heid

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      Dear Heidi,

      Thought and prayers to you and your sister. This type of medical situation is
      so very difficult to understand and deal with. There are just times when a
      medical diagnosis is not clear and things evolve over time. Hope things
      work out well for her and everything clears up. She has really been through a lot.

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      Dear Heidi,

      Renew Our Minds, Bodies and Souls
      Lord, we come before you today in need of your healing hand. In you all things are possible. Hold my heart within yours, and renew my mind, body, and soul.

      You gave us life, and you also give us the gift of infinite joy. Give us the strength to move forward on the path toward better health, and give us the wisdom to identify those you’ve placed around us to help us get better.

      Amen.

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        Sign, thank you for the prayer. I will forward or rather have my sister say it with me on the phone. She’s just so miserable and talking to her and listening to her just tears my heart apart. I’m crying as I’m writing this too because, that prayer means so much and is so touching. I just want her to be pain free for once.
        I have decided to be by her side as much as possible to support her. I know that will mean a great deal to her. And, possibly by being there for her Dr. apts, they’ll get more information from me that can be useful?

        • You’ll both be in our prayers, Heidi. I’m glad you will be going with your sister to her appointments. It will be very helpful to her emotionally, and you can ask the doctors questions in addition to helping to answer theirs. Also, you can take notes–it is so hard to absorb in the moment and later remember what the doctors are saying without notes, and you will be in a better position to do the notetaking than your sister. We wish you both all the best and will look for updates here.

        • Dear Trina: Agree with Max – you’re a wise woman – and a very kind one. I’m joining in with Sign’s prayer for Heidi’s sister too. Hugs, KathyR.

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      Dear Heidi:

      So sorry to hear what your sister is going through. I have a sister that I love very much too, so I know how distressed you are for her. Will keep both of you in my prayers. Love and Hugs, JB

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      While I was writing, I was calling my Mom. She brought up a point that, I didn’t think about and that is: her Heart! My father died of Sarcodosis (sp) which attacked his liver and caused heart disease. Or, something like that. During that time, they were called “fatty tumors” which were not cancer but were ugly. My sister and I both have “fatty tumors” and as we both get older, the more appear. My Doctor has tested and x-r’d my chest to make sure that it wasn’t Sarcodosis that I had. So, I don’t know if this could be of any help to my sister’s doctor or not. I don’t know what History they have but, there’s been a lot of History that they can research.
      History: Heart disease, liver disease, high blood pressure etc…
      I miss spoke. SCD we’ll call it: as I understand: cells that attack one another and some can portray cancer cells and attack any organ at any time.? I’ve had a conversation with my Dr about it and, I’m still confused about it.

      Sign: I called my sister and asked her to pray with me. Thank You! After we said the prayer together I said: I have friends in low places! She got a chuckle when I told her who they were!! I said: ” Dumpling Hood!”..
      I’ll try and keep everyone up to date with this situation.
      Hey, we did Power Up Paynter: PUP. Why Not PUJ: Power Up Joy?

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    January 10, 2013 at 9:47 pm
    Sign, there was really no need for you to comment that this was “reposted info,” meaning that YOU had posted the info earlier. You seem to love to engage in oneupmanship, but I find it quite rude and wish that in the future you would take your earlier post about “courtesy” to heart. I’m just sayin’…

    signofthetimes; President of the Texas RN Club; RN philosopherPermalink
    January 11, 2013 at 7:24 pm
    In psychological terms, Kelly defined hostility as the wilful refusal to accept evidence that one’s perceptions of the world are wrong. Instead of reconsidering, the hostile person attempts to force or coerce the world to fit their view, even if this is a forlorn hope, and however harmful the cost.

    signofthetimes; President of the Texas RN Club; RN philosopherPermalink
    January 11, 2013 at 7:26 pm
    The Rescuer not only depends on her role to give her a sense of self, but she also depends on it to bridge the gap between self and others. In other words she needs the Rescuer role just as much, probably more, than the rescued needs rescuing. In fact, the Rescuer tends to feel as if her self-esteem has taken a big hit when there is a lag-time between rescues. Though on the one hand she might be relieved that she’s not having to take care of every little thing for the rescued during that lag-time; on the other hand, she’s wondering what she’s doing here if it isn’t to rescue someone else. There’s a deep unsettling underground tremor that tells her that something is really wrong with this picture. So, without really paying much attention to it, she launches herself into another search for the next victim in need of rescue.

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    DAILY RACING FORUM: BRAD FREE ON GOLDENCENTS AND KEVIN KRIGGER

    (So very glad this talented rider has gotten this wonderful chance to ride a
    potential derby mount )

    01/10/2013 2:03PM
    Brad Free: Goldencents, Krigger could be this year’s version of I’ll Have Another, Gutierrez
    By Brad Free

    Jockey Kevin Krigger hopes that the Doug O’Neill-trained Goldencents can take him to the Kentucky Derby.
    Jockey Kevin Krigger could have stayed in Northern California and ridden a lot more winners than he rode the past year in Southern California. None of those Golden Gate winners would have put the 29-year-old rider on a trail to the Kentucky Derby.

    It took Krigger less than one year in Southern California to find a dream mount – four rides on Goldencents produced three wins, including last weekend’s Grade 3 Sham Stakes at Santa Anita. If Goldencents makes it, Krigger will try to win the Kentucky Derby with his first Derby mount.

    “When you get a Derby mount for the first time, you have to capitalize every moment, because you don’t know when the next time is coming,” Krigger said this week at Santa Anita, where he was busy working horses for Goldencents’s trainer Doug O’Neill.

    It is habit for Krigger – showing up early and working hard.

    “He’s here every morning at 5:30,” O’Neill said. “There are a lot of riders here with a good work ethic. Kevin’s is as good as any.”

    Work ethic is how Krigger got the mount on Goldencents in the first place. He showed up one morning last summer to work an unraced 2-year-old for O’Neill and was thrilled.

    “This might be one of the best horses I’ve been on,” Krigger said.

    O’Neill also liked the chemistry he saw between Krigger and Goldencents.

    “He was a kid with talent who got along with a really good horse,” O’Neill said and suggested Krigger and agent Tom Knust contact the majority owner to express interesting in riding the colt first out.

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      Thanks for this post, Sign. Good luck, Kevin Krigger and Goldencents–hope you make it to the Derby!

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    @HeidiK….so very sorry to hear about your sister…all that modern medicine knows and horrible things still happen …pray her mystery is solved and resolved very soon
    @sign lovely prayer…..and the hubby and I are delighted to be in Arkansas ….friends in Utah are reporting that the freezing temps have been interrupted by another blizzard…and every one is ill….
    …..
    Love all the pictures of the babies ….the girls are still out front…but finally some boys are starting to appear …
    …..
    good night Zenny…..sleep well

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    Sorry, I wanted to share the video, but it only works for a stablemates member (:
    He is a cutie and mama adores him.

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      Gosh darn it, go away for a couple of days and can’t remember how to post on the blog LOL!

      Please ignore this comment, it needed to go with my previous post.

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    ya I do too I missed my dear great Zenyatta flying on the track the thrill and excitement it’s amazing Zenny dear God Blessed.

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    RIP PleasantFriday, 5 year old mare who was euthanized Thursday after fracturing both sesamoids in her right front leg — Race 5 at Aqueduct. So very sad.

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    I just love this horse. She is so beautiful and when I look into her eyes she reminds me of the mare I lost a few years ago. Baby Z is looking might fine. I would love to hug them both. Thank you for sharing these wonderful photos.

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      Dear Barbara, it must have been so sad for you to lose your mare, but so wonderful to have had her. You’ll meet again at the Rainbow Bridge.

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    Love the pictures….it is wonderful to see Zenyatta and her little man. The world is just a better place with her in it. Thanks for sharing her.

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    Zen and Prince are the picture of health! Please continue with the pics and videos. I miss our Queen so much!

    Thank you for all you do!

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    dear heidi so sorry to hear of your sisters health problems and hope sign’s beautiful prayer helped you both we have doctors like that over here just fob you off and stuff you with meds will keep you both in my prayers hugs sheena

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    Thanks Alys & Team Z for the beautiful pictures of Mama Z & her boy. As usual, Zenny looks fabulous, and 12Z looks rambunctious. Anxiously awaiting the birth of 13Z.

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    Anyone know who the dark brown, no white, is in the pics with 12Z? Green halter tape on off side between chin buckle and ring on the near side of chestnut first pic, far left in the other 2.

    Thanks

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      Unfortunately, we don’t know who ANY of them are. We keep hinting, but no info yet. As others have noted, perhaps some of the owners don’t want their foals identified.

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    Heidi K
    So sorry to hear about your sister’s illness.
    It is so difficult being in pain & not getting answers.
    Thoughts & prayers are with you both.
    Hugs, Keta

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    Dear Alys,

    Thanks you so much for all of the great photos of Z and her young man 12 Z.
    Bet you had fun spending time with her and with those “crazy” yearlings, always
    playing and into a little mischief. She looks so gorgeous and happy as a broodmare
    and a mom. Just shows what a great place Lanes End is and how much everyone
    there puts the horse first.

    Hope you enjoy all of your “rounds” visiting the horses and of course congradulations
    on the Bloodhorse award.

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    Dear Carol and Hubby,

    Hope you had a great time yesterday at Oakalawn and are able to go
    this weekend. Please do keep us posted. Lots and Lots of talk about
    all of the great 3 year old races, hope you get to see the future KY Derby
    winner develop there.

    Have a great weekend and the races; safe and sound trips for all humans
    and equines.

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      The Dixie Belle is this afternoon….a daughter of Big D is entered…we are going to try to get there….its pouring rain here…looking for mudders

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    @Heidi K.– of COURSE you can bring your problems here. That’s what Dumplinghood is all about– caring for and supporting each other! It is so amazing that in this day and time, doctors can work miracles in some areas but not in others. I think we can all put ourselves in your place and empathize with your (and your sister’s) frustration. Praying that you will get correct answers to correct questions. Please do keep us informed. Big hugs.

    @sign–thanks for the appropriate prayer.

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