Happy New Year!
We’re beginning 2015 with a visit to Ocala, FL to check in with Ziconic. For the past few months he’s been learning the basics at Mayberry Farm, and we can’t wait to see him show off his new skills.
If you have a specific question for the Mayberrys about Ziconic or his training, ask it below. We’ll bring along some of our favorites!
-Team Z
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Bluegrass Girl
Tim Wilkin on Friday Jan. 16, 2015 California Chrome next race
Sherman on @CalChrome: “Gosh darn it, I am amazed myself. He’s such a cool horse.”
First start in 2015: the San Antonio at Santa Anita 2/7
Ann NC
A cool horse for a cool man. Thanks Team CC.
SallyB.(AuntiecherishesZandheryoung)
Bluegrass and Ann NC; I agree 100%! Some times one looks at a horse and just knows he has something special don’t you think; CC sure does that for me.
hugs, Sally B
andrej
Sprinter Sacre see previous feeling, if something, even lil, is not right, dont wait, glidely decrease speed, Ride on Curlin quietly and not quickly recover power, drink clean not cold water, eat light green hay and horse treats, have long rest, walk on air in paddock, run 1 1/16 or near, hot summer belmont mile and half was too long for your nozdrills, beautyfull Zenny Ziconic Coz kiss your soft noses, stay comfy and cozy, lil 14z Dubai im remembering you
Judy Berube From Rhode Island
Dear andrej:
Love and Hugs, JB
shirleeinindy
Zenyatta will not have her date with War Front until the 10th of Feb. or later. Claiborne told me they don’t open their breeding shed until that date. Hope they teach him how to behave around a queen!
Judy Berube From Rhode Island
Dear Shirlee:
Thanks for this info. Love and Hugs, JB
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Andrej.That is great advice for Sprinter Sacre.Hope all goes well.Thank you.Hugs Sheena.
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Judy.Hope Janniss(summer’s mum)gets better soon.Poor Speedy,he’s not speaking to Rachel!Another series of Downton Abbey has been commissioned! Great news for the fans.Goodnight God bless you LM PC HT Little Cap Hercules Frank Boo and all the Sweeties.Love and hugs SheenaX
Judy Berube From Rhode Island
Dear Sheena:
Hope Summer’s mom is better soon. Speedy is too cute. Excellent news on DA. Love and Hugs, JB, LM, PC, HT, Cap, Herc, Frank, Boo and all the Sweeties
SallyB.(AuntiecherishesZandheryoung)
Goodnight my sweet Zenyatta
love n kisses on your soft nose and to your awesome sons
blowing kisses to Sir and zprincess forever
Auntie Sally B
Judy Berube From Rhode Island
Dear Z, COZ, ZI, V and Montey:
Goodnight. Happy Dreams. Love You. Hugs, JB
Judy Berube From Rhode Island
Z Princess, Dubai, will always love you.
Kathy
January 17 Cherokee Devotional
Tender gifts come to us all-gifts from some deep inner space that is priceless and stirs our most creative sense. A beautiful, personal revelation is like touching electricity without its harmful effects. But this is something to be kept in the heart and not talked about to others. If others have never known the touch of a shooting star nor felt the awe of being given spiritual knowledge, their response is incredulity and disbelief-which makes us question our own sanity. Protect the gift, treasure it, love it. The time will come to use it.
They are clean to a fault…they keep their stock in good order, and are hard working, painstaking people.
Agent Thomas Jordan
(About the Nez Perces)
September 6, 1881
Ann NC
Thank you, Kathy. Very beautiful.
SallyB.(AuntiecherishesZandheryoung)
Kathy, very inspiring words! Thanks, Sally B
Kathy
Dear Sheena,
I work today so will say hi. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. Love and hugs from me, kisses from Holly, Nikko and Sugar. Kathy.
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Kathy.I am getting extremely nervous over here waiting for SS,big crowd at Ascot.Just hope he comes home safe.The New One is racing now with Sam sleet showers at Haydock.I hope Moosie is watching his TV!!!Have a good day at work.Love and hugs to you,Kisses for Holly,Nikko and Sugar.Sheena.
sheena.davies(wales)
Not a very convincing win by the New One!Did’nt jump well,I don’t think the ground helped really.Maybe the Moose has been having words with him.Sheena
Max
Strange jumping and some mistakes? Hope that it was the ground. Is he going against Faugheen at Cheltenham? I’d be worried.
sheena.davies(wales)
Sprinter beaten on his return at Ascot by Dodging Bullets.Barry gave him an easy race though.He was up against a much fitter horse.The Champion Chase again who knows??Sire De Grugy will return next month at Newbury.Dodging Bullets was bred by Frankie Dettori.Sheena.
Max
Another day for SS. Bravo to Bullets. His dam sire is someone close to Z, Kris S.
Bluegrass Girl
Racing Post on Sat. Jan. 17, 2015
Dodging Bullets beats Sprinter Sacre in the Sodexo Clarence House Chase at Ascot
Channel 4 Sat. Jan. 17, 2015
Barry Geraghty: “Sprinter Sacre ran a great race but just got tired.
He was a winner everywhere through the race until we straightened up.”
Bluegrass Girl
Channel 4 Racing on Sat. Jan. 17, 2015 RIP
Sadly, we are now hearing that King Edmund suffered a fatal injury
when falling in our final televised race.
Condolences to connections.
Bluegrass Girl
Paynter’s first foal is a filly
WinStar Friday January 16. 2015
The first foal by Grade 1 Haskell Invitational S. winner Paynter, a son of Horse of the Year Ghostzapper, arrived Jan. 13 when a filly was born at Elm Tree Farm in Kentucky.
Bred by Curt Leake, the bay filly is out of the Malibu Moon mare
Moon Meeting Too.
http://www.winstarfarm.com/articles/paynter%E2%80%99s-first-foal-is-a-filly.html#.VLqJU-yiQr8.twitter
Judy Berube From Rhode Island
Dear BGG:
Thanks for this info. The Miracle lives on. Will have to look for a photo of the little girl. Love and Hugs, JB
shirleeinindy
Judy,
Hope we can find a photo soon. She is sure to be a beautiful little girl.
Judy Berube From Rhode Island
Dear Shirlee and Sally:
Have been looking, but so far no luck. Looking for a photo of Orfevre’s filyl too. Will post if I find them. Love and Hugs, JB
SallyB.(AuntiecherishesZandheryoung)
Thank you, looking forward also of a pic of this beautiful filly.
hugs, Sally B
sheena.davies(wales)
Congratulations to daddy Paynter plus mum and daughter of course!Sheena.
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Max.Yes,Faugheen will be in the Champion Hurdle I don’t believe he’s getting a prep race.Sprinter ran a good race for a horse that’s been off the track so long.He did have a nosebleed after the race.I thought King Edmund had a bad fall but there was no mention of him on the TV.A sad end to the afternoon.The Fly next week!!Sheena.RIP King Edmund.
Max
By the look of things so far, Faugheen doesn’t need any prep. Did not see SS’s race. There was a fair amount of talk before the race that he could not beat Bullets. We’ll have to see how things go next time. Nosebleeds are never good. Hope that he’s okay. Awful about King Ed. RIP.
Judy Berube From Rhode Island
Dear Sheena:
Praying SS is OK. RIP beautiful King Ed. Love and Hugs, JB
Janet Newman
Orfevre is a daddy!
Filly out of Admire Kanna (Brian’s Time)
No pictures (:
Judy Berube From Rhode Island
Dear Janet:
Thanks. Peggy will be over the moon. Can’t wait to see a photo. Love and Hugs, JB
SallyB.(AuntiecherishesZandheryoung)
Congrats Orfevre!! I hope to see this awesome filly soon. Thanks Janet!
Peggy (N) South Georgia
Dear Janet, Judy
Can’t wait to see the picture. And a filly. Can’t wait. I bet she’s a doll
Max
Heard that Americain is leaving Calumet to head to the Irish National Stud for this breeding season. Big D, your legacy goes on.
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Max.Americain is coming to a beautiful stud.I get their newsletters.I am a little concerned about the nosebleed too because Barry was easy on him.There was no great strain.Nigel is certain the ground will be better for The New One in march.As you know the weather is never a certainty over here.Just wait until he meets Faugheen the machine!Sheena.
Max
It is beautiful there. Sea The Stars is at that Stud. Brad Kelley said that they are moving Americain there to allow visits from Euro horses. Americain has always been a world traveller. Good news for Big D fans in Europe.
Read a bit about SS. Apparently, it was not very serious, but Henderson said that they will get him checked out by his doctor next week. Watched the video. He is a very handsome horse. Next time.
Judy Berube From Rhode Island
Dear Z Fans:
Really great article on Michael Blowen and Old Friends. Love and Hugs, JB
https://www.thoroughbredracing.com/articles/former-horseplayer-blowen-risky-venture-becomes-lifes-reward
shirleeinindy
Judy,
Thank you for the wonderful article on Michael and Old Friends. I met him on a tour there several years ago and he is every bit as nice and down to earth as he seems in the media. I highly recommend a tour of Old Friends to anyone in the central Kentucky area. Bring along a roll of paper towels or some kind of wipes ’cause horse do slobber when you feed them!
SallyB.(AuntiecherishesZandheryoung)
Judy, Thank you for this article. It is wonderful he started Old Friends. We were there 3 years ago I think and he loves all the horses he is taking care of. He also is so entertaining, one just has to laugh.
love n hugs, Sally B
Marshall (NC Broad)
Dear Judy B.,
What a great article! Thanks bunches for posting it. Inspiring.
Mr. Blowen is one of the angels here on this flawed planet of ours!
Hugs and Love
Elizabeth in NM
Judy, Thank you so much for sharing this. He’s such an inspiration. Anything that can be done for all of these beautiful horses (and all other critters… well not too sure about snakes, but I know some people love them) is wonderful and inspiring. God’s many blessings, with love, Elizabeth
Judy Berube From Rhode Island
Dear Shirlee, Marshall Sally and Elizabeth:
You’re all so welcome. Mr. B is a very special guy. He holds a special place in my heart too because his first experience with racing as a fan, like mine, was at Suffolk Downs in Boston. He saw first hand that our beloved TBs needed rescuing and he did something about it big time. Love him. Love and Hugs, JB
Judy Berube From Rhode Island
Dear Sheena:
Goodnight. Waiting for news on SS. Love and Hugs, JB, LM, PC, HT, Cap, Herc, Frank, Boo and all the Sweeties
Judy Berube From Rhode Island
Beautiful Z, COZ, ZI, V and Montey:
Goodnight. Stay comfy and cozy. Happy Dreams. Love you. Hugs, JB
Z Princess, Dubai, will always love you.
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Max.Sea The Stars is at the Aga Khan’s Gilltown Stud in County Kildare.The Irish National stud is where he was born,his half brother Born To Sea is joining him this season.Celia Marr SS’s specialist was at ascot to watch over him he will be examined tomorrow at Seven Barrows.You are right he is the most handsome horse.Judy emailed me a link about Toast ,I didn’t know Al Shaqab racing had bought him.He stays with Jamie Osborne but Frankie will ride him now the Dubai World Cup his 1st target.Sheena.
Max
As soon as I wrote that, I remembered that Sea The Stars is with the Aga Khan. As I recall, the National was trying to get him to stay with them. Saw that news of Toast. Are you disappointed that these great horses are being sold to foreigners, unlike the Aga Khan who is British. He also has honorary Canadian citizenship.
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Max.Yes,I was rather sad to hear about Toast really but I think we both know money talks!Michael Buckley has always been very fond of his horses.I am a little surprised because Toast,after all, nearly won a BC classic.Jamie must be sorry to lose the ride.Nissy says it’s beyond cold with him today his peep#1 has some kind of flu bug.We are expecting cold weather next week especially Scotland .Has it warmed up with you?Sheena
Max
Know exactly you feel. The rumor was that Spencer unretired mainly to ride Toast. Have to see how that all unfolds now. At least the Fly is still British. Peeps are from Northern Ireland. Don’t think that the Fly plays favorites ever. Tries to bite everyone regardless of citizenship. Heard something about a flood in Halifax and some nearby town being evacuated. Hope that your Nissy is okay. Flu shots this year appear to be a total failure. It’s tropical here now, going above freezing mark.
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Max Everything seems fine with Nissy no floods anyway.We all remember what happened to Treve when Frankie started to ride her same may happen to Toast.Glad the temps have improved with you. Sheena.Are’nt the HOY awards announced today?
Max
If Frankie ever tried that flying dismount manoeuvre with The Big Beast, he’d need a parachute to make a safe landing.
Judy Berube From Rhode Island
Dear Max:
Funny, but too true. Love and Hugs, JB
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Judy.Hopefully will have news of SS tomorrow or early next week.Thank you for the link and pic of Toast.I had missed this news.Thankfully he stays with Jamie(the trainer)but not Jamie (the jockey).Goodnight God bless you LM PC HT Little Cap Hercules Frank Boo and all the Sweeties.Love and hugs.SheenaX
Judy Berube From Rhode Island
Dear Sheena:
Will be waiting for your news on SS. Love and Hugs, JB
SallyB.(AuntiecherishesZandheryoung)
Zenyatta and Zsters, All is well out at the sanctuary for our horses and the temp. was still around 35 degrees. The paddock was a disaster because of the thawing. I think I have become a great poop picker-upper, but it was so sloppy! It really does not bother me at all and I just take my boots off before I get into the car. It was enjoyable tonight with the horses without the bitter cold. They were all layed back and content once they got fed and plenty of hay. Not too much adventure since my Mr. Personality, Sir, departed, but these horses are part of the family.
love n hugs, Sally B Hope everyone has a wonderful week end!!
Goodnight with love
Zenyatta and to your young
Auntie Sally B
Judy Berube From Rhode Island
Dear Sally:
Love and Hugs, JB
Elizabeth in NM
Sally, You are such a blessing to the horses. Many of God’s blessings I pray for you (and them). with love, Elizabeth
Elizabeth in NM
Goodnight, Zenny and your two wonders, Ziconic and Coz. Hope everyone here on your website stays warm too. with love, Elizabeth
carol in arkansas
Yeah Junior….aka California Chrome
Karen R.
So happy that California Chrome won Eclipse for 3 year old colt and especially winning HOY!!!’ Well deserved honors for him and his team.