We’re thrilled that so many of you participated in the 2017 Zenyatta Celebration. Wrapping up the event may take us longer than normal this year. The winners of our grand prize drawing and other giveaways will be contacted this Friday, November 15. Celebration Stickers will ship at the end of next week. We appreciate your patience.
All Celebration results will be announced here on the blog. In the meantime, here are some of our favorite fan photos shared throughout the event.
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Judy.So pleased to hear about Hovis.A relief for Karen.Goodnight God bless you LM PC HT and all the sweeties.Love and hugs SheenaX
judy berube
Dear Sheena:
So great that Hovis is home. Continued prayers for his complete recovery. Karen and Lily will pamper him now. Love and Hugs, JB
sheena.davies(wales)
Tomorrow Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth reaches yet another milestone in her long life.She and The Duke of Edinburgh will celebrate their platinum wedding anniversary.A great achievement in this day and age.Congratulations to them both.
http://www.facebook.com/TheBritishMonarchy/
Marshall (NC Broad)
Dear Sheena,
Wishing Her Majesty and The Duke of Edinburgh a very happy anniversary. 75 years is quite an accomplishment indeed. Lovely photograph of them, too!
Hugs and Love
Marshall (NC Broad)
Oops!
Make that 70 years not 75. My mistake, they were married in 1947!
Sorry about that.
Cheers
judy berube
Happy 75th Anniversary to Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. Love and Hugs, JB
shirleeinindy
So glad Hovis is back home. Prayers for his recovery.
Best wishes to the Queen and Her Prince.
sheena.davies(wales)
Faugheen the machine is back!!!!YAY.He easily wins the Morgiana after nearly 2 years off the track.Congratulations to all connections.A wonderful training performance by Mullins.News of the short guy is that he will not need surgery.
Max
The horse was brilliant as usual. Totally effortless. Loved the way in which Mullins has trimmed Faugheen’s cashmere.
Max
Faugheen winning.
https://www.sportinglife.com/racing/news/faugheen-makes-brilliant-return/125737
Marshall (NC Broad)
Thanks for posting this link, Max!
That is one decimating finish! He put them away alright.
The cashmere trim is quite stylish — Faugheen is indeed a lean, clean, dream- machine!
Hugs and Cheers
sheena.davies(wales)
Willie Mullins is thinking of the Christmas Hurdle next for Faugheen and the short guy will be fit for Cheltenham.
Max
Apparently Jezki is also going to the Christmas Hurdle.
judy berube
Congrats Faugheen; very well done. Love and Hugs, JB
Max
Mullins has a new star in the making. So far he’s perfect over hurdles. Definitely not a pony. He’s a massive chestnut son of Presenting, who goes by the name of Brahma Bull. A horse to watch.
judy berube
Dear Max:
Thanks for this. Wow, must be a gorgeous boy. Will see if I can find a photo.
Love and Hugs, JB
Ann NC
Congrats to Faugheen. Very stylish cashmere coat.
The Brahma Bull clearing the jumps, we must stay on top of this. Thanks, Max.
Marshall (NC Broad)
Huge Congratulations to the brilliant Faugheen!
Congrats to all his wonderful connections, too.
Hugs and Cheers
sheena.davies(wales)
This is a truly brutal game.We lost a classy dual purpose horse London Prize in the Greatwood Hurdle this afternoon.He won the Elite hurdle at Wincanton last week and was trained by Ian Williams who is devastated by the loss.He was just 6yrs old. He fell two flights from home.RIP cariad bach.
Yesterday I read a wonderful piece about Irish superstar Limestone Lad who still lives with the Bowe family.Owned and bred by the late James Bowe he is now rising 26 and loves being turned out with his mares.A fantastic champion in his day winning 35 times he retired aged 11 in 2003 after coming a fine 3rd to Baracouda in the World Hurdle.
The 2 sides of NH on a sunday afternoon….
Marshall (NC Broad)
RIP London Prize
Condolences to all connections.
Gone way too soon, dear boy.
judy berube
RIP London Prize. Love and Hugs, JB
sheena.davies(wales)
Many Clouds the people’s horse has won an award at the EQUUS film festival in New York.Always remembering that sad day in January where a horse raced his heart out and paid the price.Life is fragile for us all so we must always treasure the good times.You made us proud CloudsX
Marshall (NC Broad)
Dear Sheena,
Such a sad ending, excruciatingly tragic. Very well deserved award at the EQUUS film festival — nice tribute.
RIP brave warrior, Many Clouds.
Hugs and Love
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Judy:Great to hear the Clouds film won an award.Goodnight God bless you LM PC HT and all the sweeties.Love and hugs SheenaX
judy berube
Dear Sheena:
Yes, Many Clouds, rest in peace brave warrior. Continued prayers for our Hovis. Visited Hudson today; she looks good and back up to weight. Goodnight. Love and Hugs, JB, LM and all the Sweeties
Christine Klass
Am I crazy? Did I miss something? Did they ever announce the winners names?
sheena.davies(wales)
No not yet
sheena.davies(wales)
Songbird is to be covered by Arrogate next year .Should be interesting first time broodmare and sire.Good luck to both.
Max
Unproven stallion and unproven mare. Tapit has a record. Like you say, it’s always luck.
Christine Klass
Thank you Sheena. I was beginning to wonder about myself. Had foot surgery recently, thought anethesa messed with my brain (Ha, Ha). Thanks again.
sheena.davies(wales)
Hope you are recovering from your surgery.My little grey cells aren’t working so well these days!
judy berube
Dear Sheena:
Wow, great potential for a foal from this match. Safe, happy lives to all of them. Love and Hugs, JB
judy berube
Dear Mama Z, COZ, ZI, BBG and DC:
Stay comfy and cozy in your stalls. Love all of you so much. Hugs, JB
ZPrincess, Dubai, Baby Z, will always love you.
Christine Klass
Dear Sheena, Recovering quite nicely, thank you. Have just made it past the 2 week mark. A ways to go, but feeling good & strong. Thanks for your kind wishes. Xoxo
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Judy.Mike is very excited about this foal.Lovely pic of Hovis travelling home in style on Saturday.Great to hear about Hudson.Goodnight God bless you LM PC HT and all the sweeties.Love and hugs SheenaX
Max
There’s a picture on the fan Facebook of Hovis being transported home. He’s wearing his green colored eye protection which strangely gives him an old Hollywood star with sunglasses look. He appears totally at ease. This could start a trend.
judy berube
Dear Sheena, Max and Z Fans:
Bet Hovis likes the look of a Hollywood Manly Man Star. Feel better soon brave boy. Love and Hugs, JB
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Judy and Max.Indeed our boy looked very handsome in his “shades”.Love and hugs.
Ann NC
Good news. Keep up the good work, Hovey.
judy berube
Dear Sheena:
Mike’s probably looking forward to having a chance to ride Arro and Songbird’s babe. Wouldn’t that be something! Love and Hugs, JB
Darlene Daniels
Wow! Songbird and Arrogate. What a pair. I am very excited about this, could only imagine how Mike must feel. He probably feels like a proud grandpa.
sheena.davies(wales)
Stay Thirsty is moving to Loveacres Ranch in CA.Wishing him well.
judy berube
Dear Sheena:
Thanks for this info on Bernie’s boy. Love him. Love and Hugs, JB
sheena.davies(wales)
Remembering our beloved Red Cadeaux who died this day in 2015 following an injury sustained in the Melbourne cup two weeks earlier.A real warrior who deserved a gentle old age.RIP cariad.Sleep peacefullyX
judy berube
RIP beautiful Red. Love and Hugs, JB
sheena.davies(wales)
Four time group one winner Winter is set to retire and move to Coolmore.Roly Poly will join her after her trip to Hong Kong for the mile Highland Reel is to race in the Vase there.No decision about Rhododendron or Hydrangea.
Bluegrass Girl
2017 Secretariat Vox Populi Award voting now open
List of Finalists for 2017 Award
Arrogate
Ben’s Cat
Gun Runner
Lady Eli
Patch
Songbird
Here is the voting site link
https://www.secretariat.com/
You click on the Award bust of Secretariat on the right side of the page
to get to where you vote
Darlene Daniels
Thank you BGG,
This is a hard one to decide. I will have to think for a bit before I vote. I would vote for them all if I could.
Love and hugz, Darlene
Marshall (NC Broad)
Thanks for posting this BGG.
I just voted, but it’s too bad that only one can win. They are all pretty fantastic; however, I had to decide between Ben’s Cat and Patch. Lady Eli was in my top three.
Hugs and Love
Donna Z
thank you, BGG. As much as I dearly love Songbird, ended up voting for Lady Eli. She overcame so much that would have stopped other horses and still raced & won at the top of her division. I am positive that she would have won her Breeders Cup race if she hadn’t been injured so badly at the start of the trace. Lady Eli is a true champion!
judy berube
Dear BGG:
Thanks for this link. I may have to pull a name out of a hat; love them all. Love and Hugs, JB
Janet Newman
Talk about a hard choice to make. All are deserving, but I am really having a hard time choosing between Ben’s Cat and Lady Eli. If it was possible, I would like to see them both get it.
Ann NC
Six way photo finish. All soooooo deserving. Crying just reading their precious names.
Delrene from Carlsbad
I see someone has brought the voting for Vox Populi to Zenyatta fans attention. I just saw it in my e mail and of course voted. All so very deserving nominees. Thanks Bluegrass Girl.
Everyone get out and vote. A great fan based tribute to all the horses who give their hearts to all of us.
Have a good evening Zenyatta. I hope the pear and apple treats are piling up for all the Moms to be
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Judy.I voted for Ben’s cat in the Vox Populi.I had hoped Winter would stayed in training.Goodnight God bless you LM PC HT and all the sweeties.Love and hugs SheenaX
Donna Alsabrook
I love them all but I had to go with Ben’s Cat. RIP beautiful boy. You gave us your all.
judy berube
Dear Sheena:
I’m having a difficult time deciding my VP vote; I love so many on the list. Wishing Winter a long, happy, healthy life. Love and Hugs, JB
Donna Z
I don’t remember if I posted that Beholder’s foal by Uncle Mo is a colt. May her pregnancy continue to be uneventful and her delivery routine.
Darlene Daniels
Amen Donna. Thank you for sharing. I didn’t know but am very excited, Happy Thanksgiving.
Darlene Daniels
Amen Donna! I agree.
Happy Thanksgiving
Darlene Daniels
Geez, sorry for the duplicate post!
judy berube
Dear Donna Z:
Thanks for this info on beautiful Beholder. Wishing her and the foal an easy, healthy foaling. Love and Hugs, JB
Linda in NJ
Dear Zenny and Team Z
I have a lot of catching up to do.
Meanwhile, I wish all of you: Team Z, Zenny, Cosmic One, Ziconic, and our new baby girl (who is growing up too fast), a beautiful and very Happy Thanksgiving.
Love you Zenny,
Love,
Linda in NJ
shirleeinindy
Can’t decide who to vote for yet for the Vox Populi. As said above, wish I could vote for them all. Torn between Lady Eli, Bens Cat and Patch.
Happy Thanksgiving and safe travel to all here on the Blog and their families.
One of the things I am so thankful for is this blog and all the people on it. My friends aren’t into racing and it is such a blessing to have people to talk to and with about the horses.
judy berube
Dear Shirlee:
Ditto from me on who to vote for and for friends like you. Love and Hugs, JB
sheena.davies(wales)
On this day in 1963 President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas,Texas.We always remember….
judy berube
RIP. One of the saddest days ever. Love and Hugs, JB
Marshall (NC Broad)
Dear Sheena and Judy,
Yes it certainly was the saddest day — so much hope gone in an instant. I will never forget that day. Another one of those events that changed everything.
RIP President Kennedy.
Hugs and Love
judy berube
My Dear Z Family:
Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving. I am so grateful to Zenyatta and Team Z for bringing us together in this wonderful, special place. Love and Hugs to all of you, JB and LM
Ann NC
Happy Thanksgiving to you, JB.
Happy Thanksgiving to all Z fans.
Luv ya Zenny!
Marshall (NC Broad)
Dear Judy,
So well said, my friend!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and to all Zenyatta friends and family!
All the Best Always.
Hugs and Love
Sandy (Northeast Ohio)
Well said, Judy and ditto from me. My world is a much different (and better) place than it would have been because of all of you!
judy berube
Dear Z, COZ, ZI, BBG, DC, Team Z and Lane’s End:
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. Love and Hugs, JB
Z Princess, Dubai, Baby Z, will always love you.
judy berube
Dear Sheena:
Have a lovely day. Love and Hugs, JB, LM and all the Sweeties
Marshall (NC Broad)
Dear Z, 17Z, Coz, Zi, Team Z and Lane’s End,
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day! We are so grateful for our Queen and all her family, equine and human. Hope you get some special treats Thursday, Zenny! :-)
Hugs and Love