VERSAILLES, KY — (April 20, 2014) It’s a girl! Zenyatta’s third foal was born last night at Lane’s End Farm. The bay filly by War Front arrived at 12:03 am, just in time for Easter. She has one white sock and a blaze.
The foaling, Zenyatta’s third in three years, went smoothly. In attendance were Zenyatta’s owners, Jerry and Ann Moss, Dr. Holder from Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, as well as Farm Manager Mike Cline, Broodmare Manager Charles Campbell, and others from Lane’s End Farm. The Mosses are overjoyed to welcome the latest member of Zenyatta’s family. The loving mother and full-of-life foal enjoyed a beautiful and sunny Easter day.
Zenyatta has previously delivered colts by Bernardini and Tapit. Cozmic One, born in 2012, is now in training at Mayberry Farm in Ocala, FL. Ziconic, the recently-named chestnut colt by Tapit, is a yearling under the care of Lane’s End Farm.
Thanks to the Zenyatta fans who have kept watch, posted comments, and sent good wishes!
quarterhossgal
Queen Z….what a beautiful Easter gift! Had my fingers crossed for a filly and you delivered the perfect one! The picture of your foal lying down with you looking at her is wonderful(Great job, Kyle). That picture will sell by the thousands. Take it easy Queen Z, another job done to perfection.
Carol Schwankl
Congratulations to all. I’m so happy Zenyatta delivered a beautiful filly. What an Easter present. She’s beautiful.. Happy to hear all went well. Ann, you look so pleased. What a wonderful life you all must have with Zenyatta and all.
Minnesota Carol
Tiz Herself
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=836395589707903&set=a.836395636374565.1073741829.836196563061139&type=1&theater
great family picture!!!
judy berube from Rhode Island
Dear TH:
Oh, this is great; seeing the babies side by side. Love it. Thank you. Love and Hugs, JB
Joanna_TX
Thanks for putting the family portraits together! Good job.
Elizabeth in NM
TH, you could be doing this professionally! This is beautiful. Thanks for putting Zenyatta’s family photo together.
Debbie
Congratulations to all!!! I’m sooo happy Z and her filly are ok!!! She is beautiful;) like her MOM!!!xoxoxoZ,Coz,Ziconic,andZ14 and all;)
Yvonne
Congrats to all! Thank you for sharing pictures. She is simply precious. So happy for Zenny that all went well and that we have our first girl!
Dawn Conrad / Colorado
Dearest Zenyatta, night has fallen and the end of a perfect day is upon me. I cannot tell you how absolutely beautiful your new little princess is. She looks so very much like you and her affair with the camera is already evident. She is surrounded by so much love, you can literally feel it just looking at your eyes, Zenny and Ann’s expression brings a tear, it touches my heart so. The day you were born we received a gift from heaven that continues to bring a world of joy!! Thank you again for everything! Sweet dreams to you both. All my love, Dawn
diastu in tempe
Absolutely beautiful photos! Just love the one of Ann – towel in hand – greeting all-wet little baby girl, with Zenny doing what she has always done – licking her baby clean. The sweet expression on her face is priceless! From the profile of Zenny and the baby bonding, I swear I’m looking at Zenny’s mirror image!
Ann, Jerry, Kyle, and all of Team Z – thank you so much for sharing these precious princess moments with all of us, and for all these years. I know I am not alone in saying we can’t wait for more photos and videos.
diastu in tempe
diastu in tempe
A couple of names came to mind in the wee hours because baby looks so much like mom: Zimage or Zimagine or Zimagination.
Still grinning from ear to ear (wink, wink). I tried to post on another blog that there are not enough chocolate bunnies on the planet to match this wonderful Easter basket with four hooves.
diastu in tempe
judy berube from Rhode Island
Dear Diana:
Love the way Z looks at her babies too. She’s such a wonderful Mom. Love and Hugs, JB
Sandy (Northeast Ohio)
Yea Diana! So nice to see you here. I completely missed that Ann was holding a towel and that Zenny was still licking our baby. As we used to tell the students, you have to know what you’re looking for before you will see it :-)
Betty in Tampa
Congratulations to our beautiful Zenyatta, Ann and Jerry Moss and the Lane’s End Zenyatta team. Such a gorgeous filly — Queen Mama Z’s little Princess. The paddock picture is amazing, she seems to be looking right into the camera as if to say “I know who I am and I’m ready for my first close-up”! Love the blaze, the long eyelashes and those ears. She looks to be a big girl, wish we knew her weight. I know alot of posters are calling her “Bunny” (especially now that they’ve seem those Z ears), but I just don’t think its “regal” enough for Zenyatta’s filly — I like Prinzess Lily and I hope her barn is is Lily (as in Easter Lily)! Can’t wait for more updates, pictures and a video. Zenyatta looks absolutely radiant, love the way she seems to totally embrace being a Mother — can’t wait to see her running in the paddock teaching her little filly to keep up with her!
Ellen Z
My rescued kitten (who I renamed Zenny) and I say CONGRATS to the Mosses and Queen Z! So excited that she had a girl, and I know she will be as formidable a competitor as her Mom was! X O X O
Ellen
Carol Ross
AmaZen Grace!!!!
Vicki B. near Hollywood Park
Carol, that is a good name!
Sandy
Congrats!!! So happy all went well and hope to see more pics soon ;)
donald mckiegan
What a happy day an easter foal always wanted to wirk on a breeding farm maybe someday ill visit I vite for the name “egg hunt”
James C Cogsdil
great looking filly Congrats
candi carter
ohh she look like the mama sooo goegeous what a gift!
brindle-wirl
She is absolutely gorgeous baby!
We were waiting for Zen’s first princess. Good luck girls!
And we are waiting for more photos :)
Phoebe
Congratulations, what a beautiful filly! Go Zenyatta!!!
Nancy/Ca.
Love that Zenyatta’s website crashed once again,lol. Congrats mom,she’s beautiful! And I couldn’t wait to see if she had your ears too. Yep! I hope her name includes Princess someday. :)
Maria Kern
Wow! She is so beautiful like her mom. Congratulation to Zenyatta, Mr. and Mrs. Moss and Lane’s End Farm. Zenyatta is a wonderful mom!
zfansandy
I wanted a colt but am so NOT DISAPPOINTED. Thank God for safe delivery. The baby is a real beaut and looks a lil reddish in the sun, hmmm. Zenny looks so pleased. Can’t wait to see them in the paddock.
Good job Zenny, Vets and attendees. Thx to alllll teamZ for pics and update.
Maybe I can get some rest now.
Zennyfan101
A girl! Oh congratulation Zenyatta, on your first beautiful filly! She looks just like her amazing mom. The Queen of racing finally has her first princess! We are all so proud of three time mommy Zenyatta! That filly will walk proudly, knowing she has a super horse for a mother.
Trina Nagele in So Cal
Welcome to the world, Princess Z! Well done, Queen Z! I’ve written a poem to commemorate this historic occasion. There is a choice of final lines, depending on your personal preference. Many thanks to Team Z for facilitating, recording and sharing these precious moments of our Queen and her Princess.
A Poem on the Birth of Zenyatta’s First Filly
(April 20, 2014)
We were all pacing, pacing, pacing–
The carpets were trodden threadbare;
Many a day inched slowly along
As we impatiently waited
For Zenyatta, the most marvelous mare,
Her newest offspring to bear,
Healthy and strong.
Then came news which us elated
And sent our pulses racing, racing, racing!
Every body and soul with joy quivered
When we got word
That Zenyatta her long-awaited third
Had successfully delivered.
’Twas three minutes after midnight as stars above her did swirl,
That Zenyatta gave birth to her first little girl,
A filly in her own image, as we’ve heard.
To this happy event
Holy days a special import lent
As people their heads in prayer bent
To share stories of liberation and salvation,
For some the Passover of the Jewish nation,
For others Eastertide,
A time of the spirit’s rebirth.
Zenyatta had already grown very wide
With her foal tucked so snugly inside
Her ample protective girth,
Yet she held out till Easter arrived
Before judging it time to give birth.
Now while our churches bloom with the Easter lily,
Lane’s End is abloom with Zenyatta’s sweet filly.
Blessings be upon the princess, and still more upon the Queen,
Who, herself a gift of God, has given to us a sublime trinity
Of horseracing divinity.
[Or if you, dear reader, prefer, I offer alternative final words: ”… a fine trinity / Of horseracing sublimity.”]
Celeste/ Massachusetts
Dear Trina,
Thank you for this beautiful poem. You have a gift with words.
Marilu Villanueva
Hello Trina! Thanks for the beautiful poem for Zenny!
Hugs from the other side of the Pacific Ocean!
Trina Nagele in So Cal
Oh, Marilu, so you’re in the Philippines again! Hope you’re having a good time.
Sue Fredrick Happy as a lark
Trina,
Thanks for this lovely poem to celebrate this lovely baby. She’s a KEEPER alright!! Little EaZter Lily. hugs
Lisag in Texas
Tears, Trina, Tears…Beautiful…Lisag
Celeste_in_TX
Thank you, Trina! Beautiful words to express how so many of us must feel at this time. Beautiful.
Trina Nagele in So Cal
Thank you, Celeste in Massachusetts, Marilu, Sue Fredrick, Lisag in Texas, and Celeste in TX, for your kind words. I’m very glad that you like the poem. Love and hugZ, Trina
Elizabeth in NM
Wonderful and beautiful, Trina. Thank you for this great addition to Zenyatta’s new chapter. Did not get the chance to get back online until now (since early yesterday morning). Many blessings to you, Love Elizabeth
Linda in NJ
Hi Trina:
What a beautiful poem and such a beautiful tribute to the birth of this little filly. You know all the Easter Lily trumpets sounded when this little filly was born!!
Love,
Linda
Terry Crow
The Night Before Christmas has just gone down a step in my pantheon of great poems. Well done, Trina.
Abigail_1849
Trina: Thanks for another stunning lyric to celebrate the arrival of The Sweet Pea!
pamhomeier
Beautiful poem, Trina, for our new baby!!!!
Sandy (Northeast Ohio)
Another masterpiece Trina! Will add it to what is now the “trilogy” of poems celebrating the birth of Zenny’s children.
Max
Exquisitely done, Trina. Either ending is more than befitting this wonderful occasion.
I hope that you will find inspiration for more poems.
judy berube from Rhode Island
Dearest Trina:
Perfect. Love and Hugs, JB
EM
Do you notice that in the photo with Zenyatta, princess ’14Z, and Ann Moss, they are all smiling!
LuciaLovesZenyatta
She’s beautiful! Like her mum ;D Enjoy!!!
anna maria lanzi
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anna maria lanzi
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Philemon
I would call her Amazing Grace, Gracie for short. It’s fitting and simple and beautiful :3
Julia
Finally!!!! What a sweetheart. Queen Z you did it again. Glad to hear that the delivery went well and ended with a beautiful filly. Love those ears!
Ann Mitchell Adam
She’s certainly from her Mom. Big beautiful, thoughtful eyes and those simply amazing ears that already are taking in the whole world. She’s already a winner!
Cheryl
She is so beautiful just like Zenyatta! Thanks so much for sharing them with us. God Bless all!
Maryp NY
Ooooooo just toooooooo cute!! Good to hear that all went well and the loving mother looks happy with her little girl. Mom Ann meeting her grandfilly face to face is precious.
High hooves to those who were with her to greet princess on her arrival.
The family ears look very good on her and she sure favors her mom.
Congrats to Zenyatta and War Front on a beautiful filly.
Love and hugs,
Maryp
Carla Dahl
Anymore pictures up? I’d love to see a full body one. Lol it’s like being tortured. Lol one picture a day at most. Can you imaging how many more have been taken already. :) come on guys. We’re dying to see more. :)
Lara Keefe
Congratulations!! She is so beautiful!!!!