VERSAILLES, KY — (June 10, 2023) It’s a girl! There was great joy last night in welcoming ZENYATTA‘s eighth foal, a beautiful filly by War Front. She arrived during sunset, 9:18 PM, at Lanes End Farm. The foaling was filled with ease and elegance and both mom and baby are in excellent health and exude happiness. Zeny’s new filly has legs for days and sports a blaze to match her mother’s.
In attendance were Zenyatta’s co-owner, Ann Holbrook (Moss) as well as Farm Manager Todd Claunch, Broodmare Manager Jenn Laidlaw, and with Tremendous gratitude to the veterinarians from both Rudd and Riddle and Hagyard and the entire farm staff at Lanes End Farm for their beyond ordinary incredible love and caring! Ann is overjoyed to welcome this beautiful filly to Zenyatta’s family. This will be Zenyatta’s last foal as she is being retired as a broodmare.
Big Thank Yous to All the Zenyatta fans who have kept watch, posted comments, and sent all their good wishes!
Linda Elshaw
Oh Z, she is so beautiful! I have been checking the website daily, and this happy news just made me cry tears of joy. Congratulations!
Joan G Aebi
So glad you’re here safe and sound. Hope you have as wonderful life like you mom.
deb sutherland
Zenyattas’ foal is so like her mom, simply beautiful!
Love her blaze and her gorgeous ears like momma.
So happy the foaling went well and both Zenyatta and her baby are doing well.
Enjoy your little one Z, you have always been an amazing momma.
Happy retirement Zenyatta, you are perfection and we love you both.
Debra
God bless Zenyatta and her baby. May their lives be nothing but health and happiness. Zenyatta will always be the Queen and I hope this beautiful filly will be a racing Princess.
Siobhan
Sweet baby girl for Zenyatta. She’s absolutely gorgeous!
Mary Darden McLeod
Oh, Z… she is lovely with your ears and blaze. So very happy to learn both of you are healthy. Know Ann, Team Zenyatta, Team Lane’s End, and Team Vets are thrilled. I love you so, Mary in Boone
❤ Auntie Judy (So California)
I’m so ecstatic! Congrats and blessings to our Queen Z. Z23 sure resembles momma.
Thank you Ann and Lane’s End for retiring Zenyatta as a broodmare 🙏
HugZ and 😘
Karol Ballard
Born on Judy Garland’s birthday!! “Zen Judy”
Debbie Kalivas
Oh you beautiful girl! Congratulations! You have a gorgeous little girl to adore and I am so happy you both are healthy and look forward to watching her grow up! I am so full of love for you now and forever xoxoxo kisses on your soft nose and cookies and mints for you forever❤️❤️❤️
Patricia Dawn Beck
Z, I love you and all your beautiful babies always, with us and passed through the rainbow bridge. Your newest bright shiny penny is the cutest lil filly with quite a growl! Can’t wait to follow you both as the years go by
Helena
Welcome you stunning girl! Congratulations to all of Zenny’s family. So happy for this! ♥️
Barbara Braun
They are twins! So glad everyone is safe. Glad Zenyatta gets to retire and enjoy life after she raises this little one!
Narilu Villanueva
Thank you Lord for Zenyatta’s and baby’s safe pregnancy and delivery. Congratulations to Ann and the entire team. We love you Zenyatta. I am so happy you are retiring. You have a beautiful baby! Enjoy the rest of your life. You deserve it. Love and hugs!!
Marilu Villanueva
Congratulations! So happy for Zenyatta and her baby! Sending her love and hugs! 💖💖💖
Donna Heim
What a happy ending to what seemed like such a long wait. We were all so anxious. Glad this baby looks so much like her special mama. It was precious to see Zenny loving on her vet. I cried to see Cody’s Wish win so handily. What a special one he is!
I thank God for these answers to my prayers and those of many others.
Suzanne
I cant believe how beautiful this baby is! Looks just like mom! Zenyatta is so fortunate to have the very best of care and the very best owner always with her best interest at heart. 🥰 I am so relieved Zeny will be retired from breeding and will enjoy life in her field and bask in all her fans adulation. With this baby that looks like a replica of her famous mom, I do believe Zenyatta has saved her best for last. ❤ Lastly thanks to the photographer who took these beautiful pictures. Great job!!!
Christine Braeuner
Congratulations ZENYATTA on your beautiful baby girl. I was at Lanes 6-6-23. They said you were due. I left 6-9 hoping for you soon 🏇👑🏆💛💖🥰🐎🥳🎈🎊🎉🎈💖
I will be sending cookies 🍪💖I know you love them🍪💖War Front does too 🍪💖
Martha Fosdick
WOW ! It seems our Queen has left the best for last and is going out with a ginormous flourish! Wouldn’t it be fabulous if this little love with the long legs and mom’s ears RACES and DANCES just like mom too! CONGRATULATIONS and loads of love to all concerned. Hopefully even though this is Zenny’s last foal, perhaps we can still get bits of news from time to time about our Queen and the little princess. Goodnight and sweet dreams to all.
Holly Carter
Reminds me of a biblical quote
The first shall be last and the last shall be first ….
Congratulations sweet mare and filly
Sheryl Toliver
Congratulations!! She is absolutely beautiful!❤️ Zenyatta you did good!
Linda Mooradian
Beautiful baby just like her Mama, best of luck for a bright future.
Laura
Congratulations! She’s beautiful! Good luck🙏💗
Linda Edwards
Dearest Zenny:
Congratulations on the birth of your filly. Many years ago, when you were awarded the Vox Populi award, I seem to remember Penny Chenery saying that she had the boy, and the Moss’s had you, the girl.
It comes as no surprise, as you have always done everything with such style and grace; giving birth on the eve of the 5oth anniversary of Secretariat’s historical Belmont Stakes run was a beautiful time and way to welcome your very special filly into this world, as well as, a very special finale to your career as a broodmare.
Along with all your fans, I wish you a well deserved, happy, healthy, and long retirement. I hope your owners, Ann and Jerry will keep their promise to your many fans and arrange a “fan’s appreciation day” so all of us can come and see you once again.
I wish your very special filly a happy young life with her iconic Mama, and a glorious racing career ahead.
Congratulations again, Zenny, and to Team Z, and all those involved in helping you with a successful delivery.
I hope this blog continues so we may have a peek into your life going forward.
As always, Zenny, I wish you so much love. Thanks again to you and to Team Z for giving us so many years of precious memories.
Love,
Linda in NJ
shirley cook
What wonderful news! So happy that mom and baby are well. She sure is a little beauty. Glad Ann was there with her. Ann has loved and cared for our Queen every day. Welcome to the world sweet baby girl. She will be loved and cared for all of her life and we will love watching her grow. Glad this is the last foal for Zenyatta and that it is a happy healthy girl. Blessing to Zenyatta and Ann. Thanks so much for the Blog and all the wonderful friends I have made because of it.
Fran Harrington
Congratulations to Queen Z and her team!! Welcome to the world Princess Z! May your path be as successful as your momma.💜
Stacey Streeter
What a beautiful baby girl. I hope only the best life for her and a much deserved retirement for Zenyatta. I hope we get to see the next chapters of their lives.
Sue Fredrick
Congratulations beautiful girl…..so happy for you and Ann. She’s a real beauty as all your babies are…..can’t wait to hear the name. I know you will enjoy retirement on that beautiful farm with all the people that love you so. Horse kisses to you and your little girl.
Kathleen Ruth Urch
Beautiful photographs of such beautiful moments. Yay little Z 23!
Sue A Knerl
So glad she is being retired as a broodmare. She deserves a rest.
Regina
Congratulations to the entire Z family!
Happiness, health, and much success to all going forward!