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Zenyatta Delivers Her Fourth Filly

Photo by Ann Holbrook

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!

23 Zenyatta. Photo by Jenn Laidlaw
Zenyatta and 23 Zenyatta. Photo by Jenn Laidlaw
Zenyatta and 23 Zenyatta. Photo by Jenn Laidlaw
Zenyatta saying thank you to Dr. Lu. Photo by Jenn Laidlaw

Reader Interactions

774 Comments

  1. / Reply

    Dear Marshall:

    Frankie and his flying dismount will surely be missed. He has been an integral part of racing for so long; won’t be the same without him.

    Love and Hugs, JB

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    Dear Z-Friends,
    Keep Two Phils in your thoughts and prayers, please.
    After his wonderful race in the Ohio Derby at Thistledown yesterday, he was found to have injured an ankle and has been sent to be evaluated by veterinarians to determine if surgery is indicated.
    Power-up, Two Phils!!! 🙏 ❤️
    Hugs and Love

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    Z FANS! There is a short clip of Z23 on Lane’s End FB page. She is so cute and precious. Perhaps, our dear Judy will locate the clip and post it, so all may see? Lindal.

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        Dear Judy and Lindal,
        Thanks for the news about 23Z’s video and the link to it.
        Unfortunately, I am not on facebook and couldn’t see it. ☹️
        Guess I’ll have to wait and hope to see it later.
        Hugs and Love ❤️

        • Dear Marshall:

          I’m not on Facebook either, but the video is for public viewing. Will see if I can try it another way so you can see it.
          Baby Z is so sweet; she’s enjoying a pet from someone (not identified) and she nuzzles their hand. Wish I can get it to you.

          Love and Hugs, JB

        • Dear Judy,
          Thank you! I only get the facebook Lane’s End title page and am instructed to login or join. :-(
          I do appreciate your efforts though!
          Hugs and Love

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    Dear Z, COZ, ZI, ZEL, ZIL, BABY Z and DC:

    Goodnight and Happy Dreams. Love You. Big Hugs, JB🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼

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      Dear Judy,
      Thanks for posting the Bloodhorse article on Two Phil’s.
      I hope he recovers completely — glad his connections care about his condition more than his racing future. Power Up, Two Phil’s!
      Hugs and Love 💕

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    Thank you Judy!!! She is absolutely adorable!!! cant wait to see videos of her frisking around in the field!
    Lynn

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    More pictures PLEASE of Zenyatta and her new baby. Can’t wait to see how much the filly has grown and to see them playing out in their paddock!
    Thank you

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    Dear Z, COZ, ZI, ZEL, ZIL, BABY Z and DC:

    Love and Big Hugs, JB❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️

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      Dear Judy,
      I enjoyed that PR article — my eyes got a bit misty though! Very nice.
      Thanks for posting it❣️
      Hugs and Love

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        Dear Marshall:

        Mine too. What a brilliant career Frankie’s had. Wish him all the best in his retirement.

        Hope he adds the Melbourne Cup to his many victories and more BC wins too this November.

        Love and Hugs, JB

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    Dear Zenyatta, we are all so thrilled and happy for you. I wish you and your baby a healthy and wonderful life ahead of you. Zenyatta, now that you are retiring as broodmare, I hope Ann will allow us to visit you. Love and hugs!

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      Dear Louise:

      Thank you so very much for finding this wonderful video of Z and Baby Z and posting it here. They both are so beautiful. Little One loves the camera just like Mama.

      Thank you Team Z, Lane’s End and BloodHorse for making the video available to us.

      Love and Hugs, JB

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      Thanks bunches, Louise!
      This is a great video — just lovely. Thanks to Jenn Laidlaw for her narrative, too.
      Hugs and Love 💖

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        Dear AJ:

        So good to have a post from you.

        Such a beautiful video of Z and Nymue from BloodHorse.

        Love and Hugs, JB

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    Dear Z Fans:

    I’m having trouble in the video hearing what Baby Z has been named. Got the meaning, “new beginnings”. Sounds like “Neem O Way” (phonetically).

    What does it sound like to you? Has anyone been able to make it out?

    Love and Hugs, JB

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      Dear Judy,
      I have the same problem. The first thing I thought of was the beginning syllables in “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, LOL!! But then realized it wasn’t the same sound (not wee mo wah).
      Glad some of our Z-Fans have been able to lend some light on this name.
      Maybe we will get further information on the “Nymue” origins. I also was
      surprised at the rather quick name selection.
      Thanks for the official name registered in the Jockey Club Name Book.
      Hugs and Love 🥰

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        Dear Marshall:

        Oh my, I’ve been singing that tune to her name over and over again. Too cute.

        We’re always on the same wavelength.

        Love and Hugs, JB

        • Dear Judy,
          LOL!! That is still a good song by The Tokens, isn’t it?
          It is good to be on the same wavelength with you.
          Have a good weekend!
          Cheers and Hugs 😊

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    I watched the Bloodhorse video several times trying to listen carefully to what Jenn Laidlaw was saying. I believe she said that Z23 had been named “NEMUI” pronounced “Neem A Way” meaning “New Beginnings.” Thank you so much Lanes End and Bloodhorse for sharing the video. Both Zenyatta and baby are beautiful. Love the Queen and all of her offspring so very much!!❤️

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    Judy and Barbie,
    I did the same thing! Ran the video twice to concentrate on how to pronounce her name! I came up with the same, phonetically, but had no idea of spelling! Great name, and I cant believe she has been named already! Or could this just be her “barn name”? She looks so strong! will really enjoy watching her grow and develop.
    Lynn

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    I hope that is not how Z23’s name is spelled….. I googled it and found it means “sleepy” in Japanese! Barbie, how did you find the meaning?
    Lynn

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      The name is causing a lot of conversaton. Jenn Laidlaw noted in the video that the name meant “New Beginnings”. Many fans looked up Nemui and found the meaning to be Japanese for Sleepy/Sluggish. No other translation could be found. So of course that was confusing, and hard to believe Ann and Jerry would want to label Zeny’s last foal as sleepy and sluggish. It was suggested that the spelling was incorrect and a change might be coming and that’s exactly what happened. BUT now even this new spelling, Nymue, doesn’t translate to “New Beginnings”, but is the name of the Lady of the Lake from the story of King Arthur.

      The only other meaning I found for Nymue was: The essence of the given name Nymue stands for compassion, creativity, reliability, generosity, loyalty and a love for domestic life.

      I hope we hear more about the name from Ann herself. Maybe we will get a new Blog entry with a name update.

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        Dear Especially Horses:

        My research into the name NYMUE matches yours.

        Thank you for the info and explanation of the name. Yes, hope there’s a post from Team Z too.

        Love and Hugs, JB

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        From Name Echo, Nemui name letter analysis:

        Letter Analysis
        N When ‘N’ is the initial, there is a wish for new adventures, these people always knowing what is new.
        E The letter E sets the tone for entertainment, a need to be charming and to enliven others’ lives.
        M The letter M indicates that one gathers all kinds of teachings from past experiences and is more likely to award more importance to rational thoughts than to feelings.
        U The number equivalent to ‘U’ is 3, a symbol of accumulation and wealth, of people who care very much about what surrounds them.
        I In the case of the ‘I’, there is a wish to take massive action when needed to meet goals and this is sort of raised to the rank of golden rule.

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    Dear Barbie, Lynn and Rebecca:

    I guess we are all in sync with what we heard.
    Thanks Rebecca for the correct spelling.

    Lovely meaning. Lovely NYMUE!

    Love and Hugs, JB

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    Lynn, I found the spelling on the Zellda Horse Racing Fan page. Azaria Cavasin posted the link to the video and in the heading of her post the name was spelled “NEMUI.” In the video Jenn Laidlaw from Lanes End said the name meant
    “New Beginnings,” but she didn’t elaborate on the spelling of it. I suppose it could be spelled differently.

  27. / Reply

    ZILKHA so far is still assigned to Santa Anita, I guess they haven’t given up on her yet, but she hasn’t been “digitally tattooed” and has no recent works. The ZELLDA colt has no name and probably won’t get one until next year.

    It will be fun seeing who Zellda was sent to this year! Hopefully Zenyatta’s talent reappears in the foals of her daughters.

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      Dear Rebecca:

      There was an article in TDN earlier this year where John S said ZILKHA was having recurring issue with heat in one if her legs. (She hadn’t worked since Oct 2022.)
      Then she had a work on April 2nd this year. Have been checking, but no works since. Guess this heat issue has not resolved.
      Praying she’s 100 percent soon. Bless JS for always doing what’s best for the horses.

      Bless Beautiful ZILKHA.

      Love and Hugs, JB

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      I’m hoping we get to see Zilkha and Nymue race and win. They don’t have to get Black-Type, although that would be fantastic, but I really would like to see Zeny get one winner under her name. The next best thing would be to see Zeny’s girls deliver the Black-Type.

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    I have her in my virtual stable so I was aware of her works. A recurring heat issue is not a good sign…. Hopefully she will be 100% soon or retired like Zellda.

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      Dear Especially Horses, Rebecca and Z Fans

      Hoping for racing success for Zilkha and Nymue and in future for Z’s Grand Babies.

      Most of all for long, happy, healthy lives for all of them.

      Love and Hugs, JB

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      Dear Judy,
      Thanks for posting the article about Two Phil’s being retired. Sending best wishes to him for a happy healthy retirement. He was improving with each race so I hope he can pass his talent along to his offspring.
      Very glad they caught this injury before something awful could happen.
      Hugs and Love 💖

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