Happy Friday!
If you’ve been waiting for an update about Zenyatta’s boys, this post is for you. Brothers Cozmic One and Ziconic spent the last few months with John Shirreffs at Belmont Park. They are pictured above eating some of their favorite treats, sweet potato for Ziconic and carrot juice for Coz.
This month, John and Dottie moved the horses back to Santa Anita for the winter. We’ll let you know how they’re settling in next week.
Here are a few photos from Ziconic’s November 25 workout at Belmont Park and a couple of Coz breezing as well. Photos courtesy of Dottie Ingordo-Shirreffs.
Enjoy!
Team Z
Gloria
Yay! The boys are back in town! Hope to see them run at the Santa Anita meet. Happy holidays to Team Z.
Judy Berube from Rhode Island
Dear Team Z:
Thank you for this update on Z’s gorgeous boys. They both look wonderful. Love COZ’s carrot mustache and ZI, like Mama, favors Sweet Potatoes. Love and Hugs, JB
Judy Berube from Rhode Island
Dear Sheena:
Goodnight. Love and Hugs, JB, LM, PC, HT, Cap, Herc, Frank, Bentley and all the Sweeties
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Judy.Lovely pics of Treve on her FB.I am glad you enjoyed the video of Gleneagles.It’s such a shame the weather ruined the latter half of his career but that’s the UK for you!!Goodnight God bless you LM PC HT Cap Hercules Frank Bentley and all the sweeties.Love and hugs SheenaX
Judy Berube from Rhode Island
Dear Sheena:
Thanks. Will check out Treve’s Facebook. Glen is so gorgeous. Love and Hugs, JB
Judy Berube from Rhode Island
Dear Mama Z, COZ, ZI and Montey:
Z, your boys look wonderful. Happy Dreams to all of you. Sweet Baby Dreams Z. Love You. Hugs, JB
Z Princess, Dubai, will always love you.
sheena.davies(wales)
Such a treat to see the boys again!And Ziconic working so well as is Coz..Hopefully we will see them on the racecourse soon but we know John is patient!Good to see their liking for sweet potato and carrot juice.Thank you very much for these updates.Love and hugs SheenaX
Linda R. Moss
The BoyZ are back in Town! Look forward to seeing you soon – Love & Hugs, George, Linda, and Milyone!
Maryp ny
Love Zenyatta’s boys to the moon and back!
Lori Stein
Big Z has the most beautiful colts. I’m fascinated with Ziconic, he’s just so unusual looking to come out of Z by Tapit. Both are stunners!!!
Deb E.
If you look at the pictures and videos of Zenyatta interacting with Ziconic right after his birth, you can see how enamored she was of her red baby. I think she was just as surprised as her human family and all of us were that she had had a chestnut baby! They certainly made a striking pair out in the pasture together; the regal queenly dark chocolate coloring of Zenyatta contrasting with the bright copper penny red of Ziconic against green fields and blue sky. Just beautiful!
Tizgood
Dear Deb E,
It was so funny to see Zenyatta with a chestnut baby and I agree she was a little surprised to see him. Wonder what she would have thought if he would have been
a grey. What an unusual pair that would have been galloping in the pasture; he would have been black at first but then lightened up.
And to thing he has her Amazing beam – and that great gallop out and focus. That focus is one of her signature marks as well. Their was an article in bloodhorse about her ability to focus on the leader from the back of the pack and actually take aim, measure the distance between herself and the leader and catch that leader at or close to the wire; there is a racing term for that gift and it slips my mind now. Maybe Zi has this gift to? Love CoZ and his carrot juice mustache and sly look at the camera – oh you caught me !!!! Good breeze CoZ.
Love and hugs
Tizgood
think not thing – sorry
hattonsghost
❤ Thanks to you, Team Z, we have been able to follow Zenyatta’s boys from baby bump to birth and beyond. So appreciated!
carol rose
Glad to see the boys together and sharing the good life. Exactly the way Zenyatta’s boys should be treated. Keep up the good work Team Zenyatta. I’m betting they will enjoy the sunshine and working out on mom’s favorite track! Love being able to follow Coz and Ziconic as well as the updates and photos of beautiful Zenyatta. Thanks again for sharing!!
Carol
Sharyn
Love seeing updates on these gorgeous boys!!
Jan S. / Houston
Can’t wait to see the run! ?
Shema Satya
So happy to get news on the boys, and love learning about their snacks. Coz’s carrot muzzle is adorable!
Dani Master
Can’t wait to see them run again. Thanks so much for the update. Will Sheriffs be coming back with them??
Tizgood
He is in california, now with them.
Debbie Davis
The boys are looking really good..Love seeing them..
Linda
can’t wait to see them race…so exciting!!
Deb E.
Zenny, you make such handsome sons! Those muscles on Ziconic are just beautiful! And you can tell see that big beam he inherited from both his mother and certain other ancestors! Reminds of someone…hmmmmmmm… Cozzy looks like he’s coming along well; he looks so much like his gorgeous mom! His orange carrot juice muzzle is so CUTE! I wonder if the brothers are tolerating each other because their first face-to-face meeting this past summer was kind of fraught with tension. I hope they can become friendly.
Terri Z
And Debbie E., don’t forget the three white socks on the correct feet too. It looks like Secretariat took over Tapit’s body when he impregnated Zenyatta.
Deb E.
It’s frightening, all the similarities between Zi and his 3-times great-grandfather. Not to mention the fact that Zi was born in 2013 which was the 40th anniversary of Big Red’s Triple Crown triumph, AND he shares his mother’s April 1st birthday, no slouch on the racetrack she!
LauraJ_Cincinnati
Unfortunately, the boys are never going to be buddies. Two stud colts are not going to be put within striking distance of one another.
Terri Z
I wonder if the Mosses will invite Penny Chenery or her team over to see Zenny’s boys when they are at Santa Anita to give the Vox Populi Award to American Pharoah.
Secretariat’s team would really get a kick out of seeing Ziconic’s bright copper coat, build, and three white socks.And Coz looks like his sire, Bernie.
Deb E.
I would LOVE to see Penny’s reaction to Zi! I’ll bet she’d break down and cry.
Tizgood
Dear Terry Z and Deb E,
Would love to see Penny’s reaction to Zi as well; he sure does resemble Secretariat; with a Zenyatta/Tapit flare. Wish he could have raced at 2, but I think his body was not mature enough although his mind has been ready since he was a yearling.
I would think she would be there to present the Vox Populi since it went to the TC winner; hope she is still healthy enough to travel.
Love and hugs
Elizabeth in NM
Wonderful and exciting times ahead, Zenny, for your two boys! Love the ‘toast’ with carrot juice!
Thanks so much Team Z for this wonderful website! I’ve grown to love not only Queen Z, but this amazing group of fans that I now consider ‘my family’.
Love to everyone, Elizabeth
PS Dear Sheena, absolutely loved the video of the 3 horses united! What a marvelous woman who brought them all back together again!
Donna
Someone please tell me how team Z discovered that Ziconic likes sweet potatoes.Thanks
Tizgood
JS feeds all of his horses very exotic different foods and he tries all sorts of things with them; this keeps their minds interested and less stressed. So it seems he found what they both liked. Zenyatta always drank Guiness stout; the dark beer. I don’t remember him telling us what unusual vegetables he fed her, though. I am sure there were some.
Bluegrass Girl
Read Ziconic tweet that he was back and loving California.
So, I knew they were back in town. That plus the workouts.
Perfect time of year to get out of cold New York-although it has been mild this year.
Looking forward to their races.
Thank you for the update.
Thanks Dottie for the great photos.
♥ Auntie Judy aka JAG / So. CA ♥
♥ WHOA! Merry Christmas to us on the West Coast!! Awesome gift! This news has made me s-o-o-o happy!
I will be sure to get to Clocker’s Corner soon so I can, hopefully, see them on the track :-)
Welcome home, Team Shirreffs. Dottie, I hope to see cutie pie, ♥ Sophie!
Love, to all XO Auntie Judy
Sally B. (Auntie cherishes Z and her young)
To my wonderful friend Dottie (and former voice of Z), thank you so much for posting these pics of Coz and Ziconic! I love to be kept updated with such news and pics of
Zenyatta’s awesome sons. Of course I always cherish anything about Zenyatta.
They have my heart and prayers in the challenges on the race track.
love, Auntie Sally B
Sally B. (Auntie cherishes Z and her young)
Zenyatta, rest with sweet dreams
love you with kisses and to your sons
loving z princess and my dear friend Sir
Auntie Sally B
Mary M
Would love to know if their sibling rivalry would initiate a spark of fire in Coz in an actual race; if they daily “worked alongside of each other in daily workouts”.
Tizgood
Dear Mary,
JS would not pair two “babies” to work together. They are both learning to race.
If he had a work mate with either; it would be a more experience racehorse;
that could show them something they did not know or challenge them in some way.
I think that he has paired CoZ before in some works and in his last blog explained how he paired him.
Usually pairing a horse in a work is to motive them; some horses are fine working by
themselves and you can see the comments below Ziconic’s works that he is doing fine
by himself. Horses like Wise Dan; can motivate them selves. If you look at CC works you will hear Art Sherman say; CC is getting himself ready for the race just fine.
Zenyatta worked with other horses because of her style; she was a closer so they had
her catch the front running horse. They had to use two horses for her to catch because she was so intimidating to other horses.
Love and hugs
Darlene Daniels
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Team Z you have made my day. Thank you Dottie for these wonderful photos and all you do.
Zenyatta I love you forever my angel and your boys hold a very big part of my heart.
Barbara Wood
Thank you so much for sharing these pictures with us. SO glad they will escape the northern clime for sunny California. Hugs to all.
Marshall (NC Broad)
Thanks for the update on Coz and Ziconic!
Great photos, Dottie!
So good to see Z’s boys.
Hugs and Love
linda volk
Dottie,
Thank you so much for these pictures and little stories about the boys.
Joyous holidays and a safe and happy New Year to all.
laughed out loud a Coz’s orange nose with ears askew.
Donna H
Oh, yaaay!! I’ve waited with baited breath to see these two gorgeous boys. Isn’t it amazing how our love for our Queen carries over to her wonderful offspring? Love them all! Thanks for the photos and news. Counting the days till the new arrival!