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Clearance t-shirts in the new shop.
Clearance t-shirts in the new shop.

Happy Thursday!

Members of our mailing list got a special preview of the all-new Zenyatta Shop yesterday. Now live with a complete redesign, the shop has an easier checkout and some brand new products.

We’re also selling the remaining stock of clearance t-shirts. Sizes and quantities are limited. Once they’re gone, they’re gone!

Next week we’ll head to Lane’s End, so get ready for photos. Follow @teamzenyatta on Twitter and Instagram for updates. Until the end of our trip, orders of $75 qualify for free shipping with the promo code FILLY. Start shopping now!

Enjoy!
Team Z

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    Oh No, Not Street Cry ailing.

    OK many prayers for you and all horses ailing. Our Boy Street Cry please get well.
    Hope you come back to Darley American when your better. Wish so they would put you back in the back pasture with Quiet American and Cherokee Run and Holy Bull.
    You all can live out your golden years together. Get well first beautiful boy. Love you.
    Dear Lord please let him live a lot longer.

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      That’s Darley America, Sorry not American
      Can you tell i’m a little upset. Got to spend some quality time with him visiting Darley a few years ago. Love him.

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        Dear Peggy:

        Join with you and others in worrying about Street Cry: just be assured that the Darley people in the Hunter Valley are totally committed to the horses under their care – it’s a beautiful part of the world and he’s also loved Downunder. St Francis is going to be busy for a while. Hugs KathyR

        • Kathy, I know they’ll take care of him. just so worried. Darley’s just wonderful, Just so hope they stick with him with all they’ve got and get him well. I know you all love him too.

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      Mystery ailment strikes Darley sire Street Cry
      By Bloodstock World Staff 5 SEP 2014
      DARLEY shuttle sire Street Cry is suffering from a neurological ailment that has left him unable to stand for long periods of time.
      The disorder, which has left the 16-year-old severely lame on his right foreleg, means he is unlikely to be able to fulfil his southern hemisphere breeding commitments for the season, which began on Monday.
      Darley Australia managing director Henry Plumptre said breeders had been notified of the situation.
      http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/mystery-ailment-strikes-darley-sire-street-cry/1715207/#newsArchiveTabs=last7DaysNews

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      Dear KathyR

      Many well wished sent out to Black Caviar and her expected little one. Hope PaPa stays calm too. Pacing in America

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    I am so sad to hear about Street Cry and pray Z’s Dad will recover fully.

    Dear Sheena
    NATO meeting in your country this week-looks so serene there.Stark contrast to so many places, hoping for some movement towards peace. I am so sad that Deri is gone,did not see Monty today but sounds like he is still on the Dyfi. This is so hard to see them go with such a big journey ahead. You have been through this 4 time and I bet it doesn’t get easier. Praying for a safe trip for all.
    Dear Max
    I loved the Hovis update as usual.He is a gem-what a good sport for charity. Old Friends showed a video of their wee horse(Little Lucky Charm?) after ice cubes were emptied on her and she wasn’t so calm.Really funny to watch her expresson!! Thanks for the uplifting Hovis news!
    Dear Judy
    Thank-you for the video of Z running free when she came to Lane’s End.I have seen it but had a busy day and it was so nice to watch it again.Had a great day with Dad.He is so sharp and funny,and my cousins really enjoyed their time with him,made him happy too.
    Goodnight to all my Z friends and to Z,Coz,Zi and Princess Love and hugs, Debbie

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      Debbie. Little Silver Charm is no she. He like every other male horse in this world even the tiny ones is madly in love with Zenyatta. He is always trying to get her attention. He wants her to take the ice bucket challenge. No far silence. Z is busy, and too intelligent to throw ice water in her regal self. She does lots of other things for good causes.
      Free the Moose! Beast, Snake, and champ, get your sleep.

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      Dear debbie s:

      Glad you enjoyed Z’s video all over again. Wonderful day with your Dad; that’s great. Love and Hugs, JB

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    Dear KathyR

    I remember a heart warming episode from The New Adventures of Black Beauty where Dr. Gordon saved all these aging horses. Some were even not in the best shape, but he wanted them to live out their lives for as long as they could. In a beautiful huge grazing land. I remember they seemed so at peace. Old people and Old Animals just always hoping they can live out their lives in dignity and always hoping the good lord can grace us with their lives as long as he sees fit without them suffering too much. I believe like Dr. Gordon did.

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      Kathyr

      Just looked up British Actor William Lucas who played Dr Gordon. He is still living and 89 years old. Just adore him. Part of this Black Beatuy series was filmed in Great Britain and New Zealand. I thought I would so like to visit Australia and NewZealand one of the prettiest places I have ever seen on film.

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        Dear Peggy (N):

        The Kiwis are justifiably proud of their country – the landscape is truly magnificent. They get a lot more rain and snow than Australia, and so are far more lush. They’re also a younger country geologically speaking, hence the Swiss-type mountains, whereas Australia is an ancient land and worn down. Cried and cried when I read Black Beauty in my early teens and never saw the series. Hugs KathyR

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        Dear Peggy, Kathy R and Sally:

        Loved the Black Beauty book, and the original movie too as a child. I think it was Black Beauty that made me first fall in love with horses. Love and Hugs, JB

        • Judy,
          Didn’t see the movie or the TV series but sobbed my way through the book. Like you, it really encouraged my love of horses.

          Do kids read Black Beauty these days?

        • Dear Shirlee:

          I hope so; they’re missing out on a beautiful story if they’re not. Seems kids these days are playing video games more than reading books. I guess the lucky ones have parents and grand parents who introduce Black Beauty and other wonderful books that they remember from their childhood to their children and grand children. Love and Hugs, JB

        • Dear Judy,
          I loved the book, also, and I remember crying as well (especially about poor Ginger). It is a great book, and I hope children are still reading it.

          I also loved the Walter Farley books about The Black Stallion and all the others. I used to run around pretending that I was a wild horse, whinnying, snorting, and pawing the ground. What fun that was! Good exercise, too.

          Goodnight and sleep tight! Lots of Hugs and Love

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        Dear Sally, Judy, KathyR, Sheena,

        Black Beauty was just the best wasn’t he. The 70’s British TV Series plus the 90’s one as well was just wonderful.

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    Dear Debbie.Oh,it never gets any easier seeing them leave the Dyfi.I’ve seen Monty a few times today,he had caught a mullet for Deri and was looking for her.I should imagine he will leave tomorrow.His work is done now for another season,it would be so wonderful if one of his chicks survived.Yes,Wales is a lovely place to live and beautiful countryside too.I’m so glad you all had a lovely day and that your Dad is so well.Goodnight Love and hugs Sheena.

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    Shirleyinindy….where did you hear that Lea was ill…..he was entered in the same race as Danny last weekend….Lea was MTO….so when the race stayed on the turf…he was scratched….what happened?
    ….
    Nelly….do not pull a “Tasty” on us …please…Tasty gone but never forgotten…she was suppose to deliver that first foal at the same time as Z…but being Tasty she held out for 3 more weeks….we will all be dropping from all the PACING by then.

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      carol. Aussies say the due date is September 11, nearly another week to go. It’s also only an educated guess because these mares can foal whenever near the date.

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      Carol, He was entered in a race at Churchill today but Bloodhorse.com said he had spiked a fever and been scratched.

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      Carol, The news about Lea was in an article titled Racing Returns to Kentucky. He was to go in the Ack Ack but came up sick.

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        Dear Shirlee and Carol:

        This happened to him in April of this year when he was scratched from the Charles Town Classic after spiking a fever. Sounds like a recurrence? Poor baby. Power Up Lea. Love and Hugs, JB

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    Dear Judy.So sorry to hear about Street CryI could see Peggy mentioning “Black Beauty”I used to love watching the series too.Marty’s FB friends are rising!over 10,000 now.Mango reached NM they took 2 days by road!!All the way from Ohio.Here’s the link to Marty’s FB page.Goodnight God bless you LM PC HT Little Cap Hercules and all the Sweeties.Love and hugs SheenaX
    http://www.facebook.com/martymousetherat

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      Dear Sheena:

      Yes, praying for Street Cry. Glad Mango’s safely in NM. Love and Hugs, JB, LM, PC, HT, Cap, Herc and all the Sweeties

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    The Blood-Horse on Friday Sept 5 2014
    Fast Bullet to Stand at WinStar Farm for 2015
    Grade II-winning sprinter Fast Bullet will stand alongside his sire, Speightstown,
    for the 2015 season at WinStar Farm near Versailles, Ky.
    http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/87216/fast-bullet-to-stand-at-winstar-farm-for-2015?
    From article: Campaigned by Zayat Stables, Fast Bullet stood his first season in 2014 at Ben and Elaine Walden’s Pauls Mill, which will not stand stallions in 2015.

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    Dear Z, COZ, ZI and Z Princess:

    Safe and sound all of you. Sweet Dreams. Love all of you so much. Hugs, JB

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      Thanks for the candle link, Judy B.!
      Just lit one for Z and for Street Cry. Sure hope SC gets well soon!
      Love and Lots of Hugs

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      I lit mine for Street Cry Too. Forgot to initial it. Geez.
      Everyone, please say a special prayer for (Oh gosh I hate to say the word) But prayers needed. Dear Lord, please protect him from laminitis. Oh Gosh,pray so hard for that not to happen.

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        Dear Peggy:

        That’s always a concern. Praying hard to St. Francis to protect him. Love and Hugs, JB

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    Dear Max
    Not only did I get the name wrong,I got the sex wrong .Little Silver Charm,sir,you did a noble thing having ice spilled all over you and I am so sorry Z did not answer your call(or should I say calls) and go for the challenge. She is a busy Momma and involved in other charities.LSC,your photo is all over facebook and someone at Lane’s End is sure to recognize that you would make a wonderful companion during Z;s year off.That is, if you are a gelding,(or perhaps that is not such an issue given the logistics). You have good taste,Z is the Queen. You may be small but you are mighty. Goodnight,Debbie
    ps Hovis,I was so impressed with your ice bucket dip-kudos to you too!!

    Dear Sheens
    Poor Monty with his fish and looking for Deri.He is the best!! I am so thankful I met this little family. .Monty and Glesni may return next year but I guess it takes longer for the young ones to come back-sigh. It has been amazing and inspiring. Big hugs,Debbie

    Dear Judy,
    Those shining candles for Street Cry remind me of all the people praying for him tonight. Rest and recover beautiful boy. .Love and hugs,Debbie

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      Dear Kathy R and Z Fans:

      It’s the “secondary complications” that I’m worried about. Praying to St. Francis to protect him and help the vets to help SC. Love and Hugs, JB

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    The Beast’s people have announced that his surgery went well. No other damage from a chip was found to his ankle. He will be given 75 days off before going back to training. Beast, I’ll be counting down the days. Try to be a good patient.
    Free the Moose. Snake, you’re still in training. Same for you, Danny.

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        KathyR. If I were you, I might want to rethink that idea of a role model. The Beast is known for rearing up and escaping his handlers on a daily basis. In other words, he’s a beast and I doubt that this is going to change. A good role model for the tiny Thurzel would be the tiny Zenyatta. Look how gracious that Z is with everyone. Calm. Sweet. Cooperative. She also has a close relationship with Ann Moss. When Mrs Moss appears, Z always goes over to see her and shows affection. Really don’t think that you can count on the Beast to do that. My advice: Z’s the one.
        Free that Moose! Beast, 71 days. Snake and Champ, enjoy your Saturday.

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      Dear Max:

      Thanks for this good news update on The Beast. Power Up Beastie and listen to Max. Love and Hugs, JB

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      Dear Max,
      Glad to hear about The Beast. Hope things go smoothly and that he has a complete recovery. Get well wishes to The Big Beast!
      Hugs

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    Hi All,
    Have had out of town guests and our annual Humane Society Garage sale so I’ve been busy and will have to catch up.
    Praying for Street Cry to Power Up, and I lit a candle for healing, hope he beats this thing and it doesn’t turn into Laminitus we have lost so many horses this year in one tragic way or another, enough is enough.
    Glad to see Zenny and family are well with no problems. Soon she will be giving up her Zeaster Lily with no baby in the offing. Will sure be strange not waiting and pacing this Spring for her delivery. I guess we all need a vacation once in a while.
    Praying for a safe delivery for BC who is due shortly, certainly hope there are no complications for her or baby.
    Hope all of you on the blog are well, will take time to catch up. hugs

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      Dear Sue Fredrick:

      How did the HMS garage sale go? Praying hard for Street Cry too. Love and Hugs, JB

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        Dear Sweet Judy,
        HMS garage sale went well, what a circus, it’s five days of setting up, collecting items, we do open it up to the whole town for donations, so there are many items and then we have to sort them and price them all. We also include a bake sale and dog and cat items sale which includes home made treats. So between baking and cleaning out our own garages and then setting up we are all exhausted after. Monday is out meeting so we will find out the financial totals, but since we receive no money from the county at all we have to work out butts off just to keep the place running and pay salaries. It makes me feel good to donate my time for this cause as some of the old farmers in the area have told me they should go back to just shooting them like they used to. Imagine that!!
        I was tempted to kick him in the knee but I bit my tongue! LOL Thanks for asking…love and hugs

        • Dear Sue Fredrick:

          God Bless you for all you do for these poor babies. If you ever decide to confront this “farmer” about his suggestion that “they should go back to just shooting them like they used to”, please give him a kick from me too. Love and Hugs, JB

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    Praying for Street Cry and am lighting a candle every night.
    So happy Beast’s surgery went well and will follow his recovery.
    Missing the ospreys on the Dyfi,thanks for the photo of Monty Sheena.He looks so lonely-such a good Dad looking for Deri and waiting this long to make sure she had gone.Godspeed,we will miss you all.
    Power up all sick horses,Z and family may you stay healthy and Zenny,hope you have some good pasture mates for the coming year.
    Hugs,Debbie

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    I just realized that I wrongly decided to stay on the old blog after thinking that’s what we were doing. Just posted a long entry wondering if I’m the only one who couldn’t get the video of Hovis. it is so frustrating. I am on FB, I have updated FlashPlayer, and everything else I know to do, SO very frustrating. Happy weekend, all. Hugs.

    SO distressed to hear about Street Cry. He is still young. I know they are going to keep doing it, but I hate to see our horses shuffled all over the world. That has to be hard on their bodies and internal systems. I just feel it is very risky.

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    Thanks, Sandy and Max. I appear to be cursed electronically. We had friends doing the ice bucket challenge yesterday at the health club, and you guessed it. Jug’s phone camera malfunctioned. I did ask SB to check it out. Hugs to you both.

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    California Chrome, Coming up in minutes now. Here He comes at Los Al
    Will be on the track.
    Can’t wait.

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    Looking at the effect of long distance travel on the horses is very important. Street Cry is so far from home and the travel and getting use to a new place has to be stressful.
    I am thinking about Flower Alley(and others) and plans for him to go to South Africa.
    Judy,you mentoned he is going,I wonder when is that happening?
    There is a link that is called,”Three Chimneys,Second Career and Flower Alley” which has amazing photos of him and describes a day in the life of Flower Alley. His life at Three Chimneys has been about work and making the horse happy..Flower Alley has been ridden every day by Brian VanSteenberg who is “compact and strong but with soft hands and a gentle heart.” (he never carries a whip).The stallions at Three Chimneys are ridden in the early am, have breakfast then,work and have 15-17 hrs running free in the good weather. I would like Flower Alley to stay where he is.I do think the horses are put at risk with shuttling long distances and sending them to operations overseas, it makes me sad.Hope Street Cry makes a complete recovery and is able to come home one day. Debbie S

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      Debbie. It’s a very good idea to give the stallions some exercise. Not all farms do that. Three Chimneys is known to exercise by riding. But they never rode Big D. Nobody had the nerve to try to get near him much less ride Big D. I read that Frankel on the other hand over in England is hand walked for exercise. I think that he gets about 7 miles a day. When you are a top horsey athlete, it is hard to go from daily training to nothing at all.
      Free the Moose. Beast, are you asleep yet? Sack time too for the Snake and the Champ.

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        JudyB. Flower Alley was owned by Eugene Melnyck, but he recently sold off his breeding and racing assets. I think that he owns an NHL team in Canada and is concentrating on hockey. Twice Over, Henry Cecil’s favorite horse, was sold to the South Africans. Dan’s dam sire, Wolf Power, was South African. Few are finer than that handsome gray. However, SA is a long way away from Kentucky or Newmarket.
        Free the Moose! Beast, you’re staying in NY. Snake and Danny, you’re not going anywhere either. Dan, even your trip to Toronto has been cancelled.

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    Dear Peggy
    Love him too and have been waiting for this moment. Hope you have a good trip and come home safe Chrome!!!!

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    Debbie,

    He’s heading back to his barn. Wow………………….Such a great work. He looked just Gorgeous. Such a treat today to get to see him.
    That work looked wonderful to me.

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      Peggy. Is there a video of his workout? Welcome back Chromie.
      Free the Moose! Beast, get well. Snake, dream of winning again. Danny, same for you. Kick butt always, you guys.

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