Zenyatta Statue Unveiling: Live from Santa Anita
Live video for mobile from Ustream The Zenyatta statue will be unveiled in Santa Anita’s Paddock Gardens area at noon (PDT), Saturday September 29. Watch the ceremony live here on Zenyatta.com courtesy of HRTV. LEGENDARY MARE ZENYATTA TO BE HONORED FOR ALL-TIME WITH LIFE-SIZED STATUE IN SANTA ANITA’S PADDOCK GARDENS AREA, UNVEILING SET FOR SEPTEMBER 29 ARCADIA, Calif. (Sept. 14, 2012)—The legendary Zenyatta, winner of the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita and Horse of the Year in 2010, will be honored for all-time by Santa Anita Park as a life-sized statue of the great mare will be unveiled in Santa Anita’s Paddock Gardens area on the first Saturday of Santa Anita’s upcoming Autumn Meet, on Sept. 29. Additionally, the inaugural Grade I, $250,000 Zenyatta Stakes (formerly the Lady’s Secret), a race won by Zenyatta over three consecutive years from 2008 through 2010, will be run on Sept. 29…. Continue Reading
Big Weekend…
Happy Friday! It’s going to be quite an exciting weekend for all of Zenyatta’s fans! We just added a new photo gallery with lots of recent images of 12Z. We’ll continue to add to this gallery as he gets older. Check it out here. Additionally, a life-sized bronze statue of our Queen Z will be unveiled at Santa Anita Park tomorrow. We will be streaming the events live on Zenyatta.com courtesy of HRTV! The stream will be posted this evening, with the ceremony happening tomorrow at 12 pm PDT. Check back soon! -Team Z
Breyer Zenyatta Foal Available for Pre-Order
Zenyatta.com is proud to announce the exclusive release and pre-order for the special glossy limited edition of the new Breyer Zenyatta Foal. An instant classic, this charming keepsake is the perfect complement to any horselover’s collection Zenyatta captured the racing world’s attention with her scintillating performances resulting in 19 victories and one nail-biting photo finish loss in 20 career starts. Following her spectacular racing campaign spanning three years and culminating in a 2010 Eclipse Award for the Horse of the Year, the gentle dark bay giantess, known to many as simply “The Queen,” was retired to begin her new calling as a mom. Zenyatta was bred to the popular sire and muliple-stakes winner Bernardini, who won his own Eclipse Award as Champion 3-Year-Old Male Horse of the Year in 2006. This coupling of royal bloodlines led to one of the most highly anticipated births in thoroughbred racing history. On the… Continue Reading
Dottie & John Visit Lane’s End
Happy Wednesday! While recently in Kentucky for the Keeneland Yearling sales, Dottie and John went by the farm to say hello to Zenyatta and to meet “Baby Z”. John was tickled when Zenyatta came right over to say hello, and watching baby 12Z running in the paddock with his friends was pure delight! It was great time for all. Enjoy the photos from their visit! -Team Z
Ask The Experts #12
Q: If a mare, for whatever reason, misses a “date” with a stallion, is it difficult to make up? Does one person juggle the breeding schedules for all the stallions and mares? Barbara Wood Waco, TX A: Here at Lanes End we rarely miss a mare’s heat cycle due to the stallion being too busy. We work very hard to communicate with the mare’s boarding farm and do our best to accommodate each mare on the day that is requested. If it does occur we try to give the mare that we missed preferential treatment next time she comes into heat and is “back on the books”. We have two people here at Lane’s End Farm that juggle the bookings. The stallions are divided between us at the beginning of the year, since we have a large number of them. We each book half the stallions for the season. We also… Continue Reading
Ask The Experts #11
Q: A while back you had a great informational piece about hoof management for Baby Z. I was wondering what you do to take care of his teeth? Do horses have baby teeth they lose to make room for permanent teeth like humans? Vicki Vinson Apple Valley, CA A: The oral cavity of a young growing horse is undergoing constant change. Unlike humans, horses have hypsodont teeth that are constantly erupting. From the time a foal is born to the time the horse is an adult, the number of teeth increases from 0-6 as a foal to 36-44 as a full mouthed adult. The average horse has a full mouth of 36-44 teeth (4 rows of 11) by the age of 4 years. During the first four years, it is important to routinely evaluate the oral cavity for congenital (born with) and developmental (acquired) disorders. If congenital and developmental disorders… Continue Reading
Ask The Experts #10
Q: I have a question about the colts and fillies that are newly weaned. I understand that 12Z is in with a group of buddies right now and that one of them is a filly. Yet I thought colts got put with colts and fillies were kept separate, so there are no rivalries. My guess is that much like kids, at very young ages they don’t really “recognize” the difference. Am I right, and when does that start to change? Or does it completely depend on the personalities of the individual horses? And for that matter, when do the colts have to be in separate paddocks? At what ages do those separations need to start happening? Julie Malida Arlington Heights, IL A:At this stage, the weanlings are mixed and not separated by gender. We will not separate them until later in the year. They don’t have a real understanding of… Continue Reading
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