Good Morning,
I hope all of you are having a lovely weekend. I am. One of the things MY TEAM always loves to do is relax and watch videos when they have a free moment.
Well, several of you have been asking for more videos of me. I’m not sure if you know how to get to a collection of them we have done recently….many with Sarah’s fabulous help. We have posted them on my FACEBOOK page.
This is how you get to them. Click on the FACEBOOK ICON in the upper right hand corner of my Web-site. It will take you to MY FACEBOOK PAGE (and only my page). Go down the left hand column until you see the word VIDEO. Click on this…and it will take you to lots of FUN MINI-MOVIES of ME!
ENJOY YOUR SUNDAY and these videos! I love all of them…but the one from January 21…Z AT PLAY (it is on the top column…and runs for 1:31 minutes)…is one of my FAVORITES! But…like I said…they are ALL VERY SPECIAL TO ME!
With Love,
Hugs to ALL~
Z
PS…Many of you are also asking about the date I will be bred. As Dottie explained in an earlier DIARY, it is all about my system and how I am doing, ovulating etc. So…at this time, nothing yet is specific…other than I am one very healthy GIRL! Yippee! This is fabulous news!
Amanda Gilliland
My Sweet Lady Zenyatta, I hope you had a wonderfully relaxing Sunday! Thanks for all the videos. They are all GREAT! Because they are of you! I Thank God for giving you to us, Zenyatta and for Him giving you to wonderful owners, The Mosses & The Sherriffs that have and I know will always take such great care of you!! They have always put your safety, health & happiness 1st!!
Happy Valentine’s Day Zenyatta!!!!
I love you so much, Sending Hugs& Kisses to You From Alabama, Amanda G
Sheri
Thats cool Zenny! I cant wait to check them out! And I cant wait for you to be bred and see how fabulous your foal will be!!! Love you Zenyatta!!! And by the way, have you thought of a name for the foal yet? Love ya! :D
Dani
Hello Z. It was a nice weather day here in Washington and I imagined you poking your nose around the grass outside my apartment building. It’s a little noisy here though and there is nothing bluegrass about the grass around here. So seeing John’s lovely photo of you silouhetted against a frosty paddock with other mares far off in the distance made me very happy that you were where you were and that Mr. and Mrs. Moss picked the most beautiful place for you to live. The videos are all so special and everytime I watch them I see more and more how you’ve grown to love your new home as well. And while you still have your wonderful little dance, you’ve now added that ‘jump for joy’ as mentioned in your last diary posting and of course the look of sheer elation when you take off in one of your gallops around the paddock. You look as if you are soaring above the ground.
Such sights bring me a feeling of bliss. What would it have been like not to have you come into my life? While there are things that make me feel blissful, none do in the special way that just catching the sight of you galloping spirit free can. You are one of the biggest smiles of my life.
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Did they tell you that three of your former stable mates from Barn 55 did well this weekend? Today Harmonious and Shamino finished 3rd, both very gamely, and yesterday in a very thrilling race, Zardana just missed winning by a neck. Great race!
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Speaking of Barn 55, I just wanted to wish Maggie who created the website Backside 55 ( http://www.backside55.com ) all the best. If you’ve never visited her site, she chronicled what it was like to work on the backside of the racetrack, specifically Barn 55. Most of us are familiar with Barn 55 because of Zenyatta, but Maggie took readers deeper into that world and you got to really know John’s team and the horses, how a barn operates and so much more about thoroughbred racing itself. Her photographs were beautiful as well. But as can happen with us all, personal and professional obligations have come to pass so that she is no longer going to be able to continue the site. Please give a visit if you haven’t already and check out her Facebook for previous ‘notes’ from the Backside. All the best Maggie.
Monica Horn
hey Z! just spent a few hours on Sat. taking recording of your 2010 Breeder’s Cup day and Eclipse awards night off of the DVR and burning them to a disc, editing out the commercials. Time well spent! Now I have a wonderful keepsake of the final part of your racing career! I’m sure I’ll watch it over and over.
Elaine
Thank you, Zenyatta…I am having a fabulous week-end with my brand new granddaughter who was born on 2/11/2011. She is adorable. You will find babies are wonderful!
Luvhorses
The tribute to Ferdinand was a very beautiful story
Of a special horse and the significant humans in his life
There is a Ferdinand Ball that raises money for Old
Friends, which I am going to send a donation.
Horses are wonderful delicate creatures that should
Be loved whether the are winning or breeding sucessfully.
Sweet Dreams Zenny and all of your Teams.
Wishing you swift ovulation and desire so you
Can meet your mate Bernardini!!!!
Penelope Ashton
I love Zenyatta, her fans and especially Team Zenyatta. Thank you for the site and videos and updates. Cannot wait for her foal.
Kay
Z! HONEY, if that’s a recent picture of you, you don’t look like you’ve gained an ounce. Girl, you look great! All the best.
Sunny Boyd
@ Astrid
cool.
Good Evening, Zenyatta
yes, you are quite the movie star, and your supporting cast isn’t bad looking either. I have the video you mentioned especially, on my page, and since your such a movie connoisseur I watched your fav movie. Yes, all there’s missing is that leap in the air with all four all at once. Chuckle time :)
Tomorrow is a special day :)
Well, dear girl, get some shut-eye, and carrot dreams.
Sunny Boyd
@ Elaine : Congrats :) :)
Patricia
Have a wonderful Valentine’s Day tomorrow, sweet girl! You have more valentines than you will ever know – we love you!!!!
Linda in NJ
@Nancy: I am disappointed in your comment, too.
Bobbie from WI
@Lynn. I also have Vizslas and one of the reasons I love them is because when they move they remind me of horses. You can see every muscle and tendon and their coats are like a horse’s coat in warm weather–soft and silky. Z,thanks for the wonderful pictures, videos and updates. They make my day.
SANDRA
Hi Zenyatta! :)
Joan
Z, have a nice V day tomorrow,I’m sure you will have a bag full of candy form all your fans. Love ya Z.
Peggy
Zen have a wonderful Valentines Day. Much love to you hugs and kisses. And, @Nancy I was dissappointed in your comment as well. For some of us God is the most important thing in everything. Love Ya Zen Love, Peggy
Holly Zemba
I will watch the videos and I’m sure I’ll love every single one of them. Again thanks for sharing them with your fans!!
Mariel
I am sure that it will go just fine when the time comes,Zennie.Until then continue to Love Life & we will continue to watch you do so! We LOVE it!
Hilltophorsewoman No Cal
Dear Zenyatta and Connections, Happy Valentines Day to everyone. It was a perfect sunny day here in the 60’s. Spent a “Zen” afternoon at the barn, hanging with the horses. It is my spiritual place. Thanks for all of the videos. What wonderful memories.
audreyc
love you, Z….again, my leased mare is related to you through Raise a Native, Native Dancer, and has a few other descendents in common (quite a bit of Princequillo- like Bernardini- in her line) as well. This very forward mare,has such pretty moves, like you – she is a dancer. She didn’t like to jump very much, and got too tense, a few years ago, when she was asked to solely do this, (under great pressure from another rider). I started from scratch with her – lots of bonding, ground work, natural horsemanship, join up and mirroring first.
I picked up on and really appreciated her aptitude and preference for fluid, dressage, beautiful moves, and love of diversion and variety. Like you, she so loves to dance. So, I work on her gorgeous sidepasses, to a forward canter, back to a relaxed trot, to a small cross rail jump, to a serpentine, to a free walk, to a turn on the haunches. I often bring my MP3 player, ear plugs in, and we go with the rythm. I try very hard to listen to her, and understand, the way John did with you…. She is so very beautiful and elegant, like you, and she is also very sensitive.Wow, I am so lucky to have her in my life…I am sooo hoping to purchase her…..perhaps, if the stars so align, it will be so. Anyway, just my story, and hers, who is a very distant cousin of yours, sweet mare!
Luvhorses
@Lynn
I have a two year old vizhla male. He looks so
Awesome when he runs and does field work. He
Reminds me of horses also. They make good field
Trial dogs. (hunting on horseback). He does love
To go to the barn.
Maria
Happy Valentine’s Day Queen Z. I love you.
Dawn Conrad
Dearest, Zenyatta. It is the end of quiet Sunday evening. Wanted to check in before I head to bed. Always love your videos, you are such a star! I cannot thank everyone of Team Z enough for all that they do. It is greatly appreciated. Dottie, your writing is wonderful, John the pictures are great and Sarah, what fun to be the official videographer of Zenny. Wishing you all the best. Sweet dreams, beautiful. Hug and kisses. XXXOOO
Yvonne and Maurice Kirby
Hi Zenyatta. Happy Valentine’s Day to you, your BBFs, all your teams and friends and everyone reading your daily diaries. Have the best day ever!
judy berube
Dear Z, Thank you and Dottie. We love all the videos. Happy Valentine’s Day sweet girl. Love to all of you. Judy and Russ
Jean Moore
Beautiful Zenyatta, Happy Valentine’s Day to you pretty girl, to Dottie and John, the whole Team Z, including the Lane’s End team and to all your devoted fans. I’ll bet you receive more cards that need be, but then you are the world’s valentine. Be safe and enjoy this day. Much Love sent to You.
mj
The story of Ferdinand was beautiful yet heartbreaking. It isn’t just about the Champions, but all the horses that have been swept under the rug when they are no longer useful, or the owners can no longer afford them. All of us need to share in their survival by words, donations, or volunteering. Whatever works for each individual. Thank you so much Zenny and your family with helping this cause. Happy Valentine’s Day to all!!
Dani
Happy Valentine’s Day to you Zenny and to Dottie and John, Mr. and Mrs. Moss, the Z Teams at Barn 55 and Lanes’ End. All of you have hearts as big as the sea and have shared them with us and made us better people for it. Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you who post here. Your hearts are true in your love and appreciation for the greatest filly of all time and it is so wonderful to share that connection with you.
Patricia
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY Z! You constantly fill our hearts with love & joy!
Theresa Buck
HAPPY VALENTINE ZENNY