Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday Dear Zenyatta
Happy Birthday to You!
Scroll down for photos of Zenyatta’s birthday party at Lane’s End.
Happy Easter, everyone!
Happy Birthday, Zenyatta!
Queen of Racing
Queen of Racing
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday Dear Zenyatta
Happy Birthday to You!
Scroll down for photos of Zenyatta’s birthday party at Lane’s End.
Happy Easter, everyone!
sheena.davies(wales)
Ryan Moore will return from Kentucky to ride Happily in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket on sunday.
Ann NC
Hopefully flying on Cloud Nine. Mendy has really been putting on a show.
Best Wishes. Thanks for coming.
judy berube
Dear Ann:
Read that Mendy has been full of himself since arriving at Churchill. Article said he seemed to float over the Churchill track when he jogged on Thursday. Beautiful boy. Godspeed all; safe and sound. Good luck handicapping. Love and Hugs, JB
Bluegrass Girl
11 Runners this weekend
China Horse Club @Chinahorseclub Friday, 4 May, 2018
As cool as ever, Baffert takes us back to Churchill for Derby weekend.
We have 11 runners- Abel Tasman, Sassy Sienna, Always Dreaming, Good Samaritan,
New York Central, National Flag, Locomotion, Yoshida, Ivy Belle, Audible and Justify #FingersCrossed #safetrip
Ingrid Arnone
Dear Z Fans,
Enjoy this great weekend,
i’m going to try even if i have this terrible pain in my broken shoulder an arm….
big hugs to all, Ingrid.
shirleeinindy
Ingrid,
Hope you can enjoy all the races and be able to pick a winner. Take care of yourself and heal up quickly.
Darlene Daniels
Oh no! I am so sorry you have a broken shoulder and arm. Sounds so painful. Heal quickly. You are in my prayers for a speedy recovery. Hugz, Darlene
judy berube
Dear Ingrid:
Oh, so sorry to hear of your painful condition. Sending healing prayers. Love and Hugs, JB
Ann NC
Oh no. Hope you will be on the mend. Sorry this happened to you. Love and hugs!
Marshall (NC Broad)
Dear Ingrid,
Try to stay comfortable and enjoy the racing. Hope you feel better — sit, stay. HEAL!!
Good Girl. :-)
Hugs and Love
Ingrid Arnone
thank my dear friends, you always give so much love.
i know your prayers will be heard.
yes is very painful….
i bet on justify i won…
love and hugs ingrid.
Bluegrass Girl
Kentucky Oaks Race Replay
Kentucky Derby @KentuckyDerby
A battle to the finish. Monomoy Girl wins the Longines Kentucky Oaks!
https://twitter.com/KentuckyDerby/status/992537521669144576
Tom Hall @lordatwar 4 May, 2018
Monomoy Girl, 3yo f by Tapir (Tapit) o/o Henny Hughes (Hennessy) mare Drumette (Shy Dancer family) won gr1 Ky Oaks for Allen Racing & Bloom Racing at CD over
Wonder Gadot (Medaglia d’Or) and Midnight Bisou (Midnight Lute)
Max
A win for the chestnuts. Let’s hope that this is only the beginning.
Marshall (NC Broad)
Max and BGG,
And what a beautiful chestnut she is! Congrats Monomoy Girl and well done!
That was an exciting finish — Wonder Gadot is lovely, too.
Cheers!
Marshall (NC Broad)
Congratulations to Florent Gerioux, also — great ride on MG!! Almost entirely a hand ride. Monomoy doesn’t react very well to the whip, obviously. :-)
Hugs and Cheers
Max
Flo was supervised by Gun Runner, which explains why Gun speaks French.
sheena.davies(wales)
Congratulations Monomoy Girl!
judy berube
Dear Sheena:
Yes, she ran a wonderful race. Congrats Beauty. Love an Hugs, JB
Ann NC
Congrats to Monomy Girl. Great win! Beautiful girl. Great ride.
Ann NC
Monomoy….Happy Derby Day. Yippee!!!
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Judy.I have’nt heard anything about Ebby’s colt by Oasis Dream.No one seems to know who he is with yet.They say Meghan’s dress is going to cost £100,000 a sketch in the mailonline.Prince Philip hopes to attend only flower girls and pageboys.Teddy is back on his hooves.He found it very funny they described him as a horse in ICU!Goodnight God bless you LM PC HT and all the sweeties.Love and hugs SheenaX
judy berube
Dear Sheena:
Wow, that’s strange isn’t it. So glad little Teddy is doing better. Meghan’s dress must be stunning. She will be a gorgeous bride I think. Goodnight. Love and Hugs, JB, LM and all the Sweeties
judy berube
Dear Mama Z, COZ, ZI, BBG and DC:
Exciting day of racing tomorrow Z. Goodnight and Happy Dreams all. Love You. Hugs JB
Z Princess, Dubai, Baby Z, will always love you.
sheena.davies(wales)
Safe trips to all horses and jockeys both sides of the pond today.We will miss Aidan in Newmarket today.Good luck to all at Badminton too.
sheena.davies(wales)
Aidan may be over with you but Saxon Warrior has just won the 2000 guineas for him with his son Donnacha on board.He has matured well over the winter now favourite for the Derby.Aidan’s 9th Guineas but wonderful to see the 50-1 shot Tip Two Win come 2nd.Congratulations Saxon,Aidan,Donnacha and team Ballydoyle.Deep Impact the sire.
sheena.davies(wales)
Talk of a Triple Crown bid??
Marshall (NC Broad)
Dear Sheena,
Congrats all around! Nice that Aidan’s son was aboard Saxon Warrior for the win. You gotta be excited when a 50-1 shot does as well as Tip Two Win!
Thanks for keeping us informed on the races in the UK.
Hugs and Love
Max
39-1 long shot takes the Pat Day on the KD undercard. Funny Duck wins in the mud for Calumet and chestnuts.
judy berube
Dear Max:
What a race; congrats Duck. He took to the track surface like a duck. Chestnuts rule. Love and Hugs, JB
Marshall (NC Broad)
Dear Judy,
Too Cute!! I saw that name and thought how wonderful if he would win — lo and behold he won! Congratulations to Funny Duck — you took to that track like a duck to water.
Hugs and Love
shirleeinindy
Judy and Max,
I wan on the Funny Duck bandwagon too. He seemed to really like all that water and mud.
Max
It looks like mud is a favorite of all chestnuts. Biscuits should market mud masks for horses. Zenyatta loves the mud too.
judy berube
Dear Marshall, Shirlee and Max:
Too cute. Love and Hugs, JB
judy berube
Dear Sheena:
Like Aidan very much. When asked if he thought Mendy could go with group, he said humbly; he didn’t know. Lots of folks think he can. Goodnight. Love and Hugs, JB, LM and all the Sweeties
Max
That race showed that poor Mendelssohn was both unprepared and outclassed on dirt. He might have more success back on turf. The chestnuts on the other hand really went for it.
judy berube
Dear Mama Z, COZ, ZI, BBG and DC:
Have a peaceful evening and Happy Dreams. Goodnight. Love all of you so much. Hugs, JB
Z Princess, Dubai, Baby Z, will always love you.
Bluegrass Girl
Excellent article on Derby sires – past and present
Nearly Half The Kentucky Derby Field Is Racing Against A Half-Brother
And if the horse in the next stall isn’t a half-brother, he’s definitely some kind of cousin.
By Pia Catton and Gus Wezerek in FiveThirtyEight
Filed under Horse Racing Published May 4, 2018
In every Kentucky Derby, breeding is the silent, invisible force that can play a huge role in deciding the outcome of the race. What’s unusual about the 2018 Kentucky Derby is the sameness of the breeding.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nearly-half-the-kentucky-derby-field-is-racing-against-a-half-brother/
Janie (in L.A.)
Yay Mikie and Justify! Way to go!
Kathy
Congratulations Justify, Mike, Bob Baffert, the owners and all other connections!
sheena.davies(wales)
Congratulations to Justify winning in the slop.And congratulations to Aidan getting his 300th grade one victory.He is such a modest gentle guy and a master at his craft.A shame about the ground for Mendelssohn.Justify is some horse though and congrats to Mike as well.
Max
You were right about the choice that Moore made. He should have stayed with Warrior. He gave a good interview to NBC. Nice fellow, and taller than most of the US jockeys.
Marshall (NC Broad)
Dear Sheena,
So sorry that Mendelssohnn had such a hard time — he got slammed/squeezed out right at the first by several coming in on him. Aidan is quite a nice man and so is Ryan. That is one handsome horse though. What a sloppy day!
Congrats to Justify and all connections! He is one beautiful chestnut, and Mike Smith is one outstanding guy.
Hugs and Love
shirleeinindy
Marshall,
I saw an interview with several of the Derby trainers and they all said that 14 gate was one they didn’t want since what happened to Mendelssohn had occurred several times especially in those huge fields. Poor guy, he got it from all sides. It is a shame he didn’t get to run his race. My boy, Instilled Regard was one of them who came in on him.
judy berube
Dear Shirlee:
Peggy and I were talking about that too. It’s a tough post to navigate. Hope Mendy is no worse for the wear. Love and Hugs, JB
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Judy.We have a chick at Manton Bay and the Dyfi believe Blue 24 is incubating on a nest 40 miles north.At last she may become a mother.We have more racing tomorrow and Ryan will be home!Goodnight God bless you LM PC HT and all the sweeties.Love and hugs SheenaX
sheena.davies(wales)
Some lovely new photos of Prince Louis with his sister Charlotte in the sunday papers.He is a very bonny baby.Love and hugs
Max
I saw those photos which were taken by Kate. She’s pretty good as a photographer. Nice looking baby.
judy berube
Dear Sheena:
Another adorable Prince. Lovely family. Love and Hugs, JB
judy berube
Dear Sheena:
Happy for Blue. Mendy had a rough trip. Hope he came out OK. He’s just gorgeous. Love and Hugs, JB
Sally Blank (cherishes Z and her foals)
Another one terrific exciting race at the Derby. I am thrilled for Justify and for Mike Smith. I really did like several horses in this race. What a messy track. Any horse and rider behind a couple horses were so covered, and Justify and Mikey so clean!!
Did I hear right that a couple of trainers/owners already said they would not race against Justify at the Preakness?
So on to the Preakness for another big test.
Hugs to all,
Sally B
Sally Blank (cherishes Z and her foals)
I love you and miss you Zenyatta
kisses to you and all your foals
Lovingly
Auntie Sally B
judy berube
Dear Max, Marshall, Sheena, Sally and Z Fans:
Chestnuts 1, 2. Congrats Beautiful boys. Nice third by Audible and fourth by Island Reward at 87 to 1, I think. Mendy had a rough trip getting across from Post 14, plus the messy track conditions.
Shirlee, you mentioned Island Reward for a long shot in the mix. Hope you got lucky with your Exotics.
So happy for Mikey and for Justy. Feel bad for Bolt. I’m hoping VE didn’t over use the whip. Maybe he didn’t like the surface either. Love and Hugs, JB
judy berube
OOPs: Sorry Shirlee, I meant Instilled Reward. Love and Hugs, JB
Max
English papers said that Mendy just did not have the ability to race against the high caliber of horses in that race. It was a good field. However a certain chestnut is still holding on the track record for the KD. What the surface was never mattered to Secretariat. His last race was won in snow showers.
Max
It was a great race, but does not compare to the thrill of watching the Queen race.
Darlene Daniels
Max,
No horse matches the thrill of watching of our Queen.
shirleeinindy
Congrats to Mike, Justify, Bob and all the team. Clearly the best horse today.
I think Good Magic did well and I got the last laugh over all who didn’t believe Instilled Regard would even finish the race.
Hope all are okay after all the mud, bumping and hitting.
judy berube
Dear Shirlee:
Yes, good capping. Hope they all came back well. Love and Hugs, JB
Max
Good Magic was very good. I like this horse.
judy berube
Dear Z Fans:
I just watched the Derby replay three times. I counted at least 14 hits on Bolt, even as he faded. He was up third for almost 3/4 of the race and just didn’t look comfortable. He should have been eased. I hope he’s alright. I love this brave boy. Sad to watch. Love and Hugs, JB
Celeste/Massachusetts
Judy I am concerned about Bolt too. He really just stopped running at one point. I hope he is ok. Does anyone know anything?
shirleeinindy
Judy,
That is why I cannot care much for Victor. He has won a lot of the big ones but so has Mike. And Mike is not whip crazy. When a horse is clearly out of it, why keep whipping?
Judy Berube
Dear Celeste and Shirlee:
I agree with you, Shirlee, I prefer Mikey’s style of riding.
I did read that Bolt was scoped after the race to see if anything was impeding his breathing or if he bled, and everything appeared to be OK. Celeste, as you said, he raced hard in his last two races before the Derby and could just be tired. Understandably so. Hope he recoups and comes back strong. Would Love to see him try the Travers at Saratoga. Love this boy. Love and Hugs, JB
judy berube
Dear Celeste:
Sorry, I got confused. It was Donna Z who said Bolt had two hard run races before the Derby. Love and Hugs, JB
sheena.davies(wales)
Lovely to see Saxon Warrior and Davy back home safe and well.Hope Mendelssohn returns soon.
Bluegrass Girl
Kentucky Derby RACE REPLAY
NBC Sports @NBCSports 5 May, 2018
The Curse of Apollo is over!
Justify is the winner of the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby. Watch the full race replay, presented by @rocketmortgage. #KyDerby
https://twitter.com/NBCSports/status/992911176207093773
Bluegrass Girl
Jim Gluckson @BCRacingguy 5 May, 2018
Aidan O’Brien on Mendelssohn: “He just got knocked over coming out of the gate and then he got knocked over again going into the first bend… We’ll take him home and give him a break and come back (for the @BreedersCup Classic). We’ll look forward to the Classic with him.”
Max
O’Brien just doesn’t get it. The other horses like Justify will spend the months between now and the Classic training and running on dirt in major races. There is nothing like that in Europe. This horse has no chance against that field and older horses.
Darlene Daniels
Thank you Bluegrass Girl. I am thrilled for Justify and Mikey!!!
(Rose Edwards) aka quarterhossgal
Great derby today, Justify lived up o the hype about his talent. My grand daughter said people were taking off their shoes because of the mud. Can only imagine how difficult it was for the horses and jockeys. Jockeys and horses are such amazing athletes!
When is Queen Z due to foal?
Bluegrass Girl
Justify – Kentucky Derby
Fractional Times: 22.24 45.77 1.11.01 1.37.35
Final Time: 2.04.20
Split Times (23.53) (25.24) (26.34) (26.85)
Source: Equibase
Kentucky Derby Times
ElPotroRoberto.com @PotroRob Apr 25 2018
Tiempos de los Triplecoronados en el #KyDerby 1M&1/4
Secretariat 1:59.40*
Affirmed 2:01.20
Whirlaway 2:01.40
Seattle Slew 2:02.20
American Pharoah 2:03.02
War Admiral 2:03.20
Count Fleet 2:04.00
Omaha 2:05.00
Citation 2:05.40
Assault 2:06.60
Gallant Fox 2:07.60
Sir Barton 2:09.89
Donna Z
I am thrilled over the moon that Justify & Mike won the Derby! A perfect early birthday present for me!
It was also good to see Good Magic trained by locally grown trainer, Chad Brown come in second.
I was 100% committed to wanting Mike and Justify win, but I had hoped to see both Bolt D’Oro & Vino Rosso run better. Maybe they did not like the “river” of a track today. Bolt also had two challenging previous races and maybe they took their toll…
I hope that Mendy is ok; he was slammed once from each side by other horses and I don’t know how he stayed on his feet when he was hit from the right. He didn’t have a chance after that…
The best news of all, though, will be that all of the horses came out of the race safely.
judy berube
Dear Donna:
Happy Early Birthday. Love and Hugs, JB
Donna Z
Big week for birthdays this week:
Tuesday 8th Jerry Moss & myself
Wednesday 9th Z17 and Beholder
Friday 11th Sheena
I’m hoping that there is an announcement on Z17’s birthday that she has a name.
Maybe Zenny’s foal will decide to come a little early and we can celebrate this, too.
Wishing you a safe delivery, Momma Z!
sheena.davies(wales)
The 10th!I like to think Z17 arrived on my birthday because the time differencexx
Marshall (NC Broad)
A very Happy Birthday to all who will celebrate their special day this week!
I will be away this week so please accept my “blanket” greeting and Best Wishes to one and all!
Hugs, Love and Cheers!
judy berube
Dear Marshall:
Enjoy yourself. We will miss your posts. Love and Hugs, JB
sheena.davies(wales)
Wishing our Sally B a very Happy Birthday.Enjoy your special day and have a wonderful year .Love and hugsXOXO
judy berube
My Dear Sally:
Wishing you a Very Happy Birthday. Love and Hugs, JB
Thanks, Sheena, for the reminder. Love and Hugs, JB
sheena.davies(wales)
Aidan and Ryan back where they belong Newmarket and turf.I cannot wait to hear Aidan’s thoughts about the Derby.
Max
He’s in denial. Going to regroup and return for the Classic.
sheena.davies(wales)
I know.So foolish.Mendelssohn and Ryan looked a sorry sight after the race.Sad for them both.
Max
Do you recall what happened to George Washington? No race is worth the loss of a horse even the KD or the Classic.
judy berube
Dear Sheena:
Glad they’re back home safe. Hope Mendy has no bruising from his experience. Goodnight. Love and Hugs, JB, LM and all the Sweeties
Max
Justify looking like a winning chestnut on Sunday morning.
https://www.paulickreport.com/news/triple-crown/on-to-baltimore-for-justify-baffert-a-perfect-4-for-4-in-preakness-with-kentucky-derby-winners/
Ann NC
Gorgeous. Congrats! Hope the others are well today after that brutal run. Get your Preakness On!
judy berube
Dear Ann:
Yes, me too. Hope they all came back in good form. Love and Hugs, JB
judy berube
Dear Max:
Thanks for this link. Wow, what an impressive looking Chestnut he is. All muscle and Cashmere. Well done Beauty and you too Mikey! Love and Hugs, JB
Max
Good Magic is very impressive looking too. Not certain if he’s going to the Preakness or will wait for the Belmont.
judy berube
Dear Max:
Yes, he is. Love and Hugs, JB
sheena.davies(wales)
Shock winner of the 1000 guineas as Billesdon Brook a chestnut wins at 66-1.Trained by Richard Hannon jnr and ridden by Sean Levey no excuses for the others.Congratulations.
http://www.facebook.com/racingitv/
Max
Congrats to her and Hannon. Glad to see a Brit win that race.
sheena.davies(wales)
And me!Plus a chestnut too.
Max
If you recall, the Hannons once owned the Moose, a king among chestnuts.
judy berube
Dear Sheena:
Congrats Billesdon Brook. Chestnuts Rule! Love and Hugs, JB