Happy Monday!
We celebrated Zenyatta’s birthday at Lane’s End last week with carrots, pears, yams, mints, cupcakes, and even Guinness! Fans sent birthday cards and cakes for Zenyatta and Ziconic, who shares his birthday with his mom. Scroll down for photos from our party.
Enjoy!
Team Z
Photos by Kyle Acebo
Kimberly
Happy Birthday Queen!!! Still so regal!! All of us from California miss you soooo much! Every weekend I marvel at your magnificent statue at Santa Anita!
Barbara Spencer
Thank you Mr and Mrs Moss, Team Z, and Lane’s End for sharing our beautiful QUEEN. Zenny is by far the most spectacular creature ever put on this planet! When I look at her pictures she brings a smile to my face, sunshine to my days and warm “fuzzies ” to my heart. Happy Birthday you sweet girl. Live long and healthy. Love you forever!
patricia peery
Love the pictures of ZENYATTA 11th Birthday Party
my how time flies remember her first race
where it all started great times
never forget
Thanks for sharing photos
Pat
Elizabeth in NM
Good morning Zenny – love the photos on your cakes. Looks like you had a great birthday celebration with your Jerry and Ann. Pray many blessings for you and the Moss’s and everyone here on your website. with love, Elizabeth
Elizabeth in NM
PS Zenny – Can’t wait to see Ziconic and Cozmic One start racing!
Francine Iuliucci
Zenyatta gets better with age! So beautiful and loving all the attention!! I hope someday to see her in person!! She is so loved by all!
Kathy
April 7 Cherokee Devotional
Our methods of paying for life vary. Sometimes payment is emotional, and sometimes it is quite literal.
We fight for things not worth the effort and let the beautiful moments slip away without a word. The thought of failure haunts us and we groan because we cannot beat life into something that had no life from the beginning.
We are like the brown towhee that sees her reflection in the window pane and beats her wings against it time and again-because she is a competitor, not a realist.
If the Great and Good Spirit wished us to believe as the whites, he would have changed us.
Black Hawk
Sauk
zfansandy
Ann and Zenny-Two beauties.
Yeah, Zenny, my tongue does the same thing when I want beer. I get it girl!
What a gr8 birthday party.
lin volk
the expressions on both Ann and Z’s faces show the love they share. I love the pic of Z and Zi on the chocolate cake; such a loving mom.
Thank you so much for thinking of Z’s and Zi’s fans by sharing these very special pics.
sandi york
I could’nt find a better profile picture for me so you guessed it, talk about regal.
shirleeinindy
What a treat! Zenny’s birthday with Ann and Jerry. Zenyatta looks healthy, happy and spoiled rotten. The pictures of them together are wonderful. What love they have for each other! Don’t know what Zenny and Ann are doing, but both look younger all the time. Glad her pasture mate is getting some attention too.
sheena.davies(wales)
Dear Kathy.Another great sunny day here!Now the fun starts Blue 24 returned at 7.29am.She will be more than determined to be the queen of the Dyfi this year with Dai Dots spoken for.He’s settled in nicely at his nest with his partner also wonderful news from Rutland Maya and partner are back at Manton Bay!They were a couple of Egyptian Gees in the nest and an egg wonderful videos of 33(11) dive-bombing the nest !Eventually a carrior crow ate the egg and the Geese flew off and harmony was restored.
The pics of Zenyatta’s celebrations were gorgeous!Miiko is very tired after his ER visit and poor momma is sooo very worried it can always happen again plus the food they both have to eat is so expensive.The pom pals looked so cute dressed up for Easter although I am not sure Dexter was keen on his bunny ears!Were Zoe’s teams playing again last night?Big day for her!Mango had lots of Easter cards and presents for Nay and Judy.Poor Milo missed the school bus and had to drive to school!Love the new cover photo!Have a wonderful day.Love and hugs to you,Kisses for Holly,Nikko and Sugar.Sheena.
Kathy
Dear Sheena,
So glad that so many of the ospreys have arrived. Team Z has been so generous sharing the pics of Zenny’s birthday party with us. Zenyatta looks so great. She is so loved and so well cared for. My heart goes out to Miiko and Mom. Hope he is okay for a while. Sorry the food he requires is so pricey. The Pom Pals were just adorable in their Easter pics. I’m getting such a kick out of Dexter. He has a lot of growing to do! Zoe’s team did play last night. Unfortunately the Badgers lost to the Duke Blue Devils. Mango and family sure keep the Postal service busy! It’s always bad news missing the school bus! I love the cover photo, too! Have a good Tuesday and take care of yourself. Love and hugs from me, kisses from Holly, Nikko and Sugar. Kathy.
sheena.davies(wales)
Hopefully some lovely footage from Manton Bay Sheena.
http://www.ospreys.org.uk/reunited-in-the-bay-2/
Turnbackthealarm
The pictures of Anne with Zenyatta were so beautiful and show an incredible connection. Both ladies get more lovely every year.
Celeste_in_TX
Oh my Goodness!! Thank you so very much for sharing these wonderful photos of Zenyatta’s Birthday Party!! It is so awesome to think of Jerry and Ann Moss loving their wonder mare so much to make special trips to celebrate special times with her! The love evidenced by these pictures is such a heart filling pleasure to see and I’m grateful we are able to witness this through this site. Zenyatta and Ann both look so wonderful and all the treats look delicious!!! Thank you for continuing to keep allowing us along on this journey as we worship our Queen from afar.
Debbie
what a grand celebration! thank you for sharing all the wonderful photos! Ann, you look so cute in Zenyatta tee and I especially love photo of Z sticking out her tongue while having her guinness! precious!!! Xoxoxo
sheena.davies(wales)
Monty’s Back!!!!!and he’s getting cosy with Blue 24 oh where are you Glesni????Sheena.
Max
She’s with the Moose in Yorkshire. Once he’s paraded in Aintree, she’ll fly back to Wales.
Lynn Meier
Ann and Jerry; you are exceptional owners as Zenyatta was an exceptional champion. Love to you all & Lanes End. ……
I miss seeing her at Santa Anita. So thanks for keeping photos of her on this site so we can see her.
….. …. Health & happiness for many more Birthdays. ……… Lynn
Anne
Always fun to see Zenyatta pictures. She looks great and certainly happy to be with Ann. Of course her treats in hand, help in the love and laughter. She will always be loved by all of her fans. She is truly a special mare! Enjoy,Z.
Debbie S.
Dear Sheena
Loved the photos of Maya and 33 in Rutland.Oh my,I hope Glesni shows up very soon!!
Hopefully Monty will wait for her!
Nancy J. Osmundsen
Happy Birthday to Zenyatta and Ziconic! What beautiful pictures of an always gorgeous horse and her human family. She KNOWS that she is special and we are always so blessed to be able to share in this experience!!!!! Hugs to all and hopeful for many more of these celebrations.
Deb E.
Happy National Beer Day, Zenny!
Anne Bonner
Well, ‘ve run out of superlatives to describe our Queen and the Mosses. They are all first class winners from tip to toe, ears to hoof. How can we ever thank Team Z enough for continuing to share photos and info like this with us?
Happy Birthday, Z and Z!
Best to all,
Annie B in MA
Sandy (Northeast Ohio)
So many gorgeous pictures!!!! Looks like Zenyatta and her peeps had a glorious day in Kentucky, and I am so grateful to be sharing these glimpses of the festivities with all of my blog friends. As always, MANY thanks to the Mosses, Kyle and everyone on Team Z, and the Lane’s End staff for allowing us to continue being in the “Zenyatta loop!” As has already been said numerous times by now, the photos of Zenny and her mom Ann are simply priceless. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but in the case only one word matters – LOVE! ♥♥♥
Mary Margaret in Georgia
Dear Zenyatta,
You still have that magical aura surrounding you. I am so mesmerized with your beauty and understanding of people. Thanks to Ann & Jerry and the whole Z-team for everything you do and allowing us to part of Zenyatta’s life, as well. You are the greatest. Stay safe, healthy, and happy.
Sandy (Northeast Ohio)
Congratulations to Carol’s Rivers Run Deep who was just announced as Ohio’s champion three year old male and sprinter for 2014!!! Bravo to him! Hope there will be some celebrating there in Arkansas, Carol!
carol in arkansas
He does really well in Ohio…..i hope he gets back there this yr when Oaklawn ends its meet
Donna Z
Congratulations Carol & Rivers! You must be so proud of Rivers, Carol! Do they have a dinner &/or ceremony where they present the awards?
Thank you for posting this, Sandy.
shirleeinindy
Congrats to Carol’s boy Rivers!
Safe trip at Oaklawn on Saturday to American Pharoah.
Carol
Happy birthday Queen Z and son!!!!!! Thanks Team Z and The Mosses for keeping us in touch with the Queen!!! xoxoxo
Louise Spadafora
Thank you Team Z for all you do for Zenyatta’s fans. What a lovely time had by all at the birthday celebration. Happy, Happy Birthday to Zenyatta and Ziconic!
Rose
Happy birthday to the Queen and Prince Zi!
Dee in the Hudson Valley
Great photos, Kyle! Thanks to everyone at Team Z for understanding encouraging our love for Zenny and Ziconic and Coz. Wonderful to see photos of Ann and Jerry Moss looking so happy! Keep ’em coming, please.
Donna Z
Hi, Dee,
Where do you live? I live in Colonie, so you must be pretty close to me. Do you ever get to the Saratoga track? I expect both Coz & Ziconic to be there with John this summer. I was able to see Coz last year & hope to see him in a race there this year.
Thank you gain, Ann & Jerry for sharing Zenny & her boys with us. You are so generous with their fans. I am so happy that you own Zenyatta; she is such a special horse & she deserves such caring owners. Actually, all horses deserve caring owners like you are…