Zenyatta News

BaroqueAgain1 · Tue Mar 29, 2016 2:01 pm

Do we know who the mare on the left is? She looks even more dropped than Z.

mariasmon · Tue Mar 29, 2016 2:06 pm

I suspect it's Violet Rose, a daughter of Tarlow. She's now owned by the Wygods, but they board at Lane's End.

lurkey mclurker · Tue Mar 29, 2016 2:14 pm

FWIW, they posted some info on the "Foal Watch Day 3" post on the Zenyatta blog:

As promised, we have some fun facts to share about Zenyatta’s current paddock mate. She was not only bred and named by Jerry and Ann Moss, but just like Zenyatta, she was sired by Street Cry. She and Zenyatta have grown quite close in the last few months, and it delights us to see Zenny share her treats with a friend.

We won’t be following this mare, who never raced, on our website but we thought this information was too cute not to share! We look forward to watching Zenyatta and her friend raise their foals together.

I don't know if that matches up with MM's identification...?

lurkey mclurker · Tue Mar 29, 2016 2:18 pm

Also, she is just huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge...

http://www.intagme.com/teamzenyatta/121 ... 196887215/

bare it all · Tue Mar 29, 2016 2:37 pm

Violet Rose would be the Street Cry x Tarlow 2008 model.

lurkey mclurker · Tue Mar 29, 2016 3:42 pm

bare it all wrote:Violet Rose would be the Street Cry x Tarlow 2008 model.

Well that makes sense then.

Izvestia · Tue Mar 29, 2016 4:02 pm

islandgirl45 wrote:Foal Watch Day 6. Both mares look like they're ready to pop.

HOLY SHIT. Those are some bellies.

Zenyatta next to her pony friend.

Ridan_Remembered · Tue Mar 29, 2016 7:53 pm

Best wishes to both mares and their soon-to-be-born foals.

Wed Mar 30, 2016 6:44 pm

They posted every day so far on the foal watch. EXCEPT yesterday. Maybe it's already there?

carole · Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:43 pm

Kurenai wrote:They posted every day so far on the foal watch. EXCEPT yesterday. Maybe it's already there?

Sorry to disappoint but they posted a photo today, still on foal watch.

lurkey mclurker · Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:50 pm

FWIW the photo is on the instagram account, not the blog where they've been posting Foal Watch updates (and where I've been looking, of course :-p )

I will

if the foal is born on April Fool's Day. Z Fool, anyone?

CoronadosQuest · Wed Mar 30, 2016 8:30 pm

lurkey mclurker wrote:FWIW the photo is on the instagram account, not the blog where they've been posting Foal Watch updates (and where I've been looking, of course :-p )

I will if the foal is born on April Fool's Day. Z Fool, anyone?

Wasnt Ziconic also born on April 1st?

Mel Mae · Wed Mar 30, 2016 9:21 pm

CoronadosQuest wrote:
lurkey mclurker wrote:FWIW the photo is on the instagram account, not the blog where they've been posting Foal Watch updates (and where I've been looking, of course :-p )

I will if the foal is born on April Fool's Day. Z Fool, anyone?
Wasnt Ziconic also born on April 1st?

Yep. Maybe she's trying to keep the date consistent so she doesn't forget birthdays, ha.

CoronadosQuest · Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:09 pm

Mel Mae wrote:
CoronadosQuest wrote:
lurkey mclurker wrote:FWIW the photo is on the instagram account, not the blog where they've been posting Foal Watch updates (and where I've been looking, of course :-p )

I will if the foal is born on April Fool's Day. Z Fool, anyone?
Wasnt Ziconic also born on April 1st?
Yep. Maybe she's trying to keep the date consistent so she doesn't forget birthdays, ha.

Will definitely make it easier for the Zenyatta fans when they send all the birthday cards to Lane's End. Just put 3 names on a card instead of three different cards! Saving trees and money lol. Zenyatta is really just looking out for earth and her fans!

Mel Mae · Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:23 pm

Zenyatta: Saver of Racing and the Planet.

Sparrow Castle · Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:31 pm

New pictures. Zenyatta sure is sweet on Ann.

Zenyatta with Ann Moss. Photo by Kyle Acebo

http://www.zenyatta.com/news/foal-watch-day-8

BaroqueAgain1 · Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:36 pm

True....and probably also sweet on the peppermints in Ann's pocket.

Look at those ears...she can hear the wrappers crinkling just inches from her nose.

Diver52 · Thu Mar 31, 2016 12:44 am

I wonder if Ann still calls her on the phone?

But really, it is obvious that Z knows her family.

BaroqueAgain1 · Thu Mar 31, 2016 1:30 am

Yeah, she does.
That mare is an intelligent, sensitive creature, and the people who cared for her over the years, whether Mario, Steve, John or her owners, all treated her with love. She trusts them, and I doubt that any of them would ever break that trust.

BornToWin · Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:42 am

What an endearing picture of Zenyatta and Ann. The way the mare's light shaded mane is moving in the breeze... those ears and that soft, soft eye.

Look at the size of Zenyatta's head! Half of Ann's body length. How tall is Ann?

So what is everyone "feeling" about the sex of the foal? Girl or boy? I'm thinking a colt this time.