An update posted on the mare's official website said the mare, who resides at Lane's End in Kentucky, "continues to do well" after aborting her 2018 Into Mischief foal in mid-April. Baby Z3 may gain tactical speed from War Front and could be proficient over every surface. Her lone loss on the racecourse came in her final contest, the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Classic in the darkening twilight at Churchill Downs. Zenyatta's 2014 foal, Z Princess, by War Front, died at 6 months; and a 2016 foal by War Front passed away shortly after birth. Her four-year-old Medaglia d’Oro filly Zellda was working out last year but has not raced. Expiring contract will ground Tex Sutton racehorse flights, Medina Spirit earns Baffert record 7th Kentucky Derby, Soup and Sandwich 'fine' after Kentucky Derby mishap, 'Deeply saddened' as Zenyatta loses another foal. Hall of Fame racemare Zenyatta is expecting once again, according to her website zenyatta.com. “She had been carrying a second Candy Ride filly, and we grieve the loss of this precious life. She has one hind sock and a star. She lost two by War Front in 2014 and 2016. The 2014 foal was humanely euthanized after a paddock accident. Zenyatta Loses 2021 Foal by Candy Ride Multi-champion and 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta has lost the 2021 filly foal by Lane's End stallion Candy Ride that she was carrying, Zenyatta.com announced in a Jan. 26 blog post. Her first foal, Cozmic One, is a son of Bernardini who didn't win a race but went on to participate in the Retired Racehorse Project. January 26, 2021 Multi-champion and 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta has lost the 2021 filly foal by Lane's End stallion Candy Ride that she was carrying, Zenyatta.com announced in a … While their “successes” become notable, even catalogued and ranked, their “failures” do not gain the same measure of attention as do the unsuccessful results of popular female foaling. Zenyatta “continues to do well” but will not be bred this season, her connections announced Thursday, after recently aborting her Into Mischief foal, the … There's a 50/50 chance that Baby Z3 will carry the large heart or “X-Factor” gene. Each of her pairings have been royal. Zenyatta, 7, was retired after the Breeders’ Cup and has been adjusting to life as a broodmare since December at Lane End’s Farm near Versailles, Ky. How Zenyatta will fare in … Multi-champion and 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta has lost the 2021 filly foal by Lane's End stallion Candy Ride that she was carrying, Zenyatta.com announced in a Jan. 26 blog post. Zenyatta also lost a pregnancy In 2018 when in-foal to Into Mischief. Zenyatta, the 2010 Horse of the Year and the only mare to win the Breeders' Cup Classic, is in foal after a second mating to Bernardini. While all heave a sigh of relief that Zenyatta “remains in excellent health,” it is somewhat more questionable that she “is doing very well.”. ZENYATTA (USA) dkb/br. She helped enthuse a younger generation about the sport. The foal, Zenyatta’s sixth, arrived at 5:40 a.m. Zenyatta | Lane's End Hall of famer Zenyatta (Street Cry {Ire}–Vertigineux, by Kris S.) has lost her 2021 foal, a Candy Ride (Arg) filly. … Zenyatta was not bred for the 2015 foaling season, and her 2016 War Front died a few days after birth from meconium aspiration syndrome. Special Events. Hall of Fame mare Zenyatta has lost her 2021 foal, a filly by Candy Ride. “We at Team Zenyatta and Lane’s End Farm are deeply saddened to share that Zenyatta lost her 2021 foal early this year,” read a statement posted on Zenyatta’s official website. In another tragic turn, that foal had to be aborted in April 2018 due to placentitis, a condition that's estimated to impact from 3 to 5 percent of Thoroughbred pregnancies. Zenyatta and her Candy Ride filly. M, 2004 {4-r} DP = 6-3-14-1-0 (24) DI = 2.00 CD = 0.58 - 20 Starts, 19 Wins, 1 Places, 0 Shows Career Earnings: $7,304,580 Zenyatta is not the first high-profile track heroine to have difficulty in their broodmare career. Zenyatta, who won 19 of her 20 starts and is the only female horse to ever win the Breeders' Cup Classic, was campaigned by Ann and Jerry Moss. Zenyatta has a lot of ground to make up. Zenyatta's foal likely won't be precocious, and from the looks of her other two foals, could need time to grow into the ears and feet. There is in a sense a “workplace fairness” issue involved. Males retired to stud careers will breed several hundred times a season, sometimes even shuttling between hemispheres. Last May, she dropped a Candy Ride filly named Zilkha. But should she be? Zenyatta successfully produced Zellda in 2017 and was bred back to leading sire Into Mischief. If you wondered why Tyler Gaffalione eased Soup an... History (1875-2020 Derby Results & Videos), (VIDEO) Three 30-1 Longshots You Can't Leave off your tickets. We still have no idea if she was bred or not and as said a little earlier by EriNC it is still too early for an official announcement one way or the other. Zenyatta was bred back to Candy Ride this year, and her filly this year will soon be weaned. November 23, 2020. In 2018, Zenyatta lost an Into Mischief foal during pregnancy due to low-grade placentitis. Zenyatta comes to the outside. Zellda was Zenyatta's first foal since the mare lost two by War Front . The gestation period is 11 months, then the mare is generally bred … Zenyatta, who won 19 of her 20 starts and is the only female horse to ever win the Breeders' Cup Classic, has had an up-and-down career since retiring from the racetrack. Horse lovers and racing fans who thrilled to Zenyatta’s accomplishments on the race track all will hope any decision about her breeding future will be made with only one consideration—what is best for the horse. Three popular racemares, three different breeding histories. Thankfully, Zenyatta remains in excellent health and is … “We at Team Zenyatta and Lane's End Farm are deeply saddened to share that Zenyatta lost her 2021 foal early this year. “She had been carrying a second Candy Ride … Champion Older Dirt Female from 2008 through 2010, Breeders’ Cup Classic winner in 2009 and Horse of the Year in 2010, Zenyatta raced 20 times for trainer John Shirreffs and owners Ann and Jerry Moss. Perhaps you've seen it and... 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Her previous three foalings (by Uncle Mo, Curlin and War Front) were successful and uneventful. Meanwhile Colonel John, Summer Bird in the red cap. An update posted on the mare’s official website said the mare, who resides at Lane’s End in Kentucky, “continues to do well” after aborting her 2018 Into Mischief foal in mid-April. There's a photo on Facebook this morning of newly crowned American national champion Boyd Martin sitting in a water trough filled with ice and looking...blissful? That means Zenyatta could continue to be bred several more times. Distance likely won't be an issue. Thankfully, Zenyatta remains in excellent health and is doing very well.”. ET, weighing 148 lbs. Zenyatta coming flying on … The breeding schedule of most mares is rigorous. The sadder losses of her brood were not on the racetrack. He founded university journalism programs in Dubai and taught in the U.S., Japan, China and Central Asia. Buoyed by fans’ prayers, an excellent Rood & Riddle surgical team and around the clock post-surgical care for months, she survives—thrives in fact—today. My fingers are crossed that Zenyatta is healthy and will have at least one more foal before she is retired from broodmare. Rachel Alexandra foaled twice: Jess’s Dream by Curlin and Rachel’s Valentina, an eventual Grade 1 winner by Bernardini. The 2016 colt died days after birth from meconium aspiration syndrome, a condition that results in respiratory distress. Her legion of often tween fans were usually present at her California races, some wearing her colors and waving “Girl Power” posters. Beyond Zenyatta’s personal and emotional state, there are reasonable questions about her breeding history and its results so far. January 26, 2021. Her first foal, Q B One, is set to begin his racing career. We at Team Zenyatta and Lane’s End Farm are deeply saddened to share that Zenyatta lost her 2021 foal early this year. The latter almost killed her. 2020 Zenyatta Celebration Results. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of horse racing fans who still love Zenyatta, the 2010 Horse of the Year who won 19 of 20 races and is now living the good life as a … University of Louisville Equine Industry Program - Get a Career in Horse Racing! The Mosses have not announced to whom Zenyatta will be bred. None have won a single race. Zenyatta aborted a foal by Into Mischief in 2018 and was not bred that year. Understandably, fans were also interested in how Zenyatta’s foal compared to his mother in terms of looks and personality. During last Thursday evening’s virtual Eclipse Award ceremony from Spendthrift Farm, four-time Champion mare and three-time Breeders’ Cup winner Beholder, now residing as a Spendthrift broodmare, was seen in a live cameo mere days away from foaling, her fourth (by Bolt d-Oro). Following the first running of the Saudi Cup in Riyadh, horse owner Amr Zedan was awaiting a flight to Dubai when he met... Friday’s Oaks, the female counterpart of the Derby, was the definition of bittersweet. The results are in! Should a similar decision be made with Zenyatta? Richard’s fondness of cats is notorious among friends. Zenyatta won 19 of her 20 career races while earning $7,304,580. Zenyatta was little short of spectacular as a racehorse, surely the most popular of her generation. Zenyatta on her 11th birthday. He’s reported from every DWC since, also the Triple Crown, Breeders’ Cup, Hong Kong and the Paris Arc. Cox says Essential Quality was best in Derby; Preakness next? Hall of Fame mare Zenyatta has lost her 2021 foal, a filly by Candy Ride. Healthy mares can theoretically breed into their 20s. “She had been carrying a second Candy Ride filly, and we grieve the loss of this precious life. Zenyatta going to hook to the outside. Horse of the Year and GI Breeders' Cup Classic heroine Zenyatta (Street Cry {Ire}-Vertigineux, by Kris S.) foaled a chestnut filly by Lane's End resident Candy Ride (Arg) Sunday morning at … Zenyatta News. A journalism PhD writer/photographer/educator, Richard R. Gross’s love of horses came courtesy of Curlin’s 2008 Dubai World Cup. (Video) Three 30-1 Longshots you can't leave off your tickets, Medina Spirit could face big field in Preakness Stakes. The foaling was uneventful, but it was later found she had suffered a ruptured colon and had fecal matter in her abdomen, usually a death sentence for horses. She’s starting to pick them off, though. She was not bred in 2015 and 2019. Racemares retired to broodmare careers are often high profile. And, while it does happen that males suffer infrequent poor health consequences of breeding—sometimes in the form of a fatal heart attack—females are more at risk. “We at Team Zenyatta and Lane’s End Farm are deeply saddened to share that Zenyatta lost her 2021 foal early this year,” the statement read in part. [93] On January 26, 2021, Zenyatta's connections announced that she had lost her 2021 foal. Richard has reported for UPI and several publications on science, technology, culture and international issues. Zenyatta aborted an Into Mischief foal in 2018. She is the dam of four registered Thoroughbred foals. Zenyatta, after taking a year off, is back in foal to War Front. Alys Emson. "We at Team Zenyatta and Lane's End Farm are deeply saddened to share that Zenyatta lost her 2021 foal early this year," it read. Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 Horse of the Year and Champion Three Year Old Filly was only the fifth filly to win the (2009) Preakness before this year’s Swiss Skydiver. She was given a full year off following her last pregnancy and was bred in April so that her 2016 foal, her fourth, will be born in the spring. Since retiring from the track in 2010, the broodmare career of Zenyatta has been an up-and-down ride. The Hall of Famer isn't in the spotlight quite as often … Zenyatta won't be bred this season Hall of Fame racemare Zenyatta will not be bred this year for a 2019 foal, her connections confirmed Thursday morning. A 2017 foal, Zellda, by Medaglia d'Oro, has yet to race after being in-and-out of training for at Santa Anita for John Shirreffs. She has foaled a yearling filly, Zilkha, also by Candy Ride. Lane’s End announced Zenyatta’s loss in a brief statement last Tuesday: “We at Team Zenyatta and Lane’s End Farm are deeply saddened to share that Zenyatta lost her 2021 foal early this year,” the statement read in part. VERSAILLES, KY — (May 17, 2020) Zenyatta gave birth to a chestnut filly by Candy Ride this morning at Lane’s End Farm. Some Sad News. Neither won a race. She has been in foal eight times since her 2010 retirement to a broodmare career. Since retiring from the track in 2010, the broodmare career of Zenyatta has been an up-and-down ride. Zenyatta, if she wins this, she’ll be a super horse. Cozmic One (by Bernardini) and Ziconic (by Tapit) have both been retired to second careers as off-track Thoroughbreds. Happy Wednesday! Researchers have documented what seems like grief rituals in a variety of social animals, particularly among species of apes and among elephants. She was rebred to Candy Ride for a 2021 foal. "We at Team Zenyatta and Lane’s End Farm are deeply saddened to share that Zenyatta lost her 2021 foal early this year," reads a post on the 17-year-old mare's website. She finished first in 13 grade I events. Photo by Kyle Acebo. Zenyatta aborted an Into Mischief foal in 2018 before being bred to Candy Ride the following year. We’re so happy to share the news that Zenyatta is 36 days in foal to War Front. There is little research to support the widely held belief that horses grieve the loss of a foal or of a companion horse. Zenyatta’s success in racing has yet to translate into breeding success. Popularity aside, they have the added scrutiny of being able to foal only once a year. The exact date of the loss and its possible cause were not made public. Zenyatta was bred in 2019 to Candy Ride and produced a chestnut filly on May 17, 2020. Hall of Fame racemare Zenyatta will not be bred this year for a 2019 foal, her connections confirmed Thursday morning. "We at Team Zenyatta and Lane’s End Farm are deeply saddened to share that Zenyatta lost her 2021 foal early this year," reads a post on the 17-year-old mare's website. She now spends her days pensioned and outside in the company of retired mares, selected specifically to give the Champion other horses with which she could bond. 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