What Would ZENYATTA Wear?

The breeders cup is this Saturday.

Tomorrow. 

click here to know more

Zenyatta is the darling of America at the moment.

When she retires after Saturday's race

(at 6 years old and over 17 hands high)

she may go down in history as the greatest horse.

EVER!

I watched her videos and this girl loved to dance before the races.

She knows she is a star.

And that is why I have tied her to Cyd Charisse

Cyd was a thoroughbred herself.

Such gams 

Only Zenyatta has 4 

beautiful legs/gams instead of only two!!

You might not totally 'get this post' unless you watch the videos that are attached.

Zenyatta actually makes all of Cyd's moves before the race.

That is why Cyd is here.

Yep.....just like Zenyatta.

Mike Smith is her Jockey 

and he LOVES her.

In the interview with 60 minutes he says when asked ;

"when they retire her, which horse do you think is good enough to breed with her?"

he said with a tear in his eye;

" No one ''

I am hoping and praying for her last big win!!!

If you love 'BEAUTIFUL'

won't you love Zenyatta.??

XX's my heart is in this one.

60 minutes feature on ZENYATTA 

AND if you don't know about Cyd Charisse's legs/gams-
go here

all about THE RACE  http://www.zenyatta2010.com/

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Only For Those Who Love Them...

I'd rather have a goddam horse.
A horse is at least human, for God's sake.
~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

A lovely horse is always an experience.... 

It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words. 

 ~Beryl Markham

...with that being said, 

here are more quotes that are special to me.

It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall.  

~Mexican Proverb

The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears. 

 ~Arabian Proverb

God forbid that I should go to any Heaven in which there are no horses.  

~R.B. Cunninghame Graham, letter to Theodore Roosevelt, 1917

Horses - if God made anything more beautiful, he kept it for himself.  

~Author Unknown

A horse doesn't care how much you know,

 until he knows how much you care. 

 ~Pat Parelli

He knows when you're happy

He knows when you're comfortable

He knows when you're confident

And he always knows when you have carrots.

~Author Unknown

Four things greater than all things are, 

Women and Horses and Power and War.

~Rudyard Kipling, "The Ballad of the King's Jest"

A canter is a cure for every evil.  ~Benjamin Disraeli

If your horse says no, you either asked the wrong question, 

or asked the question wrong.  

~Pat Parelli

The hooves of horses!

Oh! witching and sweet

Is the music earth steals from the iron-shod feet;

No whisper of lover, no trilling of bird,

Can stir me as much as hooves of horses

Have stirred.

~Will H. Ogilvie

The daughter who won't lift a finger in the house 

is the same child who cycles madly off in the pouring rain 

to spend all morning mucking out a stable.  

~Samantha Armstrong

A Horseman should know neither fear,

 nor anger.  

~James Rarey

My horse's feet are as swift as rolling thunder

He carries me away from all my fears

And when the world threatens to fall asunder

His mane is there to wipe away my tears.

~Bonnie Lewis

When I bestride him, I soar,

 I am a hawk: he trots the air; 

the earth sings when he touches it; 

the basest horn of his hoof 

is more musical than the pipe of Hermes. 

 ~William Shakespeare, Henry V

...I heard a neigh.  

Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh as that was!  

My very heart leaped with delight at the sound.  

~Nathaniel Hawthorne, 

A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - 

strong, powerful, beautiful -

and it has the capability of giving us 

escape from our mundane existence.  

~Pam Brown

A horse is worth more than riches.  ~Spanish Proverb

I love the one below, and it is so very true.
Reading it reminds me, and takes me to the best memories of my life.
Again the early-morning sun was generous with its warmth.  
All the sounds dear to a horseman were around me - 
the snort of the horses as they cleared their throats, 
the gentle swish of their tails, 
the tinkle of irons as we flung the saddles over their backs - 
little sounds of no importance, 
but they stay in the unconscious library of memory.  
~Wynford Vaughan-Thomas



I hope you enjoyed this.
I did very much. 
And now...
I have this post to return to 
should I need another visit.
XXX's

horsie pics - go here
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A Virtual Vacation For Me

I have wanted to go to this inn forever.

It is called the Dunraven Arms Inn, 

located in the village of Adare Ireland.

Adare Ireland was voted the most beautiful village in Ireland.

Grace Kelly spent her honeymoon here.

This is an example of one of the rooms. 

And my favorite part is that after your day of riding,

you leave your dirty boots outside your room 

and in the morning they are returned all clean and polished..

The Inns pub is the hot spot for the 'HUNTING CROWD.'

Of which I have always wanted to be a part of.

I spent a good tens years in the attire.

hehehehe

Fear not.....this is a huge 'go to play golf'  vacation as well.

You can bring the hubby, he can golf while the ladies go riding.

 the pool & spa

 the dining room

The pub has a piano bar!!!!

I can only imagine the men and woman who frequent this inn.

I have always wanted to be a (go back in) time traveler. 

This would be heaven on earth to me.

Have a nice weekend....

I will be here in my head,

and not at work.

Would you want to go?

go here to see The Inn

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Salt Water Cowboys......

The Chincoteague Pony Swim

"The famous annual "Pony Round-up" and "Pony Swim" 

is held each year during the month of July on the last Wednesday of the month. 

The Chincoteague Volunteer Fireman (Salt water Cowboys)

herd the ponies off their island and through the sea water channel to Virginia. 

Horses and their ponies swim 

from the Virginia side of Assateague Island to 

Chincoteague Island 

under the watch of the Saltwater Cowboys. 

The wild horses belong to the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Department, which has auctioned colts and foals for 79 years to raise money.

I have always wanted to go.

Always.

Running free-

The ponies live on the islands of Chincoteague and Assateague off the coast of Virginia and Maryland.

" The Ponies are a race of small hardy horses, compact and good natured. The legend is that these ponies swam ashore from a Spanish Vessel which had capsized off the coast, around the century 1600. Once on the islands they became stunted under the harsh environment. To keep from starving they ate coarse saltmarsh cordgrass, American beachgrass, thorny greenbrier stems, bayberry twigs, seaweed and even poison ivy. Because they drink salt water, they have an appearance of being "fat" or "bloated". The horses bred down to the unique breed we know today as the Chincoteague Pony."

I have great memories of riding a horse through river crossings while camping.

If you haven't ever done it.....

put it on your 'before I kick the bucket list.'

They swim just like doggies 

and there you are 

sitting up on their back while they swim across.

It is amazing.

Do it.

Does this not look like fun???

Have a sweet weekend.  XXX's

Would you want to see this?

"Today there are two groups of these ponies descended down from the only 17 original Arabian Horses in which survived the famous shipwreck. The two groups are "The Maryland Herd" and "The Virginia Herd". The Virginia Herd consists of approximately 130 head and is owned by the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Dept. The ponies graze in the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, located on the Virginia portion of Assateague Island. The Maryland Herd consists of approximately 140 Head and is owned by the Maryland Park Service" http://www.pony-chincoteague.com/history.html

Images: www.baltimoresun.com

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