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October 27, 2014
This is the story of a racehorse, but not just any racehorse. It is the tale of an improbable winning streak, a remarkable campaign, and a brilliant runner who carried the hopes of the masses along with her devoted rider whenever she ran. For those who watched Zenyatta through her phenomenal stretch of 19 victories and a gallant nose loss to Blame in the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) of 2010, the big ebony-hued mare was an inspiration and an icon.
Today Zenyatta is living out her well-deserved retirement as a broodmare in the best of hands at Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Ky. Although the striking mare's career is done, she continues to maintain a strong fan following, with her progeny coming up to follow in her hoofprints — 2-year-old Cozmic One, yearling Ziconic, and the weanling filly known as "Z Princess." And lucky visitors who find their way to her pasture gain great satisfaction from an audience with the champion many in racing still call simply "The Queen."
A possum skittered along the top of the cement wall outside Barn 55 South at Hollywood Park on a crisp October morning. Instantly, a striking racemare swiveled her head around, pricking her ears and zeroing in on the interloper — even before the rider on her back and the groom holding the shank noticed the creature's presence.
The possum stopped; the mare watched. He scooted forward a couple of feet; she tracked his every step. After all, the possum was entering her domain, and while Zenyatta regally welcomed visitors, she always wanted to know just what they were about.
The two-legged variety arrived often, coming to pay homage to the queen of John Shirreffs' barn. They knew that they were spending time with a Thoroughbred of quality — the once-in-a-lifetime kind.
What set Zenyatta apart? Certainly, as her amazing undefeated record grew to pass the winning streaks of Personal Ensign, Citation, and Cigar en route to 19 consecutive victories before a solitary second, her accomplishments attracted well-deserved attention. She also took earnings of $7,304,580 into retirement, a record for any filly or mare to have raced in North America. But her personality, showmanship, and crowd appeal — not to mention that devastating come-from-behind, take-no-prisoners running style — endeared her to everyone; from hardcore racing fans to those who had never witnessed a horse race before.
In each of her three racing seasons, Zenyatta stamped herself worthy of the Horse of the Year title. Twice she won Breeders' Cup events, only to lose out when the votes were cast for the sport's most prestigious year-end honor.
A finish behind Blame in the 2010 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) was supposed to deny her a third time. But she brought that 19-0 record to Churchill Downs and closed 15 lengths from the turn to the wire amidst a roar that rocked the grandstand, and missing victory by a head that night counted only in the record books. At the close of her career Zenyatta's team finally collected the golden Horse of the Year trophy, a perfect finish for a mare who touched the hearts of thousands.
Zenyatta's team played a critical role in her success. Owners Jerry and Ann Moss gave Shirreffs free rein to take conditioning at her speed. Shirreffs allowed her to grow into herself, as she eventually measured 17.1 hands and weighed more than 1,200 pounds, and he delayed her racing debut until November of her 3-year-old season.
The concept of Team Zenyatta evolved over the course of the mighty mare's career. It included Dottie Ingordo-Shirreffs, the Mosses' longtime racing manager and more recently Shirreffs' wife, as well as every member of Shirreffs' Southern California-based barn. However, that team actually began with a New Yorker and a Kentuckian, two men whose breeding ideas and ability to raise a good horse created Zenyatta.
The late Eric Kronfeld — an investment banker from New York — bred horses in the name of Maverick Productions, boarding his mares and foals at Don Robinson's Winter Quarter Farm near Lexington. Kronfeld had bred Zenyatta's dam, Vertigineux, and while the daughter of Kris S. won a few races, her immense size coupled with suspect ankles compromised her ability.
By the time the 2003 breeding season rolled around, Vertigineux had only produced one filly and was in foal to Kentucky Derby winner Thunder Gulch. Kronfeld didn't want to spend the money required for a leading proven sire, so he opted for Street Cry, a stallion who had just gone to stud.
"He was a brilliant racehorse, and I had enough faith in the mare to be willing to take a gamble on an unproven sire," Kronfeld said in 2010.
|Street Cry (Ire), 1998
|Machiavellian, 1987
|Mr. Prospector, 1970
|Raise a Native, 1961
|Native Dancer
Raise You
|Gold Digger, 1962
|Coup De Folie, 1982
|Halo, 1969
|Hail to Reason
|Raise the Standard, 1978
|Hoist the Flag
|Helen Street, 1982
|Troy, 1976
|Petingo, 1965
|La Milo, 1963
Pin Prick
|Waterway, 1976
|Riverman, 1969
|Never Bend
River Lady
|Boulevard, 1968
|Pall Mall
Costa Sola
|Kris S., 1977
|Roberto, 1969
|Hail to Reason, 1958
|Vertigineux, 1995
|Bramalea, 1959
|Sharp Queen, 1965
|Princequillo, 1940
|Prince Rose
|Bridgework, 1955
Feale Bridge
|For the Flag, 1978
|Forli, 1963
|Aristophanes, 1948
|Trevisa, 1951
|In the Offing, 1973
|Hoist the Flag, 1968
|Tom Rolfe
Wavy Navy
|Mrs. Peterkin, 1965
|Tom Fool
The breeder didn't know it, but he was sitting on a powder keg of ability. The Thunder Gulch foal Vertigineux was carrying, later named Balance, went on to win more than $1 million while capturing some of the same California stakes her half sister would also collect. Street Cry exploded as a sire right from the starting gate, with Zenyatta and 2007 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Street Sense in his first crop. Robinson found Kronfeld's choice of Street Cry intriguing but not very commercial, given the European roots of the stallion's sire, Machiavellian, and dam, Helen Street.
After Zenyatta arrived on April 1, 2004, Robinson raised her with the old-school know-how gleaned as a third-generation Kentucky horseman. He readied her for the 2005 Keeneland September yearling sale, weathering a few setbacks, including a case of hives that had the temerity to arrive right before the sale. Bidders ran and hid when they saw this gigantic yearling with a skin disease, especially the pinhookers, who choose youngsters they can turn around for a profit within six to eight months. The time and patience Zenyatta would need appealed to few, but one of those was bloodstock agent David Ingordo.
The son of the late jockey agent Jerry Ingordo, David had actually introduced his mother, Dottie, to Shirreffs years after his father's death and takes credit for playing matchmaker. He admired Shirreffs' work ethic, and he knew what the trainer looked for in a horse.
"John Shirreffs likes a big, scopey, two-turn horse," Ingordo said. "He's not interested in sprinters; six furlongs to him is a workout. He wants an Oaks/Derby classic-race-type horse. Zenyatta fit that mold perfectly. She had a great shoulder, a great hip, and perfect balance."
Because of the hives, Ingordo purchased Zenyatta for only $60,000, when he was prepared to bid up to $200,000. He even checked to see that he had bought the right horse because he thought the price was such a bargain. Zenyatta quickly recovered from the hives before she headed to Florida to be broken by Jeanne Mayberry.
Mayberry, whose late husband Brian had trained 1994 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) winner Sardula for the Mosses, soon discovered Zenyatta's potential. Checking on the trainees periodically, Ingordo reported to his mother about the big Street Cry filly.
"Mom, I hope they give this filly a good name," David told Dottie, "because she's galloping around twice to everyone else's once, and those are good horses."
Ingordo-Shirreffs and the Mosses decided upon an epic name in Zenyatta, though only fans of the rock group The Police would have recognized the word at the time. Jerry Moss and his A&M Records partner, Herb Alpert, produced many of The Police's albums. The group's third album, Zenyatta Mondatta, included one of their biggest hits, "Don't Stand So Close to Me."
Few expected Zenyatta to become as well known as her namesake album. Shirreffs knew she had talent, but he could see pitfalls, especially if he pushed her too fast too soon because of her massive frame.
"If I can get her right, she'll be my Michael Jordan," Shirreffs told Dottie six weeks after Zenyatta arrived at his barn.
Steve Willard, a foreman and exercise rider for Shirreffs, became Zenyatta's regular partner in her training moves as she learned what being a racehorse was all about. Those lessons sometimes included a few unscheduled maneuvers when the filly was feeling good.
One morning on Hollywood's training track Zenyatta began to buck, sending her hind legs higher than Willard had ever before experienced. Willard let the reins out to the end of the knot to keep from being pulled over Zenyatta's head, and he quickly regained control. But from that day on, Shirreffs determined that a pony would accompany Zenyatta to the track.
Pony "boy" Freddie Wilson, already well into his 60s, claimed that Zenyatta brought him out of retirement because she looked so special.
"I came by the barn one day, saw her, and about snapped my neck off," Wilson said. "I asked John, 'Who is that?' He said, 'She's a 2-year-old.' "
As Zenyatta matured, Shirreffs bided his time, unconcerned that 2006 and most of 2007 would pass before she was ready for the races.
"John thought so much of her that he didn't want to rush her," said Ann Moss, who quickly fell in love with the nascent superstar. "You blow in her nose and she nuzzles you — very, very sweet."
Shirreffs finally had Zenyatta ready to go in late November 2007 at Hollywood. Jockey Mike Smith, who had been working her in the mornings, traveled to Churchill Downs to ride Tessa Blue in the Nov. 22 Falls City Handicap (gr. II). Smith thought he could safely go out of town because he expected Shirreffs to wait for a longer race. Instead, the trainer entered Zenyatta in a 6 ½-furlong maiden race the same day as the Falls City, and David Flores picked up the ride for her maiden debut.
Local clockers had been watching the big filly work in the mornings and suspected that Shirreffs had something special.
"She was so imposing on the track that we were well aware of her leading up to her first start," said Hollywood clocker and morning linemaker Russell Hudak. "The big finishes in her workouts were noticed right from the beginning. The only question on race day was the 6 ½-furlong distance, but she laid that to rest as soon as she extended her stride entering the stretch."
Zenyatta, dropping to last of 12 in what would become her signature style for the early stages of a race, passed seven horses from the eighth pole home to win by three lengths. Flores merely hand-rode her to the wire. Two thousand miles away after finishing fourth on Tessa Blue, Smith watched in dismay as the big filly won. Typically, a trainer will not take a jockey off a horse after a victory, and he knew Shirreffs would think it only fair to stick with Flores.
Three weeks later at Hollywood, Flores and Zenyatta repeated when stretching out to a mile and a sixteenth, only this time the filly whooshed past most of her rivals on the turn. All Flores had to do in the stretch as Zenyatta took the lead from Quite a Stormkat was keep her straight when, in her inexperience, she tried to veer out a bit.
Such a performance prompted Shirreffs to step the filly into grade II company for her next start, the Jan. 13 El Encino Stakes at Santa Anita. Seasoned fillies Tough Tiz's Sis and Romance Is Diane, both major winners, couldn't withstand the Zenyatta onslaught, as she drew away to a 1 ¾-length victory.
"I really don't remember riding any other horse that covers so much ground," Flores said.
It was the last time he would pilot Zenyatta, however, because this time the horse went out of town. Zenyatta would tackle champion Ginger Punch in the Apple Blossom Handicap (gr. I) at Oaklawn Park in Arkansas on the same day as the Santa Anita Derby (gr. I). Flores stayed in California to ride favored El Gato Malo in the big 3-year-old race. He finished fifth while Smith regained the mount on Zenyatta, never to relinquish it.
But the pressure was on. Shirreffs told Smith he could have the mount back, but he had to win to keep it.
"David got her by winning a maiden race, and I have to ride her against Ginger Punch," Smith joked in an interview a couple of years later.
Smith didn't need to worry. Zenyatta easily defeated Ginger Punch and four others, including Kettleoneup, who had won the Falls City over Tessa Blue and Smith. By vanquishing champion Ginger Punch in only her fourth start and traveling across the country to do it, she thrust herself into national notice. Her 4 ½-length margin over Brownie Points would be the biggest of her career.
One more piece had to fall into place before Zenyatta's appeal would reach beyond regular racing fans. To this point and through her next victory, in Hollywood's Milady Handicap (gr II), she acted like a normal horse in the paddock and before her races. By the time of Hollywood's Vanity Handicap (gr I), however, she had begun her famous dancing.
Zenyatta knew when people lined up to see her in the paddock that she would soon be asked to race. She started to strut instead of walk around the ring, throwing her front feet before her like a dressage horse in a show arena. The crowd adored it.
"Because she's a big, strong horse, she has to express herself," Shirreffs later explained. "A horse going out for a race is on the muscle and really keyed up. So they have to learn to channel that some way."
Smith knew by this time not to warm up Zenyatta before a race, instead letting her stand and survey her competition.
"John would tell me where to stand her in the post parade, just walk and stand in that spot," Smith said. "It worked, so we just keep doing it."
It worked in the Vanity at Zenyatta's home base of Hollywood, through the Clement L. Hirsch Handicap (then gr. II) at Del Mar and the Lady's Secret Stakes (gr. I) at the Oak Tree meeting at Santa Anita. She would repeat that trio of victories in 2009 and 2010.
Zenyatta's team pointed her for the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita, but because she was completing only her first full year of racing, they didn't contemplate the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) against males. Jerry Moss even said he thought fillies should run against their own sex, and the Breeders' Cup had an excellent race for them going 1 1/8 miles — the Ladies' Classic (gr. I).
The Mosses celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in 2008, so it was fitting that Zenyatta competed in the 25th running of the Ladies' Classic. The race was entering a new phase because prior to 2008, it had been called the Breeders' Cup Distaff.
Despite the presence of 2007 Distaff one-two finishers, champion Ginger Punch and Hystericalady; Chilean champion Cocoa Beach; and major winners Music Note and Carriage Trail, Zenyatta went off as the heavy favorite. She didn't disappoint those with money on her or those who simply loved her.
When she circled the field turning into the stretch and began to pass all of those good fillies and mares, the crowd leapt to its feet, applauding, cheering, and whistling. Zenyatta responded not only with a 1 ½-length victory, but also by bowing and playing to the fans when Smith returned her to the winner's circle.
"I've found a new word for her; it's 'bottomless,' " said Smith. "Every time I ask her, there is something there."
When Curlin finished fourth in the following day's Breeders' Cup Classic, Zenyatta seemed to have a chance for the 2008 Horse of the Year title. She was a cinch to win an Eclipse Award as champion older filly or mare to become the Mosses' first-ever champion. However, Curlin prevailed as Horse of the Year with 153 votes, while Zenyatta received 69 and Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes (gr. I) winner Big Brown got 13.
Shirreffs decided that Zenyatta deserved a rest following the Breeders' Cup. She met fans on the racetrack one final time that year, parading at Hollywood Park on Nov. 30 as part of a special tribute.
The big filly walked the shedrow at Shirreffs' barn for several weeks. Her groom, Mario Espinoza, and his wife, hotwalker Carmen Zamora, were her best friends throughout her years at Barn 55 South. Espinoza cared for her like she was his daughter. Zenyatta loved long strolls in the barn with Zamora, and also enjoyed nibbling on the grass outside of the barn with Espinoza on the shank.
By mid-February 2009, Zenyatta had returned to galloping every day. Willard always exercised her in a special saddle. Shirreffs explained that she needed the full-tree saddle, made in England just for her, to fit her tall withers. When Zenyatta worked, Smith rode her and she wore a more normal exercise saddle. Willard often accompanied them on another horse to give her some competition.
Zenyatta recorded her first workout of 2009 on Feb. 28, traveling a half-mile in an easy :48 4/5. By April she was breezing six furlongs, getting ready for her 5-year-old season. Shirreffs, who loves technology and gadgets, decided to outfit Smith with a helmet camera when Zenyatta was scheduled to work six furlongs on April 19. The trainer posted the resulting video, which gives viewers a breathtaking view of what it was like to work the eventual champion, on his YouTube channel. Almost immediately it became a sensation, with people forwarding the link to their friends and posting it on their Facebook pages.
The YouTube video perhaps began Zenyatta's ability to help and inspire people. Comments fans would leave on YouTube after watching the video often touched Shirreffs.
"One person said she was ill or injured and couldn't ride anymore," the trainer said. "But to watch the video with Zenyatta's head going down and the mane blowing back, the woman wrote, 'It takes me back to when I was able to ride. Thank you very much.' "
Shirreffs was preparing Zenyatta to make her 2009 debut in the Louisville Distaff Breeders' Cup Stakes (gr. II) at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Oaks day. She even shipped across the country and galloped on the Louisville oval with Willard aboard, but torrential rain turned the track sloppy. Shirreffs watched for whether the maintenance crew harrowed the track the morning of the race. When they didn't harrow, he knew the track was too wet for him to risk running. He scratched Zenyatta, knowing he could run her on a dry track in California instead.
Zenyatta remained in the barn on a day that belonged to 3-year-old Rachel Alexandra, who demolished her Kentucky Oaks competition by more than 20 lengths. Zenyatta returned to California and pointed instead for the Milady at Hollywood. One week before that race Rachel Alexandra made history, becoming the first filly since Nellie Morse in 1924 to beat males in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I).
While that might have left the Milady as rather anticlimactic on the national stage, Zenyatta's growing legion of California fans came out to see her. Even owners of the competition were in awe. Pablo Suarez watched the saddling of his filly, Champagne Eyes, and then took two of his small children by the hand to walk to the other end of the paddock. He didn't want them to miss seeing "the big horse."
While Zenyatta vacationed after the 2008 Breeders' Cup, her neighbor in the Shirreffs barn, Life Is Sweet, had begun picking off major stakes at Santa Anita. The two horses actually had become friends because they were stabled across the aisle from each other at Hollywood and even shared the same groom, Espinoza. Martin and Pam Wygod owned Life Is Sweet, and the two females met as competitors for the first time in the Milady.
The race quickly sorted into two competitions: the battle on the front end among the other four challengers and the game that jockey Garrett Gomez aboard Life Is Sweet was about to try to play on Smith and Zenyatta far behind the others.
When Zenyatta edged inside of Life Is Sweet, Gomez immediately tightened up the hole. But Smith backed Zenyatta out of the trap and swung her around her stablemate, and the race was over. Zenyatta coasted to the wire, ears pricked, defeating Life Is Sweet by 1 ¾ lengths.
The ease of that victory cost Zenyatta in her next start, a second run in the Vanity Handicap. Hollywood racing secretary Martin Panza assigned her 129 pounds, the first of two times she carried such a burden. Still, the impost made few differences. Smith moved Zenyatta a little later than usual and tapped her a couple of times in the stretch with his whip. Once she hit the lead, those ears flipped up and she coasted home by 2 ½ lengths.
Zenyatta cut victory the closest in her next race, the Clement L. Hirsch back at Del Mar. Smith watched Life Is Sweet so intensely while the two of them lagged behind the rest of the field that he let the leaders get farther ahead than he intended. Deep in the final turn, Zenyatta trailed every other horse. She picked off the competition one by one instead of all at once, and at the sixteenth pole she still needed to catch Lethal Heat and Anabaa's Creation. When Anabaa's Creation wrested the lead from Lethal Heat nearing the wire, her connections didn't have time to celebrate. With precision timing, Zenyatta nailed the longshot right at the finish to win by a head.
Zenyatta wasn't drawing a deep breath afterward, despite the short margin. Smith said when he stood up after the finish, she hit another gear and galloped out even more strongly.
Seven days before the Hirsch, Rachel Alexandra had trounced males again, this time in the Haskell Invitational Stakes (gr. I) at Monmouth Park. People began to clamor for a meeting between the two female superstars. But with Zenyatta in the West and Rachel Alexandra in the East, the only potential match appeared to be in the Breeders' Cup, slated again for Santa Anita. Jess Jackson, the owner of Rachel Alexandra, said he would not ship his filly West because of Santa Anita's synthetic surface, which Jackson blamed for the defeat of his horse Curlin the year before.
Zenyatta prepped for the Breeders' Cup by winning the Lady's Secret Stakes during the Oak Tree meeting at Santa Anita. She equaled Personal Ensign's unbeaten streak of thirteen victories, a milestone that meant much to the Mosses. They had witnessed that champion's final win, a seemingly impossible triumph over Winning Colors in the 1988 Breeders' Cup Distaff.
"To be considered in the same spot as that incredible horse makes us feel very humble," said Jerry Moss.
Zenyatta could have defended her title in the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic, but the Mosses and the Shirreffs decided to let her tackle a race no filly or mare had ever won, stepping up against males in the 1 ¼-mile Classic instead. She would have to take on winners of the Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes (gr. I), and Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I) to Dubai's UAE Derby (UAE-II) and England's Sussex Stakes (Eng-I), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Eng-I), and Champion Stakes (Eng-I).
This time many in the crowd arrived armed with Zenyatta signs. They put the previous year's cheering for Zenyatta in the Ladies' Classic to shame, rumbling to rock the nearby San Gabriel Mountains.
In the Classic, Mike Smith decided to save ground by passing horses on the inside of the final turn and then edging outside for the stretch drive. Still behind six horses deep in the stretch, Zenyatta charged past them all, winning by a length from Gio Ponti, a horse who would himself win multiple championship honors.
As monumental an accomplishment as winning the Classic was, when Eclipse Award voters examined their ballots, more of them decided that Rachel Alexandra's efforts eclipsed Zenyatta's. The younger filly received 130 votes to Zenyatta's 99, and the Horse of the Year title eluded Zenyatta once again, though she won a second award as champion older female.
Until the week before the Horse of the Year announcement in January 2010, it looked as if Zenyatta would not have another chance. After the Classic, Jerry Moss announced that her career was done, and she even paraded in retirement ceremonies at Hollywood and Santa Anita.
Moss had a change of heart, however, especially after he and Ann kept visiting the big filly at Shirreffs' barn. Ann in particular noted how much Zenyatta enjoyed her job.
"She is having such a good time," Ann Moss said.
Zenyatta would get one final year to pursue the Horse of the Year trophy. With Rachel Alexandra still in training, hope emerged that the two would meet finally to prove who was better. Zenyatta's supporters felt that her undefeated record would triumph even over Rachel Alexandra. Fans of Rachel Alexandra believed that any filly who as a 3-year-old could defeat males in some of the East's most prestigious races could successfully handle the West Coast challenger.
Charles Cella, the owner of Oaklawn Park, where Zenyatta had won the 2008 Apple Blossom, offered to increase the purse of that stakes to $5 million if both Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra would run in the 2010 edition. The Mosses and Jess Jackson in early February agreed to point for the Apple Blossom, scheduled for April 9.
Fans across the country began checking flight schedules in the hopes that they could witness the battle between champions in person. Cella said he intended to stage "a race for the ages." One blog called it "The Clash of the Titans." Comparisons were cropping up to matches between Seabiscuit and War Admiral, Affirmed and Alydar, and Sunday Silence and Easy Goer.
Each tuned up for the Apple Blossom on March 13, Zenyatta in the Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap (gr. I) at Santa Anita, Rachel Alexandra in the New Orleans Ladies Stakes at the Fair Grounds. Shirreffs sent another from his stable, Arnold Zetcher's Zardana, to the Louisiana race, and the horses went into the starting gate there as Zenyatta entered the saddling enclosure at Santa Anita.
Dottie Ingordo-Shirreffs stood in the aisle of the Santa Anita paddock watching the monitor of the New Orleans Ladies. As the impossible started to unfold and Zardana edged past Rachel Alexandra, Ingordo-Shirreffs screamed at the screen, "Come on, Zardana!"
As if she had heard the urging, Zardana dueled the 2009 Horse of the Year into submission. Zardana won the race but ended any hopes of a Zenyatta-Rachel Alexandra match. The next day Jackson announced that Rachel Alexandra was not in top form and would skip the Apple Blossom.
Meanwhile, Zenyatta played to her fans at Santa Anita in the walking ring and proceeded to demolish her Santa Margarita foes, despite having to weave through traffic. A celebrity-laced winner's circle that included Bo Derek and Dustin Hoffman greeted her for her 15th win.
Without Rachel Alexandra, the Apple Blossom reverted to its original $500,000 purse. That didn't stop Team Zenyatta from sending her to Arkansas, to the local fans' delight. When Zenyatta walked off the plane, a horde of devotees greeted her with signs that read "Welcome, Zenyatta," "Marry Me, Zenyatta," and "Rachel Who?"
Nearly 45,000 people showed up to watch Zenyatta easily handle four rivals in the Apple Blossom. It wasn't much of a race, but that wasn't what drew the crowd. They wanted to see the dancing and the bowing, and Zenyatta obliged on both counts.
By now the stories grew almost daily about what Zenyatta did when not adding to her amazing win streak. She preferred Guinness to lesser beers and ales, and ESPN reporter Wright Thompson earned an Eclipse Award of his own with a story that mentioned shopping for her favorite beverage. Her gentle nature coaxed responses in autistic children and inspired at least one woman to buckle down in her physical therapy until she was able to leave her wheelchair behind.
Team Zenyatta shared their champion generously with the public, whether through personal visits at the barn or by donating her halters and shoes for such charities as the Race for Education, Old Friends, and the V Foundation. One morning a group of contributors to the Los Angeles Zoo came to Hollywood Park for breakfast with Zenyatta.
One woman had brought carrots as a treat for Zenyatta, keeping them in her purse until after breakfast.
"We didn't know what she had in there," said Shirreffs, "but Zenyatta kept sticking her nose in it. I thought she was going to grab the purse and run off with it."
Another woman wanted to feed Zenyatta a carrot, but she was terrified because when she was 5 years old, a horse had nearly bitten off her finger. She tremulously offered the carrot to Zenyatta, who quietly accepted it.
"I hope you got a photo," she said excitedly to Shirreffs, who did indeed snap a shot. "My mother and father won't believe it."
Such activities didn't keep Zenyatta from concentrating on her job. As gentle as she was with the public, when gallop or workout time arrived each morning, she was as focused as ever.
The big mare needed to be fit for her next outing, her third Vanity Handicap, because of a new challenger — St Trinians. The British import had won her first four races in the U.S. by an average of four lengths. In the fourth, the 2010 Santa Maria Handicap (gr. II), St Trinians had defeated Life Is Sweet, impressive winner of the previous year's Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic.
Mike Mitchell, St Trinians' trainer, had ducked Zenyatta in the Santa Margarita. Instead, he had run St Trinians unsuccessfully as the favorite in the Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I). But he had her honed for the Vanity, convinced that if ever he could beat Zenyatta, this would be the day. Zenyatta again had to shoulder 129 pounds, while St Trinians carried just 120.
St Trinians offered up her body and soul, refusing to give in when Zenyatta revved up her monster run. At one point it looked as if Zenyatta might not get there in time, but in the final yards she swept past St Trinians to win by a half length.
As the horses galloped back to be unsaddled and Zenyatta bowed to her adoring fans, Mitchell stood on the track and applauded the champion.
"I just got outrun by the best mare I've ever seen," he said.
With victory number 17, Zenyatta passed winning streaks set by such stars as Citation, Cigar, and Mr. Frisky. And she didn't stop there.
At Del Mar for her third Clement L. Hirsch Stakes, Zenyatta easily bested five other fillies and mares. The only question in that race was whether Shirreffs would run her. He didn't like Del Mar's Polytrack surface, and he closely monitored it once the race meet opened before deciding that Zenyatta would indeed race.
One start remained before Zenyatta traveled to Churchill for her third attempt at a Breeders' Cup race. With Penny Chenery, owner of the legendary Secretariat, ready to present the trophy for the Lady's Secret Stakes at the Oak Tree meeting at Santa Anita, Zenyatta prepped for the Breeders' Cup by winning the race for a third time. The victory, number 19, sent Zenyatta's earnings past those of Ouija Board to $6,404,580, a record for a filly or mare who had raced in North America.
Going into the 2010 Breeders' Cup Classic, seemingly every turf writer and blogger voiced an opinion about who should be Horse of the Year. With Blame and Quality Road leading the older male division in the East and Lookin At Lucky the best of the 3-year-olds, many believed that whichever of the four won the Classic would win Horse of the Year.
Blame had shown a fondness for Churchill's main track, and he had only lost once during 2010, when second to Haynesfield in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. Quality Road, whose antics behind the gate cost him a shot at Zenyatta in the 2009 Classic, had just turned in a powerhouse performance in the Woodward Stakes (gr. I). Lookin At Lucky had won the Preakness, Haskell, and Indiana Derby (gr. II), but had yet to go up against his elders.
While darkness encroached upon Churchill and its lights began to blaze into the night of Nov. 6, the 11 males and Zenyatta walked around the outside of Churchill's first turn. It is a walk made famous each year prior to the Kentucky Derby, but while the mint julep-fortified yell at every Derby starter with general equality, the 72,729 at the Breeders' Cup made it quite clear that they held Zenyatta closest to their hearts.
As the gate opened for the 1 ¼-mile test, Zenyatta broke last and trailed the field as expected. What no one expected was to see her seven lengths behind the 11th-place runner. Had she finally left herself too much ground to make up, even for her normally amazing strides?
While the rest of the field engaged in the race, Zenyatta looked as if she were cantering around, unaware that she was in a competition. Maybe she didn't like the dirt being kicked back in her face. Whatever the reason, Smith knew he had to get to work, and he asked her to close the gap a bit as the field turned onto the backstretch.
Zenyatta moved up a little on the rail down the backstretch and around the second turn, with only one horse beaten heading into the stretch run. Smith angled her outside most of the field in upper stretch, and once she saw she had a clear track she kicked into that long-reaching stride that shot her past horse after horse.
Blame had taken the lead, and Zenyatta prepared to run him down as well, in the manner of her previous 19 races. The wire betrayed her, however, coming up just inches short. She failed to catch her gutsy and courageous rival, who won by a head and became the only horse ever to finish in front of Zenyatta.
The crowd never wavered in its allegiance to the gallant mare. When she returned to be unsaddled, they roared their approval of her and practically ignored Blame.
Smith, facing reporters after the race, had tears in his eyes as he tried to make himself the fall guy for her loss.
"I feel like I let her down by giving her too much to do," he said. "This hurts more than I can explain, because it was my fault."
Few, if any, blamed Smith. Most saw the race as a case of valiant courage in the face of defeat on the part of Zenyatta and her partner. The next morning, her fans thronged her Churchill barn and outside of the fence on Longfield Avenue. Shirreffs brought her out to let her meet them. They posed with her for photos and fed her apples. Many outside of the fence were allowed to touch her briefly, including Kari Russell of Tennessee, who was terminally ill and wanted to touch Zenyatta once before she died.
Zenyatta returned home to Hollywood Park, where she paraded one last time for her West Coast fans. In the days before she shipped back to Kentucky to begin life as a broodmare, Shirreffs allowed dozens of people to visit his barn and pose with her for a final photo.
Off she went to retirement, stall 85 sadly empty. Even months later, Shirreffs couldn't bring himself to put another horse in the place Zenyatta had occupied for four happy years.
One goal remained. Would the brilliant mare be able to defeat Blame at the ballot box and finally snag that Horse of the Year trophy? The cold, hard facts showed that Blame and Zenyatta each had lost one race during the year and in head-to-head competition Blame beat Zenyatta.
But cold, hard facts only sketched a picture that craved color, shadow, and texture to reveal the entire painting. Talented as Blame was, he hadn't won 19 races without a loss or rallied people worldwide to witness something fantastical. When the results were revealed at the Eclipse Award ceremonies in Florida, Zenyatta finally had her golden trophy. She garnered 128 votes to 102 for Blame and five for three-time Breeders' Cup Mile winner Goldikova.
Maybe a little karma worked its magic also. After all, Zenyatta lost Horse of the Year twice when she did everything asked of her in perfection. And she gave to her fans in a way that perhaps no other horse ever has, from her dancing and bowing on the track to her gentle patience when they visited individually. She attracted thousands to the racetrack, people who had never before cared about a mere horse.
Mere horse? No one who saw Zenyatta in the flesh would ever categorize her as a "mere" anything. She brought wonder and amazement, and made believers out of cynics.
Every morning at Lane's End Farm, Zenyatta leads a docile parade of mares to a paddock near the barn she now calls home. Sometimes her belly swells with new life; sometimes a young foal prances along by her side. Always, she proceeds with regal grace.
The youngsters that have grown up with Zenyatta as their mother show signs of her talent, intelligence, and class. Cozmic One, the Bernardini colt in training in New York with John Shirreffs, has begun to record timed breezes and will come along with Shirreffs' classic patience — plans have not yet been announced for his first start. Ziconic, by Tapit, traveled the route taken by the big mare and his older brother to Mayberry Farm in Ocala, Fla., where the foundation instilled by the team at Lane's End will be built upon until he, too, is ready to join Shirreffs' string. Even "Z Princess" the War Front filly, a precocious youngster with a definite spunky streak, is making strides toward independence — as summer turned to fall in the bluegrass this season, she was weaned.
Whether Zenyatta's progeny will demonstrate brilliance on the racetrack remains to be seen. In the meantime, the thousands of fans who followed her racing career keep up with the big mare's daily life through Zenyatta.com, the website overseen by Jerry and Ann Moss. Even in retirement, her legacy lives on.
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- Colgan's definition of mobile: "What you can use to consume and engage without leaving what you're already on.
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Name: EMW (Eisenacher Motoren Werke)
In the East German Formula 2 Championships in the early 1950s most of the cars racing were based on the BMW 328, although eventually complete new cars and indeed engines were built. EMW was based in the East German town of Eisenach, close to the West German border. Eisenach had been the site of the very first BMW car factory in 1928 and the racing cars were produced in the same factory, which was run as a collective in the post-war years.
The first cars built by the Eisenach Rennkollectiv were BMW-engined specials raced at the end of 1952 by Edgar Barth, who scored a debut win at the Sachsenring against a field of BMW specials, AFMs and Veritas-Meteors. For the following year EMW built its own engine which was raced with much success in East Germany by Barth. He traveled west on several occasions, finishing fifth at the Eifelrennen F2 race in May and racing in the German GP in August. He scored wins at Dessau, on the Halle-Saale-Schliefe autobahn, at Dresden and at the Sachsenring to win the East German F2 title. At the end of the year he was beaten in a non-championship race at Bernau by Artur Rosenhammer but he came home second to give EMW an impressive 1-2 result.
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I was recently working on a small system (double door reach in cooler) after a compressor change-out, and was only able to get to 1000 microns.
I was trying everything. Tightening all hose connections gorilla tight. Nitrogen purging. Leaking king valve stem? Leak somewhere else?
Then I took all my hoses and connectors apart, and dabbed some Nylog on the ends. (it's been a few months since I did this)
Hooked back up, went down to ~300 microns in 20 secs.
Lesson learned.
I have used the Nylog. I am afraid it is going to clog the port. In the video on the website they use it on shraders. It is pretty thick stuff. Especially the one for r-22. Has anybody ever had a problem. When I use it on the face of flares it looks like it will clog the pipe. This makes me afraid to use it on shrader ports.
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MCDONALD, Ohio (WYTV) – In what could possibly be a preview of the Division IV tournament final in Struthers, the McDonald Blue Devils out-raced the Wellsville Tigers for an exciting 89-80 victory on their home court Saturday night.
The Blue Devils remain perfect on the season with a 10-0 record while the Tigers drop to 8-2. Both teams were coming off wins from Friday night, giving the game even more of a tournament atmosphere with the back-to-back nights of play.
"First of all I think these are two of the better teams in the area in Division IV," Blue Devils coach Jeff Rasile remarked. "So we knew this was going to be a tough game. With both of us playing last night it makes it much more difficult, especially with our style. It was a war out there and fortunately for us we came out on the winning side."
"We really played as a team tonight, we had six guys in double figures so it just goes to show that we share the ball very well," Devils senior Dylan Portolese added. "Yeah, we'll probably see them again in Struthers, just like last year. It was good to get the first one, to have the advantage of being the favorite."
"I'm hoping, I'm hoping," Tigers coach Bug Thompson said of the game possibly being a tournament preview. "It let me know where my team is at, because the last couple times we played them we battled them in the first half, and we gave up the second half. Tonight we came out and battled, we battled the whole game."
Both teams ran the court from the tip-off to the final moments with both trading the lead early in the contest. When Justin Miller threw up a desperation three at the buzzer that connected to end the first quarter, the Tigers held a 25-24 lead.
But the Devils went on an 10-4 run to start the second period, giving them a 5-point, 34-29 lead early in the frame. They would be knotted at 36 when the Devils went on an 9-3 run to close the half, and held a 45-39 lead at intermission.
"We missed some layups," Thompson said. "We missed some layups early, a couple free throws and a couple bad turnovers in the first half. I was proud of how we battled back after that."
Following an early basket by Michael Shope to start the second half, the Devils started to slowly inch their advantage as they built it up to 8-points at 61-53 with 2:42 remaining in the quarter when Evan Magill laid the ball in the hoop. The Tigers would close the deficit to just 4-points before the Devils' Dylan Portolese and Caleb Emerson both knocked down two free throws to close the quarter with 67-61 lead.
The Tigers and Devils traded baskets throughout the first half of the final period until Braedon Poole connected on a three pointer with 2:30 remaining to give the Devils a 10-point bulge at 80-70. The Tigers would attempt to send the Devils to the charity stripe in the final two minutes in hopes to close the deficit, but the Devils would connect on 9 of 10 free throws in the quarter to keep the Tigers at bay.
"We can't turn the ball over down the stretch," Portolese remarked as a key for his team. "We get up by ten and then throw the ball away and it could be a ten point game again. When we get up by ten we need to be able to take it to the next level and put it away."
The loss overshadowed outstanding performances by both Jake Green and Justin Miller of the Tigers as they both netted 23 points to lead them. Michael Shope added and additional 13 points while Garrett Scott had 9. Miller also contributed a team leading 8 rebounds and 9 assist.
"They're great shooters. I think Green hit seven or eight three's against them in the tournament last year. They are lights out shooters, I mean they played good, but I think he (Green) had a couple turnovers early and he didn't let that get to him. I jumped on him for it (turnovers) and he responded."
"Our style and the home court doesn't hurt either," Rasile said with a smile about what proved to be the difference in the game. "This was pretty loud here tonight. It was nice for a Saturday night game for fans. You look around and you see a lot of people who aren't McDonald or Wellsville people, it was a good game to see."
As Portolese mentioned, the Devils had six players scoring in double digits with Joe Ragazzine leading them with 21. Both Portolese and Braedon Poole knocked down 18 points with Evan Magill scoring 12 and Zach Rasile and Caleb Emerson scoring 10.
"This is what we do. All year we have been doing that. This is probably our most complete team as far as the five starters are concerned. We don't have the depth that we had last year, but we had some kids step off the bench tonight and do some things like Caleb Emerson scoring 10 points."


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So far this season, it appears that anything that can go wrong for the Knicks will go wrong. New York is currently 10-15 and seemingly unable to string together any type of winning streak. Carmelo Anthony has battled injuries all season. Mike D'Antoni has been under constant pressure from the fans, who have even chanted Phil Jackson's name. On top of all that, Amar'e Stoudemire is dealing with a tragedy, as he lost his brother in a car accident early Monday morning. Simply put, life is not good at Madison Square Garden.
You know the fans are restless when they even start getting on the reserves. With Anthony struggling through pain and Amar'e Stoudemire having to leave the team, New York will have lean on players other than their superstars going forward. Point guard Jeremy Lin shined with 28 points during a win over the Jazz Monday night, but others like Jared Jeffries struggled. The crowd booed Jeffries as a result, and D'Antoni was not pleased about it.
"Anybody who boos Jared Jeffries has got to reexamine their life a little bit," D'Antoni said according to the NY Daily News. "I am sorry to have to say this, I love our fans, I like MSG, the arena. But here's a guy who came back to us on a minimum contract. He could have gone to a lot of other teams. He plays as hard as anybody could possibly ever play, with injuries, does everything you ask him to. (That's like) booing what's good with America."
Perhaps a bit dramatic from D'Antoni, but Knicks fans are focusing their boos on the wrong guy. Jeffries is averaging 4.3 points and 3.6 rebounds this season. He has never averaged over 6.8 during any season of his nine-year career. Times may be tough, but if you're going to a Knicks game looking for a standout performance from Jeffries you might as well sell your tickets and stay home.
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Laura Matzer has left Microsoft to become curator of education for the Arizona Museum for Youth.
Rumors of her impending departure have been in circulation for a week, along with the unsubstantiated claim that she was fired.
She did not return a phone call asking for clarification.
On Monday, a holiday, she sent a to-whom-it-concerns e-mail, saying she was trading Microsoft for a terrific opportunity in Arizona.
Matzer started at Microsoft in 2003, working for Michael Klein. After this profile ran in the P-I, he confided that Microsoft management wasn't pleased with the frank and open attitude he displayed in the newspaper.
After him came Matzer. In contrast to Klein, she was discreet to the point of invisibility. Surely there's a middle road. May the next person in the job find it.


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A large block of stone, especially one used in architecture or sculpture.
- n. Something, such as a column or monument, made from one large block of stone.
- n. Something suggestive of a large block of stone, as in immovability, massiveness, or uniformity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A large single block of stone, used in architecture and sculpture.
- n. Anything massive, uniform and unmovable.
- n. A continuous stationary-phase cast as a homogeneous column in a single piece.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A single stone, especially one of large size, shaped into a pillar, statue, or monument.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A single stone; by extension, any structure or object in stone formed of a single piece: it may be an independent monument standing alone, as an Egyptian obelisk, or a menhir, or any part of a structure, as a column.
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- n. a single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk)
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This high-tech waste monolith is a heap of contradictions.
Living High on Trash: The Falls and Tullytown PA landfill expand and accept radioactive materiel too.
Today's YouTube videos: iPhone monolith is the next entry in this blog.
But one advantage of being the corporate monolith is they are open when I need them the most.
Problem: I don't believe the west, as a monolith, is ready to confront the Islamos in this (or any actually) way.
The true height of this wonderful monolith is over seventy feet, between thirty and forty of which are hidden under the accumulated soil of many centuries.
As one has said, "You have here a brotherhood of clustered peaks, and there the solitude of a mountain monolith; here you have a gladsome glade, and there a chilling glacier; here an inviting grove, and there a gloomy cavern; here a friendly valley with green grass and purple flower, and there a frowning cliff; here you have a raging torrent, and there a laughing cascade; here a rushing river, and there a placid stream."
But the point about indys not being a monolith is a good one to keep in mind.
This is now the most obvious split that the regime is tearing apart, and its portrayal of itself as a monolith is a facade.
Cynthia Boaz: Grand Ayatollah's pronouncement is sign of disintegrating regime
The Black church is often spoken of as though it is a huge monolith, that is not divided by denomination.
One of the other things that's not a monolith are the Clinton's plural.


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Some houses just have 'it.'
'It' being that perfect blend of style, comfort and domestic romance that somehow says, "home."
First , there's the dramatic contrast between inside and out. From the jaw-dropping grandeur of our fifteen private, boulder-strewn acres, laced with private hiking trails and seasonal creeks and climbing opportunities, you step into a sanctuary of luxury, detail and sophistication rarely seen in remote locations.
There are rooms made of rock. Sleek banisters crafted by a local artisan to resemble snakes. Artist friends designed and executed the concrete countertops with Mexican tile detail, the molita-detailed upholstery, the metalwork. I painted the kitchen cabinet vignettes myself. Original paintings, prints and photos are everywhere. And every rug, blanket, placemat, vase, coffee cup, and frame is lovingly chosen and carefully placed to keep the magic alive. .
The. House is big. Rambling, even. We can sleep 14 in beds. And yet...it's cozy. Filled with nooks for sleeping, reading , drawing, sharing secrets. As well as larger rooms for gathering, dining, hanging out.
The kitchen is fully-equipped. There are two cable TVs, and wireless internet throughout. A green-enamel woodstove promises lovely nights around the fire. (wood provided), Powerful, dual-zone heat and air, atmospheric lighting, Sonos speakers, comfy beds with premiere linens, free domestic and Canadian landline service ...basically, everything you need to feel like our desert house is yours.
Outside, intimate patios and relaxed seating abound. There's a private, walled jacuzzi outside the master, a full-size pool ( solar heat! ) , gas barbecue and an outdoor shower that overlooks the entire desert floor.
Days here are brilliant and glorious. Lizards scamper, birds dip and swoon. Breezes come like tides, and desert blossoms open and close. You may see jackrabbits, tortoises, quail. You will doubtless hear the coyotes at dusk, which will serve to remind you that the silence is majestic.
At night, there are technicolor sunsets. The sky is endless and stars shoot through it. Bats come to eat the insects who come to get the water in the pool. Shadows morph and disappear. If you listen, you will hear the presence of the desert spirits.
The peace,silence, vastness, freedom and the unique living energy of the desert vortex have drawn people to this area since the days of the Chemeheuvi.
So come. Experience. Enjoy.
You'll find that Boulder House is so much more than just a place to sleep.
It's a place to awaken.
***Please be advised that our pricing is dependent upon the number of occupants. Please do not assume the listed rate will apply to your party of 5+****
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As a director and an artist, it's not surprising that the visuals were what got us. The road wound up through the desert, the yuccas and Joshua trees becoming more and more plentiful as the signs of civilization retreated. There was Pioneertown itself, perfect as a movie set (well, it was a movie set, duh!), Pappy and Harriet's, and then, of course, the boulders themselves - massive, majestic, at once welcoming and foreboding.
Barbara DeSantis purchased this house in 7
The house itself. Of course we appreciate the cool, minimalist modernism of so many brilliantly designed or re-thought desert cabins. But for ourselves, we wanted something a little warmer, cozier. Something that felt more like home. Boulder House, with its four bedrooms ( five if you count the guest bed in the computer room), living room, dining room, TV room, outbuildings and pool, felt right. It had intimate spaces, private spaces, hang-out spaces, outside spaces, places to play and places to work. It sprawled over fifteen acres and had views of washes, a stream, the lights of Yucca Valley far in the distance. It was everything we had been looking for, and it was two hours from Los Angeles. It was home. Ours, and now, if you like, yours. Welcome.
Boulder House is a handmade house representing thousands of hours of work by various artists and craftspeople who poured their lives, labor, and love into their sanctuary in the desert. Whatever passion leads you to the desert, we invite you to add your spirit to those of the Native Americans, cowboys, ranchers, dreamers, artists, and visionaries who have blessed Boulder House with theirs.
If you would like to contribute a colorful piece of broken ceramic to our broken ceramic garden bed, please feel free.
If you would like to document the contribution in our guestbook, or on Facebook, we would love to hear from you!
I just wanted to thank you for allowing us to rent the house last weekend. We all had an incredible time and sincerely hope to return soon! That place really has a special energy both based on location and aesthetic.
We escaped to the desert for my husband's 50th birthday and we could not have found a more perfect place. We planned to play a little on the property, then head out for some adventures during the day, but the place was so seductive we never left the grounds. There are endless bright-colored rooms, a hot tub under the stars, books, art, space, light. There are boulders to climb and lots of magic. I only wished we had brought the children and dogs.
This house was everything our bachelorette party could have dreamed of and more! The perfect location, the cozy colorful house, the great pool and hot tub, and most of all the super accommodating hostess Barbara were all superb! 13 of us stayed at the house for the weekend and there was plenty of room for everyone, tons of extra linens, plenty of cups and dishes, and even extra sunscreen! Everything was so perfectly arranged and you can tell the hostess takes great care to make the Boulder House a perfect getaway for anyone staying there. They even have an extra mini fridge which was super helpful for keeping our wine cool! Every lady in our group loved the vibes of the house and the beautiful scenery outside. We're already planning to return someday because we felt so welcome and at home there. I'd recommend this house to any group wanting to experience Joshua Tree and stay in a perfectly managed vacation home.
Our second time staying at this amazing place! The property is a dream! Love all the art that infuses this place! Everywhere you look, there is some treasure, some visual delight, something beautiful, colorful, exotic, fun, humorous, textural!!! I continued to see new things that I had missed before!
Comfortable, cozy and a great place to share with a group!
Thank you, and looking forward to making this an annual event!
My group of friends had our second annual May excursion to the Bould House and it was even netter than last year. Such good vibes there, such beauty. We will be returning for many years to come. I honestly can't say enough good things about this space. Every person in our group of 14 commented over and over about how incredible and magical this place is. It truly is one of my favorite spots. Just love it!!! :)
We stayed two nights here during our sons wedding. Owner was easy going when we asked to have rehearsal dinner at the house. The meal was catered. The guests were fascinated with the home and everyone had to take the tour. Beds were very comfortable, outdoor area was amazing. There's lots of exploring to do. I don't think you'll have any regrets renting this home. We received our rental packet on time and our deposit was refunded within reasonable time.
THANK YOU so much for what was one of the best weekends me and my friends have had in years. The house was BEAUTIFUL and perfect for us. We loved every minute of it, used it fully and felt very at home there. We also made every effort to leave it as we found it and hope you will find we had great respect for the property.
We had such a lovely time in fact that we want to make this an annual trip — we'd love to rent the house again next year around the same time if it all works out. I also want to rent this space for future artist retreats and workshops. I just love it.
The art, the colors, the energy, the pool, such a delicious experience! Thank you!!!!!
The Pipes Canyon area is uniquely blessed with sweeping vistas, dramatic boulders,lots of native artifacts, wistful abandoned cabins, and some of the only flat-top mesas in the State of California.
From your front door, you can hike our 15 uninterrupted acres, or try the beautiful trails at Pipes Canyon Preserve, or, of course, the Park.
Stargazing and sunsets are unparalleled here. Check local sites for info re : wildflower and meteor shower timing.
Art fans will appreciate Noah Purifoy's masterpiece installation(directions available), Pioneertown itself is like walking into a Louis L'Amour novel, and be sure to book a Sound Bath at the Integratron. Pappy and Harriets is a legendary bar/restaurant with world-class musical acts - check their margaritas, BTW ;), and new restaurants and hip shops keep popping tip down on Highway 62, check it out. More cool shopping Sat and Sun mornings at the SkyMall ( Hwy 62 @ Old Woman Springs Road.
We have contacts for horseback riding as well as personal/group yoga instruction/massage.
Personalized yoga instruction available, from single classes to full retreats
Local wildlife and botanical tours and seminars available on request.
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Bloomberg BNA — The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) released June 25 voluntary guidelines for helping companies such as ConocoPhillips and Alpha Natural Resources report on how climate change regulations and other sustainability issues could affect their value in annual filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The standards identify environmental and social issues that could have a material impact on shareholder value for companies in the nonrenewable resources sector, which includes oil and gas, coal operations, metals and mining, iron and steel, and construction materials.
The sector faces "distinct risks, such as increased regulatory pressure due to carbon emissions and the need for a culture of safety and emergency preparedness," Jean Rogers, the founder and chief executive officer of SASB, said in a statement. It also faces "unique opportunities stemming from product innovation and maintaining positive relations with key stakeholders such as communities directly affected by their activities," she said.
SASB is a nonprofit organization that has been developing standards for improving environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure in mandatory SEC filings, including annual 10-K reports, by publicly listed companies in 10 sectors. The nonrenewable resources sector is the fourth set of industry standards to be released.
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The standards ask companies for more disclosure on issues related to climate change, including how future regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions could affect the value of oil, gas or coal reserves.
No more than one-third of proven fossil fuel reserves can be burned before 2050 if the world is to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), according to an analysis by the International Energy Agency.
Companies are already required to report to the SEC on the value of their reserves, but that is assuming current prices and technologies, Himani Phadke, associate director of research at SASB, told Bloomberg BNA June 25.
In a carbon-constrained future, she said, "Companies with more carbon-intensive reserves and production and higher capital costs are likely to face greater risks," according to the standards.
"We're asking them to look at scenarios" for future price projections and the estimated carbon dioxide emissions embedded in proven hydrocarbon reserves, Phadke said. Companies should also discuss how price and demand for hydrocarbons or climate regulation influence their capital expenditure strategies for exploration, acquisition and development of assets, according to the standards.
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The standards also seek to address other environmental issues, such as greenhouse gas emissions; air quality impacts; biodiversity impacts, including acid mine drainage and oil spills and leaks and water management, particularly for hydraulic fracturing operations.
"We're already seeing some good disclosure, in sustainability reports for example," on many of these issues, Phadke said. Some of the environmental issues are also disclosed in 10-Ks, just not with metrics, she said.
SASB wants companies to include in their 10-Ks metrics such as total freshwater withdrawn, the percentage recycled and percentage withdrawn in regions with high or extremely high water stress.
Other social issues addressed by the standards include security, human rights and community relations, which looks at how a company's value could be affected by the way it affects a community. For example, oil and gas companies could face disruptions to operations "not from an equipment failure, but a community protest," Phadke said.
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As I write this thank-you, Kevin and I are both overwhelmed with the outpouring of donations and help from all the people that have helped contribute to the building of our house. How can I thank you all?
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The All Blacks win the series with convincing victory over France
The All Blacks kept France tryless as they sealed the Test series with an emphatic 30-0 victory in Christchurch on Saturday. It was the All Blacks' 500th Test, and skipper Kieran Read's 50th, leading to a special night for the 21 000 fans in attendance. MORE »


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A famous scene by Edmund Blair Leighton done in 1901, this features a beautiful queen with flowing golden hair who uses a sword to knight a sturdy young man.
I love the detail in her dress - the folds of the fabric, the golden embroidery lining the helm.
Note how he is disarmed before her - no sword, no helmet. He is completely at her mercy. He bows his head in quiet acceptance while the courtiers look on.
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Michelle Quinn covered computers and digital music. She left the Times in October 2008.
She has chronicled the digital revolution since 1993, when she wrote for the first issue of Wired magazine about how computers were changing Hollywood special effects. She covered Netscape's 1995 public offering for the San Francisco Chronicle and rode the roller coaster of the dot-com boom and bust for the San Jose Mercury News.
In the evenings, the Delaware native can be found at home watching TV shows and movies on her laptop, with another nearby to surf the Web.
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Last week Apple Inc. made big news with the unveiling of their soon-to-be-available iPhone 5. In addition, the crew from Cupertino also announced improvements to its iPod touch and iPod nano. With the iPhone's features offering so many of the features of, say, the iPod touch, is it possible that the product is in the autumn phase of its run?
The iPod touch may be more at risk of becoming obsolete, given its similarities to the company's new mobile phone. It shares the same 4-inch Retina display as the iPhone 5, has a camera, is powered by iOS6, can surf the web, a calendar, contains maps and allows a user to check emails. These are all things that the new – and older model iPhones – can do. The iPhone 5 starts at $199 while the iPod touch at $299. Why go for the touch when you can get the phone for less?
The iPod nano makes a lot more sense as a pure music player given its much smaller size. The device's 16GB capacity can hold a lot of tunes and comes with a built-in pedometer for joggers. The added bulk of an iPhone or iPod touch could be a deterrent for someone whose focus is on hearing music, especially while jogging or working out at the gym.
The sales figures do not suggest that the iPod touch is on its way out just yet, however. The company has sold over 46 million of the devices since introducing it in 2007, producing over $10 billion in revenue. Touch sales were down between 2010 and 2011 but this year's revamp of the product could potentially turn that trend around.
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Below is a great feature by Ken Weingartner of Harness Racing Communications on this year's Hambletonian winner, Market Share, racing at The Red Mile this weekend
Market Share's road to the Breeders Crown will go through Lexington this weekend, but not in Sunday's Kentucky Futurity. Market Share, who is ranked No. 4 in the sport's current Top 10 poll, is not eligible to the Futurity, so he will compete in a late closer for 3-year-old male trotters on Saturday at The Red Mile.
The Kentucky Futurity, the final jewel in the Trotting Triple Crown, is contested in heats, which requires a horse to win twice to be declared the champion. Market Share won the Triple Crown's second jewel, the Hambletonian Stakes, in August; Archangel captured the first leg, the Yonkers Trot, in July.
Horses not eligible to the Futurity can be supplemented to the race for a payment of $62,700.
Market Share's start on Saturday will be a tune up for the upcoming Breeders Crown at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. Eliminations, if necessary, for the Breeders Crown 3-year-old colt trot are scheduled for Oct. 20 and the $500,000 final is Oct. 27.
"If we were eligible, we would be there, but we're not eligible so it gave me the option not to be," Linda Toscano, who trains Market Share for owners Richard Gutnick, TLP Stable and William Augustine, told Harness Racing Communications. "I know I'm probably not popular. I'm a hundred percent in awe of the Standardbred racehorses because they are capable of going those heats, but when you're trying to keep one sharp, it's hard on them.
"Market Share started in April and he's got a long year ahead of him. He's done everything I've asked him to do. I'm really trying to focus on the Breeders Crown as our next goal, if that's at all possible. That's certainly what we're going to aim towards."
A son of Revenue S, Market Share has won seven of 15 races this year and $1.76 million. He has 12 career victories in 20 starts, with earnings of $1.79 million.
Since finishing third in the Yonkers Trot on July 7, Market Share has won four of seven races and finished no worse than second in the other three. During that span, Market Share and driver Tim Tetrick won the $1.5 million Hambletonian, the $1.03 million Canadian Trotting Classic and the $350,000 Zweig Memorial and finished second in the $500,000 Colonial Trot.
Market Share was unbeaten in five starts as a 2-year-old, all at half-mile-oval Freehold Raceway. Toscano entered the season uncertain how the colt would fare when asked to compete on the larger tracks.
"It just goes to show you what can happen when a horse gets brave and confident," Toscano said. "He was always a sound horse, he's always been a good-gaited horse, and all of a sudden he figured out what to do.
"I always knew he had a great work ethic, I wasn't sure he'd be able to pick it up on the mile track. Once he got the taste of it and figured out what we wanted, he's gotten stronger and stronger. He's a classic example of what can happen when a horse gets real brave. He's always been a fun horse to have around the barn, and to watch what he's been able to do, I think Timmy and I are both in awe."
Toscano also trains 4-year-old male trotter Chapter Seven, who will be racing Sunday in the Allerage Farm Open Trot at The Red Mile. Chapter Seven is the No. 2-ranked horse in the sport, behind 3-year-old filly trotter Check Me Out.


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The Internal Revenue Service is offering help at the Federal Building until 6:30 tonight for people struggling with tax returns.
The agency will staff the local office, Room 859-D, to help with basic, simple returns - nothing complex, said Judy Monahan, IRS spokeswoman.
Most people who contact the agency this time of year want to know how to file for an extension - and the local office can help with that, Monahan said. Taxpayers can extend the deadline to file returns to Aug. 15. However, they must file for the extension by midnight, and an extension doesn't postpone payment, she said. People who owe money still must estimate the amount and pay it by today.
"You'd make a good-faith effort of what you think you might owe, if you owe," Monahan said.
Taxpayers also can get information by calling an IRS help line at (800) 829-1040 or through the agency's Internet site at www.irs.gov.
Post offices will close at regular times - the Federal Building Post Office at 5 p.m., Douglas at 5:30, and the Mendenhall and Auke Bay offices at 6 p.m., said Ruth Vincent, manager of customer services.
However, residents still can get their tax returns postmarked after-hours at the Mendenhall Post Office by ringing the buzzer at the parcel pickup door to the left of the main entrance. Personnel will be there until midnight to accept mail, Vincent said.
Taxpayers running late also may drop returns in the mail boxes outside the Federal Building. Last pickup for those boxes is midnight, Vincent said. The postal service will collect mail from all other boxes according to the schedules posted on them.
There is one other option. A radio station and the Travelodge Lounge are sponsoring a tax relief party at the airport area hotel. People may drop off their tax returns at the Travelodge from 8:30 to 11:30, and Mail Boxes, Etc. will deliver them to the Mendenhall Post Office for postmark before midnight.
"Rather than turning in our taxes being a negative thing, we're trying to turn it into something positive," said Jane Walters of Mail Boxes, Etc.
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While HHS Secretary Kathleen Sibelius continues her anti-faith pronouncements, many Catholics are finding the most recent decisions to be a "final straw." The positions taken by the Obama administration does one thing quite clearly: it drew a line in the sand. It calls people of faith to finally, publicly to choose a side.
The pronouncement finally lays bare the fiction of a President and administration who claimed their support for "people of faith". The stark clarity of the decision to ignore the cry for a conscience exception in the legislation calls every Catholic, indeed every liberty loving person of faith or no faith to see this two-faced administration for what it is.
I say, game on. The ball is now in our court and I pray the Church leadership and faithful amass in a crescendo of voices to reject the mandate and its unconstitutional actions.
Recently I was interviewed on a secular radio program for my thoughts on the mandate and I mentioned that there were at least four non-religious reasons all people should reject this mandate:
1. The mandate assumes that the abortion causing chemicals in some birth-control (a misnomer if ever there was one) products addressed in the mandate are not available for sale/distribution in a myriad of other locations. The idea that a woman is entitled to such products and would suffer undo harm without access is completely bogus.
2. The unconstitutionality of this mandate is patently obvious. By requiring employers-including those opposing such services/products-to violate their religious liberties is a travesty. If the rejection of such a basic liberty is accepted, all liberties are subject to dismissal. And that affects everyone.
3. The very nature of these services/products being mandated to be offered free of charge is an unreasonable financial burden. Again I wonder why these particular services/products are called out as special. Are there no other services equally devastating to women and men's health that are not in dispute at all? And the requirement to make this all available at no cost whatsoever to the employee adds insult to injury for those organizations seeking conscience objections.
4. Many supporters of the mandate point to the non-profit nature of the Catholic institutions being affected by the mandate as a reason for their forced compliance. At the same time these individuals conveniently forget the millions of tax dollars given to groups like Planned Parenthood.
The Obama administration continues to initiate the battle against families, conscience and children. The moniker of Culture of Death seems increasingly synonymous with this administration and its leaders as Merchants of Death. The USCCB has it right. Like Joshua of old we cry out "as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord". Game on.