Wednesday 8 January 2014

Z Is For Zenyatta


I must confess that I have been waiting since
last August to use these photos.


The name Zenyatta
caught my attention when we were visiting Santa Anita Park in California
last summer.  


Santa Anita Park is located not far from my home town
of Pasadena.  No racing that day.  Found a 'Z' instead :).

Participating in ABC Wednesday

Having a long weekend...!  Back on Monday :).

22 comments:

Carver said...

I can see why you were waiting to use these shots for Z. They are perfect. Beautiful horse at least the statue of the horse make it look beautiful and strong. Carver, ABC Wed. Team

Roger Owen Green said...

Yes, I know that feeling. I've had my Z ready before several others!

TheChieftess said...

Love it!!!

Billy Blue Eyes said...

Lass time I saw a horse race one fell and broke a leg. It was shot and really upset my wife

Stephanie said...

Love it!

LONDONLULU said...

What a beautiful creature! Yup, I can see why you saved this one all along. (I also love the name Zenyatta:)

Kate said...

A beautiful animal with quite a history!

Tash said...

It was definitely worth the wait! clever post and pretty photos.
check out Karin's posts on Altadena Hiker
you will like them
http://altadenahiker.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-horse-beats-ghost-any-day-of-week.html

Mersad said...

I love animal statues. And this one is so elegant.

Tanya Breese said...

oh she's beautiful! love the first shot of her!

Chrissy Brand said...

A lovely Zed (or Zee!)

Lowell said...

Looks like something you'd find here in Ocala, the "horse capital of the world!" :) We have a lot of horses and a lot of horse statues!

This is a beautifully configured creation!

Ann said...

The sculpture is magnificent, I see things I plan to use for letters and then seem to loose those ideas. Great patience waiting for Z.
Ann

Deb said...

You gotta save up those Qs, Xs 'n' Zeds! Nice set of pics.

LOLfromPasa said...

This was fun! Thank you for leaving a comment. I really do love reading all of them.

Leslie: said...

I for one am sure glad you saved these shots for this week. AmaZing sculpture - must have been an amaZing horse.

Leslie
abcw team

Petrea Burchard said...

You know I love Santa Anita Park! I've never been to the races, just the breakfast cafe. I don't think I'd like horse racing, but I love to watch the horses work out in the morning.

LOLfromPasa said...

Thanks Leslie.

Petrea - It was because of your suggestion that we went to Santa Anita Park. I would love to do breakfast and watch the horses. I think you would enjoy lunch and an afternoon at the races...it is quite exciting :). More so if Camelot were running!!!!!

Nabanita said...

Perfect for the prompt :)

Jack said...

Zenyatta? Is that name in the official Scrabble dictionary?

William Kendall said...

That is a magnificent sculpture!

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Racing horses are magnificent creatures... Fabulous sculpture Lauren, gosh imagine being so talented as to create something like this..