Zenyatta's California connections were in Versailles, Ky., on Dec. 20 to visit the great mare and watch her stretch her legs in a paddock for the first time at Lane's End Farm.

Owners Ann and Jerry Moss, trainer John Shirreffs and his wife Dottie Ingordo-Shirreffs (the Mosses' racing manager), groom Mario Espinoza, and Espinoza's wife hotwalker Carmen Zamona made the trip. They arrived at the broodmare barn–Zenyatta's new home–around 8:30 a.m. The champion mare was walked in her paddock for a while before she was released and allowed to walk, jog, and run. As a precautionary measure, Lane's End farm workers were stationed around the inside of the paddock. (Watch a video of Zenyatta at Lane's End Farm from Dec. 20 yatta yy )

After about two hours, Zenyatta was given carrots and mints by her visitors and then returned to her stall.

Zenyatta, a two-time champion, winner of 19 consecutive races, and a contender for 2010 Horse of the Year, arrived at Lane's End on Dec. 6 following a flight from Southern California and an appearance at Keeneland, which attracted more than 1,000 fans despite sub-zero temperatures. She was then taken to a 24-stall barn where maiden and barren mares are stabled