This comes as no surprise

[Danzig]

oh wow, this is amazing.

For the people who are closest to Zenyatta, however, it is her kindness and quirks, her charisma and contradictions that make them swear that she is heaven sent. She may be an imposing mare — taller and broader than most male horses — but by nature she is as gentle as a kitten.

Zenyatta allows her masseuse, Michelle Jensen, to crouch beneath her in her stall for her daily, hourlong rub. She licks the ear of her groom, Mario Espinoza, the way small children suddenly kiss their mothers.

and then this:

Shirreffs paused, smiled and offered a theory.

“She’s so large and so strong that some people are intimidated by her,” he said. “As she got into racing and winning, we kind of lost track of her underlying kindness. Zenyatta has evolved into something much bigger than we ever imagined: she’s the coolest horse in the world.”

she's the coolest horse ever!