Welcome to May! The trees are coming to life, the grass is turning deep green, and flowers are sprouting! For everybody still stuck at home, at least there's tons of beauty to admire!
We found two more equines with 900+ genetic stat totals since our last post! I guess they really are more common than we realized. Our spreadsheet doesn't lie: of the approximately 850 equines we've found since we started playing last September, 23 of them had a genetic stat total at or above 900. 12 have had stats over 950. 4 have had stats of 1000 or more. Only 3 have been ornery enough to buck, and only 1 has been under 12 hands tall. Here are numbers 22 and 23:
How funny that this one came so soon after Escher!
Two thumbs up for the typical tails on desert horses.
I'm pretty sure her back is even shorter than Fireside's! She didn't impress us either, so she didn't stick around long.
It was much harder parting with Peach Blossom and Kung Pao, but we made ourselves do it. They were both rather pokey and lazy besides, which made them the least practical to keep.
Mariette, Horsey McHorse Face, and Smokey (all caught in March) stayed.
Horsey McHorse Face is, surprisingly, mine now, even though she was caught the same day as my Mariette. Her long mane, blue eyes, and swiftness won me over, even if she is lazy and a bit of a chunker. XD I renamed her Calacatta after a white type of marble - much more dignified. I gave her purplish polos and saddle pad so that hopefully people will know she's a she. The color is called "Trunk's Hair-ish," apparently after some male manga character with purple hair, so it's definitely not too girly.
Julie claimed little Smokey, who she renamed Spruce. He's now sporting blue-green polos and saddle pad, which I think look amazing with his dark coat and light eyes. Pretty sure he and Ossagon are already best buddies.
By the end of April, the remaining equines in the running were Pizza, Stratus, and Escher.
We also had one late entry: Ivory.
Ivory's genetic stat total isn't over 900, but...
he is quite speedy and has a great personality. And my goodness, talk about tall and handsome! He is, like Starfleet, a Grade Baroque Horse, but he has much more substantial legs! All 4 of us really like him, so at this point we know he's staying, but we don't know with which sister!
Here he is under saddle:
Bethany really wants curly-coated Stratus. She's already renamed him Corduroy after the teddy bear in the children's book. He even has green polos and saddle pad to match the bear's green overalls. He's clearly staying.
It goes without saying, but Escher is happily staying with Felicity. Felicity is still experimenting with dyes and is hoping to find a grayish one she likes.
That leaves Pizza, the 12.1 hand Grade Sport Pony with the top genetic stat total.
We're still on the fence about her. While we think she's adorable and haven't been able to part with her yet, we all feel kind of bad actually riding her, as Pepsi just seems too big. (It didn't help that on Friday when we rode her, she happened to get heat exhaustion in the desert within the first 5 minutes... despite her thirst and stamina bars being full.) She is only slightly lighter than Ossagon, who we did decide to keep and ride without guilt - he and Spruce have great stamina! However, Pizza is 5 inches shorter, which definitely makes a difference in how Pepsi looks while mounted. When the camera is moved to a more straight-on view than the default, it doesn't seem quite so bad:
Still, Pepsi is so big for her! *Sighs*
If we do keep Pizza, that would mean adding a whopping 4 horses to our herd in April and bring our horse count up to 18! Whoa!
We've only been playing for 8 months, and here we are already approaching 20 horses. So much for one horse a month! My sisters are insisting on letting the rules slide a bit for the duration of quarantine, and I guess I see their point. Still, guys, seriously, we've got to start reining it in.
I will conclude with a few fun shots of interesting horses we did not keep that we've come across on our travels.
Here is a funky rainforest-dwelling wild that resembles this statue of Mom's:
Here he is under saddle:
Bethany really wants curly-coated Stratus. She's already renamed him Corduroy after the teddy bear in the children's book. He even has green polos and saddle pad to match the bear's green overalls. He's clearly staying.
It goes without saying, but Escher is happily staying with Felicity. Felicity is still experimenting with dyes and is hoping to find a grayish one she likes.
That leaves Pizza, the 12.1 hand Grade Sport Pony with the top genetic stat total.
If we do keep Pizza, that would mean adding a whopping 4 horses to our herd in April and bring our horse count up to 18! Whoa!
We've only been playing for 8 months, and here we are already approaching 20 horses. So much for one horse a month! My sisters are insisting on letting the rules slide a bit for the duration of quarantine, and I guess I see their point. Still, guys, seriously, we've got to start reining it in.
I will conclude with a few fun shots of interesting horses we did not keep that we've come across on our travels.
Here is Talvi greeting the first Finnhorse besides Talvi we've ever seen in person. If I remember correctly, Mimosa Jam is actually a different sub-breed of the Finnhorse, a Work Finnhorse, while Talvi is a Riding Finnhorse. I don't honestly see much of a difference in build, but I'm no expert.
Here is a funky rainforest-dwelling wild that resembles this statue of Mom's:
Now for some wilds we've caught recently with cool patterns!
We were all quite bummed that none of these beautiful brindles had great stats or metrics.
Ditto for these spectacularly spotted wilds!
Oh well, one of these days we'll get lucky!
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