Well, we've made it over halfway through meteorological winter now. (Try telling that to winter come March though...) This slog from January through March is still my least favorite time of year, but so far we've had breaks in the snow and actually seen the sun occasionally. Nobody's wiped it on the ice or gotten stranded in a snowstorm or anything, so all-in-all I guess we're doing okay!
Starfleet discovered her affinity at long last. Anticlimactically, it's berries. (We thought we'd tried that already, but apparently not.) Bethany, her owner, is still quite pleased, because many berries are delicious, after all.
Now on to the fancy wilds promised in the title!
On first sight, we all liked this one and his fancy markings. He somewhat resembles my first pony Gryffindor, only bigger and bulkier.
Not too shabby... until you get to his personality.
Wow, are we ever ornery magnets lately! Also, I'm having trouble picturing an extremely easygoing yet simultaneous extremely ornery horse... Is it chill and relaxed as it's launching you sky high?
He did launch Pepsi soon after those screenshots were taken. No regrets about selling No Regrets.
The post-lasso screenshot on this next one is not the most flattering. Sorry about that, little dude.
His amusingly long coat color name ends with "frame." We checked him carefully, even at 0yo on his profile where there is no mane in the way, and we can't find any trace of frame overo type white markings on him, just a small stripe and tiny snip. He doesn't have blue eyes either. I guess we'll just have to trust HI3 that he carries the gene!
While cute, his genetic stats, metrics, and personality are not anything to get excited about. Why am I mentioning him, then? Because he is our second ever ambling wild!
He's also, unfortunately, only 12.2 hands and 558 lbs. We've seen worse, but Pepsi is clearly too big for him. *Sighs*
He looks really cute pulling the pony cart, though!
It's a shame he isn't really brave, because if so he would've made a fun ice-crossing pony. We haven't been able to part with the little guy yet, but we probably will in light of what happened this evening.
On to this evening's lasso, then. "Scooby Dooby Doo" is maybe not as fancy as the previous two - his tobiano patterning is minimal, he has no facial markings, and he doesn't gait - but he's my clear favorite. His long mane, big head, and upright neck made me think Grade Baroque, but according to HI3, he's a Grade European Hotblood. (He's also big and similar in color to to cartoon Scooby Doo, ha ha.)
At any rate, he doesn't look much like your typical alpine wild. Maybe he wandered over from the nearby rainforest?
His genetic stats aren't great, but he's speedy and turns pretty well for his size...
...and he's not skittish or ornery!
Pepsi looks much more comfortable on him.
His eyes are green! <3
I will leave you with a few screenshots of other fancy-looking wilds we've lassoed lately. Even though their stats, performance metrics, and personalities were not great, they are too cool not to be mentioned.
Another appropriately-named wild. =)
Ooh, curly and appaloosa!
An especially pretty (and more typical) alpine wild
Talk about wildly spotted socks!
We found her close to dusk, when her sapphire eyes really stood out.
The biggest zebra we've caught so far: 14.2 hands and just shy of 1000 lbs.
He (yes, it was a he) also had a weird bulge under his neck. Not sure what that was about.
A lovely curly cremello <3
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