Black Beauties

Star Stable has not held any more horse bazaars to tempt us over the last few weeks. There haven't been any special events that have spurred us to stay up late playing lately either. We're all just happily doing our own thing, enjoying our herd of ten, building up our store of hay, and occasionally blowing some shillings on a new saddle pad or shirt.

Yep, that's a new saddle pad and a new shirt. =)

There was this promo for a while that would reward you with limited-addition ribbons at various points milestones just for participating in championships. We put in some effort and managed a few of these special ribbons, but the promo was partially going on while we were taking a hiatus/Mom was on vacation, and you know we're not exactly highly-skilled, enthusiastic competitors. We didn't do great, but it was interesting seeing more players participating again, including many who kick butt. 

Here's Tigetin showing off the ribbons we did unlock in time.

Green

Blue

Orange

Heather

Frost

They're nice ribbons! We don't tend to ride around wearing ribbons much, but maybe we should start rotating them in from time to time when they match the daily color scheme. 

The latest excitement was that Star Stable introduced a new version of the Friesian to the game! They are currently located next to the Lipizzaners out in Jorvik Stables. The previous occupants of this area, the Jorvik Friesians, have been booted to Crescent Moon Village. 

Unlike the Jorvik Friesian, which comes in some more fancy coats, Star Stable seemed to want to stick closer to real life with the Friesian. We get five dark models and two chestnut models to choose from. Aside from a tiny star or odd little roan-like patches here and there, they are uniformly solid. We have trouble even telling most of the dark ones apart.

See what we mean? Very similar!

the two with little stars - usually hidden by forelocks

the intriguing white-swirled Friesian

We think they are quite beautiful and flashy, and it's been really fun seeing so many of them being ridden around by other players. Happily, their manes and tails are much more pleasant to behold than the unfortunately chunk-haired Jorvik Friesian.

funny how the liver chestnuts almost blend in with the ground here

ebony and ivory

They do a bit of prancing in place when idling. We much prefer this to head tossing!

Here's a quick look at their high-stepping gaits:

If we ever get one someday, we're definitely going with the long-maned version, probably the black with the star. <3