The foals have arrived!!!!

Major changes abounded for our breeding schedule this season due to purchasing just a bit more than intended at End of Year Auction.

Past PF Dirt Champ Bombed Out came to us with a $13,000 sticker price and immediately took up residence in stall 3 of Barn 4. His Stud flyer prompted Josh Kayll to phone with a request to change bookings from PG. Naturally we had no objection to the switch though we were delightfully surprised at just whom he sent over. The very lovely Whisperwood mare Devil's Halo dropped an equally lovely grey colt for Bomber's second born of his first crop. We're certain Josh's hopes for his colt are just as high as ours are for Bomber's filly out of Our Maiden. "Amy" is a very leggy foal and looks like she may top out much taller than either of her parents.

Yup, Maiden's book changed again; she's seeing PG for sure next year. Speaking of book changes:

Marscay's Princess was quite happy staying up in KY while the other mares shipped to our new Winter-and-Breeding quarters in FL...it made for a much shorter shipping to KY-based Hopewell Farm for her date with (are you ready?...) Skip Away. This big grey bullet on dirt and our very lovely lady gave us one beautiful grey baby this season. The Bloodstock Manager could be heard whooping it up 3 counties over when the vet announced "it's a girl." Skip A Roo ("Roo") is a lovely pale steel grey and has already made fast friends with delicate "Dee Dee."

Double Down by PG out of Eight Pack is our wall-flower, she's also this season's shortest of crop. That's ok, though, she's also the cutest foal I think I've seen in a long time. She got her momma's pretty splashed face and her daddy's sloping shoulder and we have high hopes for her at the track (when do we not have high hopes?)

Cajun Sunrise is our other PG filly. "Sunny" is a lovely classic bay with a star and two low socks and looks every bit the future champion...her 'boss mare' 'tude has caused some problems with Roo, but they're working it out.

This year saw Thunder joining PG in the shed and covering Whisperwood lease Justice. This lovely Revenge mare gave us an even more lovely dark chestnut colt for Thunder's first and (so far) only. His registered name, Astrapios, translates as "Zeus" in an obscure dialect - fitting for the son of Roll of Thunder-Justice (Revenge). As expected, he's already showing a preference for the weeds. His stable name is "Monty," for Mount Olympus the traditional home of Zeus the King of Gods.

This season's pride and joy is the handsome black son of Skim the Hill-Revotic. Gangadhar Rao is gleaming black with a narrow blaze and 3 low socks. Named for a Ruler of India he is fittingly nicknamed "Sultan." Sultan is 2nd born of this season's crop and looks to top out at Tallest of Crop, he also gives us our second consecutive black (2 for 2!) from CF foundation mare Revotic. Sultan isn't showing a prefrence, but does get off very quickly in 'foal charges.' We were hoping for a distance horse here, but maybe he'll bring home a sprint title for us.

What's that? "Who's Eight Pack?" Why, she's our new broodmare. Picked up at EoY Auction she shipped home with Bomber and new racers Seattleswale ("Chief"), Millenium Tower ("Millie"), and Livewire. Sundance was also purchased to run, though at "private" auction earlier in the season.

26 horses. 8 racers, 7 breeders, 5 yearlings, 6 foals. 3 whites, 3 blacks, 3 greys, 3 chestnuts, 3 browns, 11 bays. My single favorite passtime is looking out my office window at all the gleaming coats set against the dew-covered green pasture and white fenceline.

Happy New Year, y'all! When do we race?