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It's Valentine's Day, and since I lost my bunnie love last year I have no sweetheart this year, so I came up with a different kind of matchmaking event to observe this year's holiday. Go through my retired breedingstock, and match one of them up with one of my currently active breedingstock. It doesn't matter which is the stallion and which is the mare (if you want you can choose two retired ponehs, but options are far more limited). Bypass how many offspring they already have and view them only as themselves for their racing accomplishments, personalities, and pedigrees only. This is your time to bring out the fangirl/fanboy. Give me an argument (a paragraph or so) why that match could have produced a foal that you think would have become a star, brought a super fresh cross, offered a new bloodline mix, or whatever other reason you feel I missed a potential opportunity. (This does not mean I won't take ideas for future fuzzies from the offspring of the mixes you suggest, jussayin.) If you convince me it would have made a wild, beautiful, talented, or silver spoon baby, I shall give you a reserve to one of the pair's offspring. As added incentive for everyone who participates to give it some actual reflective thought and display some of your breeding prowess, the one who gives me the most compelling argument shall receive two reserves, one from each of the pair's offspring.

(Note: I will make BR selections via availability, I will give everyone 2 or 3 options to choose from if I can. If one of the horses you select for your match does NOT have any current offspring or I do not own that offspring, I may give you the special opportunity to breed that mare/stallion, or get a reserve in on a future planned foal. Bonus brownie points awarded to those who can work in oreos, gummy bears, and/or deliciousness such as red velvet cake in their arguments. This is a Valentine's event, after all.)

(Second Note: I will allow you to choose my geldings as part of the pair if you'd like. Make A Dash, Thorny Rose, Rise Me Gold, Naturally Charismatic, and Like A Lioness may not be chosen as they are newly acquired.)

(Third Note: If you are a very creative person and think outside the box, and can take this hint, you might be able to put in a very compellingly complex argument for matching two horses up if you can make a case why a gender bender might have been beneficial in a horse's past.)

I'll leave this open for a few days or a week, feel free to post if you want to enter but need a little extra time so I don't close it on anybody.

Gala Royal x Moondance

You know, I just really really really love this cross for some reason. I have a soft spot for the old lines, which doesn't necessarily bring the freshest lines into the game. BUT with that being said, I really think a baby out of this cross would be able to do something great. Seeing as Impress The Moonlight whipped her turf competition (despite Moondance being a straight dirt mama) shows me that there is great flexibility within Moondance's lines (also seeing that the rest of her babies are either dirt or dual specializing in dirt). Gala Royale's lines are pretty strictly dirt, however there is a LOT of wiggle room within there and I don't see why there would be a surface issue of the resulting foal between these two. It kind of offers a nice mix of old lines that might not necessarily have been smushed together back in the early years of the game. (I think that's kind of a lie though, because there is a True Enough x Moondance baby out there.....but True Enough is 3 generations behind in Gala Royale's pedigree that I really don't think it counts lmao).

ANYWAYS. That's my logic, and I don't really have another good explanation as to why I love this cross. I just do xD

Although this was supposed to be two breeding horse matches Miss Cru I shall allow it because after careful consideration . . . I TOTALLY ship that pairing too. Both of those two have histories and pedigrees that really favor dirt but they've both definitely pulled into that turf lane. Gala is my first chance at getting the Axel Rhose line, something I tried for a while. This definitely gives me ideas for a Gala x Moonlight or a Gala x Scripture cross in the future, that could be a very versatile foal. Since Gala has no offspring, I can offer you the choice of a direct reserve to him, a reserve to Superstition, or a reserve to Scripture.

Isabelle LOL OOPS I totally misread the post xD I'm glad you like that pairing though too lmao. As much as I drool over Gala Royale, I think i'm going to take the reserve to Scripture. I'm excited for my own Gallant Knight child to hit the tracks, so if she does well then I might be coming after you for a reserve to her half bro lol.

Englishman x Afterglow

Firstly, you need to know how much I love Afterglow. She was one of my early horses and she did much better than I expected on the track. She won 2 Breeders' Cup races, and a leg of the Triple Tiara, which I thing shows her class. That is without looking at her bloodlines. Through her sire she is related to HoF Deadly Desires who won 3 different Breeders' Cup Races at 3 different distances, as well as several strong sprinters while her dam is well respected for producing high quality runners.
In contrast, Englishman is from completely fresh lines and competed successfully at the highest levels, claiming himself wins in the Preakness Stakes and Dubai World Cup. I feel like his temperament could match well to the high strung nature of Afterglow with the potential to result in a driven but even-tempered foal with a lot of class with distances from a mile up to routes easily doable.

Oooo fresh take an on old line. I can imagine that would have been a killer miler/classic foal on the dirt! Afterglow's kiddos have definitely favored that range and Endo preferred the 9-11 marks. Nice call. I can give you a reserve to Phoenix Inferno, who although didn't make huge waves on the track, I think he'd give you a foal from Glow you'd be proud of. He's somewhat versatile, and he's the only male descendant of Firebird active in the game. Or I can offer you a reserve to Pompeii, she hasn't hit the tracks yet so you'd have to wait a while, but she'd offer a sprinting/miler pedigree for ya. Sadly right now Endo is booked up for reserves and he doesn't have kiddos yet

A Phoenix Inferno reserve would be perfect thank you <3