Horse Credit: Shaman Ghost

Basics
Name: Honored Image
YOB: Y16
Gender: Colt
Color: Bay
Height: 15.3hh
Pedigree: Honored Knight (CR) x Ransomed Image (CR) (Full sibling to Knight's Ransom)

Personality: We have a variety of personalities on the farm. We've got our flighty horses, our calm ones, ones that make you want to pull your hair out with their attitudes, and then there's Ivan. One might put him in with the flighty group, but he goes beyond that. While most horses eventually settle down after being let out into the pasture, Ivan does not. He'll continue to run, and run, and run. He's the most high-strung horse we have. He spooks at just about everything. It's not fun leading him anywhere because he'll always find something to spook at. Especially the clippers. He freaks out just about every time they're turned on, even if they're being used on the horse in the next stall over. He's a horse that absolutely has to see where everyone else is. If he gets separated from the group, he will flip out. He's a very clingy horse.

Ivan hates the gate, so we pray that he gets loaded in last every time he's in a race. He gets antsy in the gate and it's caused him to have a bad break a couple of times. He prefers to be in the middle of the pack, where he's not trying to catch up with the pack or being alone at the front. That way he can see the other horses around him and he won't freak out that he's alone. As they enter the stretch, that's when he'll make his move, breaking away from the pack and charging down the stretch. It's taken a lot of training for him to come to accept that it's okay to be at the front when the race is coming to the end. It still takes a bit of urging for him to move up, but he can do it.

Racing Statistics

Running Style: Mid-pack
Distance: 9-12 furlongs

Surface: Turf Great, Dirt Good

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