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Eeeee I'm so excited to introduce these new characters! I've been waiting.

Previously:

Season 1:
INTERLUDE

Anna Kent chewed on her thumbnail, eyebrows pinched together as she watched her two grooms open up and unload the trailer. The bright winter sun bounced off the metal roof, making her squint, but the light meant that she was able to get a good look at the stallion bouncing his way out of the trailer. His coat was a beautiful copper-red and practically glistened with health.

“Oof, no wonder he was so cheap,” her companion said from behind her. Deacon Barnett was blunt but, err… accurate. The stallion, though a pretty color, was built quite disastrously.

The stallion’s papers registered him with the Jockey Club under the racing name Incongruent. He was a little-known son of Improbable out of the Broken Vow mare Always and Forever. He was extremely front heavy and short-spined, giving a weirdly squished look to his frame. His legs, though long with strong cannon bones, were thin and spindly. His muzzle was pinched, too, making her question how well his airways worked when he trained. His race record upon retirement was 16--2/2/4 in nothing bigger than an allowance race.

A friend of a friend of a friend had owned and raced him. Incongruent was fairly dismal as a stallion prospect, but had a fancy enough bloodline and a gentle enough temperament that his owner had been loathe to geld him.

Enter Anna, who needed a stallion prospect for very little money. She secured the horse over the phone for a smooth $18,000.

The newly-dubbed Kent Farms was a small, three barn establishment in Eastern Kentucky, about an hour’s drive from Keeneland Race Park. It had been a livery in the 1920s but was converted to a cattle farm during World War II. Anna had dumped her savings and her newly-acquired inheritance into the property, with Deacon investing the remaining 30% needed to renovate the grounds. Anna now had five horses to her name--two racing colts, two broodmares, and now a stallion.

“Are you sure this was a good idea?” Deacon questioned, gesturing to Incongruent. We’re not going to be able to convince anyone to breed their mares to him.

“He’s all I could afford,” she said quietly so the grooms wouldn’t hear. “There’s no way I’d have been able to breed a foal worth enough money to warrant a single stud visit--not to a stud worth 18k or less. It made more sense to buy my own stallion and breed the girls to him for free.”

Deacon just sighed and shook his head. He gestured at the grooms to put the stallion away, and the two men--an older man in his fifties named José and a younger kid fresh out of high school named Mark--led Incongruent to the empty stud barn. He would be its lone occupant for who knew how long.

The stud facilities sat on the front end of the farm while the racing barn, training arenas, and brood paddocks sat in the back. The two sections were separated by the century-old farmhouse where Anna and Deacon currently stayed. Only about one third of the grounds was currently usable, the rest overgrown by weeds and in desperate need of fence repair, but that would have to wait until Anna’s racers started earning a little more money. If they earned more money.

Her shining star, her beacon of hope, currently stood in his paddock with his nose buried in the grass. His forelegs were heavily wrapped but he was able to put full weight on the one he had sprained in the Champagne back in November.

Though Bolivar was an extremely athletic racehorse, he was inclined toward laziness and quite happily put on vacation weight during his month-long hiatus. Deacon had slowly been working him back up to fighting fitness, but they were moving slowly, not wanting to aggravate Bolivar’s newly healed sprain.

In a nearby paddock trotted another racehorse, a dark three year old colt she fondly called Bob. He was a lot bulkier than Bolivar and tended to throw his weight around in little fits. He was mostly an allowance runner but had a few solid wins under his belt, and his four year old campaign looked promising.

Her broodmares were from solid bloodlines, too, and she was hoping they would bouy Incongruent’s foals up to a higher caliber to either bring her wins on the track or a decent price at the sales. She sank all of her saving into these horses and prayed it didn’t come back and bite her on the ass.

In his stall, Incongruent paced back and forth for a moment before settling in with his head flung out the stall window to survey his new kingdom.

Shown:
Name: Incongruent
Barn name: n/a
Gender: Stallion
Breed: Thoroughbred
Height: 16hh
Color: Chestnut
Genotype: ee/Aa
Markings: Star and stripe, FR hoof spot
Build: Incongruent is a very front heavy stallion and stands quite upright. His legs are long and thin, though his cannon bones are solid, and his spine is a little short. His rump is smaller than desired and his nose is small and triangular. He does not have the most desirable build for a racehorse stallion.
Temperament: Incongruent is well-tempered and easy to manage. He is curious and attentive to tasks, but not overly bright.
Bloodlines: Improbable x Always and Forever, Broken Vow

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Eeeee I'm so excited to introduce these new characters! I've been waiting.

Previously:

Season 1:
INTERLUDE

Anna Kent chewed on her thumbnail, eyebrows pinched together as she watched her two grooms open up and unload the trailer. The bright winter sun bounced off the metal roof, making her squint, but the light meant that she was able to get a good look at the stallion bouncing his way out of the trailer. His coat was a beautiful copper-red and practically glistened with health.

“Oof, no wonder he was so cheap,” her companion said from behind her. Deacon Barnett was blunt but, err… accurate. The stallion, though a pretty color, was built quite disastrously.

The stallion’s papers registered him with the Jockey Club under the racing name Incongruent. He was a little-known son of Improbable out of the Broken Vow mare Always and Forever. He was extremely front heavy and short-spined, giving a weirdly squished look to his frame. His legs, though long with strong cannon bones, were thin and spindly. His muzzle was pinched, too, making her question how well his airways worked when he trained. His race record upon retirement was 16--2/2/4 in nothing bigger than an allowance race.

A friend of a friend of a friend had owned and raced him. Incongruent was fairly dismal as a stallion prospect, but had a fancy enough bloodline and a gentle enough temperament that his owner had been loathe to geld him.

Enter Anna, who needed a stallion prospect for very little money. She secured the horse over the phone for a smooth $18,000.

The newly-dubbed Kent Farms was a small, three barn establishment in Eastern Kentucky, about an hour’s drive from Keeneland Race Park. It had been a livery in the 1920s but was converted to a cattle farm during World War II. Anna had dumped her savings and her newly-acquired inheritance into the property, with Deacon investing the remaining 30% needed to renovate the grounds. Anna now had five horses to her name--two racing colts, two broodmares, and now a stallion.

“Are you sure this was a good idea?” Deacon questioned, gesturing to Incongruent. We’re not going to be able to convince anyone to breed their mares to him.

“He’s all I could afford,” she said quietly so the grooms wouldn’t hear. “There’s no way I’d have been able to breed a foal worth enough money to warrant a single stud visit--not to a stud worth 18k or less. It made more sense to buy my own stallion and breed the girls to him for free.”

Deacon just sighed and shook his head. He gestured at the grooms to put the stallion away, and the two men--an older man in his fifties named José and a younger kid fresh out of high school named Mark--led Incongruent to the empty stud barn. He would be its lone occupant for who knew how long.

The stud facilities sat on the front end of the farm while the racing barn, training arenas, and brood paddocks sat in the back. The two sections were separated by the century-old farmhouse where Anna and Deacon currently stayed. Only about one third of the grounds was currently usable, the rest overgrown by weeds and in desperate need of fence repair, but that would have to wait until Anna’s racers started earning a little more money. If they earned more money.

Her shining star, her beacon of hope, currently stood in his paddock with his nose buried in the grass. His forelegs were heavily wrapped but he was able to put full weight on the one he had sprained in the Champagne back in November.

Though Bolivar was an extremely athletic racehorse, he was inclined toward laziness and quite happily put on vacation weight during his month-long hiatus. Deacon had slowly been working him back up to fighting fitness, but they were moving slowly, not wanting to aggravate Bolivar’s newly healed sprain.

In a nearby paddock trotted another racehorse, a dark three year old colt she fondly called Bob. He was a lot bulkier than Bolivar and tended to throw his weight around in little fits. He was mostly an allowance runner but had a few solid wins under his belt, and his four year old campaign looked promising.

Her broodmares were from solid bloodlines, too, and she was hoping they would bouy Incongruent’s foals up to a higher caliber to either bring her wins on the track or a decent price at the sales. She sank all of her saving into these horses and prayed it didn’t come back and bite her on the ass.

In his stall, Incongruent paced back and forth for a moment before settling in with his head flung out the stall window to survey his new kingdom.

Shown:
Name: Incongruent
Barn name: n/a
Gender: Stallion
Breed: Thoroughbred
Height: 16hh
Color: Chestnut
Genotype: ee/Aa
Markings: Star and stripe, FR hoof spot
Build: Incongruent is a very front heavy stallion and stands quite upright. His legs are long and thin, though his cannon bones are solid, and his spine is a little short. His rump is smaller than desired and his nose is small and triangular. He does not have the most desirable build for a racehorse stallion.
Temperament: Incongruent is well-tempered and easy to manage. He is curious and attentive to tasks, but not overly bright.
Bloodlines: Improbable x Always and Forever, Broken Vow

Can't remember who's who? Here's all of this season's racers!

Art, Story, and Characters (C) me

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