Post by S u N f r O s T ~ on Aug 29, 2019 9:45:07 GMT -5
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Basics
Horse Name: Everlasting Gift
YOB: Y15
Height: 15hh
Color: Bay
Gender: Male
Pedigree: HoF Pegasus Wings (HoF Royal Red Richard x BHoF Forbidden To Fly) x Innocent Passion (Passionate Class x HoF BHoF Little Miss Innocent)
We knew that for Innocent Passion, we wanted to breed straight speed for her firstborn. Innocent Passion favored the sprinter distances but had a pedigree packed with stamina, her sire having won the Breeders Cup Mile and Breeders Cup Turf in his day and her Hall of Fame and Breeding Hall of Fame dam having won the Breeders Cup Filly and Mare Turf and the Breeders Cup Turf. Innocent Passion proved to have potent speed from six to nine furlongs and won the Golden Slipper Stakes, Star Festival, Butter Cup Sprint, Wire Green Mile, and the Wire Finish Cup Sprint during her career. Little Miss Innocent had produced amazing sprinter-miler types before Innocent Passion as well as a distance type in younger sister Lissome. For this cross, we wanted a sprinter and looked no further than Hall of Fame inductee Pegasus Wings. The three-time Breeders Cup winner had more than enough class to match Anna, had speed to balance the stamina from the damside, and had a pedigree that we have long wanted to cross - our foundation blue hen mare Forbidden Wings with fellow foundation blue hen mare Little Miss Innocent. The product was Everlasting Gift, who took after his sire in terms of his distance preferences and inherited a love of both surfaces from him as well.
Racing Bio
Classification: Grade One
Dirt: Great
Turf: Great
Distance: 5-7 Furlongs
Notes: Surface Supreme applied; Self-imposed distance restriction
Y16 Encouragement Award
Y17 Juvenile of the Year
Y17 Best Two Year Old Colt
Y17 Best Grade Two
Y17 Juvenile of the Year
Y17 Best Two Year Old Colt
Y17 Best Grade Two
Born from a legacy of hyper speed and killer competitiveness, Everlasting Gift has a lot to live up to, and in every swagger he arrogantly proclaims his right to such rule. Ever is small, at fifteen hands high, but he treats himself like king of the castle. He is the unquestioned ruler, and to be questioned is to face repercussions within the herd. Ever will resort to whatever means necessary in order to prove himself the superior horse. Outright bulling, baring of the teeth, pinning of the ears - none of this is beneath Ever in the proving of his place. Ever is arrogant in a different way around humans. He does not behave aggressively towards them - certain bad experiences with a couple hotheaded Andrews on the team taught him that - so he flaunts himself instead. Wherever he is with a human, Ever brags about himself to other horses through outperforming them on tasks. Those tasks could be anything from being backed the quickest to standing still during a grooming session. Anything that Ever feels other equines have issues doing is something he will seek to do well. He is frightfully intelligent and perceptive, one of the most intelligent horses of his crop. Ever knows his strength and speed and flaunts it. He is a king and lets none question it.
Leg Type: Front Runner/Preceder
Ever's running style is actually no surprise. His arrogant and bossy personality is not shed on the track for the hyperactivity that characterized his sire or the super competitiveness of his dam; instead, Ever remains unmoved on the track. He views racing as another way to prove himself and rise above his fellow equines, thus gives jockey Amber Black zero issues on the track. Ever is frightfully fast and breaks from the gate as though his tail is on fire. He assumes command at the front of the herd. While his sire would simply burn the competition off of their hooves, Ever is more tactical with his speed. He runs as fast as is necessary to maintain his lead, responds to challenges if they are posed - but also knows when to back off. Ever will not burn himself out facing a suicidal front runner. Instead, he adopts the tactical stalking style of his dam, shadowing the crazy leader and biding his time for a comeback. And Ever always delivers. He knows how to close the deal, and he does so with mounds of burning speed that nobody knew he had in reserve. Ever is bloody fast and only the most determined or speedy will be able to keep up with him once in full flight.
Leg Type: Front Runner/Preceder
Ever's running style is actually no surprise. His arrogant and bossy personality is not shed on the track for the hyperactivity that characterized his sire or the super competitiveness of his dam; instead, Ever remains unmoved on the track. He views racing as another way to prove himself and rise above his fellow equines, thus gives jockey Amber Black zero issues on the track. Ever is frightfully fast and breaks from the gate as though his tail is on fire. He assumes command at the front of the herd. While his sire would simply burn the competition off of their hooves, Ever is more tactical with his speed. He runs as fast as is necessary to maintain his lead, responds to challenges if they are posed - but also knows when to back off. Ever will not burn himself out facing a suicidal front runner. Instead, he adopts the tactical stalking style of his dam, shadowing the crazy leader and biding his time for a comeback. And Ever always delivers. He knows how to close the deal, and he does so with mounds of burning speed that nobody knew he had in reserve. Ever is bloody fast and only the most determined or speedy will be able to keep up with him once in full flight.
Racing (Current Season)
Race Record: 56 27/14/9
Prospect Race Record: 2 1/0/0
Workouts: battle of the giants
Former Jockey: Amber Black
Career HOTY Points: 26
Significant Races Won:
Year Seventeen
Legacy Turf Sprint Stakes
Spring Cup Grade 5 Turf Sprint
Bull Dog Stakes
Magic Millions Colts Turf Sprint
Cryin Out Loud Legacy Stakes
FTH Juvenile Turf
Sorrento Stakes
ALTLUP Juvenile Turf Sprint
Hawk Cup
Shrapnel Stakes
Sprinty Sprint Sprint
Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint
Year Eighteen
Unicorn Horn Junior Turf Sprint
Spartan Stampede Dash
Rapid Run Cup
Boys Festival
Highway Stakes
Mastermind Memorial Stakes
Forego Stakes
Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap
Rushing Fall Sprint
Summer Cup Grade 1 Dirt Sprint
Phoenix Gold Cup
Seaspray Cup Grade 1 Sprint
Panoramic Cup
Short Stakes
Breeding Bio
Number of Foals: 2
Current Status: Standing at stud
Progeny:
Eternal Venture - Year Twenty - o/of Ventura (SOPS)
Unnamed - Year Twenty-Two - o/of Tisiphone (Isa)