Post by S u N f r O s T ~ on Nov 23, 2019 7:19:49 GMT -5
Image copyright Eric Kalet
Basics
Horse Name: Fleet Street
YOB: Y12
Height: 16.3hh
Color: Black
Gender: Male
Pedigree: BHoF Night Stalker x HoF Fleet Goddess [Jet Ski x BHoF Queen of Hearts]
Year Seventeen Dirt Horse of the Year, Best Older Male
Fleet Street is a bit of a high maintenance horse. He is very picky and obsessive about a lot of little factors in his life. For example, if he isn't worked out at the same time consistently every day Fleet throws an absolute hissy fit of epic proportions. He can only be fed one type of treat, and when groomed can only be groomed in a certain sequence of steps. It is sometimes unreal just how high maintenance this horse is, requiring quite the labor of love in order to be put up with. Fleet does not adjust well at all to changes in his routine. To top it off, the colt hates to be touched by anything but tack. Human touch is just not allowed - for some reason, the physical affection just doesn't sit well with the horse. Fleet absolutely needs to have the same rider on his back, the same human handling him or he will go insane. An early life that consisted of being shuttled around a lot may account for this odd behavior. Fleet treats himself in high esteem and has a healthy aura of arrogance about him. He doesn't think much of other horses, except when he is racing them. He definitely has a lot of confidence in himself and it shows.
Leg Type: Stalker
Fleet Street is the same high maintenance animal on the track as he is off of it. He absolutely cannot be ponied alongside another horse because it would change his pre-race routine up too much to have a different horse alongside him every race. Instead, Fleet remains by himself. He is not easy to load into the gate, always distrustful of the contraption, but his unease lends him speed in breaking from it. The minute he's out running, he finds where the pace is and stalks the leader. It doesn't matter what the early speed is - Fleet makes no move to alter it through pressuring or laying off the leaders. He runs through everything until it is time for him to make his move, at which time he'll accelerate as though he's just started the race and shake off all of his competitors in a bid for the lead. Fleet loves to win and loves to run and tries hard for the win every time he is on the track.
Leg Type: Stalker
Fleet Street is the same high maintenance animal on the track as he is off of it. He absolutely cannot be ponied alongside another horse because it would change his pre-race routine up too much to have a different horse alongside him every race. Instead, Fleet remains by himself. He is not easy to load into the gate, always distrustful of the contraption, but his unease lends him speed in breaking from it. The minute he's out running, he finds where the pace is and stalks the leader. It doesn't matter what the early speed is - Fleet makes no move to alter it through pressuring or laying off the leaders. He runs through everything until it is time for him to make his move, at which time he'll accelerate as though he's just started the race and shake off all of his competitors in a bid for the lead. Fleet loves to win and loves to run and tries hard for the win every time he is on the track.
Racing Bio
Classification: Grade One
Dirt: Great
Turf: Good
Distance: 8-11 Furlongs
Notes: No special extensions applied
Race Record: 76 27/22/12
Prospect Race Record: 1 0/0/0
Workouts: See here.
Former Jockey: Meredith Mahon
Career HOTY Points: 16
Significant Races Won:
Year Fourteen
None
Year Fifteen
Seaspray Cup Grade 4
Novizio Derby
Valorizzare Derby
Year Sixteen
Perfect Sting Stakes
Provetto Derby
Risorgimento Derby
Leemat Stakes
Year Seventeen
Spring Cup Grade 1 Dirt
Metropolitan Handicap
Jetaime Derby
Summer Dawn Treader Cup
Senior Dirt Mile
Whitney Handicap
Flashy Wings Memorial Stakes
Winter Dawn Treader Cup
Breeders Cup Classic
Breeding Bio
Number of Foals: 4
Current Status: Standing at stud
Progeny:
Dyani - Year Eighteen - o/of Fire Dancer (Cruisey)
Questionable - Year Eighteen - o/of Impressionable (SOPS)
Reaper - Year Twenty - o/of Flaming Confidenza (Kenny)
Unnamed - Year Twenty Three - o/of Adrasteia (Free)