2016 Black Storm West foals

Love the name. :slight_smile:

Love them all but especially Hawk By Night

[color=blue]Hoist the Colors (ICh. What’s Your Point x Lady Raider).
9.1hh strawberry roan colt
His sire’s first crop only just raced last year with so-so results, and he is his dam’s second foal, so this guy is pretty much an unknown. If anything, at least he came out super pretty with plenty of white to go with the strawberry roan! I was quite surprised the name wasn’t taken already.
Lady Raider has returned to Stormy Island Stables.

[color=blue]10 colts | [color=red]10 fillies | [color=green]2 stillborn | 24 to go

Love the name!

Nice military reference :slight_smile:

[color=blue]Sangaree (NCh. Black Light II x Easy Senora, by Easy Goer).
8.3hh dark bay colt
The third foal out of MW Easy Senora. She had bad luck last year and foaled before the new year, so we had purposefully booked her for a little later in the season to avoid another mishap! Sangaree is the archaic form for Spanish Sangria, a Spanish wine (we thought Spanish Sangria as too feminine for the boy).
Easy Senora will be bred to V is for Victory for 2017.

[color=blue]11 colts | [color=red]10 fillies | [color=green]2 stillborn | 23 to go
Once our 3 overdue mares foal, we’ll have nothing until March.

Whoo for wine! Congrats on the healthy foal. =)

Like the name :slight_smile:

Nice colt, and well done on solving the name gender problem

We had an unfortunate call in the middle of the night as Dancinginthedark sadly lost her foal. She was running just a few days late and never showed signs of distress during the pregnancy or labor. Dancinginthedark is a little confused but is doing just fine. She’ll be sent to Major’s Flight for 2017.

[color=red]Silver Swallow (NCh. Joyeux Oiseau x Ch. Cool Your Jets).
9.0hh dapple gray filly
After the incident with Dancinginthedark, we were very relieved to finally see this little girl! Cool Your Jets had lost her first foal last year and was ten days late when she finally delivered. We’re always excited to see our first Joy babies, so this one is extra special! Both her parents are created, but did well on the track so we’re hoping we have a future turf monster on our hands.
Cool Your Jets will be sent to Demand the Best for 2017.

[color=blue]11 colts | [color=red]11 fillies | [color=green]3 stillborn | 21 to go

Sorry to hear about your loss…

Good luck with Silver Swallow (cute name btw!), i’m excited to see how Joy’s foals turn out :slight_smile:

Love the name Silver Swallow…unfortunately it also belongs to a real thoroughbred race horse.

I’d check with Shanthi if it’s okay. I mean, it’s not like the real pony’s Zenyatta or anything.

Sorry for your loss, and there’s plenty other birds you could use if she says no. :slight_smile:

I don’t mind naming after real horses (my first and third RL mares are in the game :wink:). It’s naming after super amazing horses that I’d rather avoid - fewer assumptions that the FF Zenyatta/Curlin/whoever will be amazing. At any rate, I like the name, and it’s fine to stay. :slight_smile:

Sorry about your lost foal. :frowning:

Thanks everyone! I honestly didn’t know about the RL Silver Swallow until I named the foal and thought, “Though fitting and catchy, it sounds sort of familiar,” and looked up the name on Pedigree Query. I figured I’d keep the name until Shanthi waved the red flag (luckily I tend to make a list of 5-6 names per mating in case a name can’t be used!). I also presumed as long as names like Hansili, Lady’s Secret, Barbaro, ect. weren’t used we’re safe. Although I think I saw a foal of 2016 named Round Table, so that gave me pause.

I didn’t notice that two of my lease mares foaled last night too! I was wondering why my expected foals count went down more than it should have. But my list is on a different computer, so I’ll name them later  ;D All my late mares have foaled so we can now take it easy until March.

Sorry about the foal

Love Silver Swallow

[color=red]Port Elizabeth (ICh. Dark Continent x Fleet Fair).
9.2hh bay filly
We always love our Dark Continent foals! He’s done very well as a sire, and we already own one of his 2yo stakes winners. Fleet Fair was a lease and has returned to Stormy Island Stables.

[color=blue]King’s Legion (ICh. Long Live the King x Obviously Tardy, by Man O’War).
9.3hh strawberry roan colt
We were really interested in seeing what a Bold Ruler/Man O’War cross would be like, and Obviously Tardy delivered a big, beautiful colt. It will be interesting to see how the Long Live the King foals run next year! Obviously Tardy was a lease and has returned to Stormy Island Stables.

[color=blue]12 colts | [color=red]12 fillies | [color=green]3 stillborn | 19 to go

Love the name King’s Legion. :slight_smile:

Nice babies :slight_smile:

Pretty foals! I too am really exciting to see how Long Live The King’s foals run