Gotapa 2028 Foal Crop

CINDER
GCh. Never Let Go x Eternal Flame - ICh. Magic Glory (S)
8.2h bay filly

Third foal for this mare. Unfortunately her oldest and only runner is FF owned so we have yet to see how her foals perform on the track. Her 1/2 sisters are great producers, so I hvae high hopes!

Eternal Flame is visiting Church Mouse next.

BINOCULARS
ICh. Starling (S) x Kerian Image - ICh. Witness (B)
8.2h bay colt

Kerian Image is scheduled with Spirit in the Sky for 2029.

13 colts | 9 fillies
34 still due

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Love the name Cinder!

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BIG filly arrived today! Fillies continue to slowly catch up to the colt numbers.

GO UP IN SMOKE
NCh. Explosive Motif x NCh. Ring of Smoke (B) - ICh. Ring of Fire (S)
10.1h bay filly

Pretty excited about this cross! Both parents are turf monsters and she’s 3/4 to a SW who already won 5 out of 9 starts. Also perfect example of how breeding ranks are broken because Ring of Smoke is sitting at 1.0 but if I calculate correctly she should be 6+. Looking forward to seeing this one hit the track!

Ring of Smoke has a date with Charismatic next.

13 colts | 10 fillies
33 still due

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GO DOWN FIGHTING
NCh. Allinvain (B) x Fightin’ Folks - WCh. Nightfight (G)
9.1h bay filly

We won’t be breeding Fightin’ Folks for next year. I simply don’t think I can handle a bigger crop than already planned and there’s too many nice mares. She’s up for lease as well.

13 colts | 11 fillies
32 still due

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They’re popping up daily lately!

ALL TALK
Cool Crusader x Tattletale - ICh. Witness (B)
9h black filly

Tattletale is on het way to Fivel.

13 colts | 12 fillies
31 still due

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This little girl is almost a month early, but momma and baby are doing well. After a big head start colts & fillies are equal again.

MIND OVER MATTER
GCh. Superdocious (B) x A Little Ambition - ICh. Almost Precious
7.2h dark bay filly

13 colts | 13 fillies
30 still due

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FIERBOIS
NCh. Explosive Motif x Joan Of Arc (B) - Lonesome Glory (S)
9.3h bay colt

Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois is the village where Joan of Arc is said to have found her sword.

Joan of Arc will not be bred for 2029.

14 colts | 13 fillies
29 still due

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OYSTERSINMYPOCKET
Ch. Fiddler’s Green x Tahitian Pearl - Oscillation (S)
9.2h bay filly

Three weeks late, but she arrived save and sound! Named after a song that makes me happy.

Tahitian Pearl won’t be bred for 2029.

14 colts | 14 fillies
28 still due

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HIT THE JACKPOT
NCh. Worthy Victor (S) x Treasure Hunt - NCh. Changeling
9h black colt

Treasure Hunt has a request in to Palermo

PIXEL
GCh. Spiritofsaintlouis x Cine Secreto - FFCh. TakeMeToHollywood (S)
8.2h bay colt

Cine Secreto’s first foal just turned two. Hoping Pixel will love SC when he hits the track.

Cine Secreto is on her way to Warm Dust

MORNDEN
GCh. Pass the Buck x Ch. Goodbye to a Dream - ICh. Candidate (G)
9.2h Dark Bay colt

Mornden means the ‘pajama universe shared by two people on a long weekend morning’. Goodbye to a Dream will visit Hogsmeade next.

UNDERCOVER COP
NCh. Cop in Morgue x Tell Mama - FFCh. TakeMeToHollywood (S)
8.2h bay colt

Tell Mama is on her way to Church Mouse.

HÁLOGI
NCh. Explosive Motif x Ch. FĂłlkvangr - NCh. Mr. Prospective (S)
9.2h dark bay filly

HĂĄlogi is the personification of fire in Norse Myhtology. FĂłlkvangr is penned in with Dark Debate for 2029.

18 colts | 15 fillies
23 still due

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Yet another foal arriving safely, it’s been a busy week so far.

FEANNAG
ICh. Starling (S) x Tattybogle - NCh. Phenomenal
9.3h bay filly

Tattie-boggle is Scottish for scarecrow. Feannag is Scottish for crow and ties both parents names together nicely.

18 colts | 16 fillies
22 still due

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Three more arrived overnight! A big day for my crop size, lol. All colts, so the boys are taking off again.

AVOIR BEAU
NCh. Allinvain (B) x GCh. Je Ne Sais Quoi - ICh. What’s Your Point
9h chestnut colt

Avoir Beau is a French expression that means ‘to do in vain’. Should be a solid turf runner when he grows up.

Je Ne Sais Quoi is on her way to Bells Beach.

SHURIKEN
NCh. Ablative Armour x Sworn to Secrecy - GCh. Secretsarebound (S)
9.3h brown colt

Shuriken are the throwing stars weapons used by ninjas. His parents make for an interesting cross-section of naming and my mind went to ninjas for some reason. One of the reasons I thoroughly enjoy naming horses is that when I’m looking for names I often come across things I didn’t know before. Shuriken definitely fits that bill.

Sworn to Secrecy is up for lease.

VELLICHOR
GCh. Bells Beach x Vivocity - NCh. Void (S)
10h black colt

Vellichor is a fancy name for the distinct scent of used bookstores. He comes from the same damline as Fiddler’s Green, so hoping some of those genes are inherited by this guy.

Vivocity has a request in to Palermo.

21 colts | 16 fillies
19 still due

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Three more this morning. :smiley:

PLAY ON WORDS
GCh. Turnpike Wannabe (B) x Banter - ICh. City Upon a Hill
9h chestnut colt

Banter is on her way to Fool To Be Smokin’.

SEA SILK
NCh. Space Chips (S) x Major’s Silk - GCh. Major’s Flight (B)
8.1h dark bay filly

Major’s Silk is off to Calle de Oro next.

NEW YEAR’S EVE
NCh. Explosive Motif x Ch. Make A Spectacle (B) - WCh. Highland Bandit (S)
9.1h bay filly

Surprised the name wasn’t taken yet. Make A Spectacle is 1/2 to WCh. Usain Bolt and some other great racers. Her 1/2 sister is the dam of NCh. Lord Nelson. Looking forward to seeing this girl hit the track.

22 colts | 18 fillies
16 still due

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We had the first stillborn of the year. Out of a maiden mare, so hopefully we’ll have plenty of time to see her future foals.

Stillborn filly
Ch. Dark Ages x Answer Me This - NCh. Von Lichtenstein

Answer Me This has an approved booking with Beratis. We might try this cross again down the line.

BELFAST
Ch. Beratis x Ch. Leanan Sidhe - GCh. Mantle of Power
9.3h black colt

Leanan Sidhe has a request in to Emoji.

AND THE WINNER IS
Ch. Final Scene x Super Victory - GCh. Superdocious
9h light grey colt

Super Victory is off to Worthy Victor next, who she’s actually 1/2 to so interesting to see where this goe. This is only Super Victory’s second foal, but she is half to two stallions, so I hope she’s inherited some of those talents.

24 colts | 8 fillies
13 still due

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@Leah Sorry about your stillborn Dark Ages foal. Happy to offer a free breeding to Dark Ages with another mare, or remind me next year and I’ll hook her up with a free rebreed.

Love the name Belfast.

So sorry for your loss. :cry: Congrats on the healthy Final Scene colt tho!

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Thank you. I’ll make a note for next year, I’ve planned all my SC foals for this year already and this crop is already my biggest so far.

FOLLOW THE SUN
ICh. Calle de Oro (B) x Ch. Gone By Morning - WCh. Nightfight (G)
9h grey filly

Gone By Morning is visiting Superdocious for next year.

LIMERICK
GCh. Tense Imagination x Taromina (B) - WCh. King David (S)
8.1h bay colt

25 colts | 19 fillies
11 still due

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PARDULA
NCh. Cop in Morgue x Ch. Eloquence (S) - FFCh. High Chances (S)
7.2h black filly

This little girl was born during my holiday so she’s named after a local delicacy that I loved and ate a bunch in memory of a great vacation.

25 colts | 20 fillies
10 still due

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SENECA VILLAGE
NCh. AndLikeThatHesGone (B) x Ch. New York Express - WCh. Express Yourself
9h dark bay colt

Seneca Village is a neighborhood in New York that no longer exists. In it’s place is now a part of Central Park. New York Express only two racing foals are already MSW and SP, so I’m excited to see how her progrency will continue to perform.

New York Express is off to Bells Beach next.

PELLINORE
Authentic x Queen Guinevere (B) - WCh. Highland Bandit (S)
8.3h dapple grey colt

Pellinore is one of the knights of the round table.
Queen Guinevere won’t be bred for 2029.

YELLOW SUBMARINE
GCh. Naval Commander (B) x Best Choice - ICh. Candidate (G)
8.2h liver chestnut filly

Happy to get a filly out of Best Choice after three colts! I wasn’t planning on breeding her for this year but now one of her foals won a stakes last week so I’m tempted to revise my plans.

27 colts | 21 fillies
7 still due

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We’re getting close to the end of this year’s crop. Unfortunately, today we had our second stillborn of the year.

stillborn filly
Fiddler’s Green x Waiting to Happen - GCh. Backseat Driver

Waiting to Happen also retired. Thankfully she gave us a filly last year and we also have another foal by Fiddler’s Green who was born healthy this year.

DORABELLA
GCh. Emoji x Ch. Secret Mistress - NCh. Government Secret (S)
9h chestnut filly

The Dorabella cipher is a love letter written by a composer in a code of squiggles… that still hasn’t been cracked over a hundred years later. Dorabella should be a great SC when she grows up! Secret Mistress’ three-year-old hit the track under Gotapa colors this year and is two for two so far, so I’m looking forward to racing more of her foals.

Secret Mistress is on her was to Spiritofsaintlouis next.

COLOR SPECTRUM
GCh. Fivel x Neon Avenue - ICh. Chivalry
8.2h bay filly

Neon Avenue is on het way to Holy Warrior.

27 colts | 23 fillies | 2 stillborn
4 still due

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