Ivy Creek Farm's 2024 Foal Crop

This year is shaping up to be a pretty exciting one!
The first foals from our newest stallion, Franco Classico, will arrive.
The first foals from Allinvain, Bear Witness, and Zadar will begin racing as 2YOs.
The first foals from Fight The Twilight and Exit Poll have just turned 3YO and hopefully reaching maturity.
The first foals from Ducati have just turned 4YO, so we are eager to see how they develop this year.
The final foals from our now-deceased stallion, Bellagio, hit the ground.

Additionally, my RL family celebrated by adding another new baby girl, Annika, on December 9th (my 3rd daughter - the others are 3 & 5), so we are still settling into a new normal. Still, I couldn’t be happier!

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Congratulations on the new arrival :slightly_smiling_face:

Congrats on the addition to the family!

Thank you!
I was trying to post the following foals as well, but the forum formatted post kept throwing a 404 error and is now gone. Oh well! Manual type-up it is.

[color=blue]OVERBEARING[/color]
NCh. Bear Witness x Ch. Bold Jewel (G) - Bold Ruler (S)
7.3h dark bay colt

1/2 to MSW Ch. Bold Proposal, SP Ch. Jeweled Cross

[color=red]FLIRT A LITTLE[/color]
NCh. Franco Classico x GCh. Coquette (S) - NCh. Bellagio
8.3h dark grey filly

1/2 to SP Clever Little Minx

[color=red]BELLA VITA[/color]
NCh. Bellagio (S) x Ch. Bold Proposal - ICh. Stressed (S)
8.3h dark bay filly

1st foal of MSW mare.

[color=BLUE]TOOLEGITTOQUIT[/color]
NCh. Franco Classico x All Lit Up - Ch. Magic Cross (S)
8.1h brown colt

2 Colts | 2 Fillies
75 foals still due

Love the name Flirt A Little.

[color=blue]COUNT MY BLESSINGS[/color]
NCh. Bear Witness x Count Your Gold - ICh. Count Me In
8.3h grey colt

3 Colts | 2 Fillies
74 foals still due

[color=red]SIGHTSEER[/color]
NCh. Fight The Twilight (B) x GCh. Allnighter II - WCh. All Jazzed Up
9.2h flea-bitten grey filly

3 Colts | 3 Fillies
73 foals still due

[color=blue]JACK INDY BOX[/color]
NCh. Exit Poll (B) x Indy’s Moment (S) - A.P. Indy (S)
9.1h chestnut colt

[color=blue]STRONGBOW[/color]
NCh. Celtic Star (B) x Must Be Royal (G) - GCh. Must Be Magic (S)
8.2h dark grey colt

1/2 brother to [color=blue]Ch. Quiet Ruler[/color], [color=red]Ch. Foolish Queen[/color], [color=blue] King’s Court[/color]

5 Colts | 3 Fillies

Love those names! Jack Indy Box is especially clever. XD

Love Strongbow!

[color=blue]DIABLE VAUVERT[/color]
NCh. Exit Poll (B) x Claire de Lune (B) - GCh. Highland Laird (S)
8.3h chestnut colt

His name means “far, far away”, in reference to mom’s name (which means light of the moon).

[color=red]SPIRAL CURL[/color]
Curlin (B) x Ch. Finesse - Ch. Magic Cross (S)
8.2h black filly

[color=red]KEEP THE PEACE[/color]
NCh. Exit Poll (B) x Ch. Keepcalmandcarryon - FFCh. I’m No Fool
9.1h dark bay filly

6 Colts | 5 Fillies

[color=blue]GIOIELLO[/color]
NCh. Franco Classico x Ch. Jeweled Cross - Ch. Magic Cross (S)
8.1h dark bay colt

His name is Italian for a jewel/gem.

[color=blue]FINAL FAREWELL[/color]
NCh. Bear Witness x Ch. Ciao Bella (S) - ICh. Alley Cat (S)
8.2h bay colt

1/2 brother to [color=red] Adios Amiga[/color]. Unfortunately, Ciao Bella had complications following birth that were so severe that she had to be humanely euthanized.

[color=blue]KURAOKAMI[/color]
NCh. Franco Classico x Ch. Khione - WCh. Nightfight (S)
8.3h grey colt

Kuraokami is a legendary Japanese dragon and Shinto deity of rain and snow. (Khione is the Greek goddess of snow/winter.)

9 Colts | 5 Fillies
1 mare death
65 foals still due

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I love the names, as usual.

Sorry about Ciao Bella, I hope Final Farewell lives up to her legacy.

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[color=red]ESCAPE ROOM[/color]
NCh. Exit Poll (B) x Into The Void (B) - The Black (S)
8.2h bay filly

9 Colts | 6 Fillies

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Love the name!

Love the name, not the game!

Some of my family and I tried an Escape Room once a couple of years ago. If they hadn’t automatically opened the doors after our hour was up, we’d probably still be there!!!

Hopefully, you’ll have better luck with your ‘Escape Room’ than we did.

@Starfish I’ve always wanted to try one out but haven’t yet. For what it’s worth, I almost named her “No Way Out” which led me to think of an Escape Room.

[color=blue]BEAR GRYLLS[/color]
NCh. Bear Witness x Etta James (G) - GCh. Jazz It Up (S)
7.3h grey colt

3/4 brother to [color=red] At Last[/color]
1/2 brother to [color=red]Ch. Matriarch[/color], [color=red] My Funny Valentine[/color], [color=red] Tell Mama[/color]

[color=blue]ON CLOUD NINE[/color]
NCh. Ducati (B) x Ch. Walking On Air - WCh. Express Yourself
8.2h grey colt

11 Colts | 6 Fillies
1 mare death
62 foals still due

Colts galore!

[color=blue]SONGWRITER[/color]
NCh. Allinvain x GCh. Singsong (B) - Rahy (S)
7.2h bay colt

1/2 brother to [color=blue] Veni Vidi Vici[/color]

12 Colts | 6 Fillies
1 mare death
61 foals still due

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What do ya know, another colt! Where are all the fillies?

[color=blue]PICCOLO TESORO[/color]
NCh. Franco Classico x Ch. Worth A Treasure (B) - GCh. Worth My While (G)
8.0h chestnut colt

13 Colts | 6 Fillies
1 mare death
60 foals still due

[color=blue]LUCRO ALVO[/color]
NCh. Ducati (B) x Ch. Montalvo - Point Given (S)
10.0h bay colt

14 Colts | 6 Fillies
1 mare death
60 foals still due (thanks to some recent sales & purchases)