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The phone rang in the BS main office for a good two minutes before Kalib was able to tear himself away from the holiday celebrations in the main hall.
He was thoroughly drunk - much to Lucie's displeasure - and stumbled his way along the hallways, holding onto lengths of tinsel and accidentally pulling down fairylights as he went.
The office was the least festive of the entire Beaumont Manor, with only a very small decretive synthetic Christmas tree on the desk. Kalib bumbled in, and took a deep breath before leaning down to pick up the phone. He glanced at the caller ID as he did and immediately he straightened up as he saw that the call was coming from Sunstar Stables, the racing yard where Flight Angel was kept. The glorious golden mare had been brought to BS one wonderful day and was covered by Bullet, and it was obvious that either something disastrous had happened... or she was foaling!
Another breath. He paused, tensed, undecided as to whether to pick up now... or check the dates.
He chose the latter. The calender pages were flying as he pulled back to when Angel was covered, and saw that it was late January - which meant that the 11 month gestation must be coming to a close. He vaguely remembered a few updates on ultrasounds, but he had had such a busy year that anything not immediately important had been pushed aside.
Nevertheless, he lunged for the phone and cleared his throat, trying to push the alcohol out of his blood stream.
"Hello, Beaumont Stables."
"Kalib!" A man on the other end trilled, half out of breath. "It's Angel, she's foaled! A groom found her with the little guy-" Kalib registered nothing but the 'he'. Bullet had another son! -"lying next to her, being cleaned off and trying to stand. He's just spectacular! He's trying to stand at the moment, he's got quite an audience too!" There was the shuffling of a group and murmurs and then a light laugh. "He's trying to stand." The man chuckled, and paused again. Another bout of soft laughter.
"He's healthy then?"
"Perfectly. The vet gave him a very quick check when we found him, but Angel's been left alone to take care of him since."
Alone? How is she 'alone' when there's a goddamn crowd outside her stall? Kalib asked himself irritably.
"So, describe him. What's he like?"
"Bright, coppery bay - but I think there are some gold dapples! Can't be sure with the light though... He's got some Sabino; four white legs; big diamond star and part of a stripe - then a thin race down the side. Bright blue eyes; pale hooves; just generally quite handsome for a newborn!"
Kalib nodded in silence. "Keep me updated." He said quietly, hearing jeering from the ballroom again and wishing he was in there, despite the wonderful news of a new BS foal.
"I'll get a picture ASAP. I'll call back in a few hours." He paused as though he was finished, but suddenly blurted out a few more words: "Oh, and Merry Christmas!"
Color & Markings Reference
Also, I was reading all his info, and I was wondering why he was coined as being "Unrealistic"? There are purebred Palomino, Cremello and Buckskin Thoroughbreds!
Err, na, you hadn't told me
Oh, it was because I wasn't certain if the Sabino gene was part of the Thoroughbred's official, realistic colours - this goes the same for splash now. Any clues?
Here is a link to some TB's with Sabino, Splash, Frame Overo, ect.,: [link]
My favorite Purebred TB Color Breeder (specializing in Palomino, Buckskin, and Cremello): [link] I would be lying if I wasn't secretly waiting for an actual Flight Angel to pop out one day!
[link] Here is a list with pictures of a whole bunch of horses with varying degrees of Splash. Some of them barely have white at all, others a lot, but almost all of them have blue eyes. Out of Order on that page is a good example of a minimal Splash. You'd have absolutely no idea if his eyes weren't blue!
And it's not a problem, anyway
Thanks for the info, as well! It's really awesome, and I shall change him to 'realistic' now
And this is such a beautiful picture too! Your style just gets more and more adorable with ever submission! And the backgrounds are to die for!
Thanks very much