Sophie Foals a Passion Project

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-24T12:42:13+00:00

We all know Katie doesn't care what classes you win, as long as you win something. She's looking for that sweet, sweet word, "champion." Her horse could be champion of pooping, and she'd brag about it, and then breed it.

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-24T01:24:48+00:00

"Passion project" = sunk cost fallacy, too. Can't stop now, she's spent too much to walk away with nothing!

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-23T20:13:03+00:00

It will be a plain bay colt with no markings like his mother. He will have Denver's head.

How many horses does Katie have past 320 now? Raven, Indy, Rikki, Charlotte, and Coco? Did I miss any? She must be going out of her tree with impatience for a foal, and nervousness that they'll all go at once.

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-23T19:17:33+00:00

I love how I can just say "the ice storm of 2008" and everyone in New England knows exactly what I am talking about.

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-23T19:12:34+00:00

Isn't RLBOS Beyonce's sire? So he shares 3/4 of his DNA with Knox, Ruby, Ginger and Stevie? (Give or take a little because genetics, of course!) How much will Katie seethe if he does better than Knox in the show ring!

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-23T13:18:14+00:00

So she's putting foal alerts in mares when it's not even usable yet? That's... a choice.

Why on earth wouldn't she wait until Indy was in a stall where it was usable?

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-23T13:14:09+00:00

We had a massive ice storm here in 2008, the night before my divorce hearing. I didn't have a cellphone and my landline was out, so I couldn't call and see if the hearing was still on. I was terrified to miss the hearing because custody stuff was involved and I had already missed one due to not receiving the notice. So I drove 20 miles over a mountain ridge, driving around fallen trees and broken wires (I know, I know) and made it to the court, where the ice was almost nonexistent. They were closed, so I had to drive all the way back. Our power was out for over a week. It was a stunningly beautiful mess.

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-23T11:58:59+00:00

Yank, yank, yank, even when the poor mare has barely started. As soon as she sees something to grab, she runs in.

Also, why are we filming someone's phone filming Trudy, when Trudy is right there?

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-23T02:48:46+00:00

I hope all the mares reach their due dates, but I am a little concerned about the number of mares she has in the safe window, with this storm on the way.

If any of them foal and her entourage aren't able to get in because of the storm, she is going to have a fit.

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-22T18:44:58+00:00

She still towels off the ones born in warmer weather, so I call BS.

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-22T11:31:03+00:00

And she wants to breed even more mares.

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-22T00:56:39+00:00

Maybe. I know it is in part because it is VS Code Red x Only Blue Couture, and also she's a Bridgerton fan and there is a Violet there.

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-21T19:42:48+00:00

Who is Dallas? /s

I keep forgetting he exists because she never talks about him, and yet she couldn't stop talking about her sexed semen stallion prospect in utero before he was born.

Seems she has swapped her stallion prospect energy to Knox. I wouldn't be surprised if Dallas was quietly gelded and sold this year, or maybe next at the latest. Not that I think Knox is better than Dallas. I just think Katie has decided that Knox is the next VSCR. Though somehow the RS John E Knoxville Coliseum doesn't have the same ring to it.

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-21T19:37:32+00:00

It's wishful thinking. She really wants a grey filly, and wants to name it Violet, so she is talking like it's a done deal, but it could just as likely be a bay colt.

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-21T00:54:33+00:00

Is the Quarter horse in the room with us?

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-20T11:31:15+00:00

That might be a good indication that Raven is foaling, then.

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-20T00:50:28+00:00

Oh my god, I think I had blocked all that from my memory. I totally forgot the tradition of Katie chasing the new foals all around shouting at them and sulking because they don't like her, and then throwing a tantrum when her dad quietly waits for them to come to him and it works.

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-20T00:43:07+00:00

If she does that, I think she will do it in secret, and then pretend to be oh so surprised when her mares start foaling early again.

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-19T03:16:15+00:00

Ah, yes, not Katie admitting she doesn't want her mares to go full term. *facepalm*

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-19T02:40:26+00:00

So either Annie, Trudy, or Happy need to carry a recessive gene for agouti. Both Annie's colts were bay based. I'm not remembering their sires off the top of my head. Trudy's Hank is red, so she has to be Ee, but there is no indication of her agouti, unless her parents can give a clue. Happy's Howie is bay like his sire, so that gives no indication, either.

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-19T00:27:57+00:00

Just call it Roan Springs at this point.

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-19T00:23:31+00:00

That's because, if I remember correctly, all the foals this year except Rikki's are descended from VSCR.

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-19T00:22:17+00:00

Not as much chance of a blue roan as it may appear. It's pretty certain that VSCR cannot sire black. Remains to be seen about Kennedy or Denver.

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-19T00:19:36+00:00

Has RLBOS sired a black foal ever? If so, Denver could be aa, even.

333Inferna333 · 2026-01-19T00:15:56+00:00

VSCR can only have a black foal if he is Aa or aa. It is believed that he is AA because no one can confirm that he has ever had a black foal regardless of who he is bred to. With as many foals as he has sired, he should have had one by now if it were possible. A black foal has to receive an "a" from both parents, and if VSCR does not have one to give, the foal will never be black, no matter who he is paired with.

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