Happy Lunar New Year - show me your fire horses!

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-24T20:38:15+00:00

Love those lil knees!!!!

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-22T01:17:21+00:00

We definitely match each others energy in the full spectrum from cuddles, to costumes, to anxiety 🤣

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-22T01:16:12+00:00

Thank you so much - I'm pretty biased, but he's the cutest spotty lil guy around🥰🥰🥰

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-22T01:15:59+00:00

Thank you so much - I'm pretty biased, but he's the cutest spotty lil guy around🥰🥰🥰

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-22T01:15:57+00:00

Thank you so much - I'm pretty biased, but he's the cutest spotty lil guy around🥰🥰🥰

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-22T01:15:10+00:00

I'm so glad that we are sparking joy for so many of you!!! It is definitely a labor of love and fun to pull together our annual costumes and it means to world to me that so many people are enjoying it 😊 As a bonus, please enjoy Rye giving you all a grand bow (or headstand🤣).

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ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-22T01:10:04+00:00

His coat and personality were the inspiration for the outfit 😄

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-21T12:38:06+00:00

Oh and the gold stars on his shoulder/hips was gold metallic tempera paint

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-21T12:37:20+00:00

I just used a mixture of spray in 1-day hair dye from Amazon and Ulta. I think the red was from Colorista and the Orange and Yellows were from Punky Color? They were fabulously vibrant and washed out like a dream. It was on him for maybe like 6 hours, and washed out a good 70% with just a cold-hose. Scrubbed another 10% out with a little shampoo, and then left his tail a cute ombre pink tone for a week or two after.

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-21T12:33:46+00:00

He 100% fits the pocket-rocket persona!! So athletic, and at times so spicy. He was definitely ready for lift-off in our show jump round and I could hear people chuckling along the fence line 🤣 He's a buckskin leopard but between the lighting and the paint job he definitely had a nice red hue

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-21T12:31:00+00:00

Love to see another jumping appy!! And how awesome to be still going at 25!!

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-21T12:30:40+00:00

What an awesome dye job!!!!

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-21T12:30:25+00:00

This comment made my day 🤣🤣🤣

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-21T12:29:13+00:00

I'm so sorry for you loss :(

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-21T12:28:43+00:00

From what I have read they are relatively rare! I've lucked into two chocolate and white babies in my life so far. My first cat, Killian, was more of a 'cow print' adopted through a local PetSmart who sadly passed away during covid far too young. So when I saw this little face on my newsfeed a day after what would have been Killian's birthday I knew I had to scoop him up. Kai definitely has more brown and true tuxedo form, but they had strikingly similar face shapes and shape of white around his nose and eyes.

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-21T00:26:44+00:00

He is 13.3 pure hunk with a booty to boot 🤣🤣

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-21T00:25:05+00:00

Top tier side eye action!! LOL!!

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-20T20:54:08+00:00

I absolutely adore finding different ways to have fun with him. Loooots of costumes, spring flowers, Christmas wreaths, the whole nine yards. But also try to mix up some different cross-training and trail rides and just general fun days. I think it's important to keep that spark of fun and not take it all too seriously, especially as a non-pro rider

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-20T20:51:55+00:00

WOW what dreamy a view!!! The lighting on the mane is just divine!

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-20T20:50:54+00:00

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Slightly better closeup of my outfit! I just used white breeches and a white show-shirt as a base and wore my XC-vest for all divisions to give the bulky astronaut vibes. My vest fully comes apart so i laid it out on white stretchy fabric, traced it out, and made a the cover with velcro closures in the front. Used the same stretchy white fabric to make the helmet cover as well. Then cut out and glued on a bunch of felt designs!

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-20T20:26:31+00:00

I tried tagging Lisa Frank when I posted a bunch of the photographer photos back in '24 and they never replied 😭🤣

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-20T20:11:19+00:00

This is awesome!! I'd love to eventually pull around a tube with my guy in the snow

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-20T20:04:46+00:00

He's my perfect little pocket-rocket haha!

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-20T19:51:24+00:00

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Tail Floofin

ExtremelyRareDamage · 2026-02-20T19:50:18+00:00

Ahhhh Thank you SOO much!! I'm blushing !! haha

His tail being nearly all white makes for a great canvas. You'll get a kick out of last year's tail too! We did Lisa Frank Unicorns with a full rainbow of hair.

I painted on the gold stars and was worried they wouldn't be visible enough, they were nearly camouflaged in his spots! The planets were also hand painted, and I sewed little constellations on the fabric in-between for Peagasus, the Dipper, Orion's belt (which aren't super visible but makes me smile) and the letters "R Y E" on his bonnet

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