Celtic Sport Horses

Today's Promise, Tomorrow's Potential

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Continued...

Okay! This is continued from my last post and is me playing catch-up some more. Onto the Riata Thoroughbred Racing Club Season Four, Race Twelve meet!

DistractedByShinyObjects broke her Maiden in this meet! She's a two year old Grey filly standing 16 hands by PSH Couplet out of Kavon's Gold and was a revolution grab!

Kilronan Smirnoff won her second Maiden race in this meet! If you don't recall, she's a two year old Bay filly standing 16.3 by French Dignity, out of Skyy.

Don't Stop Dancing won his second Maiden race as well! To refresh, he’s a two year old Chestnut colt standing 17.1 hands with created lines — by Love The Music*, out of Don’t Quit On Me*.

Minutes To Midnight won his first Allowance race! He's a two year old Black colt standing 16.3 hands with created lines -- by Lost Time*, out of Night And Day*.

Talk Yaoi proved himself yet again by winning his second Allowance race! A reminder -- Talk Yaoi is a two year old Bay colt standing 16.1 hands by Talk Happy, out of Hitomi.

Worthy Of Awe won his first Ungraded Stakes! Again, he's a two year old Chestnut Sabino colt standing 16 hands by Awestruck (REAA), out of Worth The Wait.

Next I'll cover the racing series -- AirStone Select! This series is for gamebred racehorses only. This is the AirStone Select Series Race One results!

Kilronan High Class Romance broke her Maiden! She's a two year old Grey filly standing 16.1 hands by Aisteru, out of High Jinx.

Kilronan Before The Rain also broke his Maiden! He's a two year old Grey Sabino colt standing 16.2 hands by Raindrops On Roses, out of Before The Wind.

Worthy Of Awe won his first G3 race! Again, he's a two year old Chestnut Sabino colt standing 16 hands by Awestruck (REAA), out of Worth The Wait.

Soleil Andraste won her first G1 race! She's a three year old Chestnut filly standing 17.1 by Kilkenny, out of Caitriona.

Kilronan Keallach broke his Maiden over Timbers! He's a four year old Grey stallion standing 16.2 hands by Maethorion, out of Restless Secrets.

Locien won his first Allowance race over Timbers! He's a four year old Chestnut stallion standing 16.2 hands by Compelling Sound (RSBC), by Enchanted Romance.

Phoenician Legal Target won his first G1 Race over Timbers! He's a Buckskin five year old stallion standing 16.2 hands by Ricochet, out of Legally Blonde.

Remind me to cover the RSC 4.15 and 4.16 chases when I'm sober. ;)

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A Lot Late, This Time...

Wow, I've got some catching up to do on the blogfront!

To start off with I'll do a little commentary on the Riata Thoroughbred Racing Club Season Four, Race Ten results.

Khalia broke her Maiden the first time out with Celtic silks! She was a revolution grab and is a two year old Black filly standing at 16 hands by Kharbon, out of Litchita.

Minutes To Midnight broke his Maiden first time out as well! He's a two year old Black colt standing at 16.3, with Created lines -- by Lost Time*, out of Night And Day*.

Talk Yaoi also broke his Maiden the first time out with Celtic silks! Talk Yaoi was a personal purchase from Merry of Terra Nova, and I couldn't be happier with him now that he's proven himself! He's going to go far with us, and honestly, I love his name! Talk Yaoi is a two year old Bay colt standing at 16.1 hands by Talk Happy, out of Hitomi.

Worthy Of Awe was a Revolution grab as well, and won his first Allowance race on Turf. He's a two year old Chestnut Sabino colt standing 16 hands by Awestruck (REAA), out of Worth The Wait.

The River Sings is possibly my favorite snatch out of all of them. He's a two year old created colt by The Celts*, out of River Song*, and he's impressed me to no end. This boy is a VERY flashy Bay Sabino and he runs like the wind! He'd already won three races in a row -- Maiden, Allowance, Open -- by the time we'd gotten him, and his first time out under Celtic silks saw him at four and oh by winning the GIII Penguine Stakes.

My next bit of commentary goes toward the Riata Steeplechasing Club Season Four, Race Fourteen results! AKA, the Colonial Cup!

Durch Den Monsun won his first Maiden Steeplechase! He's a four year old Bay stallion standing 16.3 hands, by Storm Devil, out of Blackstone Afiine Romance. His dam is actually one of my favorite broodmares in the game!

Phoenician Vitality won the GIII Brokenhearted Timber Stakes! He's a five year old Chestnut stallion standing 17 hands by Valaine, out of Grand Belle.

I could not be happier with my mare Skipping Stones! Skip was my first Steeplechasing mare and my first GI qualifying horse, and she's had some problems running in those GI races -- but she's certainly proved me wrong when I started saying I might try giving her a shot at a GII or GIII! She won the GI I'm Just Sayin' Hurdle Stakes, beating out a field of fourteen. Skip is a five year old Bay mare standing 16.2 hands by Wiilde Tiide, out of Twinkle Toes.

Next, I'll cover the double-run RTRC meets. First, the Riata Thoroughbred Racing Club Season Four, Race Eleven meet!

Misguided Ghosts broke her Maiden! She's a two year old Grey filly standing 16.2 hands with created lines -- by Mistaken Identity*, out of Forgotten Souls*.

Kilronan Smirnoff broke her Maiden as well! She's also two years old, a Bay filly standing 16.3 hands by French Dignity, out of Skyy.

Don't Stop Dancing broke his Maiden too! He's a two year old Chestnut colt standing 17.1 hands with created lines -- by Love The Music*, out of Don't Quit On Me*.

Talk Yaoi continued to prove himself with Celtic silks by winning his Allowance race in this meet! Again, he's a two year old Bay colt standing at 16.1 hands by Talk Happy, out of Hitomi.

The River Sings continued to flourish in this meet, winning another GIII race (there are no GII races for two year olds quite yet) -- the Bedroom Hymns Dirt Stakes! Again, he's a two year old Bay Sabino colt standing at 16.3 hands, with created lines -- By The Celts*, out of River Song*.

World Behind My Wall made me entirely too thrilled! This boy is the reason I stayed in Flat Racing and he definitely made it worth my time. He won the GIII Leave My Body Dirt Stakes, and is a three year old Cremello colt by Lantis, out of Apocalyptica.

I'm getting tired, so remind me to do the RTRC 4.12 meet later, okay? <3

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A Little Late...

But better late than never!

We came back from the races with me grinning over our Steeplechasers. To start off with, Vinci won the GI A Face To Call Home Stakes, qualifying her for the prestigious Colonial Cup. A little background on Vinci -- she's a six year old Black mare standing 16.2 (like most of my 'chasers, oddly!) by Afterlife, out of Nuala. She was bred by and named after an old friend of mine who used to play the game, and holds sentimental value to me for that reason.

Moving on, Phoenician Vignette won his first Open race, moving him up to GIII next time around! Vignette is a four year old Bay stallion standing 16.2 (I told you!) by Michelangelo, out of Future Edition.

D'Angeline Lavender And Cream won her first Open race as well, so she too will be moving on to GIII! Lav is a four year old Chestnut Sabino mare standing 15.3 by Zodiac Aureus, out of Copper Penny.

And finally, proving to me that she was bored with the dirt and ready for the hurdles, Burlesque broke her 'chasing Maiden the first time out! Burlesque is a four year old Palomino mare standing 16.2 (see?!) by Mer Rouge, out of Knitting Nancy.

We're heading to the flat races here soon, and I'll try to update more often with how those go. Stay tuned!

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When Georgia Stays Up Late, Pt. 2...

... she gets really tired.

I haven't been getting enough sleep lately. Too excited about getting my kids back out on the track, too excited about showing off my new aquisitions, too excited about prospective foals and racers from some of my favorite studs and broods. It's taken a toll and when I was out at the barn today, Static had to prod me with a crop to wake me up from where I was lightly snoring into my Dr. Pepper. She told me to get home and get some rest, but I'm just at the truck posting this from my laptop -- sshhh, don't tell her. She said she'd oversee the rest of today's workouts for my group, but I just. Can't. Stop.

Now that I've found my focus at the barn, I'm ready to jump into it like no tomorrow.

Let's just hope I don't wear myself out! I think I will go home early tonight and hit the hay a bit earlier than usual. Getting nine or ten hours of sleep instead of seven or eight couldn't hurt too bad, could it?

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When Georgia Stays Up Late...

New ideas are born! Static of Airdrie Manor (my mentor and one of my closest friends in the game) and I were talking with Maddy of Windermere Stud. The conversation circled around stallions for only a brief period of time before I rushed off to my truck, sure that I had once upon a time written down an entire list of Thoroughbred stallions I didn't have foals from yet. To my shock and disappointment, the list was nonexistent. (When I got home I tore my apartment up searching for it to no avail, as well). So I returned, and Static and I started scheming. What if there was a Riata Stud Book?

So we asked around the barns, called up a few friends in the morning, and the general consensus was that a Riata Stud Book would be an excellent idea! So Static's going to work on the website and then we'll collaborate to figure things out as to how it'll be run.

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My Blogging Plans

I hope to get a post up here once every week that runs through an overview of what we did that week. I will probably also do extra posts on race days to cover how we did in the RTRC, RSC, and occasional member-hosted races. Look out for my normal weekly posts on week days, and my race day posts on weekends. I will probably also post whenever I'm holding a race -- which won't happen very often, unfortunately!

I may occasionally feature a horse in my blog. It might be my horse, it might be someone else's -- who knows?

But for now, I'm off to see to my racers. They're getting back out on the track, all of them, within the next couple of weeks, and I'm anxious as a new mother.

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Well, Before I Go...

I guess I'll do a little promo!

http://celtic.riata-online.net is where you can find my babies.

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Introductions, Please!

My name is Georgia, and I own Celtic Sport Horses, a mini-barn at Airdrie Manor.

We focus on Thoroughbreds. As of right now, these Thoroughbreds do Flat Racing and Steeplechasing. However, when the oldest ones retire, they will move onto either Dressage, Eventing, Hunters, or Show Jumping, depending on how they did on the track. This is because Celtic possibly prizes versatility above all else. While we have an outline for the path of our Thoroughbreds, we know that every horse is different. Not all horses have what it takes to circle around on the flat. Not every horse can muster it up to sail over the hurdles and timbers. Each equine will not always thrive in the arena. But when at all possible, our horses will move from the race track, to the show ring. Some earlier, some later, some never at all. But Celtic wants to provide horses that, at the end of their career, can not only produce racers and chasers, but throw excellent riding mounts as well.

Now it's off to bed for me. We've had a long day introducing our newest acquisitions to the Riata world, and our stalls are almost full up. But there's a few more faces we're hoping to bring in over the next couple of days, so stay tuned...