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For Now I'll Dream

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Point Blank - None The Less x Acute

He's here! :iconhorseglompplz: This has got to be the fastest picture I've drawn in...months. It only took me three days. :w00t: I was originally just going to use simple greyscale shading to draw him lying in the straw, but the reference picture had such intricate shading I couldn't resist trying to draw it in more detail. I thought I was almost done this, but then it kind of took on a life of its own and ending up with a whole bunch of dream horses in the background (that's weird, it's not like I spent the whole night dreaming about horses or anything =p). :o It's nothing like anything I've done for a long, long time, but I am so proud of how it came out. :D Not to mention how excited I am that this guy is finally here! :iconexplodelaplz:


The sun had just smeared into the western horizon when Boniface looked up from his paper and realized None The Less was foaling. He jumped up from the uncomfortable wooden chair kept in the observatory next to the foaling stall and rushed to the window between the two rooms. Through the semitransparent shape of his unkempt figure cast on the glass by the setting sun, he could see that Nonnie had lowered herself to the ground and gone into labour. Part of him was glad of the relief from the long vigil over the pregnant mare, but it was now several weeks past the due date and the risk that something would go wrong was growing. Boniface kept a close eye on the mare while he called the main house and the vet.

Word spread quickly around the farm, and it wasn’t long before several people had crowded into the little observatory. The foal’s owners could have watched from the house via the camera mounted in the stall, but they wanted to be there in person, just like everyone else there to witness the birth. Together they watched as first a tiny pair of hooves appeared, knobbly knees and dark head marked with a small star.

Boniface was ready to go into the stall and help with the birth if necessary, but for the most part everything went smoothly. In just a couple hours the colt was on his feet and nursing. His legs were long and still splayed awkwardly, which made his little body seem even smaller than it actually was, but besides that he was muscular and well balanced. After he dried off his coat was revealed to be a rich bay, but a few white hairs around his muzzle indicated that the dark colour would not last.

When the colt’s stomach was full, his legs folded like a collapsible chair and he sank into the straw, worn out by his first taste of life. With his mother standing protectively over him he closed his eyes and slept. Curled in a gangly bundle of legs, it seemed remarkable that he might ever grow into the swift and strong stallion he was expected too, but Boniface knew the days would fly by while he played in the big pasture and drank his mother’s milk. Boniface had seen dozens of foals grow up in the same barn. Some of them went on to be stakes winners, and others left the track early to find a different home in a small stable and be someone’s friend, but all of them had a story. This colt’s story was only hours long, but Boniface could imagine him fully grown, fast as the wind, and he wondered if the colt had any idea what to expect from his life. There was no way he could know, but all the same, Boniface wondered if he was dreaming too.


Registered Name: Point Blank
Stable Name: Point
Gender: Colt
Breed: Thoroughbred
Genetics: Ee AA Gg
Birthday: February 26, 2010
Height: Unknown
Sire: Acute
Dam: None The Less (Vivace)
Offspring: None
Disciplines: Untrained, racing prospect
Race Record: 0/0/0(0)
Earnings: $0
Position: Unknown
Surface: likely dirt
Distance: likely 9-12 furlongs
Personality: Point Blank is a curious foal with lots of energy. He has lots of agility too, which he loves to display while playing. His curiosity sometimes gets him into trouble, but he seems to have a talent for soothing bad tempers by appearing adorable and innocent.
Status: Not available for breeding, not yet trained for racing

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Image and Point Blank (c) Copperdragon
None The Less (c) *Jullelin
Acute (c) *Greatalmightyqueen
Referenced from [link] (c) ~Nylak-Stock
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Nebunezzari's avatar
This is soooooo cute! Squee!