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Zaphiro is getting older! I decided to make him a new reference image, because I love drawing stages of grey. I've recently doodled him with a lighter mane/tail (alright, way lighter!), but I had an urge to color his hair plain black. We can assume that this photo was snapped of him a few years ago? I dunno -- my favorite shade of grey on a horse is when the body's light, and dappled, and the mane and tail are black (I knew a stallion in that shade once, and he's probably responsible for my preference, haha).

Anyways, Zaphiro's now... maybe between 17 and 20 years old? Maybe older. Screw it. He's "mature."

He's going to be entered in The Better With Age Mini Show , so I figured I ought to draw him a nice new reference to get started... even though his color in the show will probably be different. :'D -fails-

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Barn Name: Zaphiro
Birthdate: April 4
Gender: Gelding (12 January 2013)
Eyes: Very Dark Brown
Phenotype: Grey
Genotype: EE/nCr/Gg
Height: 17.0hh
Immediate Pedigree: Symbol in Grey x Sky Limit's Divine Sunset
Build: This is the tallest non-draft horse at Tamarack Park! He's heavier than one would imagine, too, for being so leggy; he passes on sturdy bone and muscle to all his foals. His size is, in fact, a bit of an anomaly, but some of his ancestors had height close to his, so perhaps it skipped a generation or two. Zaphiro has a very powerful composition in that his shoulders and hindquarters are both very well-developed and very well-put-together (and, as his size suggests, very large). His long swan's neck is attached high and carried even higher, lending a particular grace to the shining intelligence in his eyes.
Temperament: Zaphiro was always a very calm, quiet sort of stallion. He's a calm sort of horse in general, but the fact that he was intact until his late teens makes this aspect of his character all the more noticeable. He's the sort of horse who, we're told, upon his first backing didn't even turn his head to inquire about the human sitting on him. We find that in his old age he is even less prone to bouts of testosterone-driven foolishness than ever before, which is nice, but it means that his rider sometimes has to carry a crop when riding him to make him move. Regardless of his quietness, he seems to know just how handsome he is, and always carries himself with the regality and nobility he was named for.
Disciplines: Three-Gaited Saddleseat
Availability: Closed for breeding.
Offspring: Flight Commander , National Show Horse colt out of Mystic Flight
Gunpowder and Lead , American Saddlebred filly out of A Perfect Circle
King Urrezko , American Saddlebred stallion out of Sultan's Silver Doll
Eluura , Georgian Grande filly out of Hightor Blizzard .
Reserved to Gone With The Wynnd for PaleMount .

Show Entries: None yet!

Other Images:
First Reference
Portrait
Breeding with Mystic Flight
Breeding with A Perfect Circle
Breeding with Sultan's Silver Doll
Color Before Greying (not counted for any association points)
Trail Ride
Breeding with Hightor Blizzard
Old Reference
Breeding with Gone With The Wynnd

Gift Art:
Breeding Training by HightorFarm

Total Points: 3.5 + 2.25 + 0 + 4.75 = 11.5 pts.
Pedigree: 3.5 pts.
Offspring: 2.25 pts.
Competitions: 0 pts.
Miscellaneous: 4.75 pts.
Ranking: None.

Total Points: -3.5 + 10.25 + 0 + 2.5 = 9.25 pts.
Lineage: -3.5 pts.
Offspring: 10.25 pts.
Shows: 0 pts.
Images: 2.5 pts.
Ranking: Stallion of Merit

Description
Zaphiro is getting older! I decided to make him a new reference image, because I love drawing stages of grey. I've recently doodled him with a lighter mane/tail (alright, way lighter!), but I had an urge to color his hair plain black. We can assume that this photo was snapped of him a few years ago? I dunno -- my favorite shade of grey on a horse is when the body's light, and dappled, and the mane and tail are black (I knew a stallion in that shade once, and he's probably responsible for my preference, haha).

Anyways, Zaphiro's now... maybe between 17 and 20 years old? Maybe older. Screw it. He's "mature."

He's going to be entered in The Better With Age Mini Show , so I figured I ought to draw him a nice new reference to get started... even though his color in the show will probably be different. :'D -fails-

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Barn Name: Zaphiro
Birthdate: April 4
Gender: Gelding (12 January 2013)
Eyes: Very Dark Brown
Phenotype: Grey
Genotype: EE/nCr/Gg
Height: 17.0hh
Immediate Pedigree: Symbol in Grey x Sky Limit's Divine Sunset
Build: This is the tallest non-draft horse at Tamarack Park! He's heavier than one would imagine, too, for being so leggy; he passes on sturdy bone and muscle to all his foals. His size is, in fact, a bit of an anomaly, but some of his ancestors had height close to his, so perhaps it skipped a generation or two. Zaphiro has a very powerful composition in that his shoulders and hindquarters are both very well-developed and very well-put-together (and, as his size suggests, very large). His long swan's neck is attached high and carried even higher, lending a particular grace to the shining intelligence in his eyes.
Temperament: Zaphiro was always a very calm, quiet sort of stallion. He's a calm sort of horse in general, but the fact that he was intact until his late teens makes this aspect of his character all the more noticeable. He's the sort of horse who, we're told, upon his first backing didn't even turn his head to inquire about the human sitting on him. We find that in his old age he is even less prone to bouts of testosterone-driven foolishness than ever before, which is nice, but it means that his rider sometimes has to carry a crop when riding him to make him move. Regardless of his quietness, he seems to know just how handsome he is, and always carries himself with the regality and nobility he was named for.
Disciplines: Three-Gaited Saddleseat
Availability: Closed for breeding.
Offspring: Flight Commander , National Show Horse colt out of Mystic Flight
Gunpowder and Lead , American Saddlebred filly out of A Perfect Circle
King Urrezko , American Saddlebred stallion out of Sultan's Silver Doll
Eluura , Georgian Grande filly out of Hightor Blizzard .
Reserved to Gone With The Wynnd for PaleMount .

Show Entries: None yet!

Other Images:
First Reference
Portrait
Breeding with Mystic Flight
Breeding with A Perfect Circle
Breeding with Sultan's Silver Doll
Color Before Greying (not counted for any association points)
Trail Ride
Breeding with Hightor Blizzard
Old Reference
Breeding with Gone With The Wynnd

Gift Art:
Breeding Training by HightorFarm

Total Points: 3.5 + 2.25 + 0 + 4.75 = 11.5 pts.
Pedigree: 3.5 pts.
Offspring: 2.25 pts.
Competitions: 0 pts.
Miscellaneous: 4.75 pts.
Ranking: None.

Total Points: -3.5 + 10.25 + 0 + 2.5 = 9.25 pts.
Lineage: -3.5 pts.
Offspring: 10.25 pts.
Shows: 0 pts.
Images: 2.5 pts.
Ranking: Stallion of Merit