Her name is Trixie! Short for Beatrix

Marking!

AHHHH LOOK AT MY SWEET BABY <3
Thank you so so much!

I can’t wait to see the SFA community kick off and become active! I hope I’ll have time to develop my pretty girl as this species grows

Name: Everlasting Bloom // Lady
Gender: Female

username + ID: Plaga 977187

username + ID: S0undH0und 1027648

username + ID: Aizaka + 995625

<3

Username: Queen Vivane
Show Name: The Quiet One
Barn Name: Nylaria
Gender: Mare
Height: 15hh
Halter Color: Match eyes
Prompt:

"Some fish have the genetic sequences needed to make fingers" - Holly Spindler in her fish facts article on thehumaneleague website

Username: Embergleam
Show Name: RRS Tidepool Jester
Barn Name: Jester
Gender: Stallion
Height: 11.3 hh
Halter Color: Artist's choice
Prompt:
The barreleye fish's eyes aren't those little divots in the front of the fish's head.

Its actual eyes are those weird green things inside its head. Scientists used to think their eyes were fixed looking upwards, but more recent observations have proven barreleyes can rotate their eyes inside of their heads just fine. They evolved their unique ocular setup to catch prey silhouetted against what little light filters into the deep ocean from the surface.

The deep sea is awesome, y'all.

(Photo courtesy of MBARI!)

Username: fruitbat
Show Name: Tidal Explosion
Barn Name: Tide
Gender: Stallion
Height: 14hh
Halter Color:
Prompt: Lungfish can live out of water for several years. It secretes a mucus cocoon and burrows itself under the unbaked earth. It takes in air with its lung through a built-in breathing tube that leads to the surface. Without surprise, the oldest known age for a fish was an Australian lungfish called Granddad, who died in 2017 at the age of 109.

This taught me adages are hard to come up with if I don't build off the scheme of one that already exists, red sky for pirates and shepherds being one good example lol.

Username: Queen Vivane
Show Name: Of All The Things I Wish I Knew
Barn Name: Symphony
Gender: Stallion
Height: 15hh
Wood Colour: Red
Rope Colour: White
Prompt:
"Darkness does not equal despair"
This Adage is based on the superstition that black animals are unlucky or even harmful! It means that you should not let things like superstition rule your mind or even your life <3

Username: Taxidea
Show Name: TT Interesting Idiom
Barn Name: Wisdom
Gender: Mare
Height: 12hh
Wood Colour: Artist's Choice
Rope Colour: Artist's Choice
Prompt: "You may lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink"
Wisdom is a bit stubborn, and she's also technically a horse, and the real kicker is that she does not really understand metaphor, so this is her to a T.

Username: allybrad
Show Name: ABF Alone in the Watery Expanse
Barn Name: Nox
Gender: stallion
Height: 14.3 hh
Wood Colour: #69503D
Rope Colour: #D6D6B1
Prompt: "A rolling stone gathers no moss"
Nox is learning to slow down and live in the moment. He often moves from one thing to another before being able to truly settle down and build his life somewhere. When relationships get too serious, he tends to "roll" away before deep roots can form. also his fins are green like moss

Username: Sunniedew
Show Name: Lost in Mumbai
Barn Name: Slither
Gender: stallion
Height: 14hh
Prompt: Did you know that boa constrictors are actually excellent swimmers? Some will even willingly go in the water :D

Username: ImogenEquine
Show Name: Hot on Your Tracks
Barn Name: Trax
Gender: Mare
Height: 15.1 hh
Prompt: All cats have not only whiskers on their face, but also whiskers on their legs, which are called carpal whiskers.

Carpal whiskers, also known as carpal vibrissae, are the specialized whiskers that cats have on their front paws. These leg whiskers are usually longer and thicker than the ones above their eyebrows or on their faces.

Though they may seem like an odd feature to have, carpal whiskers help a cat get a better sense of the ground they are walking on. They can detect minute changes in air pressure and temperature, which helps them identify any potential threats or prey that may be within their vicinity.

(Click here for an image of them!)

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Username: green.
Show Name: RWS Anti Hero
Barn Name: Sage
Gender: Mare
Height: 14.2hh
Prompt: Penguins have a gland above their eye that converts saltwater into freshwater

username: ophanimera
Droogi Name: wip
What is their favorite season?:
Haiku about this Droogi:

oog purple...
wondering if there are any word limits / extras allowed for this comp

username: ThousandSounds
Droogi Name: Pleiades
What is their favorite season?: Spring to late spring when it's closing in on summer, warm nights with a beautiful sky
Haiku about this Droogi:

username: Griff
Droogi Name: Celeas
What is their favorite season?:Winter! They love the feel of the chillair, the brand new sights and smells that fill the air, as well as the stars that come out unique to the winter. A lot of seasonal goods pop up, but more than anything they simply love playing in the snow winter brings.
Haiku about this Droogi:

Rolling in the snow,
Placing a wish upon a star,
A song fills their heart

Mark

GOOLOWNS MY BELOVEDS

entering for ALIEN GOOLOWN! 🌟
username: nio
palette:

if you win, would you like to be messaged (via cs pms) when the design is done?: yes pls!
other: TYYY

entering for CAT GOOLOWN! 🐱
username: nio
palette:

if you win, would you like to be messaged (via cs pms) when the design is done?: yes!!
other: BIG FAN OF THESE GUYS AAA

bump!

entering for COWBOY GOOLOWN! 🌵
username: Griff
palette: Here!
if you win, would you like to be messaged (via cs pms) when the design is done?: Sure!
other: Loving these cuties!

entering for SMILING GOOLOWN! ‼️
username: Griff
palette:
if you win, would you like to be messaged (via cs pms) when the design is done?: Yes please!
other: Thank you for this chance!

Username: Taxidea
Show Name: TT Orion's Elvis
Barn Name: King
Gender: Stallion
Height: 14.3hh
Halter Color: Gold
Prompt: 100% would follow Orion. Why? Because when I first saw this trotter I immediately said, "That's Elvis!". Here's the story: crazy thing that happened with an Elvis sound-alike whose manager crafted a fantastical tale for him based off of a book titled Orion. The article is long but it is super interesting. I think this paragraph really helps sum it up:
"In retrospect, it’s hard to imagine that people could have actually believed Elvis Presley was still living, cloaked in the guise of Orion. After all, this is the stuff of crackpot conspiracy theories. And yet the fact that fans latched onto Orion only underscores the incredible power of the Presley myth."

Username: fruitbat
Show Name: Creator of a Million Stars
Barn Name: Atum
Gender: Stallion
Height: 16hh
Halter Color: Artist choice thank you :)
Prompt: Since Sugar Apple Stables is located in the Southern Hemisphere, Atum deprived of a pole star like Polaris to help easily identify directions. Therefore, he follows Crux, or the Southern Cross, to help him find his way home after a long day of adventuring. He also thinks it's quite iconic that he has the Southern Cross constellation on his coat, making him believe it was destined for him.

Username: ImogenEquine
Show Name: Consult the Star Charts
(sorry I hope you don't mind me using this as a show name, it sounds so neat!)
Barn Name: Ophiuchus
Gender: Stallion
Height: 15hh
Halter Color: night sky inspired
Prompt:
Originally named Ster, the Dutch word for 'star', Ophiuchus decided to take on the name of the constellation he used to orient himself through the worst storm he ever experienced at sea. Through the stormclouds and all, the constellation somehow remained visible and guided Ophiuchus and his crew to safety. He kept this new name in an act of gratitude to the constellation and whichever divine forces kept him alive.

Ophiuchus, the constellation, is the serpent bearer, and Ophiuchus, the trotter, considers himself to be a 'serpent bearer', as he bears a serpent-like tentacle on his hind leg. With this being the case, he was always a fan of the constellation, and after it became the reason he survived that dreadful storm, he has even more reason to be its biggest fan.

this one ends on my birthday im gonna forget about it lolol

Username: odi
Show Name: TBD
Barn Name: TBD
Gender: TBD
Height: 13hh
Halter Color: sky blue
Palette: bloop
White Marking: birdcatcher spots or clawed splash (whichever you prefer)

Username: growlithe.
Show Name: TBD
Barn Name: TBD
Gender: TBD
Height: 14.3
Halter Color: a light orange color
Palette: here
White Marking: Overo

[It put purple so I hope that's okay]

Username:
Spiritstar3
Show Name:
TBD
Barn Name:
tBD
Gender:
TBD
Height:
15.3 hands
Halter Color:
Palette:
Xxx

A799B7
9888A5
776472
445552
294D4A
White Marking:
Blizzard if it counts, otherwise Sabino

MARK

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Username: Kerosenewolf
Show Name: Dashing star /b]
[b]Barn Name: Lady of the sea
Gender: Mare
Height (12hh-18hh): 15hh
Prompt: Favorite riding spot is the ocean

[Hey Kerosene, its supposed to be favorite book or movie]

Username:
Spiritstar3
Show Name:
Ender's Game
Barn Name:
Ender
Gender:
Stallion
Height (12hh-18hh):
16 hands
Prompt:
His favorite book is Ender's Game. Though he has to say, the romance is kind of dumb and he didn't sign up for that.

Username:
Spiritstar3
Show Name:
Black Bear
Barn Name:
Bear
Gender:
Stallion
Height (12hh-18hh):
16 hands
Prompt:
He likes every single bear. He's been specifically named Black Bear because of his coat color though.

Username: Spiritstar3
Name: The Darkest Sun
Darksun
Gender: trans male (female biologically)

Name:
A Vortex of Darkness
Daria

(Darkness is part of her name because of chocolate, because there's also dark chocolate)

Name:
Heart of Wonder
Heartia

(I'm going to put her in The Highway herd, if that's okay)

Spiritstar3 wrote:Name:
Heart of Wonder
Heartia

(I'm going to put her in The Highway herd, if that's okay)

NeriHyuga wrote:

Spiritstar3 wrote:Name:
Heart of Wonder
Heartia

(I'm going to put her in The Highway herd, if that's okay)

I added her to the herd <3

Username: Andromeda
Name: Jeo
Gender: Stallion
Prompt: On this day, when the other crowntails had donned their finest tack, and the air hung heavy with the rich scent of fresh hay that had been thrown about the equally rich, dark green, and always delightful to crunch on, grass, and the gulls danced overhead, gliding and bobbing and twirling about on the gently blowing, yet oddly warm for the season breezes, where the cypress trees reached for the lazily drifting puffs of cloud like long fingers trying to grab a piece of the wispy sky candy, where flags and banners of varying hues and designs sprang to life on that breeze and fell limp and silent when it died, and the music played loudly over tactfully placed speakers, dotted around the coliseum where legs bent, knees touching on rows upon rows of metallic benches that swirled down towards the center ring where the muscled equids were strutting and showing off the best poses they had to offer, their finned manes and tails draped with ribbons and jewels, where the panel of judges sat at one side and silently wrote their judgement, though off in a stable on a small, lavender laden hill, stood Jeo, tongue stuck to his salt block, a rather blank expression on his otherwise thoughtless face.

Username:
Spiritstar3
Name:
Faygen
Gender:
Stallion
Prompt:
A sweet and sensible boy who has justice in his heart, but he has a strong will and doesn't always listen to what others are telling him.

Username: Queen Vivane
Name: Marble
Gender: Mare
Prompt: Am I loud enough?

mark!!

Mark

mark ,,

username: Infohazard
storage: X
nymph name: Azy
gender: Male
prompt: This is not a hard question at all, its pretty obviously winter! Not only do they get to wear their favorite scarf and earmuffs [even to they make it a little harder to get around] but their light fur also makes snowball fights a lot more fun!

[There is a lot of errors in the text as Im using a different keyboard, not used to it]

username: WetPaint23
storage: Here!
nymph name: Odie
gender: Male
prompt: Their favorite season is summertime! They love sitting and listening to the summer thunderstorms every night, and imagining the bolts of lighting flashing through the dark sky. While they do love their winter scarf and earmuffs, they wait eagerly every year to swap them out for a light raincoat in order to stay dry while listening to the pounding rain and the loud croaking frog calls around them.

username: Meisxinyi
storage: RAAGGH
nymph name: Tanzie
gender: male
prompt: Fall is their favourite season! So many delicious fruits are prime for the picking at that time of year, and festivities like thanksgiving and halloween add a lot of excitement to an already awesome season. Not to mention, the air is cool and dry, unlike the sopping wet humidity of spring.