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At the Auction...
The sun was sweltering. Everyone clothes were becoming more and more unsavory smelling and suffocating. There wasn't a single person at the auction that was not eager to leave. This sped up the process, there has not yet been any really long bidding wars, someone would get tired of the effort because of the heat and let the opposition win.

Max and Nate weren't going to let a horse they wanted slip away that easily though. They had been at the auction for four hours now, and the actual auctioning process had begun 40 minutes ago. Hip 4 was being led into the ring.

The thoroughbred was a unique rabicano, her pattern looked a lot like the late Catch a Bird's unique reverse brindle pattern, but this filly has been genetically tested and showed up rabicano rather than brindle. She didn't seem nervous per se- more just irritated. Her ears were half pinned back and her eyes were flashing in a frightening way. As she stamped her hind hoof and shook her mane around, her muscles rippled. She was clearly athletic- but her disposition was putting up all the red flags. Her silky ebony mane brushed against her satin bright bay coat and her equally black tail swished back and forth.

Though she was so tempermental, it seemed she raced quite well, which meant that her jockeys and trainers had found some way to get her to listen, at least a little. That was promising at least. In fact, she raced so well that she had advanced to the ungraded stakes level- placing second in her first stakes race, which was the last race of her two year old season. The pamphlet also said that she was rom the Pleasure Prince and What a Pleasure line, one that Jake had never even heard of. Interesting.

When it was time for the bidding to begin, it started low- because regardless being a glowing picture of health and vitality, as well as successfully raced- she was clearly a psycho. The first bid was for a mere $10,000- nothing for such a promising young filly, afterall, her foals could be worth that no problem in a few years- as long as she placed well in at least one more stakes race. Not many were willing to bid on such a fiesty filly- which meant the price was raised very slowly. Jake put in his bid a few moments later for $20,000. Then a few more bidders brought it to $40,000. Then a lull. Jake raised it to $42,000 and then someone else went up to $45,000. Nate elbowed Jake, signaling him that he thought she was worth more than that. So, Jake raised it again to $47,000.

This time the bidding was finished- the filly, already raced under the name Cuzican Cancan- was now the property of Fanfare Farm. Jake wasn't positive she was worth the 47k simply because she would be such a nightmare to trailer and fly, along with handle. Hopefully she'd get along with at least a few of the other horses at the stable, because she wasn't too keen on having yet another tempermental thoroughbred who had to have her own personal pasture.

Nate, on the other hand, was sure she was worth the sum. He had heard of the What a Pleasure line and liked it- they were never very wellknown, but the line did tend to be able to nab at least a few graded stakes races, and the fillies seemed to generally race better than the coats. Plus, he liked a horse with a personality- and he was hoping he'd be assigned the filly as one of his mounts.

When they were loading up to leave, Nate gave the filly one pat on the hindquarters. In return, she kicked the wall of the trailer- it was going to be a challenge indeed.

"Oh Flapper... we're going to have a wonderful relationship, I can tell already." He'd already nicknamed her Flapper, after the rebellious sexy girls of the '20s, it made sense, at least in his head.

And in agreement, Flapper nipped him.


:new: We got her!
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Name: Cuzican Cancan
Barn Name: Flapper
Gender: Mare
Breed: Thoroughbred
Age: 2 years (just finished 2 yo season)
Height: 16.0 hh
Color: Bright Bay Rabicano
Genotype: Ea/Aa/nRb
Markings: rabicano markings form stripes almost like Catch a Bird's reverse brindle [link] , snip, sock
Discipline: flat racing
Bloodlines: Pleasure Prince [link] (What a Pleasure)
Temperament: Like her nickname, Flapper is one of those attention seeking showy girls that will go to insane lengths to get everyone's attention. She's got a temper and is not afraid to let it show, and is quite difficult to control. She also refuses to be just another racing filly, not as good as the colts- she is just as good if not better, as racing colts really turns on her competitive nature.
Preferred Distance: 1 1/2 miles

Lease/Stud: not yet- not retired- too young
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Racing Record

:bulletblue:Two Year Old Season:bulletwhite:

Half-field- Special Weight Maiden
1st by 3 lengths
$600

Stonington- Starter Allowance
3rd by 2 lengths
$100

Conway- Allowance
4th by 5 lengths
$50

Tropical- Allowance
1st by a nose
$2000

Huntington- Ungraded Stakes
2nd by a head
$10,000

:bulletblue:Three Year Old Season:bulletwhite:
not yet occured




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Bid for Hip 4 [link] in #DecorStud's auction [link]

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Oooh, your shading is getting so good!! :aww: