Name: Sputnik
YOB: Y20 (1yo) Gender: Colt Colour: Grey Height: 15.1hh Pedigree: HoF Forbidden to Fly x Nasty Imp Running Style: All In Distance: 5-8 furlongs Surface: Dirt Jockey: - Grade: P |
Whether he was dropped on the head as a foal or he was just born with a screw loose, Sputnik is... Well, he's a sight to behold, and not always in a good way. King of the Hill Stables have had to deal with their share of psychotic horses over the years - be they plain old mean or, in some cases, utterly insane. Nuclear Fallout, Arthurian, The Goblin; they're just a few names that roll off the tongue while discussing this type of tricky to deal with personality. Sputnik, though, takes it to an entirely new level.
This horse could start a fight with a brick wall - in fact, he has done so! It's not even movement that sets off his instinct to brawl; one moment he'll be happily grazing in the paddock, the next something will seemingly snap inside of him and he'll be yelling at a bucket, trying to destroy it. Because of his unpredictable nature, Sputnik is not allowed to be anywhere but his stable - a bespoke, reinforced design - unless he is under supervision. His unhinged nature initially came as a surprise, though it is something that staff are more than used to now (with a horse like this, you quickly learn that he is one to keep an eye on). As a foal, Sputnik was quite the mummy's boy. He rarely left his dam's side and was, by all accounts, rather sweet. It was only once he was weaned that his manic side started to show. Now, that sweet foal is long forgotten; in his place, an unrelenting hurricane of chaos and violent challenges, only to be handled by the most experience staff on hand. Sputnik's torrent of frenzied energy lends itself to a high risk way of racing. It is incredibly hard to hold this colt back, so trainers worked with his jockey to develop a style that suits his relentless, unyielding nature. It took careful training to build up his stamina so that he could do this, and the decision was made to primarily race him at 5-7F, as it was uncommon for him to be able to dominate the entirety of 8F unless the race was populated by horses that did not like to run with a demanding pace from the get-go. Sputnik's style of running is very much to go all in; to sprint as fast as possible from the very start, speeding ahead of even the front runners and forcing every horse to either fall behind, or to exhaust themselves trying to keep up. Challengers only push him further, their presence fuelling the crazed fury that keeps him going even when there's little left in the tank. |
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Horse Credit: Labaik
Buybacks: Sunfrost
Buybacks: Sunfrost