introducing NATTIE (frosty)

INNOCENT PASSION AND KRYSTAL YHATE

With the Unicorn Horn series coming up and Anna fresh off of her first win, Krystal was looking to maintain the filly's fine form and win again in the Juvenile Turf Sprint next week. She had broken her maiden in a sprint, after all, even though she was more of a miler. Anna did love to run though, and she was very competitive. In fact, she was always competing, and she always had this need to compete to the end. The best way to get a good effort out of Anna was to pit her against another horse. Even if the horse was older, it worked Anna out, and she didn't get dispirited if she was owned in a race. Her undying determination helped combat loss of morale.

For today, they were out on the turf looking for some competition. As soon as Krystal trotted the filly, who was already pulling impatiently at the reins as other horses ghosted on by, onto the turf track, she spotted some suitable competition in the form of a filly who looked very excited to be on the track and eager to run. That would make great competition! She wanted to catch up to them and set Anna on a collision course of sorts. Anna was only too happy to go faster. She increased her pace and in no time were trotting alongside. Krystal smiled at the rider, kind of recognizing her but not totally. Hey. You're from Star Thoroughbreds, right? I forget your name, sorry! Are you looking for a workout partner?

Krystal's smile weakened in flavor for a second. Great. Silverianna's rider. It was easy to remember the horse, but hard for Krystal to remember the rider, every time. Unless she saw the rider on different horses all the time and ended up facing them all the time on those different horses, she was unlikely to remember anything except the horse that she faced. Krystal definitely noticed the slight trace of amusement in Stella's eyes. She was probably surprised that Krystal didn't remember her. Krystal was a bit surprised herself, but was willing to put it behind her. Even if their Ianna had beaten her beloved Fire a lot of times last year.

So she moved on. Naturally A Flyer? From the sound of the name, I'm guessing her lines are The Natural x Simply A Flyer?

Anna was glaring daggers at the other filly now. Her fiercely competitive personality was showing and she wanted to get to work on defeating her competition. Lately the filly had been showing aptitude in the sprints, though her likely best distance was around a mile. From the sounds of it, the other filly's lineage did not point towards sprinter but more of a classic connection. Krystal therefore thought this workout would be very interesting. Naturally A Flyer could learn speed from Anna, and Anna could learn stamina from Nattie. It sounded like a perfect combination.

Ah, this is Anna. Innocent Passion. By Passionate Class, out of Little Miss Innocent. Surprisingly, she's more of a sprinter miler than a router. I imagine your mount is more of a classic distance horse?