Post by S u N f r O s t ~ on Feb 13, 2012 20:48:20 GMT -5
SILLENIA AND KRYSTAL YHATE
WILDLY NATURAL AND AMBER BLACK
The four year old Sillenia was approaching a new level of greatness. Undefeated this year, she stood tall and proud before Krystal Yhate, and did not hesitate to meet her eyes. Krystal grinned and reached forward to scratch the bay mare's forehead, reveling in the beauty that was this mare. Sillenia had started out with a nice two year old season, capped off by a win in the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf against a field of solid colts. She hadn't won as much last year, but had been super consistent, winning the Breeders Cup Filly and Mare Turf as well as the Kentucky Open. And this year, the grade two was on fire. She had won the Unicorn Horn Turf and then the Spring Cup Grade Three Turf immediately following that. She was in top form and looked to be a contender. Though Sill was dual surfaced, she, like her sire, preferred the turf ever so slightly to the dirt.
She was going to need that preferred surface today when facing the turf queen, Wildly Natural. With twenty four wins to her name, Tura had officially beaten her new nemesis Born To Soar in their last race together. Right now, she was showy and extravagant, proud of her latest victory. Tura was the main turfer right now at SOPS; she was full of class and she knew it. She just had to continue proving it, and through countless workouts her form was to be maintained and enriched. Her workout against Sillenia was going to be an all out war; next year, it was likely Sillenia would take her spot, and Tura would not have an unworthy successor, not if Amber could help it. Krystal was only too happy for Sillenia to take the position; after all, she'd had it once before with Passionate Class and last year with Foolish Lad.
Race time was there in a cinch. In a flash, both closers broke into a gallop with the professionalism of seasoned athletes. They were quietly at each other's throats, raring for the win. Flashing under the wire, it was unclear who was in front, though both mares were looking flashy.
