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Table of Contents

- Editor's Notes

- Featured Stallions

- A Stallion's Orbit by RoseThornStables

- Featured Mares

- A Mare's Orbit by IthilFaer

- Featured Geldings

- A Gelding's Orbit by MissDudette

- Headlines

- Article

- Featured Breedings

- Featured Foals

- A Foal's Orbit

- New Groups

- Featured Equine Breeds

- Show Spotlight

- Interview

- The Horse Market

- Stable Spotlight

- Shopping Spree

- Winner’s Circle

- Thanks

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Editor's Notes

Hey all!  Welcome to the September edition of the Newsletter! Lots of cool stuff here this month; awesome features, really great Orbits, Headlines to enjoy, JUST GREAT STUFF.  Do send a big shout-out to my admin team for making such a neat Letter!  

Also, the Letter is looking for a brand new group avatar!  We're hoping to hold a contest soon for a new avie, so please stay tuned for an announcement journal for that.

Enjoy, and we'll see you all next month!
 
MissDudette of

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Featured Stallions

Only our favorite lads!

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A Stallion's Orbit

That special stud of the month.
Written by RoseThornStables

  El Diablo- a name everyone in the racing side of HARPG knows all too well. This solid black stallion with bright blue eyes first appeared in October of 2009, and it was made clear from the beginning that this was a special horse for thunderjam1992:

    "Every true horse-fan has that perfect imaginary horse in their mind that stems from great fantasizing and wishing as children. Usually these imaginary horses are bold and beautiful, noble and perfect.
    Mine was named Thunderjam, and he was a giant, ebon-colored racehorse. As a young girl, Thunderjam was with me wherever I went. He was talking to me on the playground, in the car, while I was trying to fall asleep... Always there, sometimes comforting, sometimes annoying. But I loved him.
    As I got older, Thunderjam morphed into a giant blue unicorn stallion, though if you look closely, those ebon traits are still there (eyes, mane, tail, hooves, etc). And thus, El Diablo was born in TJ's place.
    In a way, El Diablo is the original Thunderjam.
    He's big and black and beautiful and mean to everyone but me... and totally clichèd. And I love it.
    All of the following background and story has been created and edited through years of girly childhood fantasies. As I grew older, so did he. And as I grew older and I lost that happy-happy joy-joy innocence all children have, so did his story.
    However, even with all his flaws and ugliness, he's mine. This is my perfect horse."

It wasn't long before he became that special horse for many others. His bloodline carried legendary names like Native Dancer, War Admiral, and the incredible Man O' War. His birth was tragic, but the young colt didn't let being orphaned stop him from growing into the giant monster. As soon as he hit the track, it was obvious he had the love- and serious talent- for running. Sure, he zigzagged and despised having a rider, but he won some of the biggest juvenile stakes, on turf and dirt, before an injury took him off the Derby Trail. Not letting a little fractured bone stop him, he powered back onto the racing scene for the Preakness and lost to his grey half brother in what would be the beginning of a rivalry reminiscent of Affirmed and Alydar or Sunday Silence and Easy Goer. He took the Belmont, keeping Acute from winning the Triple Crown. The two kept battling through their three year old year, trading victories, and Acute snagged the Eclipse Award for that year. His four year old year saw Dee finding his ultimate weakness- flying on a plane. It also saw the end of his and Acute's back and forth wins, as El Diablo took two straight wins over the grey. His racing career came to an end after another thrilling duel between the rivals that saw the black behemoth win. His sire career was well off, with 65 in-game foals listed on his reference, and spreading his influence to the track even today. In June of 2011, the large black Thoroughbred who had stolen everyone's hearts was put down at the age of 22 after injuring himself during one of his tantrums.

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Featured Mares

Sugar, Spice and everything Nice.

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A Mare's Orbit

Happenings of a lucky lady.
Written by IthilFaer

  Winner of the 2013 Kaimanawa-Challenge, Kiwi has stolen the hearts of all who have read her story. Born a wild horse from New Zealand, Kiwi's story is amazingly illustrated. Tattered-Dreams shows all the hardships and joys of training a wild horse. Kiwi is by no means perfect, and neither is her rider, but she shows a lot more character depth and the real bond between a rider and a horse. All her stories are beautifully illustrated, and have many written pieces that help the story and its progression. We also get to see the inside life of this horse and her rider, rather than many show images, something that is rare but highly treasured in HARPG! Kiwi goes to show that a horse doesn't need to be a star in shows to be truly inspirational.

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Featured Geldings

For he is often the first to give us wings.

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A Gelding's Orbit

A gelding's career and family history.
Written by MissDudette

  Please welcome our gelding of the month, RCS Silent Knight!  This fabulous black fellow is a Timekin and a very rare one for the breed at that!  He's the only black genotype and phenotype of his kind, and he's definitely proven that he has the showing spark.  Owned by Spotty001, this gelding has competed in Dressage and Halter, but tends to do very well in the Sport of Elegance.  With several 2nds, he's also training to compete in the AUSe-Olympics this year.  This fantasy horse is definitely one to watch out for!

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Headlines

The going-ons of the HaRPG world.

:thumb474242744: Flint's Rescue Story by Dencin - "Flint Static, barn name Flint, is a seven year old Thoroughbred crossed with an Appaloosa. He has been trained in jumping since he was two. He was at the top of his game and having yet to lose a competition. Flint was on the fast track to getting out of the state championships and starting in the regional shows. He was pegged for an Olympic hopeful by the time he would be eleven. However at his last qualifying competition to break into the regional shows he had a terrible accident on the second to the last jump. Other than that it was a very clean ride. Something was off when the stallion turned into the jump, being as well trained as he was he chose to try and jump the fence rather than stop. He wound up with lacerations to his chest, face, rump, and stomach and had been in recovery for well over a month. After his wounds had scarred over he wasn't the same horse. Aggression had taken him over and he would attack without the slightest bit of warning. The stable that used to own him was facing too many lawsuits to keep the stallion and were going to put him down until the owners of Sanders Hollow took him in to try and save his life. Now he's there and progress is slow because his trust is really hard to earn right now, especially when he doesn't want anything to do with humans. Hopefully when he gets healed and his aggression resolved then he will be re-homed." I'd like to find out what happens to Flint! Follow Flint's story at Sanders Hollow and keep an eye out for opportunities to adopt him in the future. - oxpecker

Haathwyn's been working on some tutorials for her style of art.  Lots of useful tips and tricks abound!

From our very own RoseThornStables, here's an epic stable brand template for the racing fans out there.  Everything from silks to leg wraps can be customized, and the template comes as a free PSD download.  

Why I think reclaims are a shitty thing to do......and my proposal for a better alternative.
First of all, I just want to say that yesterday was my last day of work for the summer so now I have a month off til school starts up.  We might go on a family trip, and I'll still be doing social things and yard work and such, but I should have a looot more time to draw now than I otherwise have had lately.  So expect some pictures soonish hopefully.
Now, concerning the title of this journal.
It's a common rule in HARPG breeding journals- "I will reclaim the foal if it isn't active according to X criteria", some variant to that effect.  Everyone would like their horses' foals to be active, whether it be because we love our characters and want to see their kids loved, or because active foals means more points in various registries.  So far, so good.
But here's the problem.  Parent Owner doesn't think the foal is active enough.  No doubt the foal owner has plenty of horses to An article discussing a pretty controversial aspect of HaRPG, RECLAIMS.  Written by Helsinge and featuring discussion and alternatives.  Definitely worth looking at!

_{Have a storyline or roleplay you want featured here? Or maybe an epic idea for fellow players?  Or some juicy info on whatever?  Send us at HARPG-Newsletter a Note titled Headlines with the links to the art, stories or journals and we'll see about getting it up!}

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Article

Returning next month!

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Featured Breedings

Love is in the air!

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Featured Foals

Long-legged balls of fuzziness.

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A Foal's Orbit

One fuzzy baby's future.
Returning next month!
 

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New Groups

Groups rock, gals.
Returning next month!

_{Want to suggest a Group? Or see yours here?  Just make sure it's an unique Group, breed registries don't really go here.  Send a link through Note or comment to HARPG-Newsletter!}

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Featured Equine Breeds

Equine breeds; Humankind's unique spin on God's horse.

Lovely breed created by Vox-Morda they come in any natural colour, they have curly or woolly coat that makes them looking so adorable! They are free to create and they do good in western disciplines but also in eventing and if trained in the proper way they would be amazing dressage horses, definitely to take a look on them!

The Rosenwood Warmblood created by Rosenwood-Stables is a versatile sporthorse which resembles the iconic top warmbloods in body type (e.g. Hanoverian, Selle Francais, Holsteiner) but comes in a much larger range of natural colours, including champagne, tobiano, dun and cream dilutions. There are quite a few imports available for art or point auction at the breed group Rosenwood-Warmblood, so do head over and have a look.

_{If you want your or someone's else's breed featured, send a Note to the HARPG-Newsletter titled Horse Breed Feature with links to the  breedsheet, breed registry (if possible) and breed history (if possible).  I'll feature otherworldly and realistic breeds!}

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Show Spotlight

Shows, shows and more shows!

:thumb470681902: hosted by Anougk and ends September 30th.  The 2nd Autumn Lighter's Festival features Dressage, Hunter, Halter and a Breed Gala.  Amazing prizes and beautiful fall backgrounds make this show not one to miss!

Ballendene International Event - RESULTS
Ballendene International Event

Join hundreds of horses and riders for the annual Ballendene International Event. This event will consit of many different english disclipines ranging from beginner to elite horses and riders.
SPONSERED BY :iconcuwbs: :iconharpg-stud: :iconparadiseislandhorse:
SHOWJUMPING
1st Place - 
 Weidenhof
2nd Place - 
 BlueMoonStables
3rd Place - 
 PepuRajillon
4th Place -  Corrado2
5th Place - hosted by Spectoral ends September 30th. One of the classics! 3DE as well as individual dressage, show jumping, and cross country. With ribbons and points up for grabs, this is the perfect opportunity to show your horses in the traditional attire!

Zakharov Autumn Equinox Event - RESULTSRESLUTS
Only 3 more entries needed in CIC** and Dressage Grand Prix! Hurry hurry The Kür will be open until the others are filled as well
I will end the show when there are at least 5 entries in every class, but longest until 1st january 2015! Any class that hasn't any participants after the 30th november will be deleted
Dear fellow players of any horse-art game... Autumn is creeping close and I will now invite you all to the Zakharov Estate and stables for the Autumn Equinox. The weekend after the 23r September we all gather to celebrate the autumn equinox in sunny days, chilly nights by the bonfire, chanterellesoups and some wonderful equestrian games!
It doesn't matter how you would like to enter this show, it will be open for both you who like to spend much time on only one piece and for you who like to draw several pieces with a connected story or role-play. It will be judg The Zakharov Autumn Equinox Event is ending late October is is hosted by FruVider.  Classes include Cross Country, 3-Day Eventing and two kinds of Dressage.  A deer hunt and bonfire are also available.  Great point and art prizes are waiting to be claimed, so take a look!

:thumb470483631: hosted by JValdis, ending on October 31st, the Castellano International Event is a week filled with classic horses, great prizes and awesome fun.  Classes include 3-Day Eventing, Dressage and Showjumping.  Check this show out!

:thumb477183478: hosted by MyHorseTwist.  Running until October 31st, this show features Cross Country, Showjumping, Dressage, Driving, Halter and Free-jumping, all in costume!  

Scuderie Della Fonte's Summer Event - CLOSEDEdit: the show is officially closed! But you have still one week to submit your entries
Edit: last extension! 1 January (because i can't  judge it before :3)
Edit: extended deadline. To all people that wants to enter the show: i'd like a lot to see your entries
Welcome to Scuderie Della Fonte
We  are happy to welcome you to Scuderie Della Fonte Summer Event
This show will be based on english disciplines, so let's see the other informations and remember to have fun! 
Opening: Today
Deadline: 1 January
Classes: Show Jumping, Dressage,Cross Country, Free Jumping, Puissance

Rules:

This show is effort based, absolutely not RNGEntries must be full body with background Tracing line is allowed but i will take off some points (please be honest, i prefer a bad horse that a traced one)You can use an edited photo as bg Refusals, falls etc. are a hosted by YleniaBax ends November 1st. All three eventing classes with free jumping and puissance as the cherry on top! Break out your jumpers because it's time to show 'em what you've got and head to Italy to Scuderie Della Fonte's Summer Event! With points and HaarlemSportHorse customs on the line, how could one resist entering?!

The Autumn Colors Show - RESULTS!The Autumn Colors Show

Results have been posted here
I apologize again and again for the delay. Our other co-owner has been pretty busy lately, and we haven't gotten half of the judging. I was going to have the results to you this weekend but now my computer is out of commission again and my half of the judging is on it. I'm going to find out how long it may possibly take, I'm going to guess a week or more, so I most likely will just end up rejudging again. So I'm crossing my fingers and hoping hoping hoping that I will have the results very soon and I apologize from the bottom of my hear that it's taken so long. I have not forgotten any of you!
The air is getting colder, the days shorter, the leaves are changing and pumpkins are sprouting everywhere! It’s that beautiful time of the year once again. That’s right, it’s Autumn!
HARPG-U-D are hosting their very first ever Autumn Colors Show!
Runn hosted by HARPG-U-D and ending November 10th.  The Autumn Colors Show has great prizes and tons of great classes, many western-based.  Check it out!

VVEE Grand Opening Show - CLOSED CLOSED 
Judging will last a few days. There will be a new journal for the results, so use that one if you keep track of competition results
Thank you all for entering! Happy new year!
Valdaran Valley Equestrian Estate
>>> Grand Opening Show <<<

Welcome!
Valdaran Valley Equestrian Estate has been updated and the owners have decided to host a fun show!
There are normal classes, as well as unique ones, so have fun!
Basic Information:
This is a single entry show, so doing extra pictures won't count - just enter more classes! XD
The weather is clear, or with a few clouds.
Horses must be 4 and riders 16 (except liberty)
Horses can enter the conformation, headshot, and two of the remaining classes.
Ends on January 1

That's a lot of time from now but don't procrastinate on this show!
hosted by Vizseryn ends December 16th. With all the time in the world to get your entries in, you should be able to whip up a pretty sweet background for this laid-back show. With surroundings as beautiful as the caves, cliffs, and caverns found at Valdaran Valley Equestrian Estate, fun backgrounds are a given! Luckily the classes, such as the tablet-free conformation challenge and headshots-only class, fun doesn't stop at drawing this serene environment!

The is underway in the land down under! As stables scramble to choose which mounts they're taking to face the rest of the world, head of management, Lucid-Dimensions is busy keeping everything running smoothly. Even if you're not up for entering, watching the group is a great way to see the top horses from all over the world compete at the top of their game while still remaining stress-free!

The ran by Lone-Onyx-Stardust has just opened for registration. With eventing, cross country, show jumping, dressage, and flat racing, each jumping part contains designs particular to Northern Ireland. Join in the first annual event by signing up now!

_{For more shows, see HorseArtCompetitions, S-E-S-S, or EquestrianEvents.
If you have an upcoming or currently running horse show you'd like announced, send HARPG-Newsletter a Note (titled Show Spotlight) with a link to the competition.  I'll feature whatever contest you have, be it draft pulling, Eventing or pegasi races!}

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Interview

Featuring
Returning next month!

_{If you wan'na be a candidate for the Interview, send a Note to the Group titled accordingly with THIS filled out.  Depending on your answers, I may or may not ask more questions (so this isn't a boring fill-in all the time).  I will only publish one Interview a month, so yours might take a while to get in.}

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The Horse Market

Lovely beauties up for sale, looking for a good home!

Some fancy Arabians and Arabian Crosses are waiting for a good home, both art and accepted as offers!  Take a look!

Lilium Stables is looking for good homes for these three beauties. Read this journal for more information.

Horses for sale!!! 200 points
300 points
500 points
100 points
on hold TopsailWhiz has some awesome ponies up for grabs.  All are up with point prices.


HARPG - Hollow Grove Massive SaleHARPG - Hollow Grove Livery Stables
Hollow Grove Livery Stables, located in the small countryside town of Toradh, Ireland, is founded mainly on rescues and will continue to be a haven to nearly any desperate horse case that comes around. Starting with eleven horses, all of which had their own story (some more interesting than others), Hollow Grove hopes to achieve great things in both breeding and in Western competitions, showing that even forgotten horses have some potential.
Hollow Grove also offers riding lessons and trail rides for those who love horses but aren't into the competitive scene. Trail riding will always be at the heart of the organization, for that was how Hollow Grove initially started as a business.
Newsletter
Most Horses For Sale!
Following the footsteps of my friend Katha88, I am somewhat retiring from HARPG for a while, especially on this account. My other account, pony-bones is going to keep most of their horses, but there are some goin nadelkissen is going on semi-hiatus and has nearly her entire stable up for dispersal sale.  All equines available for points, see the list here.


Selling some horses! Please check them out!(BS) Home -- (BS) Horses -- (BS) Studs -- (BS) Broods -- (BS) Staff -- (BS) Sales -- (BS) News
(BS) Affiliates -- (BS) Rules --  Baringa-of-the-Wind has several beauties for sale, all for art only!  Baringa is looking for active homes, so check these fellows out!


_{Also check out HARPG-FindAHorse, HARPG-Sales and EAAS for more horsies up for grabs.
Have a horse up for sale?  Send us at HARPG-Newsletter a comment or note with links to the sales journal.  Any questions, just send them to the Newsletter.  Also, please no adoptables unless they come from horses with history!}

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Stable Spotlight

Stables are important, too!
Returning next month!

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Shopping Spree

Because shopping is just the sauce.

's Coconino Saddlery - Grand Opening!Welcome to the Grand Opening of the Coconino Saddlery!
  
General Information
The Coconino Saddlery is a brand new tack store located at the Coconino Cow Pony ranch!
Tack listed at the Coconino Saddlery may be purchased for and used on ANY breed, and is not restricted to Coconino Cow Ponies.
Each auctioned tack set is unique, meaning no two will ever be the same.
   


COMPLETED / AVAILABLE TACK SETS:

 Western Trail Tack Set  
includes saddle, breast collar, bridle, reins, cinch, saddle pad, sport boots
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Daggers put together this very cool tack shop specializing in tack sets available in way cool designs and fantastic colors.  Western, Dressage and Arabian Costume sets are up for sale now!  Prices range from 500 to 1000 , art sales/raffles are also available.
Examples:


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Wolven has wicked cute plushies up for sale in celebration of the HaRPG Equine Affaire.  See  Wolven's booth here.  Each plushie is different, and they are on sale for $5.
Examples:


_{Want your services listed here?  You can be about icons, designs or other random cool stuff, and you can charge both art and points.  Send HARPG-Newsletter a Note titled Shopping Spree with the links and we'll get them added.}

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Winner’s Circle

Who won, who won??!

The Zlesdin/Zdarloch Stables Opening Show *CLOSED*Welcome to the Zlesdin/Zdarloch Stables Opening Show! (ZZOS)
Will run from May 19th to September 1st 2014. Judging will take place September 2-3 2014
THE SHOW IS NOW CLOSED FOR ENTRIES.
Thank you everyone for all the lovely entries! I must admit to being slightly overwhelmed (positively, of course ^^) by the amount of entries in this first show I've ever hosted. Judging will certainly not be easy, which is why I will be allying myself with some guest judges. Judging will take place over the next few days.
Again, a round of applause for all the participants and best of luck to you! ^^
RESULTS JOURNAL
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SPONSORS
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The Italian Glass Horse
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To celebrate the opening of Zdarloch Stables and th hosted by Zoubstance

The Zlesdin/Zdarloch Stables Opening Show was a ginormous success this summer! Riders and horses arrived to strut their stuff in classes like Halter, Dressage, Showjumping and the main event, Endurance.  With early 40 contestants, this show has firmly cemented HaRPG newcomer Zoubstance into the community!  First place for Halter was won by Nukinit with her feisty black mare Art of War.  Dressage was claimed by the fantastic WS Ambassador owned by Tigra1988; fresh out of retirement, this stallion still has the moves.  Showjumping gold went to Lone-Onyx-Stardust and her black stallion Missing Shadow.  The blue ribbon for Endurance went to the one and only cyprussian and her buckskin mare Nattvik's Katyusha.  A fantastic set of talents were shown here at the Zlesdin/Zdarloch Stables Opening Show, and the Newsletter sends a giant congrazzles to the players and host!



_{If you've a show (or know of a show) that's just finished and want it featured in the Letter, send a link in a Note to us titled Winner's Circle!}

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Thanks

I love my contributors. ^^
Thanks to my awesome and brand new Newsletter team: RoseThornStables, NewAgeStables, Nynke-FmnF, cafe-araignee, Nawaii, Rina-glxy and oxpecker for their incredible articles/features and helpfulness and just writing this up! You gals make this Newsletter epic, and I couldn't have done this without you!

Thanks to everyone that wrote their own summaries for their arts and other features!

Thanks to all the artists who sent in links of other artist's work to be featured.

_{You readers have a comment, complaint, suggestion, advertisement, opinion or feature for the Newsletter?  Send us at HARPG-Newsletter a Note or comment with your ideas and/or links.  We'd love to hear what you have to say.  After all, what's writing without an audience?}

HaRPGers, play on!!!