Winter passed rather uneventfully (I felt a bit burnt out by all my June activity for fall, and I had Camp NaNoWriMo for July), so we don't have much to report.

• Sandra, Nanook and Cyclon successfully returned home after their Patagonia adventures. After a brief resting period, they are all looking towards a new challenge, so keep an eye out to be seeing them in endurance during year 2!
• LR Emergency Code and Tom came 9th in the Trinity Cup out of a field of 16! They arrived just in the neighborhood at Austria to run the Double Eagle Trophy and collect some more points for their Four Kingdoms Race series. (They managed to win the Double Eagle Trophy as of last night!)
• Reborning Future's pregnancy is coming along nicely! We are looking forward to the birth of our newest little racer this Spring with great enthusiasm.
• BRKs Deadly Nadder vom Vampir completed the Winter Wondersport CACIT with great success and earnt her IPO1 title and a CACIT title, congratulations to her and the LRK team!

With this, we successfully completed a full year here at Lovelyta, which means rollover time! All horses and dogs get to age up and compete some in preparation for their second time-based in-game year.

Thoroughbred news:

• Compass Morale turned 2, and after some training she finally started her racing career. She ran 11 times and won 3 of them to start herself off splendidly.
• LR Hell Hath no Furie turned 4 and raced 16 times, making us proud! She won 5 times out of her 9 starts on Maiden level, with one 3rd place along the way, then she proceeded to win 3 times out of 7 starts in Listed races with one 4th place. We are incredibly happy to see her run so well.
• LR Thunderstorm turned 2 and started his racing career as well. Out of 7 starts he came home with a win, a 6th place and a lameness, so he didn't have a stellar start, but he recovered to be running some more.
• NEC Big Brother turned 4, and ran 16 times, making us very happy with his first season in Lovelyta colors! He won 5 times out of 10 starts (and a couple more on the board) in Maiden, ranking up to Listed where he again kept to his ratio and won 3 times out of 6 starts.
• Reborning Future is now 13, in good health, and awaiting her 3rd foal, this time by Suicidal Romance. We are expecting the foal for year 2 Spring.
• Suicidal Romance is 7, and although he's nearing the age of his retirement and retraining, he's still a force to be reckoned with. He won 4 races out of 12 starts, but placed on the board 6 other times, which shows that even at this age he is nowhere near done with the track!
• Egyptian Mau turned 2 and started her training and racing, but she didn't take too well to training and managed to injure herself on the railing of the racetrack (we are still not quite sure how she managed to do that). She was only able to run 3 times, but still won for us once.

Sport horse news:

• Heart Throb turned 10 and had a great year with 18 dressage competitions, and with 5 wins and 3 2nd places ranked up to State dressage!
• LR Against the Odds turned 12 and took part in only 5 dressage competitions, placing once as the winner and disqualified once due to the rider messing up the test.
• LR Golden Sunshine turned 3 and her training continued with getting her familiar with the tack in order to give her solid bases for the future. She will be backed this year and walked around, but not much else will be done with her under saddle yet in order to let her develop properly.
• LR Queen of Hearts turned 17, but she still managed to wow the jury and bring home the 1st prize 4 times out of her 9 competitions, placing 2nd another time. She did act up during one of the performances and bit a tongue at another, earning her two disqualifications, but it's nothing to discourage us from admiring this wonderful mare. With our new point system in place, Queen ranked up to National level!
• IEC Wishing for Stars turned 12, taking part in 9 dressage competitions and bringing home the 1st prize 4 times, placing 2nd and 5th in other competitions, and being disqualified once due to lameness in the dressage ring. She did recover quickly from the injury and is eager to go now.
• Our beloved LR Wish of Dreams is now 20 years old, the senior stud of our stables! He's still in good health and enjoys the light workload and the attention of mares during breeding season.
• Cyclon turned 10 and came down lame during a training session. Luckily she recovered and was able to take part in 7 endurance competitions, winning 4 times, earning 2nd and 3rd once. With this performance, she ranked up to State endurance!
• LR Cecissa turned 5 and managed to bite her tongue during training, earning her some off-time and light, hackamore riding. She still competed 5 times in dressage and came home with a win for Lovelyta!
• LR Something Special turned 7 and suffered a minor training injury of cuts and bruises when he spooked during a session, but he still took part in 5 dressage competitions and placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd at least once! He's coming along nicely and we can expect him to shine when he gets over 10!
• LR Starry Dreams is 3, and seems to be a troublemaker! She had a bit of an adventure away from home when she jumped the fence of her paddock, and must have stepped into something sharp, but it was thankfully nothing deep and she could proceed to get to know the tack instead.
• Nanook turned 11 and came down lame after being kicked by another horse during training. He recovered and competed in endurance twice, but only came home with 4th and 5th places.

Lovelyta Ranch Kennel news

• Celestial Event turned 2 and managed to get some bites when a more dominant dog decided her behaviour wasn't appropriate (it was not a dog in Lovelyta's ownership and was banned from the facility grounds). Luckily it was only shallow bites, and she knows better now. She had 4 obedience tests this year and scored above 60% in 3 of them.
• BRKs Deadly Nadder vom Vampir, now 3, managed to pull a leg in the yard, earning some fawning over from her caretakers. She still managed to earn her BH exam on the second try, her IPO1 from the Winter Wondersport CACIT, and then attempted to earn her IPO2 through several tests this year. With some impressive scores, she's not that far from the goal!
• Wild West vom Vampir turned 3, and set out to get his obedience titles as well. With impressive scores of above 70, 80 and even 90 percent, he soon will have his first title in the field!
• Dusk Still Down is 4 years old and managed to get some kind of infection or virus that put him out of commission for a little while. With care he was quickly back to his regular self, taking several tests towards his obedience title.
• Equipped Key to Your Heart vom Vampir turned 1, and despite her tender age she is quite the favourite at the kennels. She took part in several tracking exams with stellar scores and earnt her TD title, showing very much promise for her future!
• Graveyard King vom Vampir also turned 1 and took tracking tests, but he didn't yet earn his title.
• SK's Black Storm von der Berg, another member of our 1-year-old squad, took to tracking like an absolute pro and also earnt her TD title. She did have a run-in with an unfriendly hedgehog and had to learn the hard way that they hurt to pick up.

Injury stories this year

• Kassendale's Regenbogen turned 7 and continued her cross country career as a stable favourite. She took part in 10 competitions, winning 3 of them and placing well in others, however, a horrible fall with Hope during a competition injured her pretty badly. It's still early to tell whether she will be able to return to her eventing and cross country, but she will be on rest at least until year 2 fall. Hope only earnt a few bruises in the fall.
• Kassendale's Walpurgisnacht was showing off too much in his pasture and got his hoof stuck in the fence, injuring himself in his panic to get free. He will hopefully recover, but he will be on rest until year 2 fall as well. It seems to have been a rather unlucky year for the Kassendale horses.
• LR Chrysanthemum turned 3, but her training was delayed by a horrible infection we are not sure where she got from. Weeks in quarantine and extensive vet care nursed her back to health, but she has a long way to go before she is fully back to normal and can belatedly start her training in year 2 fall.
• LR Emergency Code, one of our local stars, is now 5 years old (how time flies!). His racing career was put on hold for this year as he tripped and fell during one of his training sessions, fracturing a leg. He should be able to recover with rest and we might see him back for a 6-year-old career, but it is still too early to tell. (Note: his Four Kingdoms performance is not affected as it still counts for his 4-year-old career)
• Ninja's Rosenrot vom Werehaus turned 3, and gave us quite the scare when she managed to slash through her shoulder as she ran into a disposed window that was placed just wrong. She hopefully will recover from her adventure and we might see her do some light things around year 2 fall.
• Black Diamond Indigo, now 4, did not have a good year at all. She dislocated her knee during her agility training, earning her a surgery and a long recovery. She might not be fit for active sports, so will be retired to be a breeding dog.
• SK's Spotted Delight von der Berg, our 1-year-old hope for agility, suffered from knee joint injury (what's up with agility and knees this year?). Due to his young age he recovered, but will probably not be able to do extensive work, so his future turned from agility to show dog.

It was quite a year for Lovelyta, both in-game and in RNG. I'm happy with my new systems (both the timeline and the new point system) and I'm looking forward to the new year with the horses. We'll be having a foal! And, we might even have a litter from Diana, if I can find a fitting partner for her, so definitely keep an eye out. The only things I'm not happy with are the injuries RNG rolled, I did not want to retire 2 out of my 10 dogs, and my favourite horses were also seriously hurt (Codi, Rain and Night), so this will be a really tough few months without them. I wanted to compete all 3 of these horses, the Kassendale horses even at the HARPG Expo, but it's now out of the question. Codi missing a whole racing year doesn't make me happy at all, either, as I'm still thrilled about him winning the Double Eagle Trophy last night.

Let's hope we have a much better year 2, though!