Maher Horses are no more...

My game got deleted, all my saved games got deleted off the Sims... I can't back them up, I've tried to follow the advice on the internet but nothing has worked. Sorry to everyone who followed this short journey. I will be back with a new ranch in the future, I hope.

Update

Well, we have two new arrivals! Astro was born in the daytime, he is a beautiful bay colt with one stocking and one pastern marking, a blaze, a greyish front right stocking, and the area around his right eye is very light bay/chestnut! He's very handsome and very athletic! He has the traits: fast, genius and untrained. Perfect boy! Here he is:

Annnnnd, on the same day but in the evening, Alex and Ben had a beautiful baby girl called Anaya! She has the traits: loves the outdoors and genius. We don't know how she's going to look yet but if she looks like her mum it should be good! Haha. Plus I was thinking, because they're the same age, Astro might be a perfect future horse for Anaya... anyway, here she is with Alexandra:

Babies on the way!

Looks like Alexandra is pregnant! This is exciting news; the couple will now have an heir to carry on their legacy with Trakehner horses! As well as that, Sophie is pregnant again with her third foal! It's a happy time on the ranch... well, apart from Alex'a morning sickness:

Foal #2: Carlos

Even though you've already met him, this is Carlos: all grown up edition! He still has the same traits as before (agressive, fast and untrained)... it's really difficult to make them gain traits like 'friendly' and 'obedient', which is annoying. Oh well, serves me right for making an aggressive stallion haha. His jumping skill is already at 8/10 and his speed is 4/10 - pretty good eh! I didn't realise that when the breeding pair has higher skills the foals inherit them, so that was a nice surprise. Anyway here are some photos of Alex jumping him today:

Carlos sold for 8,034 simoleons. He will be missed, but it's time for a new mare and some new foals!

Update

Thought I'd share some photos of the horses settling into the new place! In the first we can see them in the new stable block annnnnd the second is just a nice shot of the family, awww.

I realised yesterday you guys don't even know what Alexandra or Ben look like, so here we go; the married couple in all their glory:

Alsooooo, General and Sophie both reached full skill in jumping! Here he is with Alex:

And Sophie with Ben:

RE-VAMP OF THE RANCH!

Well! I've been hard at work and I've managed to completely re-do the ranch! It's the same lot and the same house, only moved around so that the house is looking onto the road and the stables and feild etc are more hidden. I'm so pleased with how it turned out (and I'm quite proud of myself haha), it looks like a proper jumping yard now, fit with a new sand school and a posh new set of stables! I'm in love. Anyway, here are some photos!

Sorry that the building squares are still on, I wanted to take some photos without my family being in the house! There's so much more room now and the whole set up is entirely more practical, for both horses and humans! I feel like it looks prim and proper ready for my expanding horse family! Bye for now!

Update

Thought I should share a few photos of Sophie and General's new foal seeing as Atheos isn't with us anymore. Carlos is a colt, he's dark dapple grey like his mum, with General's dark legs. He has the traits: agressive, untrained and fast. Hopefully once he's older he'll gain the agile trait and become trained! However because he's aggressive he won't sell for as much as his brother, wah! No matter.

He's a sweetheart really! Haha.

At the moment I plan on re-doing the ranch so it's more practical and has more room for jumping etc. Hopefully it'll be done soon and I'll put photos up when it is! After I sell little Carlos I want to bring in a new mare for training and breeding, I want a chestnut Trake to see what kind of colouring I can achieve with her and Generals genes! General has almost reached full skill in jumping and his speed is coming along nicely too. Sophie is a bit behind because she's been in foal or with a foal a lot of the time! They're both about half way through their lives now and they're doing really well, they're right on track to becoming "Jumping Stars" & "Racing Legends" and after I sell a few more of their foals both Alexandra and Ben should achieve their lifetime goals! Anyway, I'll be sure to post photos of Carlos when he's grown up, bye for now!

Foal #1: Atheos

This is the first foal Alex and Ben bred on the Sims, very exciting! He is a mixture of Sophie and General: he's got General's coat and has socks like his mum. He has the traits: genius, agile, and fast. He lost the untrained trait and gained the fast trait when he was an adult.

Obviously he is an adult here, I will try and upload photos of the horses only as adults to save me some time (although I can't see myself resiting some cute foal pictures!). You can see a sneak peek of Atheos' brother in the background of the second photo! He's a great horse and has built a strong relationship with both Alex and Ben!

At the time of writing I have already sold Atheos as an adult for 8,303 simoleons! He had won a few jumping competitions and had three positive traits, I think if he had gained some other good traits he would have sold for more. When Sophie and General get better at jumping and racing I think their foals will be worth more! Not bad for a first foal though!

The foundation Trakes

Okay so, as I mentioned before, Alexandra is married to Ben Maher, their aim is to breed and train some of the best Trakenhers around and sell them for a profit (both their lifetime wishes is to become "The Jockey"). Alex has these traits: clumsy, flirty, good, genius, and schmoozer. Ben has: natural cook, loves the outdoors, neat, equestrain, and friendly. (*edit: see my second update for photos of the couple!)

At the moment, they have a breeding pair of Trakes called General and Sophie. General is dark bay and has the traits: agressive, genius, agile, and fast. Sophie is a dark dapple grey and has these traits: obedient, genius, agile, and fast. (They both learned the fast trait!)

You can't really see him really well in either of these but it's the best I can do! I guess cause he's quite dark the colours don't show up as well as they could:

And this is Sophie, General's mate. She's a beauty. I especially love the pose she's doing in the top picture haha:

An intro to the ranch!

Hi everyone! I won't tell you my real name but you can call me D. On the Sims 3 I have a sim (daughter of my two former sims based on me and my boyfriend!), her name is Alexandra Maher (married to the famous show jumper Ben Maher of course!). This blog is dedicated to Alex's daily life on her ranch, but more importantly, it documents her prestigious show jumping Trakehner horses and their beautiful foals! To begin, I will show you the current ranch:

Below is a closer look at the house, there are two bedrooms (Alex's and Ben's has the darker carpet, the second will be for their child), a kitchen, two bathrooms, and living space with dining room, book case and study space included:

This is a quick view of the barn, with three stalls. All the stables have rubber matting in the bottom because it's clean and non-slip:

The aim of the ranch is to breed and train a decent bunch of horses so I can compete them and then sell them on for a profit. I only have jumps at the moment because I don't want to focus on the 'racing' element at all - in real life Trakehner's don't race at a top level, they excel in dressage and jumping and so I want to follow this as best I can! Anyway, as you might be able to tell I've basically remodelled one of the original lots in Appaloosa Plains, plus I used a money cheat to buy exactly what I wanted! I wanted it to be perfect so this was the only way!