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!