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4 years ago

Keep on Riding

This story revolves around a newlywed couple and their daily life on their new ranch. Rosanna, the lovely wife, has always wanted to have her own horse ranch and race horses. After a long and detailed discussion Jason and Rosanna decide to take the plunge, buying a small ranch property. It's a two bedroom, one bath ranch house. A stable rests at the back of the property, able to hold six horses. A small pond sits at the back corner of the property, most likely home to several fish and frogs. Located at the front most corner of the property is a small apple orchard grove. The orchards appear to be healthy, hopefully they'll bear fruit. Along with purchasing the property they also were able to buy a young Stallion. Rosanna has affectionately named him Lost Boy. This beautiful black Stallion has potential, Rosanna knows it. There isn't room on the property for a paddock but the entire lot is fenced so the horses are allowed to roam.

Follow the couple as they learn to navigate the horse world, make connections, rivals, build their family, and of course race and breed their horses.

Now Let's meet the family.

The ranch the newlyweds bought:
https://i.ibb.co/Tv3wXLy/Ranch.jpg

The lovely Newlyweds Jason and Rosanna:
https://i.ibb.co/4YBZ1Z2/Jason-and-Rosanna.jpg

The beautiful stallion Lost Boy:
https://i.ibb.co/Zm583M2/Lost-Boy.jpg

I'm gonna try and keep track of all the sims I introduce in the story here in this post. Most every sim will server a purpose in the story. For the horses I'll be keeping track of their traits and their racing skill level as they train/grow. Horses that are bought untrained will always have no racing skill since obviously they are untrained. Bought trained horses will have their skill level randomized. Obviously the skill level and traits will only be recorded for story purposes and don't really server any other purpose. I have many sliders and markings in my game which allows my horses to well look like horses. For now, I'll be using a Thoroughbred template I found. I also have many poses, which gives the illusion off kids being able to ride horses. I'm not sure if I'll ever upload any of these sims anywhere for download, mainly because of all the sliders and markings required. If I had a list of all sliders used I would totally do it but at this point I have so many sliders I have no idea which ones do what and which templates they take affect on. Gotta love the clutter.

Connections:

Rivals:

Sim Family Tree:

Horse Lineages:
https://i.ibb.co/Zm583M2/Lost-Boy.jpg
Name: Lost Boy Parents: Unknown Traits: Fast, Friendly, Neat

https://i.ibb.co/NnKB6Cv/Screenshot-13.jpg
Name: Dream Runner Parents: Unknown Traits: Nervous, Genius, Lazy
  • Chapter One:

    A few days after they've settled in a horse arrived at their ranch. A beautiful mare named Dream Runner. She was gift from an old buddy of Jason's. The young mare hasn't made her racing debut yet and will be given time to settle in at the ranch before it happens. Jason led Dream Runner onto the lot, turning her lose to explore.
    https://i.ibb.co/J3mvpsr/Screenshot-5.jpg
    https://i.ibb.co/5vMCcH0/Screenshot-6.jpg
    Dream Runner explores for a bit before she is introduced to Lost Boy. She is a very timid and shy horse. Lost Boy on the other hand is quite confident and can be a little pushy. The couple believe their personalities will balance each other out and produce nice foals.
    https://i.ibb.co/194hzKT/Screenshot-7.jpg
    Lost Boy didn't appreciate being kept in his stall longer than normal and was getting antsy. Rosanna kept him company and he enjoyed all the attention.
    https://i.ibb.co/CtFts8g/Screenshot-8.jpg
    After sufficient time had passed Lost Boy was released outside. He spotted Dream Runner right away and immediately went to greet her.
    https://i.ibb.co/CtFts8g/Lost-Boy-and-Dream-Runner.jpg
    https://i.ibb.co/c6ryf3j/Screenshot-10.jpg
    https://i.ibb.co/JdVZgcJ/Screenshot-9.jpg
    Lost Boy immediately took to her, grooming and smelling her right away. Dream Runner seemed to want to move away from him but Lost Boy being the pushy horse he was didn't let her. So she stood and accepted her fate. It wasn't long before she started to enjoy the grooming.
    https://i.ibb.co/bWDHZ38/Screenshot-11.jpg
    Rosanna: They get along so well!! This is so amazing!!
    Jason: Haha. Be careful, I nearly dropped you.
    Rosanna: Sorry! I'm just excited! We're really doing it!
    Jason: We won't be for very long if you break my back. Come on let's go tend to the orchards while the horses graze. We can go for a ride together later.
    https://i.ibb.co/VDLnDFd/Screenshot-12.jpg

    End of Chapter 1. Not very eventful just yet.