Northerly Flight

My gate-a-phobic turf freak is finally here

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Registered Name: Northerly Flight
Barn Name: Nutter
Breed: Thoroughbred
Gender: Colt
Height: 16.1h(upon maturity)
Age:  5
Color: Chestnut
Genotype: ee/Ata
Trained in: flat racing
Personality: He is very mouthy, and is not above biting if you don't make him behave. So long as there are no fillies or mares around, he is fairly laid back, but if there are any ladies he transforms into a bit of a monster, and spends much of his time on his hind legs trying to fight his way to them. Due to this, it is in everyone's best interest that he does not race against any fillies. If no fillies are present, he is a workhorse, and tries to stay as close to the front of the field as possible. If he's racing against fillies, his attention strays to them, and it's very hard to get his mind back on the race.
A gate accident early in his two year old season left him terrified of the starting gate, as well as being horribly head shy. With a lot of work, he will now load into the gate, but he still needs to be one of the last ones in or else he starts freaking out. Oddly enough, he is OK with having his ears handled, and actually loves having the insides of his ears scratched. He loves attention, but with not wanting his head touched except for by a few trusted individuals, he's often unsure of what to do when attention comes his way.
Pedigree: Paddy O'Prado x Svea Dahl
Breeding: closed

Tack: figure-8 noseband, single jointed loose ring snaffle

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