...DA having a damn Select All button. This isn't LiveJournal little girls, keep your drama where it belongs. I had journals turned off completely at one point, but with the HARPG growing so much, I missed out on good stuff, so stupidly I've turned them back on. I've already begun unwatching really good artists because I'm tired of their pitty-ass-parties one morning, and the I'm-so-sorry post that follows like a hang over from bad sex and alcohol. That kind of emoness is for the Furries, not DA. Plus we have really great medications for that kind of instability.

If you're going to be chased out of a great place for something stupid, that's your loss. If you're dumb enough to follow them, that's you're loss. And if you're one of those people who woe-as-me-everyone-is-leaving, think of it as you're gain. LESS SPAM!

And hopefully this is the only spam-like bitching journal you'll ever have the misfortune of reading from me. Just as long as you know why I may have missed your awesome HARPG Contest or Adoption.

When doing some photo research, I stumbled upon a race held in Spain where horses race along the beach. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in this, maybe do it for the SSH Fall Classic?

[link]

JF STUDIOS COLORING BOOK & TUTORIALS GENETICS
JF Studios is my professional website, where you can see what I post here, along with more photography and art work, prices, tutorials, and a free Coloring Book that has mainly Horses, some rats, and a few other animals. Equine Genetics have been a on going interest of mine for a long time, and recently I have gotten into Canine and Rat color genetics as well. As I keep learning new things, I’ll attempt to update this journal.

OTHER ART RPG GAMES: STABLE KENNEL RATTERY

Welcome! Cheshire Farms is proud to announce the first, of hopefully many, HARPG Shows to be hosted on our brand new 350 acre show ground (image in progress). I don't expect it to be a very large turn out, but the rules are simple, and people should have fun doing it.

If you have a show please let us know! We'd love to enter it!

Please check back and make sure you're horse is entered. We are doing a number of things at once and may miss it. Edit 11/30 The NASSHA is now known as the SSHA (Spanish Sport Horse Association) and has a new set of guidelines which opens the registry to other approved breeds.

Fall Classic Entry Rules

1. Edit 9/26: The SSHA and Open Classes will be combined and compete against one another.
2. NASSH Class is only open to those horses approved by the North American Spanish Sport Horse Association. To get approval please follow this link [link]
3. Edit 9/30 Open Classes are other Iberian horses that have not applied to the SSHA or SSHA Breeding Stock which has been approved. New SSHA rules allow heavy horses, warmbloods, and other light breeds to apply. Those approved horses may participate in the show.
4. Non SSHA approved Cross Breeds must be at least 25% Iberian Type.
5. For each class you enter, you have to draw that horse participating in the class. The horse can be with or with out rider.
6. Edit 9/30 Entry applications should be realistic for that event, some some research may be needed. Something totally off the path will be disqualified. This doesn't mean you have to be photo realistic, not at all. By Event realism I mean having the proper tack and decor for the event. The background doesn't need to be spot on, but there needs to be a background (horse can't just be floating).
7. Registration ends November 27th.
8. The event is a 3 day event from Nov. 27th to the 29th.
9. Edit 11/30 The way the event will be judged by using an online random number generator. Each entry will receive a number.
10. Edit 11/30 And this is the very important rule. HAVE FUN!! Also I plan on entering some of these events, if anyone has any objections about me entering, please let me know, I'll have some one else do the number generator instead.
11. The turf can be either dirt or grass, the way the barn is designed is he Track is dirt, Steeple Chasing is Grass. Dressage, Jumping, and Halter have either or (depending on how many rings need to be used). Western is indoors and in dirt. Endurance and Working Equitation is All Terrain, and Bull-less Fighting is done outside in Dirt. Conditions of the day are normal for fall time in Florida, which means sunny with a slight breeze and possibly a sun shower in the middle of the afternoon.

To Submit Your Entry
Please fill out the following and respond to this journal or send me a note.

Name Of Entry: (link to horses picture)
Name of Rider: (if Applicable)
Breed:
Gender:
Age: (must be at least 3 unless entering Halter)
Classes: (list classes you want to be part of)

POINTS AND PRIZES

1. Each event will have 1st through 5th place.
2. Points for each place will be awarded as follows: 1st = 5pts, 2nd = 4pts, 3rd = 3pts, 4th = 2pts, and 5th = 1pt.
3. Each Category (Halter, Movement, Dressage, Endurance Racing, Flat Racing, Jumping, and Western) will be awarded Champion Over all and Reserve Champion, based on accumilitive points.
4. All places will receive a digital Ribbon to host on DA.
5. Over all Champions will get a full body drawing of their horse with a flower garland over their shoulders.
6. Reserve Champions will get a head shot of their horse with a ribbon.

CLASSES TO REGISTER FOR
You may register for unlimited classes, as well as have unlimited number of entries.

HALTER

Since it is difficult to judge Conformation with so many different drawing styles, I am going to base it on Color and Movement only.

Halter (color) 3 and older: NASSH & Open [link]
Non Movement class. Horse should be still in proper standing position.

Entries
CF Spring Rain owned by Cheshire Farms
Sandblastin' Sandy owned by huntress614 [link]

Halter (color) Under 3: NASSH & Open [link]
Non Movement class. Horse should be still in proper standing position.

Entries
MD Cobain owned by Leia-Lover
sVa Burn on Contact owned by Binary-star-stables : [link]
sVa Autumn's Allure owned by Binary-star-stables : [link]
CF Drawn By The Gods KhC owned by Cheshire Farms
CF Red Hot Fox owned by Cheshire Farms
MD Day Tripper owned by Leia-Luver [link]
MD Doc Holiday owned by Leia-Luver [link]
Skagit Flats owned by Huntress614

Halter (Movement) 3 and older: NASSH & Open [link]
I think some also call this Lounge Line, or Hunter in Hand? This is a non-tacked class that grades on a horses Movement. Points in this class count towards Movement Championship.

Entries
MD Headbang owned by leia-luver : [link]
CF Spring Rain owned by Cheshire Farms
Straight Pendleton owned by Huntress614 [link]

Halter (Movement) Under 3: NASSH & Open [link]

Entries
sVa Burn on Contact owned by Binary-star-stables : [link]
CF Choto's Shadow of Lir owned by Cheshire Farms
Skagit Flats owned by Huntress614 [link]

Halter (Heritage): NASSH & Open [link]
Your horse is to dress up in it's native attire. If you have a rider, rider should be dressed as well.

Entries
CF Jacinth owned by Cheshire Farms

DRESSAGE & MOVEMENT

There will be two types of classes, Beginner and Advanced. You can show Teams, either Pas de Deux (two horses), or Quadrille (four horses). All dressage is free style, and horses must be tacked.

Dressage (Teams) Introductory Level: NASSH & Open
This is for beginners, it's walk trot only.

Entries
CF Della Sella and CF Della Luna owned by Cheshire Farms

Dressage (Individual) Introductory Level: NASSH & Open
This is for beginners, it's walk trot only.

Entries
CF Summer Storm owned by Cheshire Farms
CF Spring Rain owned by Cheshire Farms
sVa Lorian's Rhythm owned by Binary-star-stables [link]

Dressage (Teams) Grand Prix: NASSH & Open [link]
Your horses must be drawn preforming one of the following movements: Piaffe, Passage, Extended Trot, Extended Canter, Collected Trot, Collected Canter, Flying Lead Change, Pirouette, or Half-pass.

Entries
CF Prince Minas and CF Prince Dais owned by Cheshire Farms

Dressage (Individual) Grand Prix: NASSH & Open [link]
Your horse must be drawn preforming one of the following movements: Piaffe, Passage, Extended Trot, Extended Canter, Collected Trot, Collected Canter, Flying Lead Change, Pirouette, or Half-pass.

Entries
MD Headbang owned by leia-luver [link]
WWR Tsa-la-tsi-s-gi Gv-do-di Wa-ya owned by Creature-of-the-Wood
CF Cocoa owned by Cheshire Farms
CF Prince Minas owned by Cheshire Farms
RPS Dyonisos owned by Royal Pirate Stables
PF Radar Luv owned by Niur-Tarow [link]
Gabriella owned by Storn-the-dancer
Tieton owned by Huntress614 [link]

Dressage (Teams) Classical: NASSH & Open
Your horses must be drawn preforming one of the following movements: courbette, capriole, levade, or ballotade.

Entries
Conversano Bonadea XIV and CF Jawar owned by Cheshire Farms

Dressage (Individual) Classical: NASSH & Open [link] [link] [link]
Your horse must be drawn preforming one of the following movements: courbette, capriole, levade, or ballotade.

Entries
MD Headbang owned by leia-luver [link]
PF Beammeup Scottie owned by Niur-Tarow [link]

Dressage (Individual) Spanish Walk: NASSH & Open [link]
Horse must preform the Spanish Walk. Points in this class count towards Movement Championship.

Entries
MD Headbang owned by leia-luver
CF Ahern owned by Cheshire Farms
PF Zaph's Starrider owned by Niur-Tarow [link]
sVa Dobro's Magical Tune owned by Binary-star-stables [link]

EQUITATION OVER FENCES

For these two events, a horse will be judged on proper horsemanship. Horses may be ridden over jumps or lunged over jumps. If your horse does not have a rider, it should not have a saddle.
Jumping Under 3 Foot: NASSH & Open

Entries
CF Wynne owned by Cheshire Farms
sVa Dreaming Qwuayo owned by Binary-star-stables [link]

Jumping Over 3 Foot: NASSH & Open [link]

Entries
MD Headbang owned by leia-luver [link]
Gabriella owned by Storn-the-dancer
sVa Dreaming Qwuayo owned by Binary-star-stables [link]

RACING

There are three types of racing, Endurance, Flat, and over Jumps. Some where in your image, you have to draw at least one other horse to show you are competing against some one. For flat racing you have the option to choose Turf (grass) or Dirt. All horses must be tacked.

Endurance Race 25 mile: NASSH & Open [link]
Racing through Trails and rugged terrain.

Entries

Endurance Race 50 mile: NASSH & Open
Racing through Trails and rugged terrain.

Entries
CF Sparrow Hawk owned by Cheshire Farms

Steeplechase: NASSH & Open [link]
Racing over Jumps. Points in this class count towards Jumping Championship.

Entries

Flat Racing 3 and Under Colts: NASSH & Open

Entries
CF Polar Ice owned by Cheshire Farms

Flat Racing 3 and Under Fillies: NASSH & Open

Entries
CF Della Stella owned by Cheshire Farms
Champan Ambarina owned by Cheshire Farms
CF Ambra owned by Cheshire Farms

Flat Racing 4 and Over Stallions: NASSH & Open

Entries
WWR Tsa-la-tsi-s-gi Gv-do-di Wa-ya owned by Creature-of-the-Wood

Flat Racing 4 and Over Mares: NASSH & Open

Entries
WWR E-ti-ka-i-e-le A-s-gi owned by Creature-of-the-Wood

WESTERN EVENTS

Many Iberian type horses have a natural bred in 'cow sense' and excel in many western events. Horses in these events must all be tacked.

Barrel Racing: NASSH & Open [link]
At least one barrel must be drawn.

Entries
MD Hard Days Night owned by Leia-Luver : [link]
EZ To Atee owned by Cheshire Farms
Gabriella owned by Storm-the-dancer
Dance With Me owned by italysky [link]

Team Penning: NASSH & Open [link]
Must have two horses and cattle.

Entries
MD Hard Days Night and MD Nirvana owned by Leia-Luver
EZ To Atee and CF High Desert Breez owned by Cheshire Farms

Cutting: NASSH & Open [link] [link]
Must have cattle.

Entries
MD Hard Days Night owned by Leia-Luver
WWR Tsa-la-tsi-s-gi Gv-do-di Wa-ya owned by Creature-of-the-Wood
WWR Tsa-la-gi Gv-ge-yu-i owned by Creature-of-the-Wood
CF High Desert Breez owned by Cheshire Farms

Reining: NASSH & Open [link]

Entries
MD Hard Days Night owned by Leia-Luver [link]
MD Nirvana owned by Leia-Luver [link]
WWR Tsa-la-gi Gv-ge-yu-i owned by Creature-of-the-Wood

Western Pleasure: NASSH & Open [link]
Draw horse in Walk, Jog or Lope. Points in this class count towards Movement Championship.
CF Chocolate Kisses owned by Cheshire Farms

Entries
MD Hard Days Night owned by Leia-Luver
MD Nirvana owned by Leia-Luver<
sVa Escapade in Harmony owned by Binary-star-stables : [link]

OTHER EVENTS

Bull-Less Bull Fighting: NASSH & Open [link]
This is to show your horse has proper training to be a Bull Fighting mount. In this contest a person charges the horse with horns mounted on a wheelbarrow frame. The idea is to show off the skills a horse has to dodge said bull. Horse does not need to be mounted, but there needs to be a person pushing the bull frame.

Entries
CF Jawar owned by Cheshire Farms
A Touch of Class owned by bovidaeloony [link]

Working Equitation: NASSH & Open [link]
The horse is run through a set of obsticals that they would find in a working horse environment (typically designed for livestock work).

Entries
MD Headbang owned by leia-luver
MD Hard Days Night owned by Leia-Luver [link]
MD Nirvana owned by Leia-Luver
CF Kissed in Flames owned by Cheshire Farms

Open Event: NASSH & Open
Your mission is to draw an event that I have not mentioned above, describe it, and tell me why you're Spanish pure or part bred horse excels at it.

Entries

Update September 27, 2009: 9 days later and 2 emails, no word still. Anyone know how to contact their web host provider?

Update September 24, 2009: I sent them a final email yesterday, requesting to be informed of some kind of action having taken place. All I want to know is they are acknowledging the situation. With out some kind of acknowledgment, I can only assume they don't care and have done nothing.

Update September 23, 2009: It's been 5 days now, and sadly the people at Horse-Nation have not responded to my email. On top of that I am STILL getting messages from other players now about this false JNFerrigno selling my art. Since HN is not taking care of this in a timely matter, I'm relying on you guys to help me out here. I'm personally not below harassment, or players or game creators. Some times you need to light a match under someones ass to get them to pay attention. I honestly don't think it's a language barrier, they were able to develop a game after all.

Game: [link] (Dutch)

Thank you for informing me of a player impersonating me in this game. There is a player impersonating me as JNFerrigno in the game, once confronted they removed their post but apparently they were using my free line arts and selling them off as if they were their own. They even went as far as to copy what ever information I posted on my DA account (which is out of date) and make up a little side story as to why they were in America.

This is foolish, and rather sad, that a person has to steal someone elses name because they don't have the courage to make one for themselves. I've messaged the administration, but I do not know if they understand English or not, lord knows I don't speak a lick of Dutch. I hope that they IP ban that person, and if now I will be extremely sore about it.

Over the years I've had a lot of watchers of mine let me know when theft goes down, and I thank you guys from the bottom of my heart for standing up for me. I don't mean to brag or anything, but the coloring book is very well known internationally among the horse gamers, unfortunately a side effect of that popularity is always theft.

JF STUDIOS COLORING BOOK & TUTORIALS GENETICS
JF Studios is my professional website, where you can see what I post here, along with more photography and art work, prices, tutorials, and a free Coloring Book that has mainly Horses, some rats, and a few other animals. Equine Genetics have been a on going interest of mine for a long time, and recently I have gotten into Canine and Rat color genetics as well. As I keep learning new things, I’ll attempt to update this journal.

OTHER ART RPG GAMES: STABLE KENNEL RATTERY

The Feral Horse Auction
Our older horses have arrived! After being is quarantine for so long they are finally here. Cheshire Farms feels that these horses represent some of the best Feral Spanish lines out there, and they want to share with you their treasures.

However this will be a little different than the Foal adoption. This will actually be a speed drawing contest of the sorts, to see who gets the horse. I have given such a short number of days, because this will lessen the competition over the other horses.

CONGRATULATIONS to our new Adopters! We hope you and your new horses have lots of dun times together.

Binary Star Stables Chestnut Leopard Unnamed Filly #11
Sealle Bay Dun Unnamed Colt #22
Sealle Line Backed Cremello Unnamed Mare #53
purplehearts123 Smokey Cream Sabino Unnamed Filly #30
PurpleHearts123 Black Sabino Unnamed Stallion #47
Storm the Dancer Golden Wild Bay Unnamed Mare #41
Hazel-rah Bay dun Unnamed Stallion #43
Hazel-rah Silver Buckskin Unnamed Mare #45
Hazel-rah Dunskin Spotted Blanket Unnamed Stallion #52
Fillyrox Fleabitten Grey Unnamed Stallion #46
FillyRox Black Sabino Unnamed Mare #56
Forest Creek Stables Black Unnamed Mare #49
SinMisericordia21 Blue Roan Tovero unnamed Stallion #57

The rest will go into the Cheshire Farms Training Program

Update 30 SeptemberPlease make sure I have everyone's entries updated. Any horses that do not get claimed, will either go into the breeding program, or be used as 'lesson' horses for Cheshire Farms.

Update 28 September The Foals are also open adoption like the aged horses, the same rules apply to all of them. There is 2 more days to get your art in. Even if a horse has a name under it, it's only there to remind me of who all wants to draw that horse, none of these horses are taken till the end. EDIT: You can add white markings to the Adult horses since there are no photos of them. Also if you post a comment, and reply to that comment, I do not see it. So if you have a comment, start a new one or else I will miss it completely. This is what happened during the Foal auction.

Update 27 September I've attached pictures that I thought best resembled the colors, I don't expect you to copy these exactly tho, uses some creative artistic license.

How To Adopt
1. To Adopt you first must post your request in this journal, please provide barn name and link. You must be a member of the HARPG.
2. You will have till September 30th to draw and color the horse.
3. You must draw individual full body shots, no combining them together.
4. Below is a description of the horses color, the goal is to make your color interpretation match up as realistically as you can. You may have to use google or horse color websites.
For Example: Unnamed 3yo Mare Liver Chestnut Genes: Aa/ee/nBCS Blood Typing: 90% Iberian Color: Almost Black Liver mare with Bird Catcher Spots.
My Image: [link]
5. On the 30th, I will look at all the entries, and who ever I think got the color the most realistic will get to adopt the mare.
6. Any that don't get claimed may be reauctioned or kept by Cheshire Farms.

Click on individual pictures to learn more about the horse and where it comes from.

Weanlings for Adoption

11. Unnamed Filly Chestnut Leopard Genes: Aa/ee/LPLP/nPYRN Blood Typing: 80% Iberian Color: All foals will have Appaloosa characteristics, but only 50% will have patterns if bred to a solid horse.
Picture: [link]

Binary Star Stables [link]
Dusty Days Stables

15. Unnamed Colt Palomino Roan Sabino Genes: aa/ee/Cc/RNrn/SBsb Blood Typing: 90% Iberian Color: 50% chance of roan and sabino
Picture: [link]

22. Unnamed Colt Sooty Bay Dun Genes: Aa/Ee/DD/nSTY Blood Typing: 90% Iberian Color: Homozygous for Dun.
Picture: [link]

Sealle [link]

30. Unnamed Filly Smokey Cream Sabino Genes: aa/Ee/CC/SBsb Blood Typing: 60% Iberian Color: Homozygous for Cream
Picture: [link]

purplehearts123 [link]

Aged Mares and Stallions for Adoption
41. Unnamed 5yo Mare Golden Wild Bay Genes: A+A/Ee Blood Typing: 90% Iberian Color: Heterozygous for Wild Bay. [link] [link]

Storm the Dancer [link]

42. Unnamed 3yo Mare Chestnut Genes: Aa/ee/nBCS Blood Typing: 90% Iberian Color: Bright Red mare with Bird Catcher Spots. [link]

43. Unnamed 8yo Stallion Bay Dun Genes: Aa/Ee/Dd Blood Typing: 90% Iberian Color: Recessive for everything [link]

Hazel-rah [link]

44. Unnamed 6yo Mare Smokey Black Overo Genes: aa/EE/Cc/Oo Blood Typing: 90% Iberian Color: Offspring will never be Chestnut. [link] [link]

45. Unnamed 5yo Mare Silver Buckskin Genes: Aa/Ee/Cc/Zz Blood Typing: 90% Iberian Color: Heterozygous for everything. [link]

Hazel-rah [link]

46. Unnamed 8yo Stallion Flea-bitten Grey Genes: Aa/Ee/Gg Blood Typing: 90% Iberian Color: Heterzygous for everything, blood marked. [link] [link]

Fillyrox [link]

47. Unnamed 4yo Stallion Black Sabino Genes: aa/Ee/SBSB Blood Typing: 90% Iberian Color: Homozygous for Sabino. [link]

PurpleHearts123 [link]

48. Unnamed 5yo Mare Bay Snowflake Genes: Aa/Ee/LPlp/nPTRN Blood Typing: 90% Iberian Color: Heterozygous for everything, only able to produce Snowflake pattern. [link]

49. Unnamed 5yo Mare Black Genes: aa/EE Blood Typing: 90% Iberian Color: Will never produce Chestnut Offspring. [link]

Forest Creek Stables [link]

50. Unnamed 6yo Stallion Chestnut Overo Genes: aa/ee/Oo Blood Typing: 90% Iberian Color: Does not carry Agouti, minimally marked Overo with odd face mark. [link] [link]

51. Unnamed 3yo Mare Mealy Bay Genes: Aa/Ee/Pp Blood Typing: 80% Iberian Color: recessive for everything [link]

52. Unnamed 5yo Stallion Dunskin Spotted Blanket Genes: AA/Ee/Cc/DD/LPlp/PTRN Blood Typing: 90% Iberian Color: homozygous for Agouti and Dun. [link]

Hazel-rah [link]
purplehearts123

53. Unnamed 4yo Mare Linebacked Cremello Genes: Aa/ee/CC/DD Blood Typing: 50% Iberian Color: homozygous for Dun and Cream. [link] [link]

Fillyrox [link]
Sealle [link]

54. Unnamed 8yo Stallion Chestnut Splashed White Genes: aa/ee/SplSpl Blood Typing: 60% Iberian Color: homozygous for Splash. [link]

55. Unnamed 7yo Mare Bay Silver SnowflakeGenes: Aa/Ee/Zz/LPlp Blood Typing: 70% Iberian Color: heterozygous for everything. [link]

56. Unnamed 5yo Mare Black Sabino Genes: aa/EE/SBSB Blood Typing: 80% Iberian Color: homozygous for Black and Sabino, has a reverse sabino marking on her face. [link]

Fillyrox [link]

57. Unnamed 3yo Stallion Blue Roan Tovero Genes: aa/Ee/Rr/Tt/Oo Blood Typing: 90% Iberian Color: Medicine hat paint. [link]

SinMisericordia21 [link]

58. Unnamed 7yo Mare Red Dun Snow CapGenes: Aa/ee/Dd/LPlp Blood Typing: 90% Iberian Color: No sports, just the white snow cap. [link]

59. Unnamed 6yo Stallion Chestnut Roan with Flaxen Mane and Tail Genes: Aa/ee/Rr/Ff Blood Typing: 80% Iberian Color: also called strawberry roan. [link]

Color codes may be incorrect due to the fact that some of these genes have not been isolated or fully understood. These abbreviations are for the HARPG, and are not to be considered scientifically correct in all cases.