WOLF MOON
Silent Snap x Eclipse
[With A Snap x Silent Wings] - [Created x Created]
Y19 Chestnut Colt Standing 16.3 Hands High
Surface: Dirt
Distance: 5-8
Grade: Four
Record: 20-4-3-4
Jockey: Hal Suhail
By the sire of Snapdragon and Midnight Magic.
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Half-brother to Blue Moon, Notte Oscura, and I Bet My Life.
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PERSONALITY
The wolf moon was once regarded as the most dangerous of full moons, bringing the werewolves out for the hunt. While Cujo is certainly no wolf, he's a monster of a horse that has no trouble using his teeth. Well-muscled and massive, this colt just exudes pure power with every step he takes. He always looks to be on the edge of an explosion when he's being handled, every muscle bunched hard as dark, wild eyes search for weakness. Cujo knows no fear, has no flight instinct whatsoever. He is a horse that has to truly, physically be restrained for any sort of excitement, up to and including being groomed and saddled to work. He's got no respect for humans, and any attempt to cow him backfires dramatically and dangerously. When this colt hits his breaking point, you don't want to be anywhere around him - he'll scream, he'll kick, and he'll strike with purpose to get out. Therefore, it's safest just to deal with him firmly but nonconfrontationally, avoiding that hairpin trigger just as long as it takes to work with him and get him turned out again. He gives pretty much everyone he works with anxiety. There's just nothing pleasant about him. He's just as bad with horses as he is with people, and even as a foal he'd get so rough that he'd actually injure playmates - he was officially separated from the others as a weanling when he aggressively chased down another colt, biting into his withers and driving him to the ground directly after turnout. It would be nice if we could say he was more pleasant under saddle, but he absolutely is not. All he wants to do is rocket around, and it's a physical wrestling match to properly work him. He's thankfully grown out of the rodeo-style bucking that he used to exhibit as a yearling, but riding a horse so on the muscle is still pretty miserable. He's gotten away more than once, mouth hard and unyielding as he bolts around the track, running himself to exhaustion before finally allowing himself to be reined in. While those episodes are rare, it really shows that you can't ever lower your guard around a horse born to be vicious.
LEG TYPE: OBLIGATE FRONTRUNNER
When Cujo rockets from the gates, there's nothing that will keep this colt off of the lead. Even once there, it's a battle to keep him from burning himself out all at once, as he really just wants to bolt through the entire race. If his jockey does her job, Cujo will be kept under control most of the way around the turn - then, if other horses are starting to push or if Cujo just can't be contained, it'll be time to simply let him go. This colt never needs any urging to give his best, and it's the reason he's truly at his best at the shortest races - he gives everything he's got every time. He hates being challenged down the stretch, but that hatred just fuels his brilliant run for the finish.
CURRENT SEASON
Starter Points [+5] | Raced Previously [+5] | Raced 3+ Seasons [+5]
Y21: W/P/S 10+ HOTY [+5] | Won HOTY [+5] | Won 5+ HOTY [+5]
Y21: W/P/S 10+ HOTY [+5] | Won HOTY [+5] | Won 5+ HOTY [+5]
PAST PERFORMANCES
TWO YEAR OLD SEASON [Y21]
1st in TW Not Yours Maiden - May Wk 4 [6F/D/3] [+4]
1st in BSD Phalanx Maiden - June Wk 3 [7F/D/2] [+4]
1st in TW Frizette Stakes* - June Wk 4 [6F/D/3] [+8]
1st in GHF October Juvenile Dirt Faceoff - Oct Wk 2 [6F/D/2] [+4]
2nd in TW Hamster Joke Maiden - Mar Wk 1 [6F/D/2] [+3]
2nd in BSD Smooth Air Stakes* - Aug Wk 3 [5F/D/4] [+6]
2nd in TW Bouyant Marc Stakes* - Oct Wk 4 [5F/D/3] [+6]
3rd in GHF Sports Column Stakes* - Feb Wk 1 [6F/D/5] [+4]
3rd in BSD Fort Springs Stakes - Apr Wk 1 [6F/D/3] [+2]
3rd in BSD Gondor Stakes* - Nov Wk 2 [5F/D/3] [+4]
3rd in GHF December Juvenile Dirt Faceoff - Dec Wk 2 [7F/D/3] [+2]
4th in GHF Orchid Cup Colts** - Jul Wk 3 [7F/D/4] [+3]
4th in GHF Green Post Trophy* - Aug Wk 2 [8F/D/4] [+2]
4th in BSD Farfetched Stakes* - Sep Wk 3 [7F/D/4] [+2]
4th in GHF Festival Sprint Challenge** - Nov Wk 3 [5F/D/4] [+3]
5th in BSD Lake Breeze Stakes - Mar Wk 3 [7F/D/5] [+1]
6th in TW Akita Rose Stakes* - Feb Wk 4 [7F/D/7] [+2]
6th in BSD Indominus Stakes* - Sep Wk 2 [7F/D/6] [+2]
Horse Pictured: Whitmore | Buybacks: Frosty | Other Reserves: None