The Introduction

For as long as her parents can remember, 35-year old Naima has had this crazy dream. She has always wanted a broodmare -- a mommy horse -- that could give birth to a baby horse -- that could then grow up to become a racing champion.
"Absolutely, this was a fairy tale for her from day one. We put it off for so long, because we don't have a farm," Naima's father Jim said.

Why doesn't he just say no? "Well...she has me wrapped around her finger."

Her foal -- an New England standardbred -- was born in the spring of 2025. She named him Mr. Punch.

"I really loved him," Naima said of her first time meeting Mr Punch. "He's super soft too."
Sweet, but that quick bond posed a real problem for Jim. See, for whatever reason, Jim thought once he explained to his daughter that her horse could never race -- that it was a runt from poor breeding stock -- she would just agree to sell it. But obviously not.
"She's like, there's no price daddy. So I'm talking to my wife and it's like, we really got ourselves in a mess here. And I don't know how we're going to get out of this," Jim said. "So we stake him to the races.This horse that I thought we should have gotten rid of already."
Naima said her dad couldn't see what she saw in Punchie. "He didn't believe in him."

So now Jim's committed to boarding and training a horse that has no logical reason to race. And this is not a wealthy family. Jim runs a small logistics company. New England racing -- which is harness-style racing -- is a $900 million a year industry.

Sorry for the delay in the drawing. The past month kind of got away from me. Thank you for being patient!

The winner of a free layout code (any style, image included) is...

**drumroll**

BINX!!!

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Thank you everyone who participated in these activities and supported Mr. Punch in this year's mascot season! We are so proud of how far he has come in just a few short weeks! Definitely the highest pointed pixel I (Nad) have ever created on here! I don't know about Fare?

Stay tuned for the reveal of Mr. Punch and Skippa Sally's backup foal to be born later today...

Congrats, Binx!!

Backup foal just arrived!

just under 650k pointed colt

Well done binx :)

ooo nice foal :)

Congratulations Binx!