I know they share the same owner, but why does this take on F4 look like she's related to Marche (costume-wise)?
For a while I thought she was Kyoei March or Namur before I saw her eardec.

Jnglmpera said in comment #2589023:

I know they share the same owner, but why does this take on F4 look like she's related to Marche (costume-wise)?
For a while I thought she was Kyoei March or Namur before I saw her eardec.

Yeah, F4 winds up looking like some secret lovechild of Marche and Cheval instead.

The Cheval part makes some sense since her damsire is Cheval's dad. Guess the Marche bit came from some weird horizontal/Lamarckan inheritance via Marche's current foal with Epi, maybe? Effectively making F4 inherit her stepmom's dress sense. Kinda like what happened with this artist's OC version of Epi who dresses like her father-in-law Durandal.

NNescio said in comment #2589027:

Yeah, F4 winds up looking like some secret lovechild of Marche and Cheval instead.

The Cheval part makes some sense since her damsire is Cheval's dad. Guess the Marche bit came from some weird horizontal/Lamarckan inheritance via Marche's current foal with Epi, maybe? Effectively making F4 inherit her stepmom's dress sense. Kinda like what happened with this artist's OC version of Epi who dresses like her father-in-law Durandal.

I guess that makes sense? I mean, now that I look at it I also see the clover ornament on her hat that she probably inherited from all the ancestors in-game.

I dunno, I think the problem (for me at least) is that an uma version of F4 will always be the one from the tanuki fanworks no matter what unless Cygames decides to give Espo's seiyu a heart attack adds him and the rest of the 2021 Classic winners.

Jnglmpera said in comment #2589086:

I guess that makes sense? I mean, now that I look at it I also see the clover ornament on her hat that she probably inherited from all the ancestors in-game.

I dunno, I think the problem (for me at least) is that an uma version of F4 will always be the one from the tanuki fanworks no matter what unless Cygames decides to give Espo's seiyu a heart attack adds him and the rest of the 2021 Classic winners.

Now 2 out of the 3 have become official.