In 2015 John was commissioned to paint a portrait of "Moonlight Cloud", a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse, who won the Prix Maurice de Gheest race three times and the Prix de Moulin de Longchamp in France. Traveling to Coolmore Stud in Ireland, the world's largest Thoroughbred breeding farm, to sketch and photograph the horse was an exciting trip for John and Elizabeth. The finished watercolor and oil are shown below.