Chincoteague Pony Auction (and Raffle) Raises Over $459,000 for the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company

 Well, the 97th Annual Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company's Pony Penning Auction is in the record books - and it did set some records!  First, at least 8,000 raffle tickets for King Neptune were sold before Wednesday night's drawing, at $1 apiece; and Debra Hughes was the very lucky winner, taking home a bay pinto colt, born 27 April.  He was sired by Tornado's Legacy, and out of the dam Tawny Treasure, foal 19 this year.
   There were 14 donated items of art, handicrafts, and other items given to the CVFC to help raise funds for equipment, training, a few full-time employees, and pony care.  These works of art, crocheted items, and antiques brought in $8,650.
   ** Maureen Beebe's personal Steuben saddle was auctioned off, with the proceeds going to the Maureen Beebe Hursh Scholarship Fund for students for Chincoteague High School.  Her saddle brought a high bid of $7,400. **
   There have been 67 foals born this year to the CVFC herds; unfortunately, we lost two - foal 18 passed away as a suckling; foal 58 passed away this month.  With foal 19 as King Neptune, that left 64 foals for sale - and I do not have the purchase price of one - the final foal born so far, 67.  You will find out her story at the bottom of this blog...
   The total amount of money raised from the auction of 63 foals was $442,800, plus at least $8,000 from the sale of King Neptune raffle tickets, plus the $8,650 from donated lots A through O... Those totals equal $459,450.  This is the highest total in the history of the CVFC Pony Penning Auction.
   I was surprised that the CVFC and the auctioneer did not mention that 7 of the foals auctioned were Misty of Chincoteague descendants.  It was mentioned regarding 2 of those foals, and, afterwards, the bidding went much higher.  -  Not that I want to sucker people into bidding higher (even though that means more funds for the CVFC); I just think some people would be willing to pay a bit more for a descendant of Misty.  (I know I would.)
   The lowest price paid for a foal this year was $2,500 for a chestnut pinto colt, a grandson of Surfer Dude, out of his daughter Surfin' Chantel.  The highest price was for a Buy Back filly, $32,000, purchased by the Chincoteague Legacy Group.  This filly is a black pinto, descended from Misty through her sire, Beach Boy.
   My blog listing the foals for sale has 2 to 4 photos of each foal.  For this auction sale blog, I'll only use 1 photo of each pony...  They will be listed by number, amount of highest bid, filly or colt, sire and dam.  Buy Backs will have a **BB before their number, and if the foal is a Misty descendant, a (*M) denoting either sire or dam.
   *** All photos shown are the copyrighted property of DSC Photography!  I am using them for illustrative purposes only.  Respect their copyright, please! ***

#1    $2,750    filly    by Maverick, out of Chickadee
Buyer on internet

#2    $5,000     colt     by Ken, out of Kimmee-Sue

#3    $4,500    filly     by Ajax, out of Grandma's Dream

#4    $4,200    colt     by Wild Thing, out of Summer (Gentle Sea) Breeze
*** ONLY Wild Thing foal so far this year ***

#5    $4,400    colt     by Hoppy (Effie's Papa Bear), out of Sunny (Sunrise Ocean Tides)

#6    $5,750    colt     by Hoppy (Effie's Papa Bear), out of Danny's Girl Splash
A Feather Fund purchase

#7    $4,100    filly     by Ajax, out of Chili

#8    $3,700    filly    by Puzzle (Archer's Gambit), out of Seaside Miracle

#9    $3,000    filly    by Ken, out of May's Grand Slam  
Announced she had a 4 centimeter hernia, which needs an easy surgical repair...

#10    $2,500    colt     by Maverick, out of Surfin' Chantel

#11    $3,200    filly     by Ken, out of Dreamer's Gift

#12*M    $9,000    filly     by (Surfer's) Riptide, out of WH Summer (*M)

#13    $8,750    colt     by (Tornado's) Prince (of Tides), out of Lorna Dune

#14    $4,750    filly     by Don Leonard Stud II, out of Little Miss Sunshine

#15    $3,500    filly     by (Surfer's) Riptide, out of Sonny's Legacy

#16    $8,000    colt     by (CLG ToMorrow's Tidewater) Twist, out of MissMe
A Feather Fund purchase

#17    $4,100    filly     by (CLG ToMorrow's Tidewater) Twist, out of (Good Golly Miss) Molly

#18  -  deceased

#19    **King Neptune - at least $8,000 in raffle tickets**  colt     by (Tornado's) Legacy, out of Tawny Treasure
Named "Legacy's Legend" by new owner.

#20    $5,500    filly     by Ajax, out of Badabing

#21    $2,900    filly     by Don Leonard Stud II, out of Goldie (Two Teague's Golden Girl)

#22    $2,750    colt     by Ajax, out of Miracle's Natural Beauty

#23    $2,750    colt     by Chief (Golden Eagle), out of CLG Ember

#24    $7,500    colt     by (CLG ToMorrow's Tidewater) Twist, out of Miss Admiral Halsey

#25    $4,000    filly     by Ace (Ace's Black Tie Affair), out of Beach Bunny
Buyer on internet

**BB  #26    $30,000    filly    by Hoppy (Effie's Papa Bear), out of Tuney (aka Queenie)
Named: JAZ Willa's Mirackle  -  "Jazzie"
!!  First foal to bring in $30,000 !!

#27    $3,250    filly     by (Tornado's) Legacy, out of (Judy's Little) Smooch

#28    $6,000    colt     by Ace (Ace's Black Tie Affair), out of Black Pearl

#29    $7,500    colt     by (Tornado's) Legacy, out of White Saddle

#30    $5,000    colt     by Don Leonard Stud II, out of CLG Bay Princess

#31    $8,000    filly     by Don Leonard Stud II, out of Joansie (Little Bit o'Joansie)

#32    $5,250    colt     by (Tornado's) Legacy, out of Sweetheart

**BB    #33    $22,000    filly     by Don Leonard Stud II, out of Randy
Named:  SCC Aurora
Purchased by Tipson Myers of Stoney Creek Chincoteagues

#34    $4,750    colt     by Chief (Golden Eagle), out of Leah's Bayside Angel
Buyer on internet

#35    $4,750     colt     by (Tornado's) Prince (of Tides), out of Talia (Evan's Angel)

**BB    #36    $17,500    filly     by Puzzle (Archer's Gambit), out of  Destiny (Feathering Spirit)

#37    $4,000    colt     by Ajax, out of Fifteen Friends of Freckles

**BB    #38    $10,000    filly    by Chief (Golden Eagle), out of Daisey
Named:  Angelique's Tigress Warrior - "Tigress"
in memory of Angelique Solé

**BB    #39    $10,000    filly     by (Surfer's) Riptide, out of Pappy's Pony
Named:  Barbara's Tasi  -  "Tasi"

**BB    #40    $26,000  filly     by Norm (Norman Rockwell Giddings), out of Surfer Princess
Buyer on internet
Named:  Norm's Princess Bella  - "Bella"

#41*M    $4,750    filly     by Ajax, out of Surfette (WH Surf and Sun) [*M]

#42    $3,900    filly     by Ace (Ace's Black Tie Affair), out of (Marina's) Marsh Mallow

---  Foals 43 through 54 have a pick-up date of 27 August  ---

#43    $3,000    filly     by (Tornado's) Prince (of Tides), out of (Dreamer's) Stardust

#44    $3,250    filly     by Norm (Norman Rockwell Giddings), out of Heide (Heide's Sky)
*Photo above belongs to Captain Dan's Around the Island Tours*

#45    $4,000    filly     by Ajax, out of Rosie's Teapot

#46    $3,500    filly     by Norm (Norman Rockwell Giddings), out of Little Duckie

#47    $5,250    colt     by Chief (Golden Eagle), out of Serendipity

#48    $3,200    filly     by (Tornado's) Prince (of Tides), out of (Kimball's) Rainbow Delight

**BB    #49    $18,000    filly     by Ajax, out of (Shy & Sassy Sweet Lady) Suede
Named:  Haldeen's Jackpot  -  "Jackpot"

#50    $3,000    filly     by Chief (Golden Eagle), out of (Two Teagues) Taco

#51    $5,400    filly     by Hoppy (Effie's Papa Bear), out of (Gidget's) Beach Baby

#52    $5,600    colt    by (Tornado's) Legacy, out of A Splash of Freckles

#53    $3,900    colt    by Hoppy (Effie's Papa Bear), out of Doc(tor) Amrien

#54    $4,100    colt    sire unknown, out of Skylark

---  Foals 55 through 67 have a pick-up date of 1 October  ---

#55    $3,000    filly     by (CLG ToMorrow's Tidewater) Twist, out of (Wendy's) Carolina Girl

#56    $3,300    filly     by (Surfer's) Riptide, out of Misty Mills

#57    $9,000    filly     by (Surfer's) Riptide, out of (Loveland's) Secret Feather
     *Originally sold by internet for $9,250 - purchaser's card was refused; foal resold *

#58 -  withdrawn - deceased - Suffered catastrophic leg injury and was euthanized after a veterinarian evaluation on 23 July.

#59*M    $3,100    filly     by Beach Boy (*M), out of Tiger Lily (aka Waterbaby)

**BB*M    #60    $32,000    filly     by Beach Boy (*M), out of Wings (Judy's Sunshine)
Purchased by Chincoteague Legacy Group
!!! Highest price ever paid for a Pony Penning foal !!!

#61    $6,000    colt     by Puzzle (Archer's Gambit), out of (Ivana Marie) Zustan

**BB    #62    $15,750    filly     by Ace (Ace's Black Tie Affair), out of Tidewater Treasure

#63*M    $4,200    filly     by Don Leonard Stud II, out of WH Winter Moon (*M)

#64*M    $10,500    filly     by (Surfer's) Riptide, out of WH Wildfire (*M)

**BB*M    #65    $10,500    filly     by Beach Boy (*M), out of Molly's Rosebud
Named:  Miss Holy Smokes

#66    $4,000    colt     by Don Leonard Stud II, out of Milly Sue

#67   price unknown   filly    by (Tornado's) Prince (of Tides), out of Gracey
         Read comment from the CVFC Facebook page below for an explanation...
From the CVFC:  "The Pony Committee Chairman asked me to share this with you:
Foal #67
Bottom line is we had a serious miscommunication. On a earlier foal, we had two people come up and pay for the same foal. The one buyer agreed to let the family with the little kids have the foal and in return we let her have #67. So everyone is happy, kids are happy, buyers are happy, we are happy, whole world is happy!
Hey, after two years and trying something new, if this one miscommunication is the only thing that happened then it was a good day!! Thanks for understanding!"
So... We/I don't know which foal the double bid was on. Was it a buckskin pinto like 67? We don't know... So the amount taken is is a little fluid...

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