Chincoteague Pony Foals For Sale at the 2023 Pony Penning on 27 July

    **** UPDATED  Wednesday, 26 July ****

 It's time once again for me to post photos of the foals that will be auctioned off to the highest auction bidder, either in person or on-line, on Thursday, 27 July 2023, by the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company of Chincoteague Island, Virginia.

    To date, 79 foals have been born; unfortunately, 6 have passed away in the wild due to unforeseen circumstances impossible to control.  -  The ponies do live in the wild, and if anyone sees one in trouble, help is summoned immediately.  But nature is beyond control.  -  One foal has already been auctioned off for a charitable cause; more about that later.  If more foals are born between now and the day of the Pony Auction, I will add them to the following list.

    I mainly use photographs taken by DSC Photography, owned and operated by Darcy and Steve Cole; the photos I use are copyrighted by the people/company who took them.  I use the photos only to let you see the appearance of the ponies.  If I use a photo taken by someone other than DSC Photography, it is noted under that photo.  Please do not share these photos.  The owners of the photos make their living from their photography work.  (Thank you.)

    We have sixteen stallions who have sired foals this year.  What the stallions are commonly called is in bold type.  The sires this year, listed eldest to youngest are:

Ace's Black Tie Affair (Ace), age 16; sire: Centaur (possibly Charcoal); dam:  Susie Q

Ajax,  age 16; sire: Spirit of Assateague; dam: Foxy Asset

Effie's Papa Bear (Hoppy),  age 16; sire: Sockett To Me; dam: Mermaid

Tornado's Legacy,  age 16; sire: Tornado; dam: Unci

Tornado's Prince of Tides,  age 16; sire: Tornado; dam: Sand Cherry

Archer's Gambit (Puzzle),  age 15; sire: North Star; dam: Lily Pad

Chief Golden Eagle,  age 15; sire: Glacier; dam: Beautiful Dreamer

Ken,  age 15; sire: Wild Thing; dam: Star Gazer

Surfer's Riptide,  age 14; sire: Surfer Dude; dam: Surf Queen

(by: Patty V. McMahon)

Maverick,  age 10; sire: Wild Thing; dam: Witchkraft

(by: Martha Van Popering)

Don Leonard Stud II (DLSII),  age 9; sire Phantom Mist; dam: Tuney

WH Windy's Beach Boy,  age 8; sire: WH Nightwind; dam: WH Sea Breeze

      Beach Boy is a direct descendant of Misty of Chincoteague

CLG ToMorrow's Tidewater Twist,  age 6;  sire: Tornado's Legacy; dam: Sweetheart

Henry's Hidalgo,  age 6;  sire: Wild Thing; dam: Thetis

Thunderbolt,  age 5; sire: Chief Golden Eagle; dam: Bling Bling

CLG Rider on the Storm,  age 4;  sire: Tornado's Legacy; dam: Miracle's Natural Beauty

To see photos of the dams of the foals, I highly recommend visiting the DSC Photography website at https://www.dscphotography.net/ and open their Mares/Fillies page.  

    DSC Photography has a much wider range of photos of the foals born this year, which were not shared publicly - they do make their living selling photographs - so if you'd like to see more photos of each foal, they are listed under the dam's name, and can be viewed at https://www.dscphotography.net/2023/2023-Foals   

   Also, as noted by DSC Photography on their site, if a stallion is listed as that foal's sire, there is a high probability - but no guarantee - that the named stallion is the father.  This is based on notes from multiple persons who view the different herds of ponies on an almost daily basis, listing which mares are with which stallions, noting specific breedings, and general knowledge of the ponies.  Sometimes multiple stallions are listed as the possible sire, and sometimes there is simply an "unknown" listing.  The dams are a certainty.

    Pedigrees of the ponies can be viewed at: https://chincoteaguepedigrees.com/pedigree/pedigree.pedigree.php

Below, a photo showing Prince's herd, with the last foal born, #78 (10 July), on the left in the foreground, and #3 (26 March), on the right...

I will be listing the foals in the order they were "first seen."  Usually foals are born overnight, in the hours between 10 p.m. and dawn - but birth may occur at any time, as with people.  I am listing their "first date seen" as date of birth, though it might not be exact.  There will be their birth number, date first seen, sex, coat color, name of dam, and name of probable sire.  If the foal is a descendant of Misty of Chincoteague (the pony made famous in the book written Marguerite Henry), there will be an asterisk (*) by the number.  I will be placing the mare's usual "call name" first; if her registration name is different or longer, it will be in parentheses.

   Later this week, or early Pony Penning Week (July 22 - 29), the Pony Committee of the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company will choose fillies that will be designated as "Buy Back" ponies.  The CVFC chooses these ponies because of their bloodlines, conformation, and, sometimes, coat color.  They will spend their lives on the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge as broodmares.  "Buy Backs" are a way to buy a pony, but not have to take it home and care for, with constant feed and veterinarian bills.  A person, or group of people, purchase the pony, pay the CVFC for her, have their photo taken with her, name her, and can visit the Refuge and see her and her foals for the rest of her natural life.    And the purchase price of the foal is a tax write-off.  Also, please note that Buy Back foals tend to cost more than the regular take home foals.

    All foals sold, other than the Buy Backs, are the purchasers responsibility.  Younger foals will have a later, designated, pick-up day, as they are still nursing.  But older foals, such as #3 pictured above, are ready to be weaned, and have to be trailered away in an approved trailer.  The days of putting a foal in the back of a station wagon or van are long gone.  If you plan on purchasing a foal, check the CVFC's website at  https://www.cvfc3.com/  for much more information.

    I try to have a photo of the foal's face and a view of each side of the foal in my presentation photos.  This year, fewer photos were available, due to where the herds hang out.  Some ponies are "hiders" from people, some herds are difficult to observe close up, some of the usual areas are no longer easily accessible to the photographers...  That's one of the reasons I listed the link to DSC Photography's 2023 Foals photographs page...

*1     21 March     Filly   bay pinto with right blue eye   Maezie (Billy Maez Renegade); *Beach Boy

*2     26 March     Colt    black pinto    Mary Read; *Beach Boy

Buy Back Foal

3     26 March     Colt    palomino pinto     Catwalk Chaos; Prince

4     26 March     Filly    bay pinto     Baybe; Ken

5     1 April     Colt    bay pinto     Danny's Girl Splash; Hoppy

6     3 April     Filly    chestnut pinto     Chickadee; Maverick

Buy Back Foal

7     4 April     Filly    buckskin     Jessica's Sea Star Sandy; Ken

8     4 April     Filly    chestnut     Kimmee Sue; Ken

9     5 April    chestnut     Rumor (CLG Rumor Has It); DLSII

10     10 April     Colt    chestnut     Bay Dream (Doc's Bay Dream); Puzzle

12     11 April     Colt    palomino pinto     Precious Jewel; Legacy

13     12 April     Filly     buckskin pinto     Sunny Skies (Sunny Skies After the Storm); Twist

(by Deb Iddings Noll)

14     12 April     Filly    chestnut pinto     Mayli (Kachina Mayli Mist); Maverick

15     13 April     Colt     chestnut pinto     Anne Bonny; Legacy

16     13 April     Filly    bay     Sunny (Sunrise Ocean Tides); Hoppy

17     14 April     Colt    buckskin pinto     Skeeter (Jigsaw's Little Miss Skeeter); Maverick

18     15 April     Colt    palomino pinto     Blue (CLG Surfer's Blue Moon); Prince

Warning:  He loves mud...😉

19     16 April     Colt    chestnut    CLG Ember; Chief

20     16 April     Filly    palomino     Little Miss Sunshine; Legacy

21      18 April     Filly    bay pinto with partial blue eyes     Marguerite; Riptide

Buy Back Foal

22     19 April     Filly    chestnut pinto    Surfin' Chantel; Maverick

23     19 April     Colt    chestnut    Gidget (Surfer Dude's Gidget); Puzzle

24     21 April     Colt    bay     ET (Scottiee's ET); Maverick

25     22 April     Filly    black     Liz's Serenity; Riptide

26     23 April     Colt    bay     May (May's Grand Slam); Ken

28     24 April     Colt    buckskin pinto     Chilibean (Two Teagues Taco's Chilibean); Twist

++29++   24 April     Filly    bay pinto     Angel (Jean Bonde's Bayside Angel); DLSII

   Auctioned for a record price of $40,500 in June.  The CVFC wished to donate to the funds being raised by the Museum of Chincoteague Island for the purchase of the remaining 10 acres of the original Beebe Ranch, where Misty of Chincoteague was born.  The CVFC chose a "Buy Back" filly early and she was auctioned on-line, after many announcements, with the money from the winning bid being presented to the Museum to purchase Beebe Ranch.  Beebe Ranch now belongs to the Museum.

   Meet  Beebe's Perfect Storm:

*30     26 April     Filly    chestnut     *Summer (WH Summer Breeze); Riptide or Legacy

       (Personally, having seen a lot of both stallions' foals, I believe this is a Riptide baby due to the size and shape of her blaze.)

31     26 April     Colt    buckskin     Badabing; Ajax

32     27 April     Filly    black pinto     Sweetheart; Legacy

33     29 April     Filly    bay pinto     Grandma's Dream; Ajax

34     29 April     Filly    chestnut pinto     Poco Latte PW; Ajax

35     29 April     Colt    chestnut pinto     Beach Bunny; Ace

36     30 April     Colt    bay pinto     White Saddle; Legacy

 

38     2 May     Colt    bay pinto     Indy (Myrt & Brenda's Indiana Girl); Thunderbolt

39     3 May     Colt    black pinto     Little Bee (Scarlett's Little Bee); Twist

40     3 May     Filly    chestnut pinto     Goldie (Two Teague's Golden Girl); DLSII

41     4 May     Filly    chestnut pinto     Smooch (Judy's Little Smooch);  unknown

42     6 May     Filly    bay pinto     Miracle's Natural Beauty; Ajax

43     6 May     Colt    chestnut pinto    Journey (Amari's Journey); Thunderbolt

44     6 May     Colt    bay pinto     CLG Bay Princess; DLSII

46     9 May     Filly    bay     Joansie (Little Bit O' Joansie); Ace

(by Capt. Dan Davis of Captain Dan's Around the Island Tours)

47     10 May     Colt    black pinto     Freckles (15 Friends of Freckles); Ajax

48     10 May     Filly    black     Dexie (Dexter's Midnight Runner); Prince

49     11 May     Filly    buckskin     Raven (Ace's Miss Raven Rhapsody); Rider or Thunderbolt

50     12 May     Filly    bay     Surfer Princess; Legacy

(also in photo is Bella, with white patch mane, SP's 2022 filly)

(I did not document the photographer - if this is your photo

please let me know so I can credit you!)

51     14 May     Filly    buckskin pinto     Molly (Good Golly Miss Molly); Twist

52     15 May     Filly    buckskin     Talia (Evan's Angel); Prince

53     19 May     Colt    buckskin     Serendipity; Chief

54     19 May     Colt    palomino     Taco (Two Teagues Taco); Chief

55     21 May     Filly    chestnut pinto     Stardust (Dreamer's Stardust); Prince

56     24 May     Filly    chestnut pinto     Carli Marie; Hidalgo

*57     25 May     Filly    bay pinto     Katet (Raindancer's Shadow of Katet);  *Beach Boy

58     27 May     Filly    buckskin     Miss Admiral Halsey; Twist   

Buy Back Foal

59     29 May     Colt    chestnut pinto     Hope (Sue's Crown of Hope); Puzzle

60     29 May     Colt    palomino pinto     Randy; Ace

61     31 May     Filly    bay pinto     Piper (Delilah's Sandpiper); Thunderbolt

62     31 May     Filly    bay pinto     Skylark; Ajax

63     1 June     Filly    bay pinto     A Splash of Freckles; Legacy

64     3 June     Colt    chestnut pinto     MissMe; Twist

*65     5 June     Colt    chestnut pinto with blue eyes      *Surfette (WH Surf and Sun); Ajax

66     5 June     Filly    chestnut pinto     Lorna Dune; Prince

Buy Back Foal

67     5 June     Colt    chestnut pinto     Beach Baby (Gidget's Beach Baby); Hoppy

(l to r)  Hoppy, Beach Baby, foal 67

68     6 June     Colt    buckskin pinto     Sky Dancer; Twist

69     10 June     Colt    chestnut pinto     Little Duckie; Puzzle

QUEEN  NEPTUNE  will be raffled off at 7 p.m. on 26 July

70     14 June     Filly    chestnut     Rainbow Delight (Kimball's Rainbow Delight); Prince

71     14 June     Colt    chestnut     Dreamer's Gift; Ken

(l to r)  Ken, Dreamer's Gift, foal # 71

Buy Back Foal

*72     14 June     Filly    bay pinto     *Moon (WH Winter Moon); DLSII

73     15 June     Colt    chestnut    Tuleta Star; Hoppy

74     22 June     Colt    chestnut     Doc Amrien (Doctor Amrien); Hoppy

+++  DECEASED  +++  75     1 July     Filly    chestnut pinto     Thunderstorm (Thunderstorm Skies); Riptide

The following 3 foals born are possibly Misty of Chincoteague descendants - all the mares were seen being bred by 2 or 3 stallions, but all were bred by *Beach Boy, a Misty descendant

+++ DECEASED +++   76     7 July     Filly    chestnut     Tiger Lily (aka Waterbaby);  *Beach Boy or Legacy         

77     8 July     Filly    chestnut pinto     Sonny's Legacy;  *Beach Boy or Riptide

         ++  Photos taken within 12 hours of birth  ++

78     10 July     Filly    bay pinto    Gracey;  *Beach Boy or  Legacy  or  Riptide

79     17 July     Colt    chestnut pinto     Chili; Ajax

    Unless there is a sudden illness, or catastrophic injury, all of the foals in the listings above - with the exception of #29, Beebe's Perfect Storm, who has already been sold - will be auctioned off on Thursday, 27 July 2023 beginning at 8 a.m., Eastern Daylight Savings Time.  You can bid in person at the Carnival Grounds on Chincoteague Island, or via the internet (see the instructions and information on the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company website, whose link was posted earlier in this blog).