Betty's Critters - & History Views

 Following are the registered names of the Chincoteague Pony foal who were auctioned at the 28 July 2022 Pony Penning Sale.  These are names registered as of 10:30 am MDT on 9 August 2022.  When I state "registered" names - these are names sent to the Chincoteague Pony Pedigree Database, amassed and kept up-to-date by Amanda Geci.  If you look at the database, only people who have registered their ponies with the ICPA&R - see next sentence - will have the seal seen in the photos attached.  I am using the photos taken by the International Chincoteague Pony Association & Registry LLC on the morning of the auction.  Underneath the photo of the foal, I will type in "quotation marks" the pony's "call" or "Barn" name, if it is designated, followed by the registered name.  (Sometimes more than half of the foals auctioned are never registered.)  Following are the ones named by the time listed above: "Nick"  -  KKS Nickajack   (...

 Out of the 65 foals born to the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company's Chincoteague Pony herds that live almost year round on the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on Assateague Island Nation Seashore in Virginia, the Pony Committee of the CVFC has chosen ten fillies designated as this year's Buy-Backs.   Buy-Backs are foals that are sold at auction to the highest bidder - however  the pony will stay in the care of the CVFC on the islands, for the rest of the pony's natural life.  The person, or group, who purchases the foal has the right of a purchase photo (or several photos) with that specific foal, and that person, or group, gets to name the pony.  The Buy-Backs then return to Assateague after the Pony Penning Auction until the Fall Round-Up in October.  The Buy-Backs are then caught and trailered to the CVFC Main Street Carnival Grounds on Chincoteague, where they receive grain and hay to insure they get a good start on life.  At the time of t...