Thursday, July 26, 2012

Pony Auction Photos

I'm frustrated this afternoon - I have a few photos from today's Chincoteague Pony Auction, but I don't have any information about how many foals (and/or yearlings) were sold; and no information regarding prices - except on two foals.  Anna Beer of Clarkston, Michigan made the winning bid on a buy-back foal for $4,300;  and two ladies purchased the buckskin buy-back foal (with the proceeds being donated to the Wounded Warriors Project, headed by Joe Lewis) for $5,300.  
  The first foal to reach the shore of Chincoteague yesterday was, according to the Salisbury Daily Times, "a chestnut stallion with white spots" - the first foal that finishes the swim is deemed King (or Queen) Neptune and is then raffled off at the Carnival Grounds on Wednesday afternoon. A lot of hopes to buy a specific pony die each year when that pony is the first to step on the shore of Chincoteague.  I am not positive, but I think that yesterday's King Neptune is in the following photo:
Possibly King Neptune 2012...  (see above)

Anna Beer kisses her $4,300  buy-back foal

Denise Bowden (left) presents Joe Lewis with a check for $5,300 - the amount that Bonnie Seeley and Carol Dennis (far right) spent on their buy-back pony - the funds went to the Wounded Warriors Program

A buckskin paint doesn't want to appear for the bidding crowd

Who wouldn't want such a refined face?

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