Critter Sitter's Blog: Three More Chincoteague Pony Foals - and Winter Moon Pedigree Information

Up until I raised my doubts about the lineage of Winter Moon, one of the donated mares given to the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company, no had ever tracked down her pedigree. It has now been proven that Winter Moon is, indeed, the daughter of WH Nightmist, a direct descendant of Misty of Chincoteague. So I can now feel that I can truly announce that the first Misty descendant born free on Assateague was the son of Winter Moon and the Don Leonard Stud II. Here's a photo of the bay pinto colt playing with the son of Sonny's Legacy and Riptide. He was first seen on April 8th. (He's the foal in action in this shot, if you don't know coat colors.) These two foals, 4 and 5, were taken, with their dams to the Carnival Grounds, to have a better bonding experience. They are back on Assateague now.

Two more foals were spotted yesterday, the 28th, and one was seen this morning. Both foals born yesterday were fillies; the sex of today's foal is as yet unknown. Yesterday morning, Darcy and Steve Cole saw a new chestnut pinto filly at Tiger Lily's side (she's also known as Waterbaby) ; the sire is Ajax. The second filly was seen by Captain Dan yesterday after at the side of Tuleta Star; this bay pinto was sired by Wild Thing. And Captain was, again, the first spotter of Tunie (aka Queenie) and Hoppy's solid bay foal seen this morning... There's a good reason that his Around the Island Tours is also known as "the Foal Patrol!"

Foal 13 - filly, sired by Ajax, out of Tiger Lily (aka Waterbaby)