And another look at the other definite Misty-descended foal on Assateague, foal 4, a filly out of WH Winter Moon and sired by the Don Leonard Stud II.
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Showing posts with label DLSII. Show all posts
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Foal 58, Out of Wildfire Is a Colt
WH Wildfire, the Misty of Chincoteague descendant who is the dam of foal 58, produced a colt for Surfer's Riptide on 27 June. There is a small possibility that the sire is the Don Leonard Stud II, but the markings look very similar to foal 27, which is definitely Riptide's get. (And I don't believe that Wildfire was ever covered by DLSII, myself...) Here are much better photos of colt 58, taken, as always, by DSC Photography...
Monday, April 8, 2019
Kentucky Derby Preview - and Foal Four
Well, it's 26 days to the Running of the Roses - The 144th annual running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Kentucky. Other races and other sporting events did not take place during the years of World Wars I and II, but the Kentucky Derby continued each and every year.
Currently, The Kentucky Derby is run over a distance of 1 1/4 miles (10 furlongs, or 2,012 meters); it has always been run on the main dirt track; the field is open to 3-year-old thoroughbreds only (and they must qualify via a point system); colts and geldings (the males) carry 126 pounds, and, if a filly runs in the Roses, she carries 121 pounds.
For the first 20 years of the Kentucky Derby, the distance was 1 and 1/2 miles. Aristides won the first Kentucky Derby in 1875, a year after Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr started the Louisville Jockey Club. The fastest time for the 1 1/2 mile Derby was run by Spokane in 1889, in a time of 2:34.5. In 1896, the length was shortened to 1 and 1/4 miles, and the fastest time recorded for this distance was clocked by Secretariat in 1973, at 1:59 2/5.
A few facts: The greatest winning margin in the Kentucky is 8 lengths, which has been accomplished by four horses: Old Rosebud in 1914, Johnstown in 1939, Whirlaway in 1941, and Assault in 1946. Two jockeys have each won 5 Kentucky Derbys: Eddie Arcaro and Bill Hartack. The trainer with the most wins is Ben A Jones, with 6. The owner with the most wins is Calumet Farm with 8. And the longest betting odds for a winner was on Donerail, who won in 1913.
With the Kentucky Derby limited to only 20 starters, the point system came into being. Most of the Kentucky Derby prep races have been run, but there are still two left - to be run on Saturday, 13 April - the Arkansas Derby and the Lexington Stakes. In the meantime, here are the current top 25 leaders in the point system. The current number in the standings, followed by the name of the horse, followed by the name of the trainer:
1. Tacitus Bill Mott
2. Vekoma George Weaver
3. Plus Que Parfait Brendan Walsh
4. Roadster Bob Baffert
5. By My Standards W Bret Calhoun
6. Maximum Security Jason Servis
7. Game Winner Bob Baffert
8. Code of Honor Shug McGaughey
9. Haikal Kiaran McLaughlin
10. War of Will Mark Casse
11. Long Range Toddy Steve Asmussen
12. Tax Danny Gargan
13. Cutting Humor Todd Pletcher
14. Win Win Win Michael Trombetta
15. Gray Magician Peter Miller
16. Spinoff Todd Pletcher
17. Bodexpress Gustavo Delgado
18. Signalman Kenny McPeek
19. Omaha Beach Dick Mandella
20. Bourban War Mark Henning
21. Somelikeithotbrown Mike Maker
22. Instagrand Jerry Hollendorfer
23. Anothertwistafate Blaine D Wright
24. Country House Bill Mott
25. Sueno Keith Desormeaux
In other news - Chincoteague pony news, that is - the second foal born on the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge this spring, the bay pinto baby out of Danny's Girl Splash, and sired by Hoppy, is a filly. (Photo copyrighted by DSC Photography)
Currently, The Kentucky Derby is run over a distance of 1 1/4 miles (10 furlongs, or 2,012 meters); it has always been run on the main dirt track; the field is open to 3-year-old thoroughbreds only (and they must qualify via a point system); colts and geldings (the males) carry 126 pounds, and, if a filly runs in the Roses, she carries 121 pounds.
For the first 20 years of the Kentucky Derby, the distance was 1 and 1/2 miles. Aristides won the first Kentucky Derby in 1875, a year after Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr started the Louisville Jockey Club. The fastest time for the 1 1/2 mile Derby was run by Spokane in 1889, in a time of 2:34.5. In 1896, the length was shortened to 1 and 1/4 miles, and the fastest time recorded for this distance was clocked by Secretariat in 1973, at 1:59 2/5.
A few facts: The greatest winning margin in the Kentucky is 8 lengths, which has been accomplished by four horses: Old Rosebud in 1914, Johnstown in 1939, Whirlaway in 1941, and Assault in 1946. Two jockeys have each won 5 Kentucky Derbys: Eddie Arcaro and Bill Hartack. The trainer with the most wins is Ben A Jones, with 6. The owner with the most wins is Calumet Farm with 8. And the longest betting odds for a winner was on Donerail, who won in 1913.
With the Kentucky Derby limited to only 20 starters, the point system came into being. Most of the Kentucky Derby prep races have been run, but there are still two left - to be run on Saturday, 13 April - the Arkansas Derby and the Lexington Stakes. In the meantime, here are the current top 25 leaders in the point system. The current number in the standings, followed by the name of the horse, followed by the name of the trainer:
1. Tacitus Bill Mott
2. Vekoma George Weaver
3. Plus Que Parfait Brendan Walsh
4. Roadster Bob Baffert
5. By My Standards W Bret Calhoun
6. Maximum Security Jason Servis
7. Game Winner Bob Baffert
8. Code of Honor Shug McGaughey
9. Haikal Kiaran McLaughlin
10. War of Will Mark Casse
11. Long Range Toddy Steve Asmussen
12. Tax Danny Gargan
13. Cutting Humor Todd Pletcher
14. Win Win Win Michael Trombetta
15. Gray Magician Peter Miller
16. Spinoff Todd Pletcher
17. Bodexpress Gustavo Delgado
18. Signalman Kenny McPeek
19. Omaha Beach Dick Mandella
20. Bourban War Mark Henning
21. Somelikeithotbrown Mike Maker
22. Instagrand Jerry Hollendorfer
23. Anothertwistafate Blaine D Wright
24. Country House Bill Mott
25. Sueno Keith Desormeaux
In other news - Chincoteague pony news, that is - the second foal born on the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge this spring, the bay pinto baby out of Danny's Girl Splash, and sired by Hoppy, is a filly. (Photo copyrighted by DSC Photography)
And Captain Dan Davis came through again, on the Foal Patrol, spotting the fourth foal - a gorgeously marked pinto sired by the Don Leonard Stud II (DLSII) and out of the Misty-family mare, Moon. Captain Dan had to take the photos looking into the sun, so they aren't the greatest - but the baby is very nice!! Looks like a bald face, a white butt and backs of the hind legs with a dark tail-tip, and white markings on the neck and withers... A bay pinto, I think (but maybe a dark chestnut).
Sunday, July 23, 2017
Pony Penning 2017 with Photos - 1
Originally, Pony Penning (as well as Sheep Penning, Cattle Penning, and Hog Penning) was a one day affair that took place entirely on Assateague. Chincoteague was too small to have livestock roaming at large, and, livestock on Chincoteague were taxed. If you had livestock on Assateague, you didn't pay taxes on them. - It was like an early off-shore banking account.
Pony Penning took place in mid- to late summer, after the mares had foaled. The folks on Chincoteague boated or barged over the channel, and joined the villagers on Assateague in rounding up the livestock. The women cooked and baked all day; children first helped the ladies, and then went and played; the men went out on horseback, and on foot, and brought in all the horses and ponies they could find.
In the earliest years, branding wasn't done - the owner sliced, or nocked, his animal's ears in a specific pattern. If a foal was with a specific mare, they marked the foal the same as the mare. Each year, though, there were a few animals that had been missed previously. It was decided to tally up who owned the most horses and on down the line of numerical ownership. Those with the most horses got one more - and the rich became richer... But that was the equitable agreement amongst the islanders - and some could not afford a horse, nor did they wish to have one.
In the mid-1880s, with a new group of visitors to Chincoteague - those folks visiting for the salt air, fishing, and hunting - it was decided to add some more excitement to Pony Penning. It had been noted for years that the ponies entered both the Channel and the ocean to escape flies, and that they occasionally swam between the islands. And so, the Pony Swim began, across the narrowest part of the Assateague Channel between the two islands.
People came to see the sight; and a one day affair turned into a two day affair; then a three day affair. Now it's Pony Penning Week. This year, it officially began at 4 p.m. yesterday, when the Saltwater Cowboys began rounding up the four herds that run on the southern compartment of Assateague. Today, the northern herds will be rounded up. Monday, the dawn beach walk will take place. Tuesday all ponies will have their veterinarian check-up. Wednesday is the swim across the channel at slack tide. Thursday is the auction of foals. Friday is the swim back to Assateague at slack tide... It's a very busy time for every member of the Volunteer Fire Company, their families, and for anyone who lives on Chincoteague.
These are a few photos from yesterday's gathering of the southern herds.
Pony Penning took place in mid- to late summer, after the mares had foaled. The folks on Chincoteague boated or barged over the channel, and joined the villagers on Assateague in rounding up the livestock. The women cooked and baked all day; children first helped the ladies, and then went and played; the men went out on horseback, and on foot, and brought in all the horses and ponies they could find.
In the earliest years, branding wasn't done - the owner sliced, or nocked, his animal's ears in a specific pattern. If a foal was with a specific mare, they marked the foal the same as the mare. Each year, though, there were a few animals that had been missed previously. It was decided to tally up who owned the most horses and on down the line of numerical ownership. Those with the most horses got one more - and the rich became richer... But that was the equitable agreement amongst the islanders - and some could not afford a horse, nor did they wish to have one.
In the mid-1880s, with a new group of visitors to Chincoteague - those folks visiting for the salt air, fishing, and hunting - it was decided to add some more excitement to Pony Penning. It had been noted for years that the ponies entered both the Channel and the ocean to escape flies, and that they occasionally swam between the islands. And so, the Pony Swim began, across the narrowest part of the Assateague Channel between the two islands.
People came to see the sight; and a one day affair turned into a two day affair; then a three day affair. Now it's Pony Penning Week. This year, it officially began at 4 p.m. yesterday, when the Saltwater Cowboys began rounding up the four herds that run on the southern compartment of Assateague. Today, the northern herds will be rounded up. Monday, the dawn beach walk will take place. Tuesday all ponies will have their veterinarian check-up. Wednesday is the swim across the channel at slack tide. Thursday is the auction of foals. Friday is the swim back to Assateague at slack tide... It's a very busy time for every member of the Volunteer Fire Company, their families, and for anyone who lives on Chincoteague.
These are a few photos from yesterday's gathering of the southern herds.
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