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Sunday, June 2, 2019

Foal Number 50 Has Arrived - And Other Things

Poco's Starry Night had a beautiful black foal with a star last night, or early this morning... The sire is Riptide, and the mare and foal were spotted early this morning by Darcy and Steve Cole. This is the 50th foal born to the Chincoteague Pony herd this year. - On May 30th, Kachina and Hoppy had a gorgeous buckskin with a star... Photos of both are below:

Foal # 49 - Kachina Grand Star and Hoppy

Foal # 50 - Poco's Starry Night and Riptide

And the Pony Committee and veterinarians decided that it was time to release Smooch and her palomino pinto filly (who was born at the Carnival Grounds) back onto Assateague. Instead of releasing Smooch in the north, where Legacy, the sire of her current foal resides, Smooch and the filly were released in the southern compound. She is foal number 39...

In thoroughbred horse racing news, the owners of Maximum Security have asked that a judge review all the evidence in the case regarding the disqualification of their horse from first place to 17th in the running of the Kentucky Derby, and have him/her make the decision instead of going before a jury and having a trial. - And, after all the fall-out and discussions regarding the disqualification by the stewards of Maximum Security, there have been quite a few calls for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to change their rules regarding the stewards' decisions and making appeals.

Also, On Saturday, 8 June, the third leg of the Triple Crown, The Belmont Stakes, will be run at Belmont in Elmont Park in New York. At the moment, a field of ten horses is anticipated, with seven of the ten having run in either the Kentucky Derby and/or the Preakness. Currently, the ten entries are expected to be: Tacitus, War of Will, Bourbon War, Master Fencer, Sir Winston, Intrepid Heart, Everfast, Spinoff, Tax and Joevia. The post position draw and morning-line betting odds announcements will take on Tuesday. I'll report the outcome that afternoon/evening...

Thursday, May 30, 2019

A New Foal - And Other Foals

First, foal 49 has joined us - Kachina and Hoppy have produced what looks to be a buckskin baby. Seen from a distance, and not seen clearly, so sex is definitely unknown. Baby spotted this morning, 30 May...

Foal 48 is a filly, the daughter of A Splash of Freckles and Legacy:

And, today's "bonus" is a series of photos of two foals sired by Wild, playing together... They are both bay pintos. - The colt (# 9) is a darker base color, out of Summer's Gentle Sea Breeze, and was born on 20 April. The filly (#13) is lighter in color and has a splash of white on her neck; she is out of Tuleta Star, and was born on 27 April. - She's leading in the first photo; he's leading in the second...

** All photos shared today were taken by, and are the property of

DSC Photography **

Sunday, July 2, 2017

2017 Chincoteague Pony Foals 21 through 30

These are photos from different sources and people, some are copyrighted (mainly by Darcy and Steve Cole, owners of DSC Photography of Greenbackville, Virginia), some are not. Copyrighted photos are always marked so.
The names in quotation marks after the sex id are my personal names for the foals - of course, whoever actually purchases the babies will give them their registered names - but this helps me keep them straight....
The photos are also NOT arranged chronologically - I just try to choose shots that give a good view of markings on each side, as well as a facial shot... Sometimes a butt shot will be included because of bulls-eyes or tail markings - a half-color tail, or a tipped tail, etc...

#21 - colt sire: Puzzle; dam: Scotty's ET 29 April 2017