Two New Foals on the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Yesterday afternoon, Ally Kroon and her friend took the afternoon Refuge Bus Tour at the CNWR, hoping to see a few herds of the Chincoteague ponies.  They hit the jackpot - being the first to see foal number 60 - a black tobiano pinto, sired by Ace's Black Tie Affair, and out of Jean Bonde's Bayside Angel. The sex of the foal is not yet known, but Ally Kroon took the following two photos:

  Darcy and Steve Cole, of DSc Photography, decided to make the hike up to the north end of the island, to see if they could see the foal and determine it's sex.  No word so far on foal 60; but hiking north, Darcy did see a new foal (number 61) sired by Ajax with Skylark.  The foal is a bay tobiano pinto, and from the third photo, I'd say that it's a filly...  I'll let you know the sexes of both foals as soon as they are "officially" announced.  The following three photos are by DSC Photography.

Possible Buy-Back Foals.... (With Photos)

According to reports from the Southern Holding Pens on Beach Road at Assateague Island, Virginia, ten fillies are now sporting necks tags, after the veterinarian check.  There are eight red tags and two yellow tags.  Usually the red tags designate the chosen Buy Back foals for the year.  The two yellow tags are alternate choices, in case of injury, or if one of the red tags ends up being the first foal to swim across the channel and be raffled off as (in this case) Queen Neptune.

    The eight red-tagged fillies are:

Black Pearl and Riptide

Calceti'n and Ace or Maverick

Essie and Mavrick

Whisper of a Living Legend and Ken

Beach Baby and Ace

Catwalk Chaos and Prince of Tides

Kachina and Hoppy

Doc Amrien and Hoppy

Yellow Tags:

Jigsaw and Tornado's Legacy

Skylark and Legacy or Puzzle

Varied Photos

Ziconic, yearling son of Zenyatta, on his way to Mayberry Farm for training

Riptide (left) and Skylark, Chincoteague ponies

Curl crested aracari

Fall foliage near Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Golden hay and hills, South Park, Colorado