Photos of Foal 56, And One of Foal 57 - Chincoteague Ponies

Darcy and Steve Cole finally got close enough to get some good photos of foal number 56, who arrived on Wednesday, 19 June.  Equine genetics fooled me (again!) in this foals' coat color - the mare is a solid bay (Two Teague's Taco), and a photo surfaced proving that Ace is the sire.  Ace is a minimally marked black overo pinto; so I figured the foal would be a bay pinto.  Wrong!   A beautiful bright chestnut tobiano is the result - and it's a beautiful little filly!

Foal number 57 was spotted this morning, at a far distance.  The dam is May's Grand Slam, and the sire is Ken.  May is a bay tobiano pinto; Ken is a minimally marked chestnut overo pinto.  The photo was taken looking into the sun, so the colors are not true - but the baby is a pinto, chestnut or bay...  (I think it is a bay, myself.)  Better photos will be provided when available.

Newest Chincoteague Pony Foals and Up-dated Photos

There are three new foals to report on the Virginia side of Assateague Island...  Bling Bling (registered name Diamond's Bay Dream) and Chief Golden Eagle had a bay filly on 16 May; and two new babies were spotted yesterday - Lorna Dune and Prince of Tides have a palomino pinto, and Friendly Girl (also known as Witch Kraft) and Chief had a chestnut pinto colt.  Friendly Girl is currently the oldest pony on the Virginia end, at 27 years of age; her last foal was in 2016, when she and Wild Thing had a chestnut pinto filly.  Lorna Dune's buy back donor spotted the foal yesterday - but the mare is way out in the middle of the Plover Flats, so close viewing is impossible.  The photos of her foal were taken by  Kathleen Cahall, and belong solely to her.

Foal # 35  - bay filly, out of Bling Bling, by Chief

 These photos are property of DSC Photography

Foal # 36  - palomino pinto, out of Lorna Dune, by Prince of Tides

 These photos are property of Kathleen Cahall

Foal # 37  - chestnut pinto colt, out of Friendly Girl, by Chief

Above photo is property of Captain Dan Davis

 Bottom photo is property of DSC Photography

Foal # 14  - bay pinto filly, out of Tuleta Star, by Wild Thing

Photo property of DSC Photography

Foal # 25  - chestnut pinto colt, out of Chickadee, by Ace

Photo property of DSC Photography

Two More Foals Make Seven So Far

First, I was told some incorrect information.  We were missing one mare from the Spring Round-Up - Cody's Little Jigsaw Puzzle (aka Jigsaw) was seen in a hugely pregnant state on Wednesday, April 10.  She was not brought in, and her buy back people are hoping desperately, as we all are, that she separated herself to foal, and just hasn't rejoined her herd.  We're all keeping our fingers crossed and hoping to see her soon.
  Sunday afternoon a hiker on the CNWR saw that Destiny had a new foal.  The hiker couldn't get photos, but the DSC Photography crew was lucky enough to get a few distant snapshots of the baby.  It's definitely a pinto; the mom is definitely Destiny Feathering Spirit, so the sire is Puzzle (aka Archer's Gambit).
  This morning, Miracle's Natural Beauty was found with a solid buckskin colt at her side.  The sire is Tornado's Legacy.
   Also, after much thought, the veterinarians decided that Smooch, the daughter of the late Butterfly Kisses, wasn't looking the way she should, so she has been trailered over to the Carnival Grounds on Chincoteague for some TLC and extra feed.  She has joined Ajax, Oreo, Treasure and  Star; while Sonny's Legacy and her Riptide colt are kept separate.
  Each of the seven foals born so far have a different sire - so now I'm looking for foals from Wild Thing, Ace, Maverick, Ajax, Neptune and Ken.  I'm pretty sure that Rainbow Warrior hasn't sired any babies, and neither Beach Boy (aka Saltwater Renegade), Henry's Hidalgo, nor CLG ToMorrow's Tidewater Twist have bred any mares successfully.

Jigsaw and Skeeter, her 2018 filly; photo by Capt. Dan Davis

 The following two  photos are the property of DSC Photography.

Destiny and her Puzzle foal

 Miracle's buckskin colt sired by Legacy.