June 2020 Issue

Page 30 June 2020 EAST COAST EQUESTRIAN Print subscribers get FREE classifieds! FREE Print subscribers get FREE non-commercial classified ads! Just email your non-commercial (events, horses/trailers/tack for sale, boarding/lessons/training etc.) classified, 35 words or less to steph@eastcoaste- questrian.net . Be sure to include your name and mailing address as it appears on your subscription label. (Not a print subscriber? Sign up online at eastcoastequestrian.net .) Classifieds can run in more than one issue but must be resubmitted each month. Deadline is the 12th of the month before publication. Stoney Creek Chincoteagues Steers Prospective Owners to Suitable Wild Foals usually quick at identifying each foal as they come in, so we cluster the buyers we’re help- ing around me, so I can call out which foal is up.” Choosing a Foal Alyssa Ronco of Mifflinburg, PA has dreamed of owning a Chincoteague Pony since she read “Misty of Chincoteague” as a child. After she lost her favorite horse, Poco, she found Dotzel on a Chincoteague Pony Facebook page. “They literally helped us through the process of choosing a foal,” Ronco said. “We wanted one that would grow to a larger size, so it would be a lifetime pony, and we really were specific about color - a buckskin or buckskin paint or a black. They recommended we make a list. They met us at the fence to help us make decisions based on bloodlines. Then, they had us choose a budget. We didn’t want to go over $3,000 and that is exactly what we spent.” Ronco said she’s had back- ground information on every other horse she and her family has purchased. “But here, you just don’t know,” she said. “It would have been a stab in the dark without Tipson and Allison. They know the bloodlines, the strategy. Allison can see hernias, whether the legs are straight, and that sort of thing.” In hindsight, she believes she got exactly the right horse. Sometimes, she even thinks Poco – the horse she lost - was reincarnated in her Chincoteague Pony, Tesoro. “I think we made a good choice,” she said. “He is a little bit hot, but once you get him to focus, he can do amazing things. He is so much like Poco that it’s crazy. They are both so mischie- vous. He knows how to open doors. He just wants you to pay attention to him.” Donna Gensel of Hughesville, PAworks for Tipson. She was there when Cody, and then Finn came home. In 2018, she decided she wanted one for her 11 grand- children. She talked to Myers, and then set to work making a chart of every baby as it was born. “I think 69 were born that year, so I started with 69 on my list,” she said with a laugh. “When I still had 69 on my list 10 days before Pony Penning, Tipson said, ‘That’s too many’. She started asking questions.” Tipson realized this pony needed to be solid and gentle – a kids’ pony. She had Gensel nar- row the list again. She crossed off all the fillies. “I didn’t want a moody girl,” she said. “Then, I crossed off all the palomino pintos. We had two here and I saw how dirty they got. I liked Riptide, so I started looking at all of his foals. At the corral, they helped me with con- formation and what they’d look like when they finished out.” Gensel said the pair point- ed out Secret Feather’s foal by Riptide several times. That bay with a wide blaze stuck in her head. But, at auction, it took a long time for him to come out, worrying Myers and Dotzel. “Allison said, ‘If you keep waiting you might end up with nothing,’ but I decided to wait. He came out #47. It was me and one other lady in a bidding war, but I got him, for $4,800.” Gensel said the colt, Swizzle, is everything she wanted. “Anything I ask of him, he is willing,” she said. “Nothing fazed him this year [at the Horse World Expo breed demo] except a few moments with a green trashcan. Even then, he just walked around it. He’s willing to do anything I ask of him. I’d wanted him to be calm enough for all 11 grandkids and he is just what I had hoped for.” Myers and Dotzel love what they do. “The transition from a com- pletely wild foal to a domestic one can be difficult and challenging, but also very rewarding,” Myers said. “Their personalities are so different. When I got Cody, it took me three weeks to get his halter on. I’d look at him and he would climb up the wall. But Swizzle literally wanted to crawl into my lap.” Dotzel said they each have a story all their own. She loves that you can bring one home and turn it into a great pony. “I also like that they are so versatile and have the talent and potential to excel in many differ- ent disciplines.” Myers agreed. “It makes me sad that there is a need for a Chincoteague Pony Rescue. I hope through my business of helping people pick the perfect pony and getting them started correctly, that all the foals that leave the island end up in a good situation.” For more information, call Stoney Creek Chincoteagues at (570) 419-6110 or find them on Facebook. Several people document the wild Chincoteague Pony herds dai- ly. Foremost is Darcy Cole of DSC Photography, who hikes over 100 miles each week, observing the ponies. Members keep spreadsheets based on her reports, of which mare was with which stallion on nearly every day of the year. Still, the term "Probable Sire" is used, as there could be an hour here or there that a mare sneaks away. Two genetics experts weigh in at the end of the year as the group reviews the list of foals. If there is a debate, color and pattern could come into play. For example, two solids can't produce a pinto, or if it has a blue eye, it likely has a splash gene and that narrows it down. 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