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Beebe Ranch is an American horse ranch and museum located at 3062 Ridge Road, Chincoteague, Virginia. It was originally founded as a horse farm by the Beebe family sometime prior to 1923. The Ranch closed in 2010 when its owner, Billy Beebe, was deployed to Afghanistan during the War in Afghanistan as a member of the National Guard of the ...
On Aug. 21, officers with Cumberland County Animal Services removed a total of five foals — ranging in age from 2 to 5 months old — and two nursing mares from Witts End Quarter Horses in Cedar ...
In 1924, the first official Pony Penning Day was held, where the foals were auctioned at $25–50 each to raise money for fire equipment. [1] [2] The fire department owns the herd, and holds a grazing permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service which allows the fire department to let the horses graze on the Virginia side of Assateague Island ...
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Photo of Misty of Chincoteague taken on 12 June 1969 by Dr. Joseph Spies for his book, Wild Ponies of Chincoteague.Misty was 23 years old. Misty would serve as a conformational example of the "Traditional Type", or "Classic Type", of Chincoteague Pony in terms of anatomy: A solid stock pony type that was sound, with some flaws that were typical for range-bred horses, such as having a blocky ...
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Bertram bought the Catoctin Stud farm in Waterford, Virginia, in 1973. In 1991, he and Diana acquired the Newstead Farm in Upperville, Virginia. For racing in Europe, they operated the 1,200 acre Gilltown Stud farm in Kilcullen, County Kildare, Ireland near the famous Curragh, which they sold in 1989 to the Aga Khan IV for $14.2 million. [9]