Born: 1974
Sire: unknown
Dam: Windy
Cyclone was Windy's first son. He was born on the Chincoteague Miniature Pony Farm which was owned by Paul Merritt. When Cyclone was born, his grandmother Stormy, had also had a foal named Misty II. Oddly enough, Stormy rejected Misty II, refusing to let her nurse. Windy unselfishly adopted Misty II and allowed her to nurse alongside Cyclone. This incident created a loving bond between Misty II and Cyclone. It was also fictionalized in the book A Pony Promise by Lois Szymanski.
Cyclone remained a stallion all his life. In the mid-80's, Cyclone was regularly turned out with the Misty family mares and was allowed to breed with them, even his own mother. This resulted in him siring many Misty family ponies, but also caused a lot of inbreeding. Some of the foals were born with genetic defects and did not survive.
In 1988, Mike Pryor, who had bought Cyclone's mother and brother/son a year before, decided to buy Cyclone and one of his daughters, Gentle Breeze. Cyclone went to live in Pennsylvania. Mike traveled around with Cyclone and the other Misty ponies, and took them to schools, fairs, libraries, and of course, back to Chincoteague for Pony Penning. Cyclone sired a few more foals in Pennsylvania: Chemina Mist, Wind Jammer, and "Junior" a black and white foal.
Cyclone lived into his thirties before he passed away in 2005.
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