Born: August 7, 1992
Sire: Sunpiper
Dam: Misty II
Heat Wave was Misty II's seventh foal, born in Manheim, Pennsylvania, on a very hot August day, hence her name. Interestingly, one of her eyes is half blue and half brown. She is sired by Sunpiper, a descendant of Misty II's half sister, Breezy. Sunpiper and Misty II were not that closely related and had some very fine traits so they were allowed to be bred together. Heat Wave takes after her father in appearance, but also sporting a big blaze down her face. She is a full sister to May Day Twister, and the sight of them together is quite special.
Shortly after Heat Wave was born, Hurricane Andrew whipped through the coast and Heat Wave injured her right eye during the storm, making her partially blind. Because of this injury, she was not able to become a show pony, but was gentled to ride and used around home. However, in 2000, Kendy Allen decided that Heat Wave was too good of a pony just to lay around the field, and she became a member of the Chincoteague Drill Team as well as appearing in pony shows at the newly established Chincoteague Pony Centre. Heat Wave is also a popular lesson pony at the Centre for her calm, sweet disposition as well as her willingness to do whatever is asked of her. Heat Wave is pictured alongside other Misty family members in the book Horses in Living Color by Barbara Livingston. She is also featured in Ember's Story: The Misty Miracle Pony.
Heat Wave is an excellent broodmare. She had her first foal in 1997 who was a beautiful buckskin colt named SunBeam. He is one of the few buckskin ponies in the Misty line. A year later, Kendy bred Heat Wave to the chestnut pinto stallion Cezanne, hoping for a palomino pinto filly. What she got was a solid chestnut colt named Scorcher. Heat Wave produced her first daughter in 2006 and the first cremello colored pony in the Misty line, who was appropriately named Icicle. The following year, she gave birth prematurely to a palomino pinto filly named September Stardust.
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