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One of the rarest versions of Breyer's Misty model is a chalky. Chalky means it has a white basecoat underneath the model's paint. In the mid 1970s Breyer had to use whatever color plastic that was available rather than the usual white. Sometimes they were made of ground up rejected models. So they had to paint the model white before finishing the model. Some chalkies are rarer than others and Misty is one of the rarest. This particular model belongs to our friend Lauren Hoeffer. It can also been seen on our page Breyer's Misty Family: https://www.mistysheaven.com/breyermisty.html
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A Chincoteague Miniature Pony Farm postcard with Windy and her first two foals. Windy was Misty's first granddaughter and Stormy's second foal. She was half Thoroughbred through an accidental breeding of Stormy to a racehorse owned by Ralph Beebe. We didn't doubt this story, but were excited to confirm it last year though DNA testing. One of her living descendants with multiple lines to her came up as 29% Thoroughbred. An unusual result for a Chincoteague Pony. We're hoping to one day figure out the identity of Windy's sire. https://www.mistysheaven.com/windy.html Windy's 1973 daughter Sunshine is next to her. Sunshine was later sold to Florida and is the dam of Misty's Twilight who had her own Marguerite Henry book. http://www.mistysheaven.com/sunshine.html The third pony is Cyclone born in 1974. He was a breeding stallion and sired many foals on the old Pony Farm. At least three of his foals were unfortunately out of his dam Windy. http://www.mistysheaven.com/cyclone.html  Misty in the 1940s and Misty II in the 1990s bringing the Chincoteague Pony and the story of Misty to the public. Misty photo from a Pictorial Life Story of Misty. Misty II photo courtesy of Kendy Allen.   Chincoteague Pony stallion Surfer's Riptide is getting a Breyer model in 2025. A portion of each purchase will go to the Chincoteague Fire Company and the Museum of Chincoteague Island. To purchase directly from Breyer: https://www.breyerhorses.com/collections/new/products/surfer-s-riptide-chincoteague-pony Surfer's Riptide isn't a descendant of Misty, but he has sired 7 Misty descendants with Misty mares on Assateague. He has a page on our website because of his Misty foals: https://www.mistysheaven.com/surfersriptide.html  Breyer photo An ad for Stormy, Misty's Foal published in the San Fransisco Enquirer in 1963.  Happy New Year! 2024 was our milestone 25th anniversary year! We celebrated with a complete overhaul of our website mistysheaven.com It was also expanded with new pages added and more to come! Photos from this year's activities are in this post. We started an Instagram account and on our Facebook page we're followed by 9,600 fellow Misty fans! Around 1,000 pictures (past and present) and media were added to our albums. It was another busy year for Misty ponies and us. Amanda attended Pony Penning and followed the Chincoteague Pony Drill Team around to their many events that week. She met up with the Drill Team the following weekend to see them perform at Kentucky Horse Park. Their first performance there in many years. Misty's Red Dawn took up residence in the Kentucky Horse Park's Breed Barn and will continue her stay there into 2025. We were featured in Saddle Seeks Horse Susan Friedland's youth adaptation of her book Marguerite, Misty and Me. We were delighted to partner with Beach & Bead for a special fundraiser of Beebe Ranch shingles to benefit the Museum of Chincoteague Island. The known 2024 Misty family foals are listed below. If we've missed any we'd love to add them! They are all listed on our website under their closest relation to Misty. Colt by Nightmist Legend Colt out of Misty's Shadows Colt by WH Windy's Beach Boy Colt by WH Windy's Beach Boy CLS Leather and Lace Filly by WH Windy's Beach Boy Salty McGeorge Hart's Desert Downpour Maeve Misty's Magical Moonlight Dream Misty's Moonlight Dancer Remi Scarlett Sparrows Summer's Misty Tide Wildfire's Phoenix Winter Affair There's some awesome events in 2025 we can't wait to tell y'all about!
This is Emma, the youngest pony to play Misty in the movie. The first photo is Emma with her dam. Emma appeared to be a bay, possibly a silver bay. The next is her after her bleach job with movie Phantom. Her natural dark hair still showing through on her face, which can be spotted in the movie The bleaching was done to make her look like palomino Misty. These photos are from The Pictorial Life Story of Misty in which Marguerite Henry writes about Emma. Emma spent her post-movie life at Burton's Ranch (now Tom's Cove Campground). An article from 1965 described her as a brunette again after being bleached blonde for her leading role. She had a stall in the barn with her name above the door, it seemingly said Misty because the name Emma isn't mentioned. Would love to know more about her life!
Cute drawing of Misty that appeared in Florida Today on June 17, 1977. I hope Laura kept her love for Misty!  Three movie Mistys during the filming of the 1961 movie. The real Misty was in her mid teens and too old to play a young filly so three foals played the part. The smallest is Emma who was bleached to pseudo palomino color. A color photo of her pre-bleach in A Pictorial Life Story of Misty. It's hard to tell but it appears the oldest is the foal that was later named Misty II and raffled off. More on her at the bottom of this page on our website: https://www.mistysheaven.com/mistysrelatives.html  Misty merchandise was produced in the early 1960s as a tie in to the children's picture book Misty the Wonder Pony. Toy ponies, puzzles, and stick horses like this one have survived to today. This particular stick horse Misty was recently added to the Misty's Heaven collection. It's in absolutely fantastic shape. The mane, reins, and bell are still there. There's very little wear and tear overall. The kid it belonged to took very good care of it! More Misty memorabilia can be see on our website: https://www.mistysheaven.com/mistymemorabilia.html
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