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Winners party for ponies
59 foals bring in $77,225 at auction
CHINCOTEAGUE -- Refusing to let the rare opportunity of owning a Chincoteague pony pass them by sent hundreds of bidders
to the 85th annual Pony Auction.
Visitors from around the nation packed the back of the carnival grounds Thursday to witness the selling of the Chincoteague
pony foals that had crossed the Assateague Channel the day before.
An unofficial tally showed 59 foals were sold at an average cost of $1,309 each, bringing in a total of $77,225. Last year, 67
foals were sold at the auction, which brought in a total of $93,900.
The auction's proceeds go to the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company, which owns and maintains the herd of ponies. This
money is used to cover the cost of new firefighting equipment, as well as pony vaccinations and other veterinary care.
Angie Mazzullo, 13, of Clinton, Md., was a first-time visitor to the auction. She was all smiles after her father, Mark, placed the
highest bid of $5,000 for a 2-month-old Palamino colt.
"I wanted him because he was cute and he was the only Palamino," said Mazzullo, who has been riding horses for the past six
years.
The second highest bid of $4,200 also went for a foal whose coat stood out from the rest -- a 3-month-old black colt marked
with white, heart-shaped patches on its shoulder and hindquarters. Laurie Walton of Chincoteague placed the bid so that her
friend, Peggy Jaegly of Centreville, Md., could have the pony for her career as a healing therapist.
According to an e-mail Jaegly sent Walton, Jaegly plans to create online videos that feature her playing soothing harp music to
the pony, which will help "the horse grow and respond to music."
But not everyone who won a bid would take their pony home. Some are auctioned for charity and then returned to the wild.
This year the fire company decided to donate the entire purchase cost of one "buyback pony" to Hospice and Palliative Care of
the Eastern Shore. Buyback ponies are released back to their home on Assateague Island. The buyback owners receive a
special plaque and the opportunity to name their purchased pony.
Molly Dailey of Chevy Chase, Md., became the owner of the Hospice buyback pony after her grandmother, Virginia Sappington,
placed a bid for $5,800.
Dailey, a 9-year-old avid horse rider, proudly stood next to Sappington and Karen Agar, Hospice chief executive officer, at the
purchase booth.
"It feels great knowing that I'm giving to a good cause," Dailey said.
The highest bid for a buyback pony was $8,100, placed by Sue Fitzgerald of Washington. For the last five years, Fitzgerald and
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her 14-year-old daughter, Megan, have attended the auction, where she purchases a buyback pony each year.
While some made bids but didn't take home ponies, another auction attendee was given her very first horse. Thanks to the
Feather Fund, a nonprofit that helps deserving children purchase ponies, 18-year-old Hannah Pavlas was the recipient.
"It was a huge miracle," said Pavlas, of Snohomish, Wash., as she smiled ear to ear, brushing away tears.
Even after receiving the receipt for the purchase of her red and white colt, the experience was still dreamlike.
"I still can't believe it's mine," said Pavlas with a laugh.
Caption:Molly Dailey, center, of Chevy Chase, Md., and her grandmother, Virginia Sappington, celebrate after placing the
winning bid of $5,800 on a Chincoteague pony buyback that benefits Hospice of the Eastern Shore during the Pony Auction on
Thursday. This year, the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company donated the proceeds of one buyback pony to the hospice
organization.
Jay Diem photo
T.J. Lord, left, and Tyler Marks control a Chincoteague pony foal while showing it at the 85th annual Chincoteague Pony
Auction on Thursday.
Jay Diem photo
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