Beebe Ranch Fundraiser
The real-life Misty of Chincoteague was born in 1946 at the Beebe Ranch in Chincoteague, Virginia. A few months later, Misty was bought as a weanling by Marguerite Henry. Inspired by her purchase and the Beebe Ranch, Marguerite wrote the novel “Misty of Chincoteague” which was published in 1947. Marguerite Henry and Rebecca Guisti would go on to create the Misty of Chincoteague Foundation to preserve the legacy of Misty and promote children's reading.
From books to movies and even model horses, Misty and the Beebe Ranch were icons for many of us as we grew up. Inspiring generations of youth to enjoy reading, learning about equines, and more, Misty and the Beebe Ranch hold a special place on the walls of equine history.
As some may know, the historic Beebe Ranch has been placed up for sale and currently has offers from developers. However, The Museum of Chincoteague Island, along with the Misty of Chincoteague Foundation, aim to raise enough funds to purchase the ranch to preserve the history of Misty and Chincoteague Island. Today, they have raised $310,000 out of $625,000 to purchase the ranch to preserve its history.
Although we may currently be a small game, we know Horse Fable does have some influence in the equine world and such influence means taking action when we can. Horse Fable prides itself on promoting causes and organizations that we believe make our world a richer and better place to live, especially those who wish to preserve equine history many of us know and love.
Today, we are extending a helping hand to promote the Beebe Ranch fundraiser as well as create a fundraiser of our own through the release of the Chincoteague Pony breed into Horse Fable.
The Chincoteague Pony is a limited edition rare breed that is only available for purchase via Chincoteague Pony Coins for $5 for 2 in the Ingot Store. All proceeds from the sale of these coins go toward the Beebe Ranch fundraiser. Chincoteague Pony coins will only be on sale from now until April 28th at 11:59 PM EST/ game time. Chincoteague Pony Coins have 10 color points and allow for variation selection of 1 - 6. After the sale, Chincoteague Ponies will only be found in the wilds.
If you wish to donate to the Beebe Ranch fundraiser directly you can visit their GoFundMe here or donate to the Museum of Chincoteague Island here.
In Horse Fable, Chincoteague Ponies excel in agility, endurance, and speed. The breed comes in all chestnuts, bays, greys, and black as well as creams, tobianos, splash white 1, nd1, and W20. Since Chincoteague Ponies are a limited edition rare breed, they have the same breeding restrictions as Marwaris and Akhal Tekes. After the coin sale, Chincoteague Ponies will only be available when found in the wilds. Because of this, Chincoteague Ponies come in a wide array of white markings and boast the largest white marking variation selection totaling 10 tobiano variations!
We hope everyone has an excellent rest of the week!
Cheers,
Bedouin & Curly
will this regular horse to buy later or limited
If we've purchased the coins, where do we get the horses?
JUST KIDDING! I found it :p
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@Mouces - This is limited to buy now. They will not be coming to the foundation store or available for coins later. After the fundraiser, they will only be found in the Wilds.
@FoxValley - The coin should appear in your storage. You'll select the coin and then there should be a use button that'll take you to the design lab.
I'm excited for this! I've gone to the pony swim once and hope to do the 100th anniversary for it, in 2 years time, with close people.
I actually do love the art style and I'm happy to wait on a full proper response for how things will be when you guys are ready to discuss it.
This is so special, thank you for sharing! I hadn't heard about the ranch, but feel that this is a fun way to help for so many of us that were influenced by the books, movies, and Breyer models growing up ❤️
Wow, some comments here are incredibly rude. I would have never noticed any difference had it not been pointed out and doing so was absolutely uncalled for. What childish behavior. It's art for a horse on a pixel game. Come on now. The admin team does not owe an explanation when you demand to have it, they will give it when ready. I am sorry you are dealing with this appalling behavior Curly.
While I was more interested in redone art for breeds we have, I understand why it is delayed.
That being said I love the Chincoteague ponies and visit the island for the swim many times. I cannot at the moment but when I have money I will purchase a couple of coins and make some of my favorite ponies like Ace and Riptide 🥰 I could not stand to see the Bebe Ranch be mowed down
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😭Misty of Chincoteague was such a big part of my childhood, I couldn't not buy a coin. Thank you for opening the fundraiser to us, I'm gonna go make my ponies now. <3
Oh wow i read those books as a child and had completely forgotten them until now. Will be buying a couple coins for sure :) Thanks for the great art 😀
Thank you for the variety of colors and patterns! I had missed the pattern with the heart on the body, that is SO cute!
It looks like they will be under "Clubs" because they show up in the list; however, it says no Clubs are available. Just checking to see if that's in the works, or if it will be under Breed Registries instead? Just excited to start playing with my Ponies! :D
Wow, some people here are rude.
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While I'm never gonna be happy about certain things being behind a paywall even though they're a small simple thing that's always been free to do on other sites [*cough* Avatar/profile tags *cough*] , And that halter shows are rubbish compared to when they were first around, I can at least appriciate and respet the work put into what's done so far.
I do enjoy the art work done here and think it's quite appealing, almost reminds me of the original art for the Aztecas way back when this game first started ~
You guys are trying and i can see that so that's what really matters. ~
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