Historical Pony: Island Star

Island Star was this striking mare born sometime in the late 1980s. She also had the names Lucky Star and Sea Star. Her old ID number was #32 that was branded on her shoulder. Can see it in this Pony Penning 2008 picture. Her parents are unknown. Island Star's only known foal kept for the herd is current herd member Pappy's Pony. She died winter 2008/2009. I'm working on a book that's coming out next year and got to the "island" named mares last week so she popped in my mind when looking for a pony to feature!

Island Star was a chestnut. Because chestnut is a recessive she passed it on to all of her foals, whether they were chestnut or not. Pappy's Pony is a bay but can see the recessive chestnut inherited from her dam in her many chestnut foals.
https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/chestnut.html

Her most distinctive feature was her flaxen mane. Is the best way to identify her! Island Star's tail was a lighter shade of chestnut but not as white as her mane was. We don't know how flaxen is inherited but it's genetic in some way.
https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/flaxen.html

It looks like Island Star had at least one copy of agouti. We don't have a record of all of her foals but she didn't produce a black, only bays and chestnuts.
https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/bay.html

Island Star only had a star and a sock but she had some flashy foals over the years. Her last foal Chincoteague Mystic Blaze had a big blaze and socks. Her granddaughter out of Pappy's Pony, Riptide's Cocoa Dream, tested as having White 20 and Eden White 3. They could have come from other ponies in the family but it does make me wonder.