Historical Pony: Ocean Star

I first saw this stallion 30 years ago and he still remains memorable! Ocean Star, aka Billy Ray Bay. He was a solid bay stallion born sometime in the 1980s and died in 2007. His only white was a left hind cornet. His left ear was notched at some point. Ocean Star's old identification number was S7. His last offspring on Assateague is Pappy's Pony. The late Leah's Bayside Angel, Galadriel, and Jackie's Girl were also his daughters. He's my pony's damsire so I'm happy to own a bit of the old man. Ocean Star was a popular sire back in the day and sired many nice show ponies.

Ocean Star was likely sired by Broken Jaw as he looked quite a bit like him. That would have made Ocean Star half Mustang. That tracks because he towered over the other ponies, much like Broken Jaw did.
https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/mustang.html

He was a bay and had one copy of agouti. He sired some black foals. If he'd had two copies of agouti then he would have only sired bays, no blacks.
https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/bay.html

Ocean Star sired a number of chestnut foals, including the successful eventer Hershey With Almonds. That tells us he carried recessive chestnut.
https://www.thecolorfulchincoteague.com/chestnut.html