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The auction of foals is always a huge part of Pony Penning week, especially with 89 up for bidding this year. Watch along live. Chincoteague Pony Auction 2024: Watch along live as big dreams come true
When is the big Chincoteague Pony Swim and auction? The annual Pony Swim is set to take place on Wednesday, July 24, at the earliest morning slack tide. As of June 18, the estimated swim window ...
The Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company was established in the same year, after a pair of fires ravaged the island. In 1924, the first official Pony Penning Day was held, where the foals were auctioned at $25–50 each to raise money for fire equipment.
From 2020 to 2021, the Chincoteague annual pony auction was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the pony swim was cancelled for the first time since World War II. [20] The 2020 online auction raised $388,000 from the sale of 68 ponies; and in the 2021 online auction, 75 ponies, including 10 buybacks, were auctioned for $416,950.
There's a spring roundup before the big Pony Penning. All to know. If you just can't get enough of the beloved Chincoteague ponies, good news. There's a spring roundup before the big Pony Penning.
Chincoteague (state pony) The Chincoteague herd is owned and managed by the volunteer fire company of the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on Assateague Island. Although referred to as a pony breed, the Chincoteague is phenotypically a horse. 2023 [25] [26]
The auction is also the biggest annual fundraiser for the fire department, which manages the wild pony herd. The tradition began in 1925 as a way to raise money for Chincoteague's volunteer fire ...
Salt Water Cowboys round up wild Chincoteague Ponies from Assateague Island and drive them across the Assateague Channel to Veteran's Memorial Park on Chincoteague Island. [2] Once on Chincoteague Island, the Salt Water Cowboys herd the ponies to pens on the Chincoteague Carnival Grounds where some of the foals are auctioned off the next day. [3]