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The pony swim occurs on Wednesday between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m., depending on slack tide. [10] [22] The exact time of the swim is announced the day before the swim. [12] It lasts approximately three-five minutes. [9] [23] Approximately 40,000 people gather on the shores to watch the swim from Veterans Memorial Park or Pony Swim Lane.
The Chincoteague Pony Swim, made famous by Marguerite Henry's "Misty of Chincoteague," is a time of homecoming for pony fans of all ages.Whether attendees have lived on Chincoteague their entire ...
A wet day to turn sunny for the beloved tradition. The annual pony penning celebration on Wednesday at Chincoteague's Wildlife Refuge will draw a huge crowd of pony lovers to brave the wet and ...
Chincoteague Ponies graze and laze around the Chincoteague Carnival Grounds Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Chincoteague, Virginia. Although the Pony Swim was canceled for a second year due to the ...
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.
On the last Wednesday in July, the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Department conducts the annual Wild Pony Swim as part of Pony Penning.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]
Thousands of people gathered in Virginia to watch the Chincoteague wild ponies make their annual swim across the Assateague Channel, the 99th year of the popular tradition. The ponies made the ...
The 2007 pony swim. The history of human activity in Chincoteague, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, begins with the Native Americans.Until European explorers possessed the island in the late 17th century, the Chincoteague Indians used it as a place to gather shellfish, but are not known to have lived there; Chincoteague Island lacked suitable soil for their agriculture.