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Pony Penning, sometimes known as Pony Penning Days, Pony Penning Week, or Pony Swim, is an annual event held in Chincoteague, ...
The 99th annual Chincoteague Island Pony Penning and Swim is back for yet another year on the picturesque island. Here's everything you need to know. ... the last week of July is a pilgrimage to ...
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 ...
The Pony Penning week returns in full glory after two years of COVID-enforced hiatus. The 97-year Chincoteague tradition includes the Pony Swim on Wednesday and the Pony Auction on Thursday, the ...
The Chincoteague pony, also known as the Assateague horse, is a breed of horse that developed, and now lives, within a semi-feral or feral population on Assateague Island in the US states of Virginia and Maryland. The Chincoteague pony is one of the many breeds of feral horses in the United States.
In the Pony Penning, which has been held annually since 1925, horses swim across the shallow water between the islands. At "slack tide" on the Wednesday before the last Thursday of every July, Chincoteague's "Saltwater Cowboys" herd the wild Chincoteague ponies from Assateague Island, across the Assateague Channel, to neighboring Chincoteague ...
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
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]