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Festivities are set to kick off on Saturday, July 20, with the South Herd Roundup, courtesy of the Saltwater Cowboys, at 7 a.m. The North Herd will be rounded up on Sunday, July 21, at 6 a.m.
Saturday, July 23: Saltwater Cowboys will begin to round up about 50 adult ponies and their foals on the southern end of Assateague Island into the South Corral Saturday afternoon beginning at ...
The penning took place on both islands, until a wealthy farmer purchased a significant portion of Assateague Island, which forced many settlers to move to Chincoteague Island. This necessitated a change in the pony penning format, and by 1923, all parts of pony penning except for the actual roundup had moved to Chincoteague Island.
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.
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.
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]
Assateague stallion Horses play near an Assateague Island campsite Assateague Lighthouse in 2001. Assateague Island is a 37-mile (60 km) long barrier island located off the eastern coast of the Delmarva Peninsula facing the Atlantic Ocean. [1] The northern two-thirds of the island are in Maryland, and the southern third is in Virginia.
The Assateague Island special highlights the work of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the National Park Service to protect the island ...