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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.
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]
The rows of folding chairs lining Main Street of the town of Chincoteague, and the meandering tracks of mud boots in the marsh of the Virginia coast tell the story of another pony pending.
97th Chincoteague Pony Swim Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in Chincoteague, Virginia. The Chincoteague Pony Swim , made famous by Marguerite Henry's "Misty of Chincoteague," is a time of homecoming for ...
The town provides a free Pony Swim Shuttle service, beginning at 5 a.m. The Pony Shuttle runs between various locations on Chincoteague Island and Veterans Memorial Park.
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Chincoteague's King Neptune (the first to make landfall) is named. Bonds formed over "Misty." Delmarva Now live updates from Pony Swim 2022.