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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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]
More than 200 ponies swam from Assateague Island to neighboring Chincoteague Island in the 92nd Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim event in Virginia.