Skip to navigation | Skip to content

Share your knowledge. Make a difference.

Chincoteague Ponies

1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic (by 8 people)   Your rating: 1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic

Ranked #464 in Travel, #16431 overall

Rated G. (Control what you see)

 

All about the wild ponies of Chincoteague Island Virginia and Assateague Island Virginia and Maryland. The most well known Chincoteague ponies were Misty and Stormy, made famous by the series of novels from Marguerite Henry .

Chincoteague Ponies 

Made famous by Marguerite Henry's bestselling book "Misty of Chincoteague", Chincoteague ponies run free on the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, which is the Virginia side of nearby Assateague Island. They are a beautiful breed, descended, according to local legend, from horses shipwrecked when a Spanish galleon sank just off the coast.

The ponies are the property of the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company whose famous "saltwater cowboys" round up the horses annually during the Pony Penning on the last Wednesday and Thursday of July. The ponies swim across a narrow part of the Assateague Channel at slack tide on Wednesday, corraled and auctioned off on Thursday.This "pony swim" is the highlight of the summer season.

2008 Chincoteague Pony Foals

Chincoteague Pony History 

While it's been well documented that at least 2 Spanish ships wrecked on the coast of Assateague Island, the exact origin of the ponies cannot be known.

Its highly likely that the ponies did originate from the Spanish ships and its well known that the herd has received many supplemental additions down thru the years.

Among the additions to the herd were ponies that were let loose by local citizens for a variety of reasons.

Other animals were released as a measure of diversifying the gene pool. These included ponies and several breeds of horses.

A Blue Eyed Pony

Chincoteague Pony Books 

Chincoteague Ponies on the Assateague Island Book (Chincoteague Ponies On The Assateague Island Book, Volumn One)

Chincoteague Ponies on the Assateague Island Book (Chincoteague Ponies On The Assateague Island Book, Volumn One)

This book is about a small herd of ponies living o more...0 points

Sea Star Orphan of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry

Sea Star Orphan of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry

Sequel to Misty of Chincoteague.<br />
Paul more...0 points

The Treasure of Assateague Island by Frank Stringfellow

The Treasure of Assateague Island by Frank Stringfellow

<p> <b>The Treasure of Assateague Isla more...0 points

Misty Boxed Set (Misty's Twilight; Sea Star; Stormy, Misty's Foal; Misty of Chincoteague)

Misty Boxed Set (Misty's Twilight; Sea Star; Stormy, Misty's Foal; Misty of Chincoteague)

Misty's Twilight: Captivated by the story of " more...0 points

Virginia Lenses 

2008 Chincoteague Ponies Calendar 

These are the latest Chincoteague Island and Chincoteague Pony calendars.




Chincoteague Ponies calendar




Chincoteague Island calendar

Chincoteague News 

Loading Fetching RSS feed... please stand by

The Feather Fund 

The Feather Fund is a non-profit organization whose mission is to continue the work begun by Carollynn Suplee to assist deserving children with the purchase and attendant costs associated with the acquisition of Chincoteague ponies, with the goal of helping each child learn about responsibility, care, love, work ethic, as well as the concept of "giving back to others" through the care and training of his or her animal. Additionally, the fund may provide financial support to related causes as determined by the advisory committee.

For more information or to donate to this organization, visit www.featherfund.org

New Chincoteague Island Articles 

Loading Fetching RSS feed... please stand by

Chincoteague and Assateague Lenses 

Leave Us a Chincoteague Pony Comment 

Tell us your Chincoteague pony experiences or just leave a comment!

Have you visited Chincoteague?

Are you a pony enthusiast or owner of horses or ponies?

What is your favorite pony activity?

What Chincoteague pony books have you read?

crazylady45

hi this lens is great and the horses are beautiful!

Posted March 07, 2008

poddys

You have managed to create some lovely lenses about this beautiful part of the world. I have wanted to go there since I saw Misty with my daughter. Nice job, got to give you 5 *****

Posted February 07, 2008

freelief

Thanks for joining ALL HORSES!

Posted January 30, 2008

kerri-jo

I would love to hear more about the "Buy-Back Girls"

Are there photos of the fillies and this amazing stud they bought to return to the Island?

Posted September 25, 2007

X
daybreak

About daybreak

I enjoy the famous wild ponies of Chincoteague Island Virginia. I own and maintain several sites including www.chincoteague-island.net.

daybreak's Pages

See all of daybreak's pages

X

Gold Star

This is a certified gold star lens, which means it's the best of its kind on Squidoo (or shows some serious potential for getting there!)

Read more about gold stars »

X

daybreak is a Giant Squid!

Giants are distinguished by their exceptional skill for making top-notch lenses, and lots of them. Whenever you land on a Giant Squid's lens, you know the person behind it is passionate about the topic and is hard at work making the lens worthy of your time and attention.

Learn more about what it takes to be a Giant »