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- Pony_Penning abstract "Pony Penning is an annual event held in Chincoteague, Virginia on the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday in July. The Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Department conducts the event and it consists of a Wild Pony Swim on Wednesday and a Pony Auction on Thursday. For the Wild Pony Swim, Salt Water Cowboys round up feral Chincoteague Ponies from Assateague Island and drive them across the Assateague Channel to Veteran’s Memorial Park on Chincoteague Island. The ponies swim across the channel during slack tide, when the water has minimal tidal movement. 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 on Thursday.This traditional event in its current form has taken place since 1925 to raise money for the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Department, but its roots date back to the 17th century. The event was popularized by the book Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry, published in 1947. It now usually draws from 40,000 to 50,000 spectators.".
- Pony_Penning thumbnail Chincoteague_pony_swim_2007.jpg?width=300.
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- Pony_Penning wikiPageRevisionID "664932522".
- Pony_Penning wikiPageWikiLink Assateague_Channel.
- Pony_Penning wikiPageWikiLink Assateague_Island.
- Pony_Penning wikiPageWikiLink Category:Chincoteague,_Virginia.
- Pony_Penning wikiPageWikiLink Category:July_events.
- Pony_Penning wikiPageWikiLink Category:Visitor_attractions_in_Accomack_County,_Virginia.
- Pony_Penning wikiPageWikiLink Chincoteague,_Virginia.
- Pony_Penning wikiPageWikiLink Chincoteague_Fire_Department.
- Pony_Penning wikiPageWikiLink Chincoteague_Pony.
- Pony_Penning wikiPageWikiLink History_of_Chincoteague,_Virginia.
- Pony_Penning wikiPageWikiLink Marguerite_Henry.
- Pony_Penning wikiPageWikiLink Misty_of_Chincoteague.
- Pony_Penning wikiPageWikiLink Slack_water.
- Pony_Penning wikiPageWikiLink Virginia.
- Pony_Penning wikiPageWikiLink File:Chincoteague_Pony_Swim_1.jpg.
- Pony_Penning wikiPageWikiLink File:Chincoteague_pony_swim_2007.jpg.
- Pony_Penning wikiPageWikiLink File:Pony_Auction_during_2008_Pony_Penning_001.jpg.
- Pony_Penning wikiPageWikiLinkText "Pony Penning Day".
- Pony_Penning wikiPageWikiLinkText "Pony Penning".
- Pony_Penning wikiPageWikiLinkText "Pony Swim".
- Pony_Penning wikiPageWikiLinkText "pony penning".
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- Pony_Penning wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Official_website.
- Pony_Penning subject Category:Chincoteague,_Virginia.
- Pony_Penning subject Category:July_events.
- Pony_Penning subject Category:Visitor_attractions_in_Accomack_County,_Virginia.
- Pony_Penning hypernym Event.
- Pony_Penning type Event.
- Pony_Penning type SportsEvent.
- Pony_Penning type Attraction.
- Pony_Penning type Event.
- Pony_Penning comment "Pony Penning is an annual event held in Chincoteague, Virginia on the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday in July. The Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Department conducts the event and it consists of a Wild Pony Swim on Wednesday and a Pony Auction on Thursday. For the Wild Pony Swim, Salt Water Cowboys round up feral Chincoteague Ponies from Assateague Island and drive them across the Assateague Channel to Veteran’s Memorial Park on Chincoteague Island.".
- Pony_Penning label "Pony Penning".
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- Pony_Penning sameAs Q7228461.
- Pony_Penning wasDerivedFrom Pony_Penning?oldid=664932522.
- Pony_Penning depiction Chincoteague_pony_swim_2007.jpg.
- Pony_Penning homepage pony-swim.
- Pony_Penning isPrimaryTopicOf Pony_Penning.