Hundreds Of Wild Ponies Moved During Chincoteague Pony Swim

CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (AP) — The annual Chincoteague Pony Swim on Virginia's Eastern Shore happened Wednesday morning, when hundreds of ponies are moved from one island to another.

The News Journal of Wilmington reports that the ponies started their swim Wednesday morning.

Denise Bowden, a spokeswoman for the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company, said that the swim was still scheduled despite storms being in the forecast.

The swim took place between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. during "slack tide." The ponies traveled from Assateague Island to Chincoteague Island.

The first foal to come ashore will be named King or Queen Neptune. He or she will be given away in a raffle drawing later in the day.

The Pony Swim is going into its 93rd year.

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