Chincoteague Pony Auction

the MIDDLE of our trip - Chincoteague -
after the swim from Assateague and the famous auction -
check the NEXT video - Video FIVE and see the ponies on the beach and going right through the middle of camp....

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[Catusha1000]

Oh those colts are pure enchantment.

Helen at Ebenezer

[bluzdawg]

@Catusha1000 - glad you like this one - it''s another of my personal favs...and i'd like to go back to Chincoteague, AND camp on Assateague again...

[VietFiddle]

Rediculously that the foal's price are 10 times of that of the horses in Nevada wild horse auction. I saw in the video clip that one foal is sold at 2K and another at 3K while the horses in Cold Creeks are sold at 200 to 300 each.

[bluzdawg]

@VietFiddle - part of the cost is due to the auction being a source of funding for the fire department, and care of the herds on Assateague - see the next video in our trip called chincoteague camping - horsing around

[bluzdawg]

@DokkasoStorm - thanks for the information - wasn't sure where to find that out....

[DokkasoStorm]

@tinkytanie They don't get taken from their moms that young except for the short time they're in the auction ring. There's actually three roundups on Assateague every year: The spring roundup to check their health after the winter and get them vaccinated against illness, the fall roundup for another checkup before the winter, and of course Pony Penning. Any foal too young to wean at Pony Penning gets to stay with mom and the buyer has to come back at the fall roundup in September to get them.

[DokkasoStorm]

@bbgocats In addition to the ecological issues too many ponies would create, there's also the government to deal with. Virginia will revoke the permit given to the Fire Department to have the horses on the island if the herd gets bigger than 150 horses. Then the herd would have to be disbanded and sold off, and we'd be left with no wild horses to enjoy and Chincoteague would loose a major source of income every summer.

[barrelracer4lifecg13]

I love going to Chincoteague & Assateague Island. I go every year for the Pony Penning, Swim and auction. :)

[dgrrrl]

well, like i said I am not a horse person, just an animal lover and i was simply thanking you for providing the information on how they are okay and well care for...

[bbgocats]

What you people need to understand is if they did not auction off the ponies each year the herd would become to large for Assateague Island to support. The auction also provides funding to care for the Assateague herd. Without the auction the ponies would become extinct.