One is that they protect their young and their herd better then domestic horses do
Chincoteague ponies are found in a little island on the side of Virginnia. Chincoteague Ponies are actually found on the small island off the east side of Virginia and Maryland. The island's name is Assateague, so it's ironic that the ponies are called Chincoteague ponies instead of Assateague ponies.
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there are two stories: (1) a spanish galleon crashed in a storm off the coast of chincoteague and the ponies that were aboard swam to shore and (2) the early settlers of assateague let their ponies graze there and after years and years there were reports of wild "beach ponies" on the island. When the settlers moved to chincoteague, the wild ponies stayed. And those were the ancestors of today's chincoteague ponies.
chincoteague ponys eat the tall grasses that grow on the island.
In 1925, they held the first annual roundup of the Assateague (Chincoteague) ponies. This is called the Chincoteague pony swim. During this, they swim a herd of the ponies across the Assateague Channel (inbetween Assateague Island and Chincoteague Island). When they reach the shore of Chincoteague, the ponies are put in pens. Then, before they swim them back to Assateague Island, they hold an auction to sell some of the ponies. This helps to decrease the population of the wild ponies. The money that they raise from these auctions helps to fund the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Department, whose firemen are the ones who round up and swim the ponies across the channel.
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The ponies adapt with long coat that keeps themm warm in the winter, in the spring they shed.
Chincoteague Ponies are sold so that they can keep the herd under control and so that the herds don't get so big that there isan't enough food for them all.
Chincoteague ponies
Chincoteague ponies are normally between 13 and 15 hands tall (52-60 inches at the wither).
chincoteague is the populated yet smaller island while assateague is home to the ponies and much much bigger.
The are examined by a vet, treated for any illnesses or injuries, and after watering, feeding and a rest, swum back across to Chincoteague Island.