By: Ben and Dylan

1. By: Ben R and Dylan C.
Sorry
can’t talk
now…
Trying to
swim

2. Most Chincoteague ponies are 13-14.2 hands. Some are 16 hands high.
One theory of how the ponies got to Assateague is a Spanish galleon wreaked and the
surviving ponies swam ashore. This theory is the legend out of the two theories.
The ponies on the Spanish galleon if this theory is true, were supposedly going to Peru
to work in mines.
The second theory is that colonists let their ponies loose to avoid livestock tax. This
theory is the most likely of the two.
Chincoteague ponies have excelled in the show ring in a variety of disciplines.

3. Chincoteague ponies have been living on Assateague for hundreds of years.
Chincoteague ponies have excelled in the show ring in a variety of disciplines.
The Chincoteague ponies live on Assateague Island.
Maryland’s Ponies are called Assateague Ponies and Virginia’s ponies are called
Chincoteague Ponies.
Most Chincoteague ponies are 13-14.2 hands. Some are 16 hands high.

4. Misty of Chincoteague was foaled in 1946 on Chincoteague, sired by
the Pied Piper, and her dam was the Phantom. Misty was a pinto
pony who had a large patch of white shaped like the U.S. She died in
1972. Her body and that of her foal Stormy have been preserved
through taxidermy.

5. Misty of Chincoteague had three foals. Her first
foal was Phantom Wings.
Misty’s second foal was Wisp
O’ Mist. Misty’s last foal was
Stormy.