Tag: Salt Water Cowboys

Dark Secrets of the Chincoteague and Assateague Island Ponies

By Diana Belchase on July 3, 2015 • ( 11 Comments )

This summer, before you take your horse-crazy teenaged daughter to Chincoteague to see the pony swim from Assateague Island, there are few facts you might want to know. The story is dark, less than romantic, and a hard truth about how women are perceived by men yet today. […]

Dark Secrets, Possible Discrimination, and the Wild Ponies of Chincoteague

By Diana Belchase on July 25, 2013 • ( 2 Comments )

One of the world’s most beautiful sights is the wild pony swim from Assateague Island to Chincoteague every July. It sets the heart thrumming in a universally spiritual moment that brings about 50,000 people* to the tiny island nestled in the waters between Maryland and Virginia. Who knew […]