小马游泳过河-Wild ponies cross-channel swim

Virginia's real life sea horses! More than 100 wild ponies are rounded up to compete in annual Chincoteague cross-channel swim

• Tens of thousands of spectators braved muddy conditions in Virginia to watch the Chincoteague pony swim
• Delighted crowds jostled to find the best spot to watch the barrier island town's annual event
• The Eastern Shore tradition marked its 90th year on Wednesday and has been going since 1925
  
  
  Chincoteague ponies make the 90th annual Chincoteague Pony Swim across Assateague Channel to Chincoteague Island, Virginia
  
  Tens of thousands of spectators braved harsh and muddy conditions in Virginia on Wednesday to watch the stunning swim including Donna McStravick of Drexel Hill, Pa. who is pictured as she takes a cell phone photograph of the herd
  
  A Chincoteague pony keep its heads above water during the Eastern Shore tradition, made famous by Marguerite Henry's children's book 'Misty of Chincoteague' in 1947
  
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    Wild ponies are herded into the Assateague Channel during the annual pony swim event from Assateague Island to Chincoteague
    
    A pair of Chincoteague ponies swim across Assateague Channel to the Chincoteague Island on July 29, 2015 in Chincoteague, Virginia
    
    A boat follows one of the last Chincoteague Ponies to complete the swim which got underway at about 8:15 a.m.
    
    A dolphin surfaces in Assateague Channel just before things got underway delighting the crowd as it made an impromptu appearance
    Wild ponies swim in a group during the annual pony swim, which, according to history, began in its modern incarnation in 1925
    
    One of the last Chincoteague Pony foals makes its way to the finish line as it swims across Assateague Channel to Chincoteague Island
    
    Spectatators watch from boats during the annual pony swim event which is said to draw tens of thousands of spectators
    
    Chincoteague ponies gallop into the corral at the Chincoteague Carnival Grounds after the 90th annual Chincoteague Pony Swim
    
    The Chincoteague Pony Riptide, center, walks along with the rest of the Chincoteague Pony herd as they are paraded through the streets of Chincoteague, Virginia after the 90th annual Chincoteague Pony Swim on Wednesday, July 29, 2015
    
    
    Spectators pet wild ponies after they swam across Assateague Channel during the annual pony swim event
    
    Seven-year-old Carlin Makibbin of Ocean City, Maryland, kisses a wild pony after the thrilling annual swim
    
    Delighted crowds jostled to find the best spot to watch the barrier island town's annual pony swim as mosquitoes buzzed around them and mud swished under their feet
    
    Wild ponies are herded toward the carnival grounds and some will be auctioned off by the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company
    
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