Pony Penning 2011

The following photos were taken by Jay Diem for the Salisbury Daily Times newspaper.  These are shots of the northern Assateague herds being moved down (southward) the beach to the Holding Pens near Tom's Cove.

Assateague Island sunrise on the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Department's Saltwater Cowboys

Keeping the herds moving south on the beach - cousin Wesley Bloxom is smack dab in the center of this photo, wearing a red and blue checked shirt, riding a Chincoteague-bred pinto with a blaze.

Mare and foal at the ocean's edge

A foal with interesting color and an Arab-type head

A stallion warns off a young bachelor

A foal trying to get away from the noise and excitement on the beach