Each year during the Chincoteague Pony Swim, the ponies swim from Assateague Island to Chincoteague Island to be auctioned off, the website said.

The annual wild pony swim on Virginia’s Chincoteague Island has been canceled for the second year in a row because of the coronavirus pandemic.

CHICOTEAGUE, Va. - Ponies made it from Assateague Island to Chincoteague Island Wednesday morning with the help of the Saltwater Cowboys in the annual Chincoteague Pony Swim, according to WAVY. The NBC affiliate reports that the swim is held during "slack tide," when there is no current. The first foal to make it ashore will reportedly be named King or Queen Neptune and will be given away in a raffle drawing at the carnival grounds Wednesday. Copyright 2019 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved.