Pony Paradise - vacation rental home in Chincoteague, VA

Aww, memories of late August ‘23

While staying in your fur baby’s favorite pet-friendly rental, why not go sip some wine 🦮🍷 we LOVE this winery!

Just love this❤️🐴

If you are all about our feathered friends, Chincoteague is a great place for “eye spy” 🦅🦩🦉🦆🐦‍⬛

Sonny’s Legacy a beautiful mare

Best place to be 🌅

Happy Monday from Chincoteague Island!

The sun is rising on another week full of adventure 🛶, delicious seafood 🦪, and stunning sunrises and sunsets! 🌅

If you're in town, what do you have planned for the week ahead? If you're not in town, it's about time you start planning your next beach escape! 🏖️

Surfer’s Riptide/Riptide Well known as Mr. Handsome with his fans.
Pictured here, he is keeping his “ladies” in line. Keeping a watchful eye on them and their young foals. (5/‘24)

Photo of our house (black roof) with all the ponies during this week’s events of the 99th Pony Penning. 🐴❤️
Photo credit to Kittsee Therese Palmateer
Thank you so much for sharing the picture, I just love it.

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Chincoteague pony history was made this morning!

The auction record for highest-selling foal was broken! This little filly has quite the pedigree—her dam, WH Wildfire, was a descendant of Misty herself, and her sire is the island’s most popular pony, Surfer’s Riptide.

Earlier this year, saltwater cowboys discovered the filly’s mother gravely ill, and the mare tragically died despite all attempts to save her. The orphaned foal was brought to the Leonard family’s farm and was nursed by one of their mares.

The Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company (who owns and manages the wild ponies) decided to keep her as a buyback, a foal who stays wild on the island. Buybacks are auctioned off, but instead of buying the pony, the winning bidder wins the rights to name the pony. “Buying” a buyback is basically making a big donation to the fire company.

There are now several groups of pony fanatics who pool their money to “buy” buybacks every year, and one such group won the auction with a hefty $50,500 donation to the fire company. They named the pony Wildfire's Phoenix.

Phoenix makes a lovely addition to the wild herd!

What a beautiful site & photo ❤️🐴

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From May ‘24: hiking to see these beauties. We can never get enough. 🥰🐴

Handsome Ken 🐴♥️

EXCITING 🐴😄

The countdown to the 99th Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim and Auction is underway! We look forward to welcoming you to our little island to experience this world-famous event steeped in tradition with Saltwater Cowboys and wild Chincoteague Ponies, which are also the official Pony of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

We want to make your visit most memorable, so download our Pony Swim guide on ChincoteagueChamber.com or stop in the Chamber office, 6733 Maddox Boulevard, to pick up a hard copy of the schedule of events, helpful hints, and shuttle bus/pony parade map.

The Chincoteague Chamber of Commerce is the official tourism office of the Town of Chincoteague and a Destination Marketing Organization with Virginia Tourism Corporation.

Red-winged blackbird on the Wildlife loop

Early foal season

So beautiful 🐴💓
Lovers of the ponies, DSC Photography takes amazing pictures of these gorgeous Chincoteague ponies 🤗🐴

Beach travel early am, minimal. 😆 My favorite time of day. 🌊🐚

A little sunset glow from the front yard
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Peek-a-boo Riptide 🤗🐴

You can’t beat coffee and an early morning walk on the beach ☕️🌊🤗

A MUST while visiting!

Oh happy day!!☀️ 🏖️ 😃

A few updates:

*STAND SHENANIGANS

So many of you have asked about my stand!! 🥰 Once the school is out for summer break, I’ll have my stand out next to Church Street Produce Thursday - Saturday with all kinds of scrumptious treats and delicious samples!!!! Stay tuned for this exciting update! 😘

*JUNE 8-14

Oven on vacation (more like a spa) 😂. We won’t be taking orders from June 8th to June 14th. Back in the kitchen on June 15th!!

****However, plenty of macarons available for purchase today (Thursday, June 6) and tomorrow (June 7). Simply, send me a message (DM, PM, or text) ****

*FLAVORS

I will be offering 4-6 flavors weekly! Check in frequently. 🤩🥳 and participate in weekly polls in the stories to help me design my menu 🥰

*THANK YOU!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I am so grateful for everyone’s ongoing support of my business 🥰 Your feedback helps me grow!! I cherish every message and review! 🥰
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One of our favorite things to do is just watch the ponies 🤗🐴

Sunrise from Beach Rd. Early May🌅

Thank you, Thank you so much for the wonderful review! We appreciate our guests so much and appreciate Seaside Vacations & Sales Chincoteague Island for all they do!