Country of Origin: North America
Use today: The ponies are ridden English and western. 
Color: The Chincoteague pony is seen in all colors but most common is a very colorful pinto.
Height: 12 to 14.2 hands.
 Profile: The Chincoteague pony was made famous in Marguerite Henry’s book Misty of Chincoteague. The ponies live on the barrier island of Assateague in Maryland and Virginia. It’s thought that their decedents were either from animals that swam to the islands from a shipwrecked Spanish boa...
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