{"id":3003,"date":"2013-07-31T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/?p=3003"},"modified":"2013-07-31T12:00:07","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T16:00:07","slug":"pony-penning-2013-painting-pony-performs-in-chincoteague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paintingpony.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/31\/pony-penning-2013-painting-pony-performs-in-chincoteague\/","title":{"rendered":"Pony Penning 2013: Painting Pony Performs in Chincoteague"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each year our ponies are invited to perform during Pony Penning week at the Chincoteague Pony Centre. This great honor is the main purpose of our trip each year – and something we look forward to.<\/p>\n

This year we decided to bring two ponies, the ever talented Chincoteague Minnow and his buddy Chesapeake Boomerang. This was Boomer’s first trip to Pony Penning and his first time ever performing tricks in front of a crowd.<\/p>\n

\"Pony<\/p>\n

Boomer settled in quite easily, and Minnow enjoyed having a buddy to boss around with him. Minnow quickly took on the roll of head “stallion” and kept a close eye on his younger pal Boomerang.<\/p>\n

\"Pony<\/p>\n

One of the first ponies they met on the trip was Boomer’s little half sister Juniper, who had been born on the last day of June. Boomer was particularly fascinated by her, and took every chance he had to get close to her.<\/p>\n

\"Pony<\/p>\n

Juniper reminded me a lot of Boomer, fearless and brave – not much fazed her, even as she plodded around the arena in the nightly shows at the Pony Centre.<\/p>\n