PONY PENNING - Monday Beach Walk 2016

Spectators watch near the words "PONY SWIM 2016" written in the sand as the northern herd of Chincoteague Ponies are led down the beach to their corral on Assateague Island, Va. on Monday morning, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.

Don Slentz waits for the northern herd of Chincoteague Ponies as they are led down the beach at Assateague Island, Va. on Monday, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.

The sun peeks out from behind clouds out over the Atlantic Ocean during sunrise at the beach at Assateague Island, Va. on Monday, July 25, 2016.

Rebecca Williams stands in a set of ATV tracks as she takes photographs of the approaching northern herd of Chincoteague Ponies as they make their way down the beach at Assateague Island, Va. on Monday morning, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.

The northern herd of Chincoteague Ponies are led to the pony corral on Assateauge Island, Va. on Monday morning, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.

Spectators make their way up the beach to wait for the northern herd to be led to their corral on Assateague Island, Va. on Monday morning, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.

Saltwater Cowboy Bobby Lappin races down the beach ahead of the northern herd of Chincoteague Ponies as they are led down the beach at Assateague Island, Va. on their way to the pony corral on Monday morning, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.

Saltwater Cowboys lead the northern herd of Chincoteague Ponies down the beach at Assateague Island, Va. on their way to the pony corral on Monday morning, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.

A Chincoteague Pony foal walks with the rest of the northern herd as they are led to the pony corral on Assateauge Island, Va. on Monday morning, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.

Lyn Welty claps as the approaching northern herd of Chincoteague Ponies are led down the beach to their corral on Assateague Island, Va. on Monday morning, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.

Roger Lemaster takes photographs as he sits on a dead tree at the beach on Assateague while he and his niece Jennifer Fyffe wait for the northern herd of Chincoteague Ponies to be led down the beach on Monday morning, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.

Cars fill the parking lot at Assateague beach at sunrise as spectators prepare to watch the northern herd of Chincoteague Ponies as they are led down the beach to their corral on Monday morning, July 25, 2016.

Car headlights line Beach Road as Robin Daubach and her granddaughter Abbye Daubach set up a blanket on the beach at Assateague Island, Va. to wait for Saltwater Cowboys to lead the northern herd of Chicnoteague Ponies to their corral on Monday morning, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.

Spectators set up on the beach just before sunrise to wait for the northern herd to be led to their corral on Assateague Island, Va. on Monday morning, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.

Don Seeterlin and his niece Makenzie Mills walk in the surf at Assateague beach as they wait for Saltwater Cowboys to lead the northern herd of Chincoteague Ponies to their corral on Monday morning, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.

Spectators are seen through a washed up tire as they set up on the beach just before sunrise to wait for the northern herd to be led to their corral on Assateague Island, Va. on Monday morning, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.

Saltwater Cowboys lead the northern herd of Chincoteague Ponies down the beach at Assateague Island, Va. on their way to the pony corral on Monday morning, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.

Saltwater Cowboys lead the northern herd of Chincoteague Ponies down the beach at Assateague Island, Va. on their way to the pony corral on Monday morning, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.

Saltwater Cowboys lead the northern herd of Chincoteague Ponies down the beach at Assateague Island, Va. on their way to the pony corral on Monday morning, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.

Saltwater Cowboys lead the northern herd of Chincoteague Ponies down the beach at Assateague Island, Va. on their way to the pony corral on Monday morning, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.

Spectators watch as the northern herd of Chincoteague Ponies are led down the beach to their corral on Assateague Island, Va. on Monday morning, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.

A welch shell on the beach at Assateague Island, Va. on Monday morning, July 25, 2016.

Don Slentz waits for the northern herd of Chincoteague Ponies as they are led down the beach at Assateague Island, Va. on Monday, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.

Spectators watch as the northern herd of Chincoteague Ponies are led down the beach to their corral on Assateague Island, Va. on Monday morning, July 25, 2016. The 91st Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim is Wednesday.