Watching the comings and goings of tiny horses that looked right at home grazing on marsh grass or galloping on the beach was “magical,” according to residents of Horse and Little Horse ...

A barge loaded with trailers holding marsh tacky horses and equipment travels past Palmetto Bay Marina on Hilton Head Island towards Daufuskie Island Friday morning in preparation for the fifth ...

A native islander steeped in the tradition of racing marsh tacky horses on the beach says he has been unfairly excluded from the Gullah Celebration's annual Marsh Tacky Run. In fact, he and his ...

The wild ponies have called the island home since the 1950s, long before the Webbs arrived. Those lucky enough to see the blend of marsh tacky horses and Shetland ponies hope they will be there ...

Marsh ponies can plow through pluff mud, but they will need new blood if they are to survive. St. Helena residents hope to save ‘magical’ wild pony breed that has adapted to SC’s coast Skip ...

Estelita is the first Marsh Tacky born on the horse's native Daufuskie Island in decades. She is now owned by Laikyn Hawk, ... Wild Marsh Tackies roamed on Daufuskie until the 1980s.

A wild herd of marsh ponies has been on the island since the 1950s, said retired equestrian veterinarian and St. Helena resident Venaye Reece McGlashancq. The fence has kept them mostly contained ...

The endangered Marsh Tacky is about as fine a horse as anybody could want. Smart, tough and friendly, the Tackies have earned honors as South Carolina's official State Heritage Horse. Yet they are ...

Watching the comings and goings of tiny horses that looked right at home grazing on marsh grass or galloping on the beach was “magical,” according to residents of Horse and Little Horse islands who ...

The story of the Marsh Tacky is the story of South Carolina, this country and the New World. Now, residents fight to ensure this horse has a future.