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The Bureau of Land Management is conducting a wild horse bait-and-trap gather in the Sand Wash Basin Herd Management Area ...
Carova is a remote stretch of the Outer Banks with no paved roads or commercial amenities, accessible only by 4x4 vehicles ...
Comet the marsh tacky horse spent his last 11 years as a living history exhibit at the Coastal Discovery Museum on Hilton Head Island. Courtesy of Laura Badger Comet was supposed to be common, but ...
A little known piece of history from the Lowcountry is there was once a time when horse races happened occasionally on local beaches. Equines known as Marsh Tacky horses would occasionally run for ...
GRANDY, N.C. — November to March is considered the off-season in the Outer Banks. For the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, things slow down, but they never really have an off-season. "It's a little bit ...
O’Brien’s place is a good fit for the frisky ponies. She took in a marsh pony several years ago and also has adopted wild mustangs that are rounded up yearly on federal lands in the West.
The unique breed adapted to the Lowcountry wilds, grazing on marsh grass, plowing through pluff mud and swimming rivers ...
The marsh ponies are descendants of Shetland ponies and the marsh tacky, a horse native to South Carolina. They were crossed in the 1950s and 60s by the Charles Gay family, the founders of the Gay ...
In South Carolina, the Marsh Tacky is celebrated as the state’s heritage horse. Descended from the horses of 16th-century Spanish explorers, the Marsh Tacky is known for its sturdiness and ...
There’s also a collection of wild horses on Shackleford Banks, the Southernmost island of the Outer Banks. This area is about three miles off the main beach, so a boat is the only way to get close ...