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Wild Horses have been found on the barrier islands of Georgia, North Carolina and
Virginia since the early explorers first visited the continent. Some of the horses
swam to shore as a result of shipwrecks. Others perhaps got free from, or were abandoned
by early settlers.
These hardy souls have withstood storm and tempest, and in a few cases they have survived
the incursion of modern man.
The island horses are a vanishing breed, not as a result of the fiercest hurricanes or lack of
fresh water, but due primarily to conflicts with the automobile and manicured lawns and gardens
as these islands undergo development and the influx of tourists.
There are a few remaining sanctuaries protected fiercely by volunteers and non profit protective
organizations where these horses can continue to prosper much as they did hundreds of years ago.
A couple of young stallions,
"Phoenix" and "Teddy,"
"working things out"
Banker Links
Foundation for Shackleford Horses, Inc.
P. O. Box 841
Beaufort, NC 28516
Tel: (252) 729-1969 or (252) 728-7200
Fax: (252) 504-3211 or (252)728-6395
Web site: www.shacklefordhorses.org
E-mail: info@shacklefordhorses.org
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The horses are small, but
have a Sorraia like appearance.
(Full brothers-
"Dale" and "Deliops")
"Sadie" eating spartina,
a tasty salt water grass
The stallion "Dionysus"
sire of "Dale" and "Deliops"
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