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The Banker horse is a breed [1] of semi-feral or feral horse (Equus ferus caballus) living on barrier islands in North Carolina's Outer Banks.It is small, hardy, and has a docile temperament, and is genetically related to the Carolina Marsh Tacky of South Carolina and Florida Cracker Horse breeds through their shared Colonial Spanish horse and Iberian horse descent.
Corolla, North Carolina. Corolla (kəˈrɑːləkuh-RAHL-uh) [ 1 ] is an unincorporated community located in Poplar Branch township, Currituck County, North Carolina, United States, along the northern Outer Banks. It has a permanent population of approximately 500 people; during the summer vacation season, the population surges into the thousands.
The Banker horse is a breed of feral horse (Equus ferus caballus) living on the islands of North Carolina's Outer Banks.It is small, hardy, and has a docile temperament. Descended from domesticated Spanish horses and possibly brought to the Americas in the 16th century, the ancestral foundation bloodstock may have become feral after surviving shipwrecks or being abandoned on the islands by one ...
"Sunday Morning" leaves us with wild horses along the Outer Banks near Corolla, North Carolina. Videographer: Carl Mrozek. Nature: Horses on the Outer Banks [Video]
The Corolla Wild Horse Fund, caretaker of the herd of about 100 wild Spanish mustangs roaming the northern beaches, is hosting its annual fall open house at the rescue farm in Currituck County ...
A solitary mare once known as the loneliest wild horse on North Carolina’s Outer Banks has been spotted with her first foal, forever ending her days alone, according to the Corolla Wild Horse ...
Graveyard of the Atlantic. Graveyard of the Atlantic is a nickname for the treacherous waters and area of numerous shipwrecks off the Outer Banks of North Carolina, United States, which are due to the coast's shifting sands and inlets. To a lesser degree, this nickname has also been applied to Sable Island off of Nova Scotia, Canada, as well as ...
Historians say the horses are descendants of mustangs brought to North America by early settlers, starting with the Spanish. The Corolla Wild Horse Fund is working on a DNA survey of the northern ...