There is a freshwater lens or aquifer under the island (and other barrier islands). Shackleford Banks has one sizeable pond and many pools, seeps and digs where the horses can access the fresh water. Sometimes the horses dig with their hooves to access water below ground level. How do horses Read more…
The Corolla Wild Horses are located in the northernmost beaches of the Outer Banks, in the 4WD area that’s just north of Corolla. Wild horses, also known as Wild Ponies, are also found on Ocracoke Island, and can be viewed at the Ocracoke Pony Pen just south of the Hatteras Read more…
Mickey Mouse Sodapop used to work in a stable when he was twelve years old. He took a specific liking to one horse named Mickey Mouse. This horse was “a dark-gold buckskin, sassy and ornery, not much more than a colt”. Did Sodapop have a horse? When Sodapop was twelve Read more…
Sodapop. When Sodapop was twelve going on thirteen years old, he worked at a horse stable, where he befriended an irritable horse named Mickey Mouse. Ponyboy Curtis had told Cherry Valance that “He (Mickey Mouse) may have belonged to some other guy, but he was Soda’s horse.” Why was Soda’s Read more…
Assateague Island National Seashore has a combined total of over 300 wild ponies in Maryland and Virginia. Some people believe the horses arrived on Assateague’s shores when a Spanish galleon ship (with a cargo of horses) sank offshore. Why are there wild horses in Maryland? Some people believe that the Read more…
The Corolla Wild Horses are a group of feral Spanish mustangs that live in the 4WD beach area north of Corolla, and just south of the Virginia border. They are believed to be descendants of shipwrecked horses from hundreds of years ago. What type of horses are on the Outer Read more…
If this is your first time visiting an HMA — or even thinking about wild horses — the Onaqui Herd in Tooele County, one hour west of Salt Lake City, is an excellent starting point. The Onaqui Herd consists of almost 450 horses: two large packs made up of smaller Read more…
Dosage and Administration Adult cattle, horses: 15 to 30 mL per 45 kg. Calves, foals: 15 mL per 10 kg. Can horses have pectin? Susan Garlinghouse, D.V.M., has recommended the use of kaolin-pectin in endurance horses. Endurance horses must be given electrolytes throughout the course of a ride for optimal Read more…
The nostrils have an outer ring made of cartilage (the alar cartilage), which serves to hold them open during inhalation. Additionally, a small pocket within them, called the nasal diverticulum, filters debris with the help of the hairs lining the inner nostril. Can horses only breathe through their noses? Horses, Read more…
The horse liver is an organ that is usually described as part of the digestive system but its functions extend far beyond that. It is estimated that the equine liver performs in the neighbourhood of 500 distinct functions. The liver is classified as both an organ and a gland and Read more…