Wild Horses of Shackleford Banks
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Description: Explores the Spanish history of the Shackleford Banks horses, the oldest documented horse population in North America. Discusses identification of gene variants associated with Spanish horses. Presents research, and lists relevant books, articles and documents.
Wild Horses of Shackleford Banks I am what some people call a banker pony. I am really a horse but we are called ponies because we are smaller than some horses, standing only about 14 hands high (a hand is about 4 inches and the measurement is made from where the neck meets the back to the ground). Years ago, the folks here on the Outer Banks started calling us Banker ponies and the name has stuck. In the 16th century, my ancestors came from Spain via Hispaniola (located between Cuba and Puerto Rico) to live on one of the islands off the coast of North Carolina that make up the Outer Banks. My island is called Shackleford Banks and it is only nine miles long. It is located just east of Morehead City and Beaufort (we pronounce it Bow-fert). Here is a map of the local area so you can see where I was born
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