Category : Wild Horses
The 2nd Annual Fall Festival will be held at Wrangler Farms in Grandy this October. This year instead of holding the festival every weekend in October, it will be consolidated into one long festival weekend, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday October 9, 10, and 11. The event will be held from 10 AM to 4 PM each day.
The festival will have an autumn, rural heritage theme. There will be horse drawn hayrides to the pumpkin patch, pony rides, farm tours, games, food and educational talks on the Corolla Wild Horses (North Carolina’s State Horse), several of which were adopted by and reside at Wrangler Farms. Admission is free, but there is a fee for certain activities offered throughout the farm, such as the hayrides. Stop by the Currituck Outer Banks table and sign up for a chance to win a beach prize pack!
A two-year study could resolve a debate over the effect of Corolla’s wild horses on prime waterfowl habitat.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to team with North Carolina State University to conduct exclosure studies within the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge to determine effects of large grazing mammals on three habitat types found there – maritime forests, marshland and wet meadows.
Read the entire article from HamptonRoads.com.
The Currituck Outer Banks has enjoyed quite a bit of press in recent days! The Daily Advance reports on a recent exhibit of photos chronicling the history of Long Point:
More than 200 residents and history enthusiasts filed into Currituck Middle School last June for an event celebrating the 150th anniversary of the building of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal.
The event was such a success that Barbara Snowden, Currituck’s official historian, and the Currituck County Historical Society have arranged a display of 19th century “then and now” images of Long Point Island at Currituck Public Library in Barco.
Read the full article.
Also, the Piedmont Review highlights a nice article on the region’s two best attractions: the wild horses and the wine.
Rows of corn stand alongside Cabernet vines, and migratory snow geese nestle among the Sangiovese, part of the acres of grapes in Sanctuary, home to an amazing assemblage: Syrah, Tempranillo, Viognier, Norton and the classic Muscadine. These grapes, according to Wright, ripen in the intense summer heat, tempered by cooling ocean breezes. The ancient sand dunes provide drainage and unique flavor to the fruit.
Click here for a PDF of the article.
Visitors to the Currituck area of the Outer Banks will marvel at the sight of horses roaming freely along the beach, down dusty town roads, and even near the many vacation rentals lined along the shore. Currituck County is proud to have these majestic, legendary creatures live among us, and it’s our hope to preserve the numbers of the herd for generations to come. To maintain the safety of the wild horses, and of our guests and residents, new ordinances are in place to help ensure safe vacations all around.
If you’re on the Currituck Outer Banks and see one of the famed wild mustangs, county officials want you to keep your distance…Visitors are urged not to feed the horses because the food could have devastating effects on their health, including causing death.
Please read the entire article from the Daily Advance on the new guidelines for horse watching and interaction. Enjoy the Mustangs from a distance and do your part to keep them healthy and around for a long time.
Corolla Wild Horse Fund 6th Annual Wild Horse Days
Sponsored by the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, July, 7, 8, and 9, this year’s event is so big it takes three locations to hold it – the grounds of the Wild Horse Museum, Currituck Heritage Park, and the Corolla Light Shopping Center. WHD celebrates the presence and significance of the wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs living on the Currituck Outer Banks for nearly 500 years. This year’s theme is “Horses Helping Horses” and features dressage, jumping, and wild horse training demonstrations. There will be food, music, games and crafts, Dunk a Deputy dunking booth, cart rides pulled by a formerly wild mustang and so much more! Call 252-453-8002 or visit www.corollawildhorses.org for more information.
Dates: Tue,Jul 7, 2009 to Thu, Jul 9, 2009
Address: Wild Horse Museum and Corolla Light Town Center
Info: 252-453-8002
Every spring, we invite travel writers from all over the country to come experience Currituck County. This year we had 7 writers sign up to participate in the press tour. We had one writer come all the way from Seattle, Washington and others made their way from Boston, Atlanta, New York, Orlando, Canada and Miami. The weather was unfortunately rainy and cool, but we made the best of it. The first day started with a climb to the top of the Currituck Lighthouse, followed by a tour of the Historic Whalehead Club. We ate lunch at Bad Bean Burrito in TimBuck II and then took a wild horse tour. We were lucky enough to see 9 horses total, one of which was pregnant and about to pop. The next day, we started with a tour of Sanctuary Vineyards and some light wine tasting and ended with a Segway tour around Heritage Park and the Historic Corolla Village. It seemed that everyone enjoyed themselves and hopefully we will get some good articles written about the area. We look forward to the next press tour and being able to show more people everything that Currituck County has to offer.
Kids – come paint a horse! Every Tuesday and Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Pet a gentled Spanish Mustang on Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Tour the Wild Horse Museum and learn about the wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs that roam the beaches north of Corolla. Museum admission is free.
Dates: Tue, Jun 2, 2009 to Wed, Jun 3, 2009
Address: 1126 Schoolhouse Lane, Corolla
Info: 252-453-8002
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Price: $6.00 for large horse; $4.00 for small. Admission to museum is free.
Event Web site: click here
Email: info@corollawildhorses.com
Directions on Web: click here
Corolla, NC – Over one thousand of the popular 2009 Official Corolla Wild Horse Fund calendars have been sold since October of 2008, and the 2010 calendar photo contest is now underway. Open only to amateur photographers, up to three photos may be submitted.
Photos can be current or historical, must be submitted on CD and must be accompanied by a signed entry form. The entry form and contest rules can be downloaded from CWHF’s website. No identifying information should appear anywhere on the photo and no photos will be accepted that violate any portion of the Currituck County Wild Horse Ordinance. The ordinance is also available on the CWHF website. The deadline for photos is May 1, 2009.
Judges for the event are Walter Gresham, Outer Banks Beach Portraits and Photography, Kill Devil Hills; Mary Kolliner, Eagle Eye Images, Holly Springs, NC; and national equine artist Robin Caspari, Manakin – Sabot, VA.
Twenty-four semi-finalists will be selected and displayed on the Fund’s website from June 1 – July 31. The public will vote for their favorites by donation, and the thirteen photos receiving the most votes will be used in the 2010 Official Corolla Wild Horse Fund calendar. Instructions for voting will be posted on the website on June 10th. Winning photos will also be displayed at Wild Horse Days, July 7th, 8th, and 9th.
The remaining 2009 calendars are available for purchase at www.corollawildhorses.org, or by visiting the Wild Horse Museum in Old Corolla Village.
For more information, call the Corolla Wild Horse Fund at 252-453-8002.
