My Little Pony

Here is a great shot of Holland, our new Shackleford, with Anne who adopted and raised him to be the great horse that he is today. In looking at this picture I was struck by the fact that most of the hard work of preserving and protecting wild horses has been done by women. Of course, it is hard to imagine that any wild mustangs would roam the west today were it not for "Mustang Annie." The preservation efforts at Corolla and Shackleford have been lead by women. Today at Corolla the exective director of the Corolla Wild Horse Fund is Karen McCalpin, who is the most effective and hard working director of a non profit organization that I have ever encountered. The ladies who protect the Shacklefords took on the federal bureaucrats and won.
At Wild Horse Days in Corolla on July 8 we will be bringing down a range of different formerly wild horses including a filly from the first herd that Mustang Annie sought to protect, a Chincoteague, a Shackleford, and of course several Corollas.
It is a wonderful thing when a women fulfills her childhood dream of having her own little pony. It is even better when she does so by saving entire herds from extinction. It is best of all when the two come together at the same time.
Keep that in mind as you look over this picture of Anne and her little pony.