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Shackleford Banks Wild Horses on Today’s Horsewoman Podcast

Published May 22, 2026

I, Bernie Harberts, did not use generative AI to write or illustrate this article. Spell check and grammar check, yes. AI, no.

Earlier this spring, Julia and I spent two weeks anchored off Shackleford Banks (North Carolina) studying the wild horses that call the 9-mile uninhabited island home.

Julia paddling a kayak back to sailboat Grit near Shackleford Banks with sand bars visible in the shallow water — Julia paddling a kayak back to Grit near Shackleford Banks with sand bars visible in the shallow water

While we were at Shackleford, we appeared on Rose Cushing’s podcasts Today’s Horsewoman and Today’s Horseman.

Have a listen. You can just hear the crackling energy in our voices. We were alive to everything around us.

Julia’s side of the voyage at Saddle Under the Stars:

More about:

sailing to Shackleford Banks.
Julia's and my Horseing Around adventures.
what escapes categories on the homestead in the Splinters pile.

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