Holly, an east-end Shackleford mare; still winter-coated and pregnant in early May.

On 22 June, on an ebbed-out flat just behind Shackleford, Holly gave birth to a new filly. The newborn baby was lying beside her mother when we approached. While we watched, the filly stood up, walked around her dam, and gave a big stretch. The filly's name is "Hardee".
 

A few minutes later, Hardee came face to face with a young mare in the herd ... and seemed a little startled!

Hardee decided to have lunch ... as "Master," the mahogany bay stallion of the herd, sauntered over. The tide rises and falls every eight hours, and at high tide, this mud flat is under two feet of water. This filly was born on the flat, so before she was 8 hours old, she swam behind her dam back to Shackleford.