Brio Update
/by Kelly WilkesMarch 14, 2022
Report by Meg Puckett, Herd Manager
Brio Removed from the Wild
/by Kelly WilkesMarch 10, 2022
Corolla Wild Horse Fund’s Herd Manager, Meg Puckett, Honored Along with Others
/by Kelly WilkesThe Currituck Chamber of Commerce has honored 11 area businesses and individuals with awards for Business of the Year and Tourism Awards 2021.
We are so proud of Meg Puckett, Corolla Wild Horse Fund’s Herd Manager, who received the Currituck County Travel & Tourism Individual Leadership award. Way to go Meg!
Full list of winners is below, congrats to you all:
- Small Business of the Year (10 or less employees): WAO Garage
- Small Business of the Year (10 or more employees): Wild Horse Adventure Tours
- Corporate Community Service Award: Care A Lot Pet Supply
- Most Attractive Business: Peaceful Waters Counseling and Wellness
- Non-Profit of the Year: Currituck Family YMCA
- Currituck Citizen of the Year: Jerry Wright
- President’s Award: Fusion Office Business Centers
- President’s Award: Nuts and Buds
- President’s Award: B & M Contractors
- Currituck County Travel & Tourism Individual Leadership Award: Meg Puckett
- Currituck County Travel & Tourism Business of the Year Award: CINIVA
Our Herd has Increased by One!
/by Kelly WilkesSeptember 20, 2021
Report by CWHF
This colt was born Saturday afternoon and is doing well. His name is Bravo.
They gave us quite a scare Sunday morning when we went out to check on them. The adult horses were fine and behaving normally but there was no foal to be found. Cora Mae, the mother, was not acting stressed at all so we were quite stumped. We scoured the surrounded area (woods, canals, under houses) and couldn’t find any sign of the foal. After about three hours, Nikki from Corolla Jeep Adventures stopped and mentioned that she had seen the new foal a couple streets and canals south of where the rest of the family was. We rushed over and there was Bravo standing under a house. Gus and Taka were nearby so everyone who had seen him there understandably assumed they were his parents. Gus deserves a special shoutout for tolerating this foal in his space. Taka, who is a very experienced mother, probably had something to do with keeping him in line.
We scooped Bravo up and put him in the back of the SUV to take him back to his family. Cora Mae accepted him immediately, so it’s unlikely she rejected him and left him behind on purpose. We were told that there were some stallions fighting in the area late Sunday night, so our best guess is that Nobel (Bravo’s dad) aggressively chased his mares away from the challenging stallion and Bravo got left behind in the scuffle. He was far enough away from Cora Mae that she wouldn’t have been able to smell or hear him, which was probably why she was behaving as if the foal was dead – as far as she knew, he was.
Either way, all’s well that ends well. Bravo immediately nursed and is doing just fine now. Cora Mae is a great mom and very experienced (she is the dam of Valor and Riptide). We are keeping a close eye on them, as we do with all new foals, but have no reason to believe Bravo has any lasting issues or injuries. He is big, alert (he was not happy about being picked up and carried on Sunday – always a good sign!), and has fully assimilated back into the rest of the harem.
We are so very grateful to Nikki for letting us know she’d seen him – even though she didn’t realize he was separated from his mom! This is such a good example of how tour drivers help us monitor and track the horses. And we’d like to say a very special thank-you to Ronda, Heidi, and Barbara for helping us get Bravo back to his mom and also keeping an eye on them throughout the day and night. There were several other people who helped search for him, and while we didn’t get all your names please know that we are SO thankful for your help.
Bravo is the 9th foal born to the herd this year, bringing our herd count to 105. Our management plan calls for no less than 110, and no more than 130 horses so we still have some growing to do! Maybe one more late season foal will get us into the double digits for 2021 – time will tell! In the meantime, we will continue to celebrate Bravo’s very exciting birth.
Sunset Sounds Concert Event Canceled
/by Kelly WilkesThe final Sunset Sounds free concert event scheduled for September 16th has been canceled.
Meet Brio, Baby Number Eight
/by Kelly WilkesJuly 20, 2021 Post from Herd Manager, Meg Puckett

It’s a Boy!
/by Kelly WilkesJuly 20, 2021
Report by CWHF
Welcome Beatrice, Seventh Foal of the Season
/by Kelly WilkesJuly 14, 2021
Report by CWHF
Junior’s Rescue and Recovery
/by Kelly WilkesA detailed report on Amadeo Jr. from Meg Puckett, Herd Manager, Corolla Wild Horse Fund
July 5, 2021
An update from July 10, 2021, from Herd Manager, Meg Puckett
Junior had a pretty good week! Definitely improved from last week. He got a clean bill of health yesterday at his recheck. Got his teeth done (they look pretty great for an old, wild stallion), got his vaccinations, and also got some friends! He’s learned to lead (with a little positive reinforcement), loves scratches and attention from us, and has figured out all the perks to being domesticated like fresh water, a shelter with a fan, and hay. We are still heartbroken he is no longer on the beach, but at the same time so grateful that he is alive and well. We have no doubt he will continue to thrive on the rescue farm.