First Of Three Foals Expected This Year Born Last Weekend

ASSATEAGUE — Fittingly during National Park Week, the newest addition to the wild horse population on Assateague was birthed last Saturday, the first of which will likely be a veritable baby boom on the barrier island this spring.

The new foal, with its rather sterile early moniker N2BHS-O, was birthed last Saturday on the barrier island by Carol’s Girl, also known as N2BHS. In the 1970s, the National Park Service began assigning alpha-numeric names to the horses on the island in order to track their lineage and ancestry as well as identify to which sub-herd they belong and the areas on the island they tend to frequent.

The wobbly young horse has been seen following her dam around in the days since. Because Carol’s Girl was often seen with Yankee 11 and-a-half months ago, which is the gestation period for foals, Assateague Island National Seashore officials are almost certain the foal’s sire is Yankee.

Yankee’s band tends to hang around the state park area, so the new foal and her dam Carol’s Girl were seen frequently by the public this week in the days following the birth, prompting AINS officials to issue a reminder about the importance of giving the young family plenty of space.

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