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While not officially a SAFE horse, Rosie was the catalyst for what SAFE would eventually become. Rosie was an older Thoroughbred mare who was dumped at the Yakima feedlot. Jaime Taft, who would later found SAFE, had learned of the plight of the horses over at the Yakima feedlot and decided that she had the room in her heart and on her farm to rescue a horse. When she went to the feedlot, she found so many horses in need that it was agonizing trying to decide which to save. In the end, she only knew that she wanted to rescue one that seemed to have little chance of being rescued. That horse would turn out to be Rosie. Skin and bones, she was a pathetic little thing. She was oh so skinny and she had a bad case of scratches on her hind legs. Her feet were chipped and long, her coat dull and mangy and her eyes showed little life. A rescue worker got on her and low and behold, she appeared to be sound, and while only track-broke, she was willing and cooperative even in such chaotic and scary circumstances. Rosie had already been pulled off the slaughter truck by the rescue three times, she would not get another chance.
Rosie spent 6 months with with Jaime, fattening up and treating her scratches. After Rosie finally bloomed into the lovely mare she really was, Jaime decided to find Rosie a new home so she could begin again with another rescue. Rosie had proven to be extremely kind and willing under saddle, suitable even for a beginner. And she was so very grateful for being saved! Jaime found Rosie a home through her son's baseball team. She went to a teenage girl who had lost her previous horse to colic. It was a match made in heaven for both of them.
