by Terry Phelps | Nov 25, 2016 | Bridgit, Joel Conner Clinic Reports, Rosie
SAFE’s volunteer riders and their horses spent last weekend working with Joel Conner. Tess worked with Rosie, our new intake, in the morning groundwork sessions and with Bridgit in the afternoon riding workshop. Tess writes about the clinic and shows a ton of...
by Bonnie Hammond | Nov 22, 2016 | Joel Conner Clinic Reports, King
SAFE’s volunteer riders and their horses spent last weekend working with Joel Conner. Here’s a report from Ann A about her session with King: I worked with King in Sunday’s groundwork session. I had not worked with him before and really enjoyed getting to know...
by Bonnie Hammond | Oct 29, 2016 | Announcement, Joel Conner Clinic Reports
We are proud to announce that SAFE has been awarded a $5,000 Training Grant from the ASPCA Equine Fund. This grant was given in recognition of SAFE’s commitment to producing good equine citizens who are ready to succeed, through the use of professional training and...
by Bonnie Hammond | Oct 27, 2016 | Joel Conner Clinic Reports, Stevie
Today, after much preparation and groundwork Stevie was ready to be introduced to the saddle. He had just a few bucks feeling out the saddle but quickly settled to a nice comfortable and relaxed walk, trot and lope. Volunteer rider Casey A. has done great work...
by Bonnie Hammond | Oct 24, 2016 | Joel Conner Clinic Reports, Sophie
Today Sophie was officially upgraded from a Prospect to a Riding Horse. Admittedly, this is a fairly minor development in Sophie’s career, but quietly behind the scenes, Sophie is making a big impact on how we think about horses here at SAFE. As a SAFE horse,...
by Bonnie Hammond | Oct 19, 2016 | Anderson, Joel Conner Clinic Reports
Early in July of this year, we made the decision to put Anderson back into training, this time with Joel Conner. Although Anderson had a good start as a riding horse, there were some holes in his training that had started cropping up. A bucking incident unseated SAFE...
