Miah video 3/27/13
Miah had a great ride today with SAFE trainer Brittney Stewart. This video was taken after sheād been ridden for about 35 minutes so sheās a little bit tired but still going nicely!
River Training Update
River continues to make good progress with trainer Andrea Lucianna. Here is a video of his first ride in the ābig arenaā taken on March 19 2013: Andrea has started cantering him under saddle, but just in short stretches for now. Weāve decided to extend Riverāsā¦
March Volunteer of the Month: Heather Evans-Keliher!
Itās time once again for Volunteer of the Month! Please join us in congratulating our March recipient, Heather Evans-Keliher! Heather can be found at SAFE Harbor Stables on Mondays and Thursdays helping with feeding and farm chores. You will recognize her by theā¦
Sasha is looking for a new home
Due to some recent changes in her ownerās life, former SAFE horse Sasha is now looking for a new home. She is available as a SAFE-Assisted placement, which means that SAFE will be overseeing her adoption while she remains in the care of her current adopter, who hasā¦
April training update
April is being ridden on a regular basis by SAFE volunteer Kyranny and the two of them are getting along fabulously. April has shown some resistance to going forward when being ridden but SAFE trainer Brittney Stewart worked her through most of these issues. Happilyā¦
Lucky Update
Lucky and Brittney, enjoying the sunshine today at Safe Harbor. Brittney reports Lucky has been super so far and is several rides into his rehab. Lucky will receive 30ā60 days of one-on-one time with Brittney before we make him available for adoption. So far, withā¦
Whatās new with Chip?
In order to make room at SAFE Harbor Stables for the return of Bucky B Lucky, we decided to give Chip a bit of a vacation and send him to the farm of SAFEās Executive Director Bonnie Hammond, home of the infamous Honeycutt and Bonnieās two OTTB geldingās Jay andā¦
Jewel Update!
A terrific update from Jewelās foster mom! Thank you Janelle for taking such wonderful care of this filly! Just wanted to let you all know that Jewel has been doing really well. She has calmed down tremendously and is not spooking as easily, especially with beingā¦
Companion Status for Rico
Rico is one of five horses that came to SAFE after their owner passed away unexpectedly. From the beginning, we knew that Rico was unsound, but we were told that all he needed was āspecial shoesā and heād be okay. At his first trim, our farrier told us that his hoovesā¦
Health Update: Banjo
On December 21st, we took Banjo (aka Joey) up to Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital to perform a biopsy on his coronary bands. Joey, whose hooves were horribly neglected before coming to SAFE, has had swelling and extra hoof material built up on his coronary bands since hisā¦
Training Update: Gracie
Here is what volunteer rider Erika has to report from working with Gracie: āGracie: Gracie wore the Back On Track underneath her blanket for an hour. It seems to help her be not so stiff when we start working. Gracie was in a good mood and was nice and forward forā¦
Training Update: Bridgit
Here is what volunteer rider Erika had to say about working with Bridgit this week: āBridgit: She was in the top turnout area above the arena while I worked Cam. And was pretending to be a bucking bronco almost the whole time. I thought it would be a āfunā orā¦
Training Update: Cameo
Cameo was a doll at the last open house, making new friends with everyone who stopped in to see her. She loves her outside stall where she can see all that is going on at the farm and has her buddy Stella always within sight. The volunteer riders have been workingā¦
Training Update: Stella
Stella is now 9 months in recovery from her left hind peroneus tertius tendon rupture. She has, to say the least, been a ROCKSTAR for the entire rehab! She is now back up to full saddle work and Casey, Stellaās volunteer rider, has started to add the canter into theirā¦
