Fala

Fala (Dronefal) was a beautiful gray Thoroughbred mare with a severe right hind injury and wracked body. Nonetheless, she was mostly bright and curious, in that Thoroughbred way. She arrived in SAFE’s hands through a series of mishaps. A friend of SAFE’s with track...

Ernie

Ernie was humanely euthanized in August 2005 due to an advanced case of HERDA. He was a 13–15 year old black stud pony that was rescued from a feedlot in Eastern WA. HERDA is a genetic skin disorder, most common in certain QH bloodlines, that causes the skin to...

Mariah

Mariah was 15 year old QH broodmare that was rescued from a feedlot in eastern WA. Upon her arrival at her foster home, it was discovered that Mariah had a severely injured and septic stifle, most likely due to an injury sustained long ago. She was in considerable...

Mary’s Serenity

In June 2005, I made my second trip to the feedlot, to pick up 6 horses sponsored by our COTH group. At that time, there were probably 30 or more horses on the lot. We spent some time looking at all the horses and taking pictures. One mare caught my eye. She was way...

Annie Update from Jan 10 2010

I had a great time today and am SO glad we went. Annie is a very pretty girl and she was very brave for her first trail ride. Dexter was GREAT as well! We were able to get a group...

Dexter Update from Jan 10, 2010

Dexter went on a trail ride today. It was so much fun! Thank you so much to Kathleen for planning this and to Barbara for leading the ride! Dexter was awesome, this horse is seriously cool…he is so very solid and safe. I was so tired when I got back though that I fell...

Dexter Update from Jan 9, 2010

I’ve been in contact with someone who thinks she knows who Dexter is. She described his markings pretty accurately (left shoulder marking of a longhorn, and another similar shaped marking under his throatlatch which you can not see in the pictures but he does indeed...