by Lily Leitkowski | Nov 5, 2025 | Joel Conner Clinic Reports, Mabel
Candi K has the following reflections about her recent time spent with Mabel: “This past weekend, I had the joy of partnering with sweet Mabel during the Joel Conner Clinic in the Groundwork class. From the moment she greeted me each morning with a soft nicker, I...
by Cathy Olson | Nov 4, 2025 | Sugar
Ko spent several months earlier this year with Cynthia’s mom and extended family, which he enjoyed, and he even participated in a family member’s wedding! He’s has been back home for a while and enjoys doing a bit of natural horsemanship, taking hand walks with...
by Lily Leitkowski | Nov 3, 2025 | Eda
Eda is wise beyond her four years. This sweet mare received her start under saddle just a few short months ago, and is already showing us what a cool, level-headed partner she is going to make someone in the not too distant future. Here you can see a bit of her...
by Cathy Olson | Nov 2, 2025 | Ariel
Recent photo of Ariel and her buddy
by Laurie Sasser | Nov 1, 2025 | Volunteers of the Month
Congratulations to our November Volunteer of the Month, Heather Moore! At SAFE, our volunteers are truly the heart of our community. We can really only do what we do because of our amazingly generous volunteers! This month we are celebrating Heather Moore. Heather has...
by Lily Leitkowski | Oct 30, 2025 | Barb
Barb is fun, and Barb has fun. Barb says ‘no problemo’ to flags and ‘sure, why not’ to popping over a cavaletti. Barb has a great deal of sass and appreciates those who can take a joke, but when you laugh along with her, she is a willing and cool little...
by Lily Leitkowski | Oct 29, 2025 | Joel Conner Clinic Reports, Ranger
Lise A worked alongside Ranger in the October Joel Conner clinic. While he has made lots of great progress in this style of groundwork, he still has some insecurities surrounding fly spray. Over the course of the three days, Lise worked a lot on helping Ranger grow...
by Lily Leitkowski | Oct 27, 2025 | Maisy
We’re keeping things easy breezy with our miss Maisy, as she is still a growing girl. She comes in for groundwork sessions a few times a week where she gets her wiggles out and learns a bit more about giving to pressure and what a halter means. Here’s a recent video...
by Cathy Olson | Oct 27, 2025 | Piper
Talia has been working a lot so hasn’t ridden much lately. Piper enjoys being with her pasture mate, Nova.
by Cathy Olson | Oct 25, 2025 | Checkers
Checkers was adopted by Silver from previous adopter, Lola. Silver wanted a companion for her horses Bindy and Athena. Checkers is not ridden and is very relaxed and happy. She gets along very well with Athena and Bindy. Athena is an older horse while Bindy is...
