Justice for Bud and Brandy
Yesterday in King County Superior Court, a jury returned a guilty verdict on two counts of felony animal cruelty against the woman who starved and neglected Bud and Brandy. Here is their story. The call came late on a Sunday afternoon in February…two elderly horses,…
Straight to the horse’s mouth!
Once a year we hold the Fall Into Winter Feed Drive, and ask our good friends to donate funds that will be earmarked for purchasing hay, grain, and a moderate amount of horse treats for the horses in SAFE’s care. We’ll all feel more secure knowing that our haylofts…
Chance’s History
Chance is a Thoroughbred cross gelding that was one of the first horses rescued by SAFE in early 2005. He was supposedly a failed bucking stock horse who was so sweet and friendly that no one wanted to see him be sent to slaughter. SAFE paid his feedlot ransom, and…
Oscar: A Perfect Gelding…A Perfect Gentleman
Oscar came to SAFE as a stallion, one of 16 horses seized from a breeding operation by Pierce County Animal Control in Dec 2011. Oscar had been starved and badly neglected. As a breeding stallion, he’d lived a life of isolation and was aggressive and “studdish”…
Chance/Waldo
Chance (formerly CBER Waldo) is a 13yo (1999) 16.1hh Bay TBx gelding. As a youngster, he flunked out of bucking horse school and was rescued from slaughter by SAFE. Currently ridden English; previously had some dressage training and an introduction to jumping. Also…
Fall Work Party Thank You!
We would like to express our sincere appreciation to the world’s greatest team of volunteers for their hours of hard work donated on Saturday, September 22nd. Record turnout and hard work made a lot of improvements to SAFE Harbor Stables happen. SAFE appreciates…
A new day for Khianna
The past several months have been a journey for Khianna. She went into training last June to be restarted under saddle, but unfortunately, she had some issues with bolting. Andrea put a lot of time into trying to work through these issues, and felt that Khianna’s…
Louie’s new foster home
We’ve gotten a great update on Louie who moved to a great new foster home this past weekend. We’d also like to welcome Lisa to the SAFE family as a new foster “mom”! Louie has settled in great at his new foster home. He and the other Arab gelding — Shazam — have hit…
Cheers to our Show Volunteers!
There are not enough words to say how extremely grateful we are to all the magnificent volunteers, sponsors and judges who helped make this years SAFE Benefit Horse Show possible. So much energy and love was given in preparation and execution to make this show a…
Video: Silly Jewel finds her happy place
and the Champion SAFE Alumni Horse for 2016 is…
…Tess!!! We were thrilled to have Tess (now known as Purty Girl) and her adopter Kelly competing at this year’s SAFE Benefit Horse Show! Out of all the SAFE Alumni who competed at the show, Tess and Kelly earned the most points, competing in Western, Ranch Riding,…
Spa Day for Gracie
New girl Gracie got her first spa treatment.…. she is SUCH a sweetheart!! Her tail was saved by Canter Main & Tail…Gracie says that if Canter is looking for a spokes-horse, she should be the one!
Bath time for Cameo
July Volunteer of the Month: Candace Carlson
Organized, efficient, motivated, wonderful! The list could go on and on about our July 2016 Volunteer of the Month, Candace Carlson. Candace has truly found her niche here at SAFE, she is the Tack Queen. She is cheerful and willing, and most important of all,…
