Stefanie Schaefer

… aka Remi and Val It was such a beautiful morning and it had finally snowed, so we decided to clean up these two still wet and winter-fuzzy 2yo Mustang fillies and take some fun pictures. I have about 200 more, they were having so much fun! Remington is the buckskin, Valkyrie the bay. She …

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It’s something I think about often, and we see it play out all the time. To be successful with and enjoy our horses, two main factors need to be there, in this order: 1. It needs to be a fit, we and our horse. We need to be “appropriately horsed”, not violently “over-, under- or …

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Sergeant is a 5yo bay (presumably with ND1, has countershading in place of an actual dorsal stripe) Mustang gelding, facility born to a Stewart Creek WY Mustang mare. Sergeant stands 15.2hh tall. We chose him before the Cañon City holding facility closed because of his calm demeanor and soft eyes. All Stewart Creek horses we’ve …

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I end up riding by myself most of the time. Not so much on the big scenic rides but on the every day ones for sure. This was one of the bigger rides I did solo last year. My friends were otherwise occupied, we were going to be running out of fall and I wasn’t …

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Chaos is a 5 1/2yo (born in holding 8/1/20) sorrel rabicano Mustang mare. Her dam was gathered pregnant out of Antelope NV. She stands 14.2hh tall. She has a long flowing mane and once her tail recovers from being chewed off in holding will have a thick, colorful tail too. She’s rather unique with subtle …

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Goose is the youngest of the Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy Ambassador Mustangs, a coming 2yo buckskin Bordo Atravesado NM Mustang filly. I’ve been quite impressed with the youngsters we’ve gotten from that HMA. Athletic, smart and sane. We have 2 more available now and 2 coming available for adoption later this spring. Goose will …

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In the summer and fall we go horse packing. The rest of the year we talk about packing, dream about packing and get ready for packing. Even for horses that may never pack tents and sleeping bags into the backcountry, packing is a great way to get them ready to ride and prepare for some …

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Another somewhat accidental member of the Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy is Firefly, coming 3yo buckskin Bible Springs UT Mustang filly. Firefly started out calm and cuddly – until you asked her to do anything beyond standing to be brushed and petted on. At that point she’d go full dragon mode and I had many …

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This big 5yo Stewart Creek WY Mustang gelding was one of our longest temporary residents. While he has tons of try, he’d get in his own way at every opportunity. Everything was a big deal to him and met with evasion, especially rope pressure and picking up feet, both essential for a horse to be …

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The by far largest member of the Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy Ambassador Mustang herd was sort of an oops. When we brought the big doe-eyed boy home from the holding facility, I’d had my mind set on finding him an amazing home as soon as he was ready. We had a substantial Mustang (Tiny) …

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