Stefanie Schaefer
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Nov 07 2025
Why we ground drive
Ground driving is a big part of riding (or, obviously, driving/pulling) prep for our young Mustangs at Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy . Here are Spur (4yo bay roan Stewart Creek WY Mustang gelding), Rock (4yo pangare bay Little Colorado WY Mustang gelding) and Firefly (2yo buckskin Bible Springs UT Mustang filly) during some of …
Nov 03 2025
Halloween weekend shout-out to Topaz
This weekend many people celebrated spooky things. Hence our highlighting Topaz, an enormous 4yo dun Stewart Creek WY Mustang gelding and the kindest wimp we’ve met yet. This horse – we last measured him at 16hh, it’s time to measure again to see if he’s approaching the 16.1hh he string tested to – has been …
Oct 29 2025
When persistence pays off
An unusually wet early fall and busy schedules made putting pack trips together tricky this year. I’m just a tiny bit stubborn and kept insisting that I wanted to show Tay Martin my favorite packing spot, despite it being a considerably longer drive and Taylor insisting that our go-to area is her “favorite place ever”. …
Oct 28 2025
Available for adoption: Ragnar
Ragnar is a 5yo bay Mustang gelding from Stewart Creek, WY. While this proud, stout guy thinks of himself as 17hh tall, 14hh is more realistic. He string tests to 14.2hh. One can hope, right!? He is butt branded in addition to the typical BLM freezemark. Why? Not sure but(t) it makes him stand out. …
Oct 22 2025
Happy Accidents
Over the past week and a half, 15.3ish hh 4yo bay roan Stewart Creek WY Mustang gelding Spur has started his journey towards becoming a riding horse. “Let me make sure he’s ready to start before he goes anywhere” turned into “I wonder if I can start him”. “I’m sitting up here and I didn’t …
Oct 20 2025
Adopted Together!
Dragonfly and Phoenix (previously Tiny Elvis or TE) traveled from Colorado to Mississippi earlier this week. Dragonfly, a gorgeous buckskin Stewart Creek WY Mustang mare, had been with us for a long while. She has a club foot that – understandably – caused some potential adopters not to choose her. Otherwise she is lovely in …
Oct 07 2025
“Beam me up, Scotty”
I never get any movie/TV references, so Taylor was understandably shocked when the above quote came out of my mouth after I saw that lake picture for the first time. Nobody needs to know that I had a huge crush on Captain Kirk as a kid. Also, I’d like to be teleported back into those …
Sep 20 2025
Wiley update
Wiley, 2yo buckskin White Mountain WY Mustang gelding, is making progress. By now he’s easier to catch, he’s had his mane detangled and brushed out (after this video). I’m able to brush his whole body and fly spray him. We’ve worked through some ideas he had about pawing and kicking when he got frustrated and …
Sep 20 2025
Doing stupid (i.e. potentially dangerous) stuff smart
Anytime we head into the mountains, it’s important to remember that, beautiful and often romanticized as they may be, they’re not trying to be our friends, and that the responsibility to prepare for what we might encounter lies with us. It’s our job to do what’s in our power to make it back to the …
Sep 17 2025
What Spur’s been up to
The big, goofy now 4yo bay roan Stewart Creek WY Mustang gelding we brought home last summer has grown up quite a bit. Spur has gone on a number of mountain and water adventures this spring and summer and he fits into the herd just fine. He’s gentle with younger and smaller horses and stays …