This adorable, proud 5yo Stewart Creek WY Mustang gelding stands 14hh “tall” and combines redhead energy with pony-tude: He has personality for days and never met a stranger. He also has big feelings and wants everyone to know what they are. We’ve known him since he was 2yo. He was the greeter in his age …
Category: Stefanie’s Notebook
Feb 19 2026
Tiny
(Re-) Introduction of the Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy Ambassador Mustangs part 2: The big, sorrel teenage Salt Wells WY Mustang gelding. We adopted Tiny many years ago from Colorado Horse Rescue Network for a friend. He’d been gathered as an approximately 3yo, adopted by a dude ranch and reportedly did well as a wrangler …
Feb 18 2026
Friends and Pens
We’re careful to make sure that the Mustangs in our care are as happy as possible while they’re at Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy It’s school, no doubt, and it’s not the same as being someone’s main or only project and getting all the fun, relatively low expectation exposure and hang out time they will …
Feb 16 2026
Lacy
Time to (re-)introduce the Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy Ambassador Mustangs. We’ll start with the one that started it all. Lacy, otherwise known as “The Princess”. She’s a dun, coming 11yo, Divide Basin WY Mustang mare and the first branded Mustang I ever gentled. I brought her home 9 years ago this week. My favorite …
Feb 13 2026
(S)he wasn’t like that in the pens
We hear that so often and it’s certainly happened to us too. You go to the holding facility or an adoption event to select a wild horse. The one you choose has soft eyes, appears curious, maybe even friendly. You get the animal home and start working with it, only to wonder what happened to …
Feb 10 2026
Update
The past couple of months required stepping back and focusing on what matters most, both for the horses and behind the scenes. That quiet work isn’t always visible, but it’s essential. Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy Ambassador Mustangs Spur (left, Stewart Creek, WY) and Rock (Little Colorado, WY) engaging in some young gelding goofiness one …
Dec 12 2025
Care
When Eduardo Garcia reached out to me about Ragnar, I sent him an adoption application like we always do. A couple of his references sounded familiar. When I called them, one of them said he’s a chef. Once approved, he came out to meet Ragnar and told me what he was planning on doing with …
Dec 10 2025
Tricks for the trail
First, thank you to all of you who thought of Wild Horse Outreach & Advocacy yesterday on Colorado Gives Day! The Mustangs and our small team appreciate you. When fundraising goes well, it’s always in spite of me not putting the word out early (maybe I’ll learn some day?) and only thanks to you believing …
Dec 09 2025
Trust Beyond Logic
If there’s one thing that nonprofit work for Mustangs has taught me, it’s this: To have trust beyond logic or what one might call faith. It’s jumping and trusting that the parachute will open. Sometimes it means building a safety net on the way down. It’s doing the thing and figuring out how along the …
Dec 02 2025
Help us welcome 4 new faces this Giving Tuesday morning!
Karma – 5yo brown Mustang mare from Antelope Hills WY. Karma was passed over 9 times (9 strikes) because she’s “nothing special”. Uncle – 6yo grey Mustang gelding from Roberts Mountain NV. He’s an old soul and as sensible as he’s big, so we made an exception to our usual age range. Vengeance aka Vinny …