Stefanie Skidmore
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Apr 16 2024
Exploring, Teaching, and Learning
Having Lacy back in the game and bringing the next generation of riding partners along with her help, and with the help of loyal goofy dogs that come running out of the most unlikely places at some interesting times, is something I’m incredibly grateful for. There’s little that’s more powerful in bringing a green horse …
Apr 16 2024
Letting the (cats? kittens?) out of the bag
We’re expecting!!! What? Devil’s Garden Mustangs! 6 adorable yearlings (5 fillies, 1 red roan gelding; all but the roan are pictured as weanlings) and 1 gorgeous 3yo dark bay gelding from our friends at the Double Devil Wild Horse Corrals in California. When? Next weekend! We’re super excited to get to know these kiddos. If …
Apr 14 2024
Getting to know Deets
This guy has been a joy to bring along, spots, quirks and all. Deets is a coming 5yo Appaloosa Mustang gelding, facility born to a Pine Nut, NV Mustang Mare. He is located in Guffey CO. Current height 14.3hh. Deets string tests to 15.2hh mature height. He is available for adoption through Wild Horse Outreach …
Apr 14 2024
Learning and Joy, mentors and friends
One of the best parts of life, and this Mustang journey, is not doing it alone. Having friends and mentors to talk to, work alongside, learn from and ride with is so important. I feel incredibly grateful to have several horsewomen around me whom I respect and enjoy riding and spending time with. I’m also …
Apr 14 2024
Breaks as Tools
*Original audio. Sound on for explanation (pardon the wind and my accent). Try to click on the video and watch full screen so you can read the text.* Tay Martin gave all the new kids a spa day after I sprayed their manes and tails. I joke about my X chromosomes not being long enough …
Apr 10 2024
Mares Update
As our snow has been turning to mud and crazy winds helped dry that some, we’ve been enjoying working with these four ladies. Eclipse, Cinder, Rapunzel and Fiadh are doing well and I feel incredible fortunate to have them. Mustangs are individuals and some take more easily to the people thing than others. These mares …
Apr 09 2024
Honor your limits
What are we looking at here? Frosty Bob’s big butt for one. Also 2 women who decided to walk 4 Mustangs – 2 from WY and 2 from CA – and 2 Shepherds for a couple of minutes to get past a scary (to us, we both don’t love narrow trails with drop offs) section …
Apr 07 2024
First ponying, “difficult” side
This was Lorena’s (2yo Twin Peaks CA Mustang filly) first time being ponied. Lorena, now Wren, has since gone home to her adopter in Michigan. I just got an update yesterday. Kiddo is doing well, turning into quite the ham, and from the sounds of it landed exactly where she needed to be. I’m happy …
Apr 07 2024
Setting the tone
“You never get a second chance to make a first impression” – Andrew Grant Some of you know I’m a counselor in my other life. I work with kiddos and sometimes with their adults. (Un)fortunately, I’m just as feral there as I am the rest of the time. I recently met with someone who had …
Apr 07 2024
This is her world, I’m just living in it
Here’s Fiadh (pronounced Fee Ah, not like the car), 2yo Twin Peaks CA Mustang filly, confronting our curtain about its audacity to blow in her face on a particularly windy afternoon. Then she walked over to me like “Did you see that???” She’d never ‘met’ the curtain before. I adore this filly. Not just because …