The Safe Horse Project

08/01/2024

The Heart of the Horse Expo & Trainers Challenge has become independent of The Safe Horse Project! We are so proud that this event will be back bigger and even better in 2025!
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Welcome to the Heart of the Horse Expo & Trainers Challenge On-line Information Center! Our website is designed to be a hub of information about our organization, our mission, and how you can get involved. We invite you to explore and learn more about our event and how you can participate to make a....

08/01/2024

We are proud to announce that the Heart of the Horse Expo & Training Challenge is returning in 2025! Not only is it coming back, but the first Heart of the Horse Trainers Challenge was such a success that it has grown its own wings and has become a project separate from The Safe Horse Project. Please follow this exciting event on their new page! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562792850201

The HOH Trainers Challenge is a special event designed to promote and grow horse ownership, equine related businesses and equine activities with a unique approach to helping provide secure futures for equines.

06/04/2023

MidSouth Horse Review just published this great feature article on Julia Whitehead. We are so happy that Julia participated in the Heart of the Horse Trainers Challenge. Her talents not only transformed Merci into a highly desirable riding companion, her efforts garnered the Amateur Championship and overall high point recognition. Bravo Julia!!!

Seventeen-year-old Junior rider, Julia Whitehead, is no stranger to hard work.

06/03/2023

Today Mickey was moved to his new home! Looks like he hit the jackpot with his new person, Rick Bowman and his new digs at Blues City Warmbloods! Thanks to trainer Kevin Little for preparing Mickey for his happily ever after.

06/01/2023

This!....this right here is the end result of good rescue coupled with the ultimate goal of the Heart of the Horse Trainers Challenge! Thank you so much to Edward's trainers, Mercedes Kelly Sampsell and Delaney Ware for giving him the training needed to become a child's dream horse!

05/26/2023

The Safe Horse Auction 2023

Catori - ADOPTED $4,000
Edward - ADOPTED $1,200
Merci - ADOPTED $5,200
Mickey - ADOPTED $1,200
Doc - ADOPTED $6,600
Petra - ADOPTED $4,000
Tesoro - ADOPTED $3,000
Pilgrim - ADOPTED $13,750
Razzle - on 30 day trial
Millie - Available
Chief - Available
Scooter - Available
Darlene - Available
Laredo - Available
Truffles - Available
Rapper - Available
Dallas - Will be available in 30 - 60 days
Nico - available for adoption, long term foster, or in need of a sponsor

05/26/2023

Warning! This post will take a long time if you watch all of the links....but worth the time! These are the trail performances of Teams Doc, Pilgrim & Petra.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_2DTQXe0wU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSFGPxrIJvw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri5s4KsNtfM

05/26/2023

This is Team Dallas's winning performance in the Trail portion of the Horsemanship & Trail class. Enjoy!

05/26/2023

Last Friday, a series of errors resulted in anomalies in the scoring of the Trail portion of the Pro Division's Horsemanship & Trail class, and we have taken steps to correct those errors in a manner that is fair and satisfactory to the Pro Trainers that were involved. A quick explanation is that last minute changes in the order of obstacles in the trail portion of the class were not updated in the judges' scorecards, causing several trainers to not get scored for all of the obstacles, which in turn skewed the results. Our judges have reviewed videos of each team's performance in the trail portion of the class and entered the missing scores. These corrections changed the placement of the Pro Division's Horsemanship & Trail class as follows:
1st place - Team Dallas
2nd place - Team Doc
3rd place - Team Pilgrim
4th place - Team Petra

The new scores in the Horsemanship & Trail class also impacted the outcome of the Pro Division Championship as follows:
Pro Champion - Team Petra, winning $5,000
Reserved Champions - TIE - Team Dallas & Team Doc, winning $3,000 each,
Third Place - Team Pilgrim, winning $1,500

The trainers worked too hard not to get the rewards and recognition they deserve and we regret any confusion that these errors may have caused. Once again, please congratulate our Champions and thank you all for your support of the Heart of the Horse Trainers Challenge!