BEHS 1461 – Saffire

Name: Saffire Status: Bluebonnet Rescue Horse Training Challenge
Adoption Fee: Arrived At Rescue: November 21, 2023
Location: Saffire, TX Adoption Date:
Registered: Breed: Grade
Date of Birth: January 1, 2013 Color: Chestnut / Sorrel
Gender: Mare
Height: 14.2
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About Saffire

Saffire was removed from negligent owners and placed with Bluebonnet by the courts.

Saffire was diagnosed with some navicular changes in 2024. She was put in wedge shoes and was sound after that.

Saffire is competing in the Professional Division of the Bluebonnet Rescue Horse Training Challenge with Jeremiah Bowen. Saffire will be available for adoption on October 4, 2025, during the Bluebonnet Training Challenge and Expo at the Williamson County Expo Center in Taylor, TX. You can follow their progress on their Facebook page CLICK HERE

For more information about the Expo and Training Challenge CLICK HERE, or for information about adopting a challenge horse CLICK HERE.

Evaluation and Training

Saffire had not been handled much before coming to Bluebonnet. She initially went to a trainer to get halter trained, and she was then assigned to a professional for the Bluebonnet Rescue Horse Training Challenge. She worked on Saffire's groundwork skills and getting her used to trail obstacles.

She did start Saffire under saddle, but she felt that Saffire would not be far enough along to safely show at the Expo. Because she was not handled much until she was about ten years old, Saffire needs more time to adjust to training and being a riding horse. Right now, she's still bucking sometimes under saddle and will need an Expert rider (or an advanced rider who will have her with a trainer) to get her going under saddle.

Saffire is a very smart and very athletic horse. She was bred to be a working cow horse and would do best in a home where she'll have a job and be worked with frequently/consistently.

Temperament

Trailers: Yes Bucks: Yes
Leads: Yes Bites: Working on it
Ties: Yes Catches: Yes
Trims: Yes Bathes: Yes
Clips: Unknown Rears: No
Kicks: No Rider Level: Expert (or Professional)
Evaluated/Trained By: Professional Trainer Evaluated
Training Level: Basic Groundwork
Halter Broke
Started Under Saddle, Green Broke
Riding Suitability listed: Unrestricted riding