Thank You, Salata Selma!
We are incredibly grateful to the new Salata restaurant in Selma for their generous support of the Saddle Light Center! On their grand opening day, they donated 10% of their sales to SLC and kindly allowed us to set up …
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Saddle Light Center has been recognized as an EQUUS Foundation 2025 Guardian
The Guardian Seal of Transparency is awarded annually and is a recognition of an organization’s commitment to transparency and accountability by its willingness to make comprehensive data about their programs, horse care practices, and governance available for public scrutiny. Only …
Welcome to our newest addition, Coco!
SLC welcomed Coco to the herd in early 2025. She is a Grade Pony, which means her breeding is unknown or undocumented. SLC does not require any specific breed for a pony to be part of the programs, so Coco …
Welcome to new instructor, Lindsey Miller!
Lindsey started as an instructor on Thursdays in October. She is a Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor (CTRI). Prior to earning her certification, Lindsey volunteered for several years at 2 other therapeutic riding establishments, SOAR in San Marcos and SIRE in …
Update on Copper
Cooper is doing very well! Anna is working on riding him on a loose rein so he can acclimate to what carrying one of our riders will be like and he is learning how to understand that. He is very …
Welcome Dutch!
Dutch is the newest addition at the barn and as soon as we resolve some health issues, he will start his trial period to become part of the program. Dutch is a 13 year old Rocky Mountain Horse. Even many …
In Remembrance of Mr. Cool
We are extremely sad to inform everyone that we lost Mr. Cool recently to a sudden illness. Mr. Cool spent 22 years at the Saddle Light Center and provided therapy to countless riders over the years. Early in his life …
What’s Going on Around the Barn
Najim Charitable Foundation Grant In July, we received $15,000 grant from the Najim Charitable Foundation to support our Saddle Club Scholarship Fund. We are so thankful to them for their continued support of our organization! EQUUS Foundation 2022 Guardian We …
What’s Going on Around the Barn?
Help us in welcoming Rebecca Hollington as our new Volunteer Coordinator! Rebecca stepped into the role in February and we believe she will be an asset to our program. The International Veterinary Acupuncture Society (IVAS) was here in October and November and returned again …
Guardian EQUUS Foundation Award
We are glad to have received the following recognition from the Guardian EQUUS Foundation, as issued May 2021. Below is our award message: Congratulations! We are pleased to recognize Saddle Light Center as an EQUUS Foundation 2021 Guardian. The purpose …
What’s going on around the barn?
We are pleased to announce that the Saddle Light Center has again received the 2021 Platinum Seal of Transparency from the Guide Star Organization! To see what achiev-ing this status means about our transparency, ethics, and strategy you can visit …
Save the Date: Annual Rider Showcase May 20th
The Showcase will take place in the Saddle Light arena at Retama Annual Rider Showcase on Saturday, May 20th from 10am to 3pm. International Order of Alhambra Alamo Caravan #269 is providing and cooking the BBQ lunch for riders, families, volunteers, …
