WE in the Valley is back. After a successful inaugural weekend in 2025, Gallatin Valley Working Equitation will host two USAWE-licensed shows — WE in the Valley #1 and #2, licenses 26-109 and 26-110 — on September 26–27, 2026 at Saddle Peak Equestrian Center in Belgrade, Montana. WE in the Valley 2026 Two USAWE-licensed shows, […]
On August 16–17, 2025, the inaugural “WE in the Valley” working equitation show ran at Saddle Peak Equestrian Center in Belgrade, Montana, with Stacie as Show Manager. The weekend was run as two USAWE-licensed competitions — WE in the Valley #1 and #2, licenses 25-108 and 25-109 — giving riders two scoring opportunities in a […]
Emily Hutton is the horsewoman behind The Clever Cowgirl, a YouTube channel with more than 150,000 subscribers that documents her work giving auction and rescue horses a soft landing — first in Montana’s Gallatin Valley, now in Colorado. In December 2024 she published a video chronicling the first ten days of refeeding a starved auction […]
On August 29, 2024, Academic Press (an imprint of Elsevier) published Equine Welfare in Clinical Practice: How and Why to Incorporate Equine Behavior and Welfare Assessments into Clinical Practice, edited by V. Wensley Koch, DVM. Stacie is the sole author of Chapter 3, “Minimizing Fear Associated With Veterinary Procedures” (pages 49–68), contributing the book’s chapter […]
On July 15, 2024, the Mid-South Horse Review profiled Montana reining trainer Valerie Siegel — winner of the 2023 NRHA Intermediate Open World Championship — for its Equestrian Impact Awards. Stacie nominated her, and the profile is built around her nomination letter. Equestrian Impact Awards: Valerie Siegel “Watching Val pursue and win this prestigious award […]
On September 26, 2023, The Chronicle of the Horse published a feature by Dallas Finn Calvert on the Fear Free veterinary movement, “Fear Free Training Is Creating Happier Horses—And Safer Veterinarians,” which also ran in the magazine’s September 2023 print issue. Stacie appears throughout as a primary expert source alongside Fear Free founder Dr. Marty […]
In February 2023, Merck Animal Health presented a one-hour continuing education webinar for veterinary professionals, “Low Stress Veterinary Care for Horses,” with Dr. Stacie Boswell as the sole presenter. The webinar was RACE-approved for one hour of CE credit, offered free of charge through Merck’s Professional Services Veterinarians continuing-education program, and was subsequently made available […]
On November 8, 2022, Dr. Stacie Boswell presented a free hands-on evening at Montana State University’s Miller Stock Pavilion in Bozeman — part of the MSU Montana Agricultural Experiment Station and Department of Animal and Range Sciences monthly series, open to students and the greater Bozeman community. The topic: preparing horses for veterinary care using […]
The August 1, 2021 issue of JAVMA News, the news publication of the American Veterinary Medical Association, covered the launch of the Fear Free Equine Certification Program and interviewed Stacie about how it came to be. JAVMA News: “Equine Fear Free certification launches” The article, by Kaitlyn Mattson, traces the program to a conversation Stacie […]
On May 26, 2021, dvm360 covered the launch of the Fear Free Equine Veterinary Certification Program, the eight-module certification course Stacie co-authored. dvm360: “Fear Free launches equine certification program” “The program encompasses 8 one-hour modules that were written and reviewed by leading equine medicine experts covering Fear Free concepts. Video clips and slides demonstrate how […]