CANCELED. Update, September 2026: WE in the Valley #1 and #2, scheduled for September 26–27, 2026, have been canceled because of the pigeon fever outbreak in the Gallatin Valley. Pigeon fever (Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis) spreads readily where horses gather, and Gallatin Valley Working Equitation made the call to protect the horses. The original announcement remains below […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
On May 20, 2021, Fear Free launched its national Equine Veterinary Certification Program, an eight-module certification course for veterinary professionals. Stacie is one of the five authors of the course, and the program traces back to a conversation she started: in 2018 she approached Fear Free founder Dr. Marty Becker about building an equine version […]
On February 10, 2021, the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association (HSVMA) presented a continuing education webinar, “Best Practices for Rescue Horses: Horses in Transition,” with Dr. Stacie Boswell as the sole presenter. The webinar was approved for 1.5 hours of RACE CE credit in the medical category for both veterinarians and veterinary technicians, and remains […]
February 2018 – Bozeman Daily Chronicle – Veterinary Second Opinion.
In June 2016, the Dog Head Fire burned more than 18,000 acres in the Manzano Mountains of New Mexico, forcing evacuations across the East Mountain communities. No people or horses died, and nearly 100 horses were moved to safety ahead of the flames. In October 2016, KRQE-TV News 13 in Albuquerque reported on that rescue […]