The Safe Horse Project’s Heart of the Horse 2023 Competition Zone

The Heart of the Horse 2023 Challenge was held in Jackson, Miss., May 19th and 20th. A 120 day competition culminated at the Kirk Fordice Equine Center for this two day event. Over fifteen horses and trainers competed in the Youth, Amateur, and Professional trainers divisions. These trainers, along with their equine partners, competed in three classes: Health & Ground Manners, Horsemanship & Trail, and Freestyle. These classes were judged by Cohn Livingston and Mary Miller-Jordan.

On Saturday, May 20th, the Trainers Challenge Awards were presented, followed by a drawing to win a Polaris Ranger 570. The event concluded with a Safe Horse Auction of all the Challenge horses. Eight of these horses were adopted and found their forever homes.

A tremendous amount of work and hundreds of hours of time went into creating this wonderful event. Thanks to everyone at The Safe Horse Project and Mississippi Horse Rescue for making it all come together.