Where we stand, and how we will be held to it
Free sessions opened in October 2026: Mavericks for young people and Heroes and Horses for veterans. No program has completed a full cycle, so there are no outcome results yet. Attendance is below. This page is what we intend to do, how we will measure it, and what we will publish.
The coast above Daly City.
What is real, what is planned
Our first numbers
Attendance as of October 20, 2026. These count people, not outcomes; no program has finished a full cycle yet.
- 154veterans have ridden free at Ocean View Stables in 2026. The stable donates each ride; Saved by the Saddle sponsors the offer.
- 18veterans came to our most recent Coffee and Horsemanship morning.
- 7 to 10veterans join us every Thursday at 10 AM through our Veterans Court partnership.
- 30+service members came to Fleet Week at the Barn on October 6, 2026.
- 6horses are pledged to our programs every week by Ocean View Stables.
- Open or done
- In development
- Not yet
- Open now
Mavericks for young people, Heroes and Horses for veterans
Free programs for at-promise youth and for veterans. Mavericks meets twice a month; Heroes and Horses meets every Thursday and on two Monday mornings a month.
- Happening now
Riding, at special events and with partners
Special events, like Fleet Week at the Barn, and the programs we build with partner organizations can include riding. Nobody has to ride.
- Open now
Volunteering and the board
Four volunteer tracks, a monthly orientation, and five unpaid board seats to fill.
- Happening now
Weekly Heroes and Horses sessions, with our Veterans Court partners
Every Thursday at 10 AM, 7 to 10 veterans come to the barn through our Veterans Court partnership.
- In development
An eight-week youth cohort
Being designed; not open yet.
- Not yet
R&R: Rescue and Rehab
We own no horses yet, and rescue intake stays closed until the prerequisites are in place. Ocean View Stables pledges 6 horses to our care each week.
- Not yet
Financial reports
Saved by the Saddle has not completed a financial year. Annual reports and the Form 990 will be published after the first filing.
What we intend to change, and for whom
For young people
A place where showing up matters and the work is real. Young people learn to handle a horse from the ground, take responsibility for an animal that depends on them, and practice staying calm when something goes wrong.
For veterans
Heroes and Horses: quiet, unhurried time with horses, at each person's own pace. It is non-clinical, and we say so plainly.
For horses
Horses in need will get patient rehabilitation, steady handling, and a future they are suited to. A horse that is not ready to work with people is not asked to, even when it is inconvenient.
How we will measure it, honestly
We are setting this up before results exist, so the method is fixed before we know whether the answers flatter us.
Count only what we can count. Sessions held and sessions missed. People who started and people who finished. Horses in our care and their condition. Recorded as it happens, not reconstructed afterwards.
Ask the people in the program. Plain questions at the start and at the end, answered in their own words. Nothing is published without consent, and no one is identified who does not want to be.
Report what did not work. A cohort that goes badly is still a cohort we report on. We would rather publish a difficult year than a flattering guess.
We show our numbers when we have numbers to show
You will not find estimates presented as results, projections dressed up as history, or figures borrowed from other organizations presented as ours on this site.
What we will publish
Who each program served, and how many finished
Sessions delivered, and sessions we had to cancel
The horses in our care and how they are doing
Where the money went, once there is money to account for
Our safety protocols, and any incident that occurs
The field we are joining
These are other people's published figures, not results of ours.
71,288 children and adults, including 7,427 veterans, took part in equine-assisted services at PATH Intl. member centers, as reported by 683 centers with data as of 31 December 2023. Source: PATH Intl. Fact Sheet 2024.
25,128 American horses were exported to Mexico and Canada for slaughter in 2025, up from 20,201 in 2024. Source: Animal Welfare Institute, from USDA data.
Be part of the first year
Join a session
Mavericks, for young people, and Heroes and Horses, for veterans, are free and open for registration.
Volunteer
Board, skilled professional, program and horse care tracks, with a monthly orientation.
Partner
Schools, veteran organizations, rescues and local businesses: tell us how your work touches ours.
Help the work start properly.
Insurance, training, safety and the groundwork for rescue all cost money before they show results.
Help build it properly.
Gifts fund free sessions, the training and safety work behind them, and the groundwork for a rescue program done right.
Healing horses. Healing people. Creating second chances.
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Daly City, CA 94015
Saved by the Saddle is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation organized for charitable and educational purposes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, EIN 41-3846131. It is a separate legal entity from Ocean View Stables, a privately owned business, and operates at Ocean View Stables under a written facilities agreement. Donations to Saved by the Saddle fund its charitable programs only and are not used to support or improve the private business.
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