Calendar of Events
June
6-8
Western States Mustang Challenge, Sacramento, Calif.
12-14
Extreme Mustang Makeover pickup
July
15
Western States Trainer Reimbursement Form Deadline
August 15-16 Wyoming Mustang
Challenge.Douglas, Wy
15-17
Reno Western States Wild Horse and Burro yearling and futurity event, Reno, NV
September 17-20
The Big One!
The Extreme Mustang Makeover!
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Get your own
Extreme DVD! Only a Few Left!
Fans of the Extreme Mustang Makeover
can enjoy watching the series again and again as DVD's of the top-rated
Extreme Mustang Makeover show on RFD TV's Wide World of Horses are now
on sale.
The Extreme Mustang Makeover television series boxed
set, selling for $76, is a great gift for friends and
family (and one for you, too!), providing hours of interesting stories
as well as insight into the techniques used to tame America's legendary
wild horses, a real help for those interested in competing in future Mustang Makeover events.
DVD's of the Extreme Mustang Makeover competition are also
available for $56.
Repeat airings of the show will be broadcast on RFD-TV June 5-8 and June 12-15 on episodes of the All Around Performance Horse.
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Join the MHF Trainers Incentive Program!
Trainers receive
limited compensation over a 90-day period for the care and training of
one to four Mustangs and cash incentives when the Mustang is adopted.
For example, if the incentive Mustang is trained and adopted in 30
days or less, the trainer will receive $5 per day for care and $600 in
bonus incentive pay. For 31-60 days, the per day fee is $4 and bonus
pay is $500, while the per day fee is $3 for 61-90 days and bonus pay
is $400. Horses not adopted in 91 days are returned to the BLM, with
the trainer receiving $2 per day and no bonus pay. Mustangs can be
returned within 15 days if it becomes apparent that it is un-adoptable.
To learn more about the program and apply, click here or download the application and information.
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VISIT THE NEW EXTREME MUSTANG MAKEOVER WEB SITE!
Visit the new Extreme Mustang Makeover website. The new site provides features which allow you to:
- Complete applications online.- Read about event judges.- Make travel plans.- Find answers to plenty of questions. - Locate trainers who have been selected.- Get all the news about the event.- Learn about sponsors supporting the event, as well as read a blog written by the trainers themselves!
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Come see us in Sacramento for the Western States Expo and Celebrate!
 Whether it's been the Magnificent Seven or the Equine Dream Art Show that has drawn thousands to the Western States Horse Expo in Sacramento, Calif., over the years, the Mustang Challenge has been added to make the event's 10th anniversary even more memorable.
The Western States Mustang Challenge comes to the Expo for the first time June 6-8 and will feature 30 top horsemen and women and their previously wild American Mustangs.
 The event will also feature "Wild Horse Transformations" Friday June 6, which highlights the work of three 2007 Extreme Mustang Makeover trainers and the progress they've made with their Mustangs. Trainers include Joe Misner, Jeremy Dunn and Ray Arris, with 2007 high-adopting Mustang Hail Yeah. All of our friends can also join us in celebrating the one-year anniversary of the relationship between these trainers and their horses at a party to follow Wild Horse Transformation. Plus you can listen to a recent interview Ray did with Audrey Pavia about his experiences.
The Expo has been super hospitable, so you'll be able to find our booth and trainers located in the same barn, as well as enjoy competition under the California sun in outdoor arenas.
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Veteran Show Horse Takes Mustang Smackdown
Hawley Donates Third Place Mustang to Foundation
 A veteran show horse under the hand of a veteran rider proved they still had what it takes when Pete Kyle of Whitesboro, Texas, brought his gelding Chexy Dr Pepper out of retirement to take on a field of nine other horses, including five American Mustangs, in the Texas Classic's Extreme Mustang Smackdown May 25 in Fort Worth, Texas.
Performing to the spicy tune of Ritchie Valens' LaBamba, Kyle and "Chexy" had the crowd laughing and applauding during hard stops and whirling spins, with Kyle seemingly intoxicated underneath his large sombrero. At one point, Kyle performed a choreographed fall from the 13-year-old buckskin quarter horse and then crawled beneath his horse as he struggled to his feet. The crowd's applause reached its peak when Kyle stood on the horse's back and waved his "bottle" in salute to the audience.
That performance netted Kyle and Chexy a score of 261.5 under judges Travis Dittmer of Mineral Wells, Texas, and Marilyn Randall of Whitefish, Montana. A third score was calculated through an applause meter and audience response.
Kyle captured the $5,000 cash prize offered by the Texas Classic and the Mustang Heritage Foundation.
 It was the night of the buckskins as both the second and third place horses shared the coat color. Taking second place was Hollywood All Star, owned by Jordan Donnelly and ridden by dad Kinzy of Aubrey, Texas. Performing to the "Man from Snowy River," Donnelly and 9-year-old "All Star" played a game of hide and seek with Jordan, dressed as an Indian maid, and then roped an unruly steer. That performance netted the duo a score of 251.5 from the judges and audience, along with a pair of Bolle sunglasses, valued at $400, and donated by First Eye Care.
The Mustangs, all at three to four years of age, did bring a show, as well, with Weldon Hawley of Vernon, Texas, bringing his giant specimen, Winnemucca, to the event. Coming in at 16 hands and weighing well over 1,400 pounds, Winnemucca thundered around the arena to the tune of Brad Paisley's "Spaghetti Western Swing," performing smooth circles and turns before Hawley nodded for a steer. One look at the giant buckskin Mustang and the steer took for the hills, or tried to leave the arena anyway, hooking a horn in the upper railing. Winnemucca scored extra points with the crowd as Hawley sidled up to the trapped steer and worked him free while Winnemucca stood quietly by.
That performance garnered the duo a score of 247.5 and third place, winning a framed print of a Mustang stallion courtesy of Sagebrush Art.
 Following the competition, Hawley generously donated Winnemucca to the Mustang Heritage Foundation, who will auction the big horse later this year through a virtual adoption hosted at the Foundation's web site.
"We are so grateful to everyone who took part in this event, of any breed," said Colbert. "To be able to put four year old Mustangs in the same arena as some of the best, older, breed horses in the business, and then see them hold their own, was an incredible leap forward in bringing the industry to a point of collaboration and unity in showing value for all kinds of horses. We are so appreciative of the Texas Classic's show manager, Val Clark, for inviting us to be a part of a show the caliber of the Classic."
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We'll See You in Reno, Paul's Valley and Ewing
Extreme Mustang Makeover Pickups June 13 and 14
 MHF staff will be on hand June 13 and 14 to greet 200 Extreme Mustang Makeover Trainers as they pick up their Mustangs for competition to begin September 17 in Fort Worth, Texas. Pick ups take place in Reno, NV, Ewing, IL and Paul's Valley, Ok at BLM holding facilities. We urge you to call your local newspapers, particularly if you live close to those areas, and encourage them to come out and document your introduction to your Mustang!
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'Stang Stars to take the Stage!
Everybody knows the Extreme Mustang Makeover is a blast, but we're making it a rockin' blast with the addition of the 'Stang Star Trainer Talent Extravaganza!
Trainers competing in the Extreme Mustang Makeover will strut their stuff as they croon a tune, dance a jig or wax poetic with an original poem.
To learn more about the talent show, call 512-355-3225.
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Trustee Spotlight
Randall Carr, Cross Plains, Tennessee
 Randall Carr is the hard-working and loyal partner to the other half of the Carr team, MHH President Paula Carr.
Probably best known for the development of the Carr Wild Horse and Burro Center, Randall is one of the leading contractors of satellite adoptions for the Bureau of Land Management and developed the model for the adoptions.Randall and Paula take a semi with panels and trucks with gooseneck
trailers full of water buckets, hay, tolls, and haltering chutes to
a designated place and set up for horses and burros arriving to be
adopted out for the weekend.MHF Trustees work long and hard to ensure the continual promotion and education regarding the
mustang and burro experience through adoption, volunteering, sponsorship
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