Calendar of Events:
May
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Trainers - Extreme
Mustang Makeover
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Wyoming Mustang Challenge Pickup - Douglas
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Deadline to drop out of Western States Challenge for reimbursements
16-17
Reno Yearling Pickup
23-24
Texas Yearling Pickup
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Extreme Mustang Smackdown 7 p.m. Fort Worth, Texas. Will Rogers Center.
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Midwest Trainer Reimbursement Form Deadline.
June
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Western States Mustang Challenge, Sacramento, Calif.
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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
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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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 It's May 1 already? Did I miss the deadline for Mission 007: The Yearling Edition?!? Tell me it aint' true!
Good news. It ain't true.
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 There is still time to Join the Mission!Deadline Extended to MAY 10!!!!! Give your kids the chance of a lifetime to earn money for school.
Okay, Okay, we admit it. We got so swamped with applications for the Extreme Mustang Makeover that we lost track (that and another little thing called the Midwest Mustang Challenge, but we'll get to that later).
So, we're extending the deadline for Mission 007: Yearling Edition to May 10. YEAH!!!
Mission 007, aptly named for the foaling year of the Mustangs, is the yearling edition of the phenomenonally successful Extreme Mustang Makeover first held in September 2007. Mission: 007 events will be held in Reno, Nev., August 15-16 and September 18-21 in Fort Worth, Texas, during the 2008 $50,000 Extreme Mustang Makeover.
During competition, handlers receive scoring based on the body condition of their American Mustangs, as well as their ability to handle the horse "in hand" through a series of maneuvers which include picking up the horse's feet, maneuvering it through obstacles and loading it into a trailer. Three skilled horsemen will judge the competition. This is a great program for everyone in the family!
The deadline to apply is May 10! Pickup will be May 16-17 in Palomino Valley for the Reno program and May 23-24 in Elgin, Texas, for the Fort Worth program.
Go to mustangheritagefoundation.org for applications and rules.
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Midwest Mustang Challenge Rocks the House!
Standing Room Only Crowds Greet Competitors
The Midwest Mustang Challenge exceeded the expectations of organizers, but the signs were there. Advance tickets to the Midwest Horse Fair climbed to seven times the previous year and as the Top 10 finaists prepared to make their way to competition, the Madison, Wisc., sheriff's department and fire marshall were blocking the doors as the facility had reached capacity.
 Pennsylvania horse trainer Suzanne Myers took home the win April 19 in Madison, Wis., during the Midwest Horse Fair in the first of three Mustang Challenge events staged this year by the Mustang Heritage Foundation.
The slender blonde from Port Matilida wowed a crowd of more than 8,000 spectators at a sold-out Midwest Horse Fair riding the American Mustang "Jazz" to Craig Morgan's "Little Bit of Life."
Myers executed a memorable performance as she and Jazz floated across the arena with smooth figure eights, demonstrating their ability to rate and change speeds. The knowledgeable crowd particularly appreciated the four-year old grullo gelding's ability to change leads and side pass, as well as execute clean diagonal strides across the arena. The duo scored a check for $5,000 of the $12,000 purse.
Go here for a list of winners, here to watch video of the Top 10 and here for more news stories.
 April 20 brought another large crowd to the Alliant Energy Center Coliseum to take part in the adoption of the 50 mustangs. With auctioneer Bruce McCarty of Fort Worth, Texas, at the mic, bidding was lively as trainers demonstrated capabilities that hadn't been seen during the actual competition. It was clear, however, when applause greeted rider Lalo Govea, voted the professional sportsmanship winner of the event, that his stunning black gelding "Elvis" would make the bidding "a little less conversation and a lot more action."
Adopters did not disappoint as Elvis, who placed eighth in overall competition, bowed, loped soft circles, carried a small child and allowed Govea of Kenosha, Wis., to swing a rope around his head while bidding, which was started by judge Ken McNabb at $2,000, quickly climbed to $9,000. |
Next up: Sacramento for the Western States Expo. Come and See Us!
 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 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.
For tickets and hotel information, visit the Expo web site.
Trainers include:
- Sandi Anderson, Perris, CA
- Saunya Bolton, Reno, NV
- Steve Boyles, Santa Clarita, CA
- Bill R. Bumgardner, Boron, CA
- Destry Campbell, Alturas, CA
- Keith Danielson, Hooper, WA
- Corinne Elser, Burns, OR
- Randy Ford, Valley Springs, CA
- Mary Jessberger, Carson City, NV
- Gavin Jordan, Yucca Valley, CA
- Angela (Angi) Keitel, Antelope Acres, CA
- Dixie LaFountain, Weaverville, CA
- Joe Misner, Johnson Valley, CA
- Jenna Nelson, Loma Linda, CA
- Robin Kimberly Orefice, Agua Dulce, CA
- Matt Replogle, Las Vegas, NV
- Harry Schneider, Eagle Point, OR
- Matt Sheridan, Tehachapi, CA
- Shelley Simmons, Redmond, OR
- Kathe Smothers, Oak View, CA
- Stacey Spangler, Red Bluff, CA
- Andrew Stephens, Lewiston, CA
- Jamie Thomas, Auburn, WA
- Rachel Thorp, Rigby, ID
- Janet Titus, Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Beverly Vreeland, Livermore, CA
- Madelyn Wagner, Valley Center, CA
- Gena Wasley, Roseville, CA
- Tracey Westbury, Bellingham, WA
- Charles Wilhelm, Castro Valley, CA
- Matt Eric Zimmerman, Adrian, OR
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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
Janet Greenlee, Austin, Texas
 Janet Greenlee s a senior vice president and partner of Fleishman-Hillard in Austin, Texas and has more than 20 years of experience in the consumer food and agribusiness marketing arena. While Janet is currently the general manager of the Austin office, she continues to manage food and nutrition clients including the California Table Grape Commission, National Mango Board and branded food products such as Desert Glory and Tropicana. Janet is part of a network-wide leadership team that provides crisis communications counsel to food and agribusiness clients. She is also co-chair of the Fleishman-Hillard Global Food and Agribusiness Practice Group. She has assisted in structuring issues management and crisis counseling programs for the U.S. Potato Board, the California Egg Commission, the California Pear Advisory Board and Sunsweet Growers, Inc.
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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