Many equestrian events have been cancelled, but with some ingenuity, others have made an attempt to carry on safely despite COVID-19. Each year, the Extreme Mustang Makeover offers a chance for young trainers to prove their horse training and handling skills. Normally, the culmination of the project would be held in Kentucky, but this year, youth contestants showed their work via video making this the first virtual Mustang Makeover.
Follow the journey of two wild mustangs from the selection process, to the auction, pick up day, day 1, first touch, all the way up to the $75,000 youth division competition in Fort Worth, Texas. Share the experience of a life tim ...
I’d just hit the three weeks of training mark with my wild Extreme Mustang Makeover horse, when things really got rocky. Something was going on... either the way I trained was not working on this mustang in particular or there is ...
Hannah is the author and in trainer in our Extreme Mustang Makeover Series. Hannah is a long time horse enthusiast but did not get her first horse Levi until the age of twelve. Levi was an old grade quarter horse who was the perfe ...
The second week with my Extreme Mustang Makeover mare, Leela was full of ups and downs. Progress always comes with steps forward as well as steps back. Now that she has been accustom to living in a stall and walking to the round p ...
In a makeover, trainers are typically randomly assigned a wild, unhandled BLM mustang between the ages of four and seven and allotted about 100 days to completely transform their untrained and untamed horse into a willing partner. ...
This week we set up a mock trail class to practice putting our mustang makeover mares through. Since one of the three preliminary classes is a trail class, getting Leela confident over various obstacles is critical. Trainers compe ...
Leela is starting to show great potential as a future trail horse. This week most of our highlights involved going out and seeing new sights on a ‘trail walk’ where she and a fellow competitor’s mustang were walked in hand out on ...
This week my mustang, Leela, was becoming more and more proficient at her walk, trot, and canter in the arenas. Not only is she transitioning between gaits well but she’s also learning to hold straight lines and circles. ...
Sam VanFleet is a twenty-year-old former A-circuit jumper competitor who has found her passion in gentling Mustangs and PMU foals. She has been posting videos of her latest project, a mustang mare she is training for the Player’s ...
Many equestrian events have been cancelled, but with some ingenuity, others have made an attempt to carry on safely despite COVID-19. Each year, the Extreme Mustang Makeover offers a chance for young trainers to prove their horse ...
A Canadian girl has jumped into fame recently. Known as a horse girl, she spends her spare time galloping on all fours and clearing jumps like a grand-prix jumper. Ava Vogel has been practicing her unusual hobby for about six year ...
In a time of physical distancing, a remote island seems like the perfect destination. But remote doesn’t mean uninhabited. Join equestrian and adventurer Emma Massingale as she packs up her van to frolic with the seals, goats and ...
After pictures of two emaciated horses accompanied a news story about horses rescued from the Valley Fire in California, viewers wrote expressing their concern. But, both horses are doing as well as could be expected for very seni ...
The Census Cowboy was intended to be an motivational ‘superhero’ sent to neighbourhoods in Chicago where response to the national census was the lowest. But, Census Cowboy has gone from promotional hero to heel after a publicity s ...
What do you do if you fall off your horse? Why, you get right back on! We’ve always heard this advice and have probably followed it after an unscheduled dismount. But, is it good advice? ...
Top (1st) ranked horse GS Magic Treasure currently holds the High Jump record for Moyles, a rare breed. Magic Treasure is out of the BMC General Store stable, carrying the GSMoyle brand. The 13 year-old, 16hh mare has a best jump ...
The mystery of the 150 horse deaths in France may have been solved. After a horse owner spotted suspects trespassing in their pasture and injuring a horse, police were able to identify one man and arrest him. Continued vigilance i ...
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