The
@extrememustang program celebrates 10 years with their 2016 anniversary tour!
Attend an event near you: http://bit.ly/1T2lMPL
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Extreme Mustang Make over comes to Queen Creek
For more information about the Extreme Mustang Makeover program or to register as a youth
or adult trainer, visit www.extrememustangmakeover.com.
Don’t Miss Extreme Mustang Makeover’s 10-Year Anniversary Tour
EMM events are open to the public and
fun for the whole family!
.March 11-12: Lamar Dixon Expo
Center, Gonzales, La.
.April 22-23: Horseshoe Park &
Equestrian Centre, Queen Creek,
Ariz. (America’s Mustang event)
.May 6-7: Jacksonville Equestrian
Center, Jacksonville, Fla.
.May 20-21: CSU B.W. Pickett
Equine Center, Ft. Collins, Colo.
.June 18-19: Reno-Sparks
Livestock Events Center “Reno
Rodeo,” Reno, Nev.
.July 14-16: Missouri State
Fairgrounds, Sedalia, Mo.
(America’s Mustang event)
.July 29-30: Ford Idaho Horse
Park, Nampa, Idaho
.August 5-6: Topsfield Fair
Facility, Topsfield, Mass.
.August 25-27: Virginia Horse
Center, Lexington, Va. (America’s
Mustang event)
.September 15-17: Will Rogers
Memorial Center, Fort Worth,
Texas
10 Years. 10 Cities.
10 Times the Extreme.
2016 Schedule
“10 Years. 10 Cities. 10 Times the Extreme” Events Held Nationwide, Open to the Public
Currently, an estimated 58,000 wild horses roam in the western
United States, mostly in Nevada, Montana, Wyoming and
Oregon. As their populations grow and they exceed their natural
habitats, help is needed to adopt them to loving, new homes.
But transforming a wild mustang into a gentle, adoptable
companion is no easy feat. Luckily, the kids and adults involved
in the Extreme Mustang Makeover’s (EMM) 10-year
anniversary competition are up for the challenge.
It’s a fierce challenge indeed, with just 100 days to condition the
horses—giving the trainers a chance at a plump purse and the
horses a loving, adopted home. It’s a tradition that has
continued on for a decade, and this milestone year, organizers
are celebrating 10 years spent finding adoptive homes for
American mustangs.
“In the past 10 years, we’ve found homes for 6,300 mustangs,
awarded more than $3 million in trainer prizes and raised more
than $700,000 to support the livelihood of American mustangs,”
said Kali Sublett, Executive Director of the Mustang Heritage
Foundation. “We’re incredibly proud of these achievements and
humbled by the support from trainers, riders, horse enthusiasts
and our local communities.”
The EMM program, created by the Mustang Heritage
Foundation in partnership with the Wild Horse & Burro division
of the Bureau of Land Management, involves a 100-day
competition that challenges trainers to condition wild mustangs
into practiced mounts. Through open showcases, adult and
youth (ages 8 to 17) trainers display the mustangs’ skills and
demeanor, followed by a bidding process where spectators can
adopt one as their own.
In 2016, the tour—“10 Years. 10 Cities. 10 Times the
Extreme”—features national showcase events across the
country, three of them held in coordination with the America’s
Mustang program, a public education campaign that celebrates
the iconic American mustang.
After being selected to compete, trainers are paired with an
American mustang that has been virtually untouched by
humans. With approximately three months to gentle and halter/saddle train the mustang, trainers then attend
the open-to-the-public competitions, where they have three and one-half minutes for a freestyle performance to
showcase their mount’s talents—such as riding without a bridle and standing atop the saddle.
“The mustangs’ intelligence, beauty, versatility and willingness to bond with humans is displayed at every
Extreme Mustang Makeover,” said Sublett. “We encourage everyone to attend an event to see firsthand these
amazing living legends.”
For more information about the Extreme Mustang Makeover program or to register as a youth
or adult trainer, visit www.extrememustangmakeover.com.
Don’t Miss Extreme Mustang Makeover’s 10-Year Anniversary Tour
EMM events are open to the public and
fun for the whole family!
.March 11-12: Lamar Dixon Expo
Center, Gonzales, La.
.April 22-23: Horseshoe Park &
Equestrian Centre, Queen Creek,
Ariz. (America’s Mustang event)
.May 6-7: Jacksonville Equestrian
Center, Jacksonville, Fla.
.May 20-21: CSU B.W. Pickett
Equine Center, Ft. Collins, Colo.
.June 18-19: Reno-Sparks
Livestock Events Center “Reno
Rodeo,” Reno, Nev.
.July 14-16: Missouri State
Fairgrounds, Sedalia, Mo.
(America’s Mustang event)
.July 29-30: Ford Idaho Horse
Park, Nampa, Idaho
.August 5-6: Topsfield Fair
Facility, Topsfield, Mass.
.August 25-27: Virginia Horse
Center, Lexington, Va. (America’s
Mustang event)
.September 15-17: Will Rogers
Memorial Center, Fort Worth,
Texas
10 Years. 10 Cities.
10 Times the Extreme.
2016 Schedule
“10 Years. 10 Cities. 10 Times the Extreme” Events Held Nationwide, Open to the Public
Currently, an estimated 58,000 wild horses roam in the western
United States, mostly in Nevada, Montana, Wyoming and
Oregon. As their populations grow and they exceed their natural
habitats, help is needed to adopt them to loving, new homes.
But transforming a wild mustang into a gentle, adoptable
companion is no easy feat. Luckily, the kids and adults involved
in the Extreme Mustang Makeover’s (EMM) 10-year
anniversary competition are up for the challenge.
It’s a fierce challenge indeed, with just 100 days to condition the
horses—giving the trainers a chance at a plump purse and the
horses a loving, adopted home. It’s a tradition that has
continued on for a decade, and this milestone year, organizers
are celebrating 10 years spent finding adoptive homes for
American mustangs.
“In the past 10 years, we’ve found homes for 6,300 mustangs,
awarded more than $3 million in trainer prizes and raised more
than $700,000 to support the livelihood of American mustangs,”
said Kali Sublett, Executive Director of the Mustang Heritage
Foundation. “We’re incredibly proud of these achievements and
humbled by the support from trainers, riders, horse enthusiasts
and our local communities.”
The EMM program, created by the Mustang Heritage
Foundation in partnership with the Wild Horse & Burro division
of the Bureau of Land Management, involves a 100-day
competition that challenges trainers to condition wild mustangs
into practiced mounts. Through open showcases, adult and
youth (ages 8 to 17) trainers display the mustangs’ skills and
demeanor, followed by a bidding process where spectators can
adopt one as their own.
In 2016, the tour—“10 Years. 10 Cities. 10 Times the
Extreme”—features national showcase events across the
country, three of them held in coordination with the America’s
Mustang program, a public education campaign that celebrates
the iconic American mustang.
After being selected to compete, trainers are paired with an
American mustang that has been virtually untouched by
humans. With approximately three months to gentle and halter/saddle train the mustang, trainers then attend
the open-to-the-public competitions, where they have three and one-half minutes for a freestyle performance to
showcase their mount’s talents—such as riding without a bridle and standing atop the saddle.
“The mustangs’ intelligence, beauty, versatility and willingness to bond with humans is displayed at every
Extreme Mustang Makeover,” said Sublett. “We encourage everyone to attend an event to see firsthand these
amazing living legends.”
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