Looking for information on the Mustang makeover program?

[cardinal]

I'm just doing a little researching on the topic and I'm a bit curious as to where I can find the answers to a few questions:

1) How to get involved? (Did I miss something?... the sites I've been to are not very clear on this. I am most likely not looking in the right place, though.)

2) Are there any requirements? or can anyone participate?

3) Do you get to "choose" or "bid" on a horse you are particularly interested in? or do they "draw straws" so to speak?

4) When you buy and train the mustang - at the end of everything, is it required to sell the horse? or can you continue to own the horse?

5) Are you assigned a horse to train that is still owned by the BLM, or program "staff"? or do you buy the horse (own it) and enter the program aka sign up for it?

6) Where can I learn about the program/entry fees?

7) What are your opinions on the Mustang Makeover?

Thank you in advance for your answers and time!

[horace hockey]

As for question #7, I feel it is an excellent program. I have seen several makeover horses with sucessful stories. My friend and trainer who got 4th place in the 2012 event adopted her assigned mustang and now is using her for a lesson horse. That is how well she turned out.


All the questions you have can be answered by the Mustang Heritage foundation, who funds and sponser the Extreme Makeover. Here is the link.
http://www.mustangheritagefoundation.org/

I was a volunteer at the Edinburg, In. adoption this past November and took the photo below of my friend Nadia Hefner, (4th place) and her assigned horse, Grace. Nadia who adopter her own assigned horse.She brought Grace for a demo. Hard to believe she started Grace out in January and got her to this point.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50856837@N0...hotostream

Way to go, Nadia !

Question #4. You do not buy the horse. It is assigned to participants. After the competition, the horses are available for adoption by auction. You must meet blm requirements to adopt. Contestants are allowed to bid on the horse they trained, which Nadia did and won.

Here is the BLM link regarding adoption requirements.
http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/whb/file...ements.pdf

If you do facebook, look up the group, happy mustangs. There are a lot of EMM competitors on this site willing to share info as well.

[Lilian]

Call the BLM and have them send you Info.

What I know about it. I knew a trainer at an indoor barn that said he was going to get two to get ready for the competition. I stopped by his place about a week to see the horses he got. Well when I walked over to the corral, they both whistled, snorted and ran to the other side of the corral. They looked like outlaw horses to me. I stopped 3 weeks later and the fellow said he was not gaining any ground with them at all and was going to take them back and get two more.

That same week I was visiting my daughter and a guy rode into her yard riding a BLM and leading another BlM with a tiny about 3 year old kid on its back with a rope through the kids pant loops and over the cantle of the saddle. They both appeared to be dog gentle and quiet.. The guy was not a trainer and did not do well at the contest but his two horses were broke and gentle, just not super trained.

So it would depend on the disposition of the horse you get as to whether it would be a piece of cake to train or one that God make for the Alpo Can.