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Learn
about the Midwest Mustang Challenge at the Midwest
Horse Fair 2009!
What: The Midwest Mustang Challenge
is the midwest region's Extreme Mustang Makeover competition, courtesy
of the Mustang
Heritage Foundation.
Briefly, 35 trainers received 35 completely unhandled
mustangs out of the wild, and have 100 days to train each and prepare
to compete for a top prize of $10,000!
Why? The goal of the competition is
to showcase the trainability and skills of the wild mustang.
Significant prize money is available for the top riders.
When? The competition is at the
Midwest Horse Fair, the largest horse event of its kind in the region,
on April 17th-19th, 2009.
Where? Midwest Horse Fair at Alliant
Energy Center in Madison WI. Directions are
available here.
Event Schedule, 2008 -- 2009 expected to be
similar:
?? registration / body conditioning scoring test
Friday 11:30-2:30:
Nutrena Arena
"citizenship" judged in-hand 'ground course'.
Saturday 12:30-3:
Purina Coll.
Ridden "trail class" obstacle course test plus 2 minutes
freestyle.
Saturday 5-630pm:
Purina Coll.
Finals -- 4 minute freestyle, props and music encouraged,
top 10 horses compete for big prize money!
Saturday 7:30pm:
Purina Colleseum.
winners announced during evening show!
Sunday 1-4pm: Approved
adopters only may bid on Cheveyo and the other mustang competitors.
More info: You can purchase videos of the
'07 & '08 Extreme Mustang Makeover and find info on the other
competitions in this series on the foundation's website.
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