Rachel Ward's and Big Mac's videos from Fortworth Mustang Magic

More on Mustang Magic!

Here's a video of some of the highlights from the Mustang magic! I'll have the full video of their routines posted later!

Some pictures of Rachel:

She's standing on the horse here.

The competitors

‎2011 Mustang Magic results:

1) Teryn Muench & Macerick; 2) Miranda Holaday-Lyon & Tensil's Last Nic; 3) Jerry Jones & Short Stack; 4) Bill Lopez & RDH Cowboy's Dream; 5) Logan Leach & Eastwood; 6) J-Dub Weisiger & Funky Gold Medina; 7) Chase Dodd & Peyton Manning; 8) Joe Misner & Latigo; 9) Marc Chancy & Flirty; 10) Ma...rk Lyon and Pepto's Night Out. Congratulations to all of the Mustang Magic trainers!

Rachel and Marc Chancy

Mustang Magic

Pictures from Friday night's mustang Magic Competition:

Rachel and Big Mac practicing before the show. Big Mac has definitely progressed since the yearling challenge !

During the routine.

Personally I love the hair.

Some pictures of one of the adult competitors, J Dubb and his horse Funky Gold Medina

Fort Worth Stock Show Welcomes Mustang Magic - Lucky 13 Mustangs to be trained for January competition


The world-renowned Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo will open its arenas to one of the most unconventional competitions in its more than 113-year history as it welcomes Mustang Magic January 23 and 24.

Mustang Magic, developed from the highly successful Extreme Mustang Makeover competitions, will debut at the Stock Show and feature 13 trainers from across the country that have already shown their mettle as mustang trainers. The trainers are as unique as the horses they are training with stories ranging from an Arizona beauty queen to a former inmate who changed his life in the course of training mustangs.

Produced by the Mustang Heritage Foundation (MHF) in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Mustang Magic will feature Chase Dodd of Soddy Daisy, Tenn., Jonathan "J-Dub" Weisiger of Fort Worth, Cindy Branham of Auburn, Kan., Bill Lopez of Norman, Okla., Weldon Hawley of Vernon, Tex., Suzanne Myers, PhD, of Port Matilda, Penn., Wylene Wilson of Queen Creek, Ariz., Dave Schaffner of Lampasas, Tex., Roeliff Annon, La Villita, NM, Ken Schwab of Hutto, Tex., Joe Misner of Johnson Valley, Calif., Chad Kelley of Monett, MO., and Lonnie Aragon, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Trainers drew for their horses during the 2008 Extreme Mustang Makeover September 19 when the wild horse band was released during the Mission 007: Yearling Edition evening finals. Trainers will train the mustangs until the competition January 23.

"It was incredible to see these horses enter the arena and see how great they looked.," said MHF Executive Director Patti Colbert, "There was such a great variety of color, but otherwise, they were pretty uniform in size and type. The trainers were really looking at the way the animal noticed its surroundings, how it responded to the crowd and how it moved."

Mustangs will be judged on body conditioning and handling, with trainers executing a freestyle routine, oftentimes including shooting, roping, jumping and other feats.

All horses in Mustang Magic competition will be available for adoption January 24.


About the Mustang Heritage Foundation

The mission of the Mustang Heritage Foundation and the goal of the Extreme Mustang Makeover are to increase the adoption of mustangs across the country. The Mustang Heritage Foundation created the Extreme Mustang Makeover event to showcase the recognized value of mustangs through a national training competition. For more information go to mustangheritagefoundation.org.


About the Fort Worth Stock Show

From a one-day affair with a few head of cattle tethered under ice-laden shade trees, the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show has grown into a three-week extravaganza with international appeal for exhibitors and visitors alike. More than 899,000 visitors packed into the Will Rogers Complex in 2008 for the 112th Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show. The legendary 24-day event will return in 2009 running from January 16 through February 8. For more information go to fwssr.com.



About the Bureau of Land Management

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is responsible for managing 258 million acres of public lands, located mostly in the West. Wild horses and burros roaming public rangelands are managed in a manner consistent with BLM's overall multiple-use mission, as set forth in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. For more information, visit wildhorseandburro.blm.gov or call 866-4MUSTANGS.

Lunging joke

This is something I found on Fail Blog. Thought it was pretty funny! :] I can truly experience the utter hilarity of this since I'm both into horses and fitness!

Cat

I just recently got a new horse! She's a quarter horse bay paint, with one blue eye and one brown. She's about 15 hands and has already been shown in pleasure and showmanship. Her name is Cat.

The brown eyes is her right one.

A picture I took with my cell phone while riding.

Christine's Bridleless Ride

My youngest sister Christine was competing in our riding club's Queen's pageant. One of the sections was a horsemanship pattern which she performed bridleless on her horse Max. She did an excellent job! And she taught Max to ride bridleless herself. Not bad at all for a 12 yr old! :]


Although she often rides him around at home tackless she only decided to do the pattern brideless once she got there, literally waiting to go on in the warm-up arena. She won the horsemanship and the pageant! Congratulations Christine!

Here's the link to the youtube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwVSjbx0Rqc

Chistine with her crown and sash!

Peralli Horsenality™

Horsenality™ is something that Pat and Linda Parelli developed to help you better understand your horse’s individual behavior and temperament characteristics. Usually I don't say I train this certain style or that certain style. I generally borrow from whatever seems to work the best for the particular situation. I did find this chart neat to look at and fun though.

To identify your horse's "horsenality," consider every trait listed on the chart and make a dot on the specific ring that best corresponds to your horse. For example, if your horse is extremely playful, you would put a dot on the outer "extreme" ring under this trait. If he is non-responsive, but only some of the time, you would put a dot on the middle "moderate" ring by this trait. Some of the traits may not apply to your horse at all. You can have dots in different quadrants, but the vast majority of horses will end up with most of their dots in one quadrant, which reveals that horse's Horsenality.  Basically there is four categories.

The Right Brain Extrovert needs safety. Never push him past the threshold until he's calm. You will need to retreat and to interrupt the pattern. You must have a strong focus and must match the horse's high energy level. Give him a job to accomplish to replace his fear with something positive. He must think of you as his "safe place."

The Right Brain Introvert needs comfort. The worst thing you can do is push this horse before he's confident. You'll ruin his trust in you if you push him before he's ready. Taking your time is important because you'll need to wait on this horse to process things. He needs to believe in you.

The Left Brain Extrovert needs play. He craves creative, imaginative tasks and can't stand to be forced into anything. Because he hates to be bored, you'll need to speed things up, be enthusiastic and come up with variety in your lessons. Allegro falls into the Left Brain Extrovert category.



The Left Brain Introvert needs incentive. There are plenty of ways to offer incentive without "bribing" him. (Think rest, grazing, treats, scratches.) This horse needs to have a purpose and wants to go somewhere. Riding circles in an area with this horse will lead to resistance and defiance. Use reverse psychology for best results.


For more information about Horsenalities, visit www.parelli.com