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September 24-26, 2010 Extreme Mustang Makeover, Lincoln, NE For the first the Extreme Mustang Makeover will be coming to Lincoln, NE!! Joining the Extreme Mustang Makeover will be Craig Cameron's Extreme Cowboy Race! This will be an exciting weekend full of entertainment and adoption opportunities. Over 100 gentled mustangs available for adoption! Tickets and more information coming soon! Apply Today: 40 Trainers Selected. Click here for list of trainers | Rules and Regulations 8:00 am Friday September 24th - Extreme Mustang Makeover Preliminaries & Extreme Cowboy Race featuring Craig Cameron. (FREE) Judges:
In the 1950's there were no youth shows of any kind. BF Yeates and other like-minded AQHA pioneers decided to include youth classes, and the committee also made the recommendation to form a junior association of AQHA. Yeates helped recruit youth members from each state to affirm a constition and elect officers; he then served as the adviser. The educator's work for 13 years on the committee shaped the organization into the AQHYA that exists today. Long before videotapes were common, Yeates also helped pioneer clinics and short courses. He decided these were the best methods to spread information about nutrition, horse care and horsemanship. Yeates also nutured the horse judging program. The Texan serve on AQHA's ranch horse versatility advisory committee in the 1990's and judged the first ranch horse versatility contest. He became an AQHA judge in 1957, serving 43 years. Yeates still judges AQHA ranch horse versatility classes as well as breed and event shows. Yeates was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2006.
Dr. Doug Householder grew up on a livestock grain farm in Junction City, Ohio. He earned his B.S. degree from the Ohio State University in 1967. From 1969-1971, he worked as a high school teacher in Wilmington, Ohio. Dr. Householder earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Texas A&M University in 1973 and 1978, respectively. Dr. Householder worked as an Extension Horse Specialist in the Dept. of Animal Science, at Texas A&M University, from 1971-2001. Dr. Householder conducted statewide educational programs for horse producers and users (professionals, amateur, working and recreational horse owners). His office provided leadership to the 7,500 member Texas 4-H horse program. He worked with horse industry goods and service producers plus commodity and regulatory agencies in Texas. He is a member of the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists. Dr. Householder has received recognitions from the university system (Texas A&M University, Texas 4-H Horse Program, National Assn. of College Teachers of Agriculture) plus from several industry groups (Texas Quarter Horse Assn., Texas Reining Horse Assn., Texas Cattle Feeder’s Assn., Stock Horse of Texas Assn., Texas Equestrian Trail Riders Assn., Texas Professional Trail Riders Assn., United Mounted Peace Officers of Texas, Southwest Reined Cow Horse Assn., and the Texas Farm Bureau). The 2001 Texas State 4-H Horse Show was dedicated to Doug for his 30 years of service to the Texas 4-H youth program and Texas horse industry. As an AQHA, APHA, PHBA, ApHC and NRHA judge, Dr. Householder judges 15-20 shows per year in the U.S. and internationally. He has judged the ApHC, PHBA and APHA Youth World Championship Shows and the Miss Rodeo Texas pageant. Doug, and his wife Brenda, served as 4-H leaders to the Brazos County Equestrian Club for 10 years. The Householder's have one daughter, Dustie. Dustie successfully competed in 4-H and AQHYA shows, was a Texas State 4-H Record Book winner and graduated from Texas A&M University in 1998. The Householder family successfully showed horses in AQHA shows for 15 years. They are active members of Central Baptist Church in Bryan, Texas. Dr. Householder traveled extensively during his Extension career speaking and conducting educational activities (4-H Leader Trainings, Performance Horse Schools, Judges Seminars, etc.). He continues to do so at state, national and international levels through his Householder Horse Industry Support Services consulting business. Dr. Householder co-developed the nationally recognized H.B.P.A. Groom Elite Program for the national race horse industry in 2001. He organized and hosted the first ever statewide horse radio program, The Texas Horseman in 2002. Dr Householder is now developing the Texas Performance Horse Excellence Program. A popular and highly respected speaker, teacher, judge and resource person, Dr. Householder is widely acclaimed for his understanding of the horse industry as well as his effective and motivating communication and teaching skills.
For over 50 years, Bill James has been an active member of the equine industry. He is a rancher, breeder and trainer from Abilene, Kansas, who now holds cards with APHA, NCHA and NRCHA. In the past, he has judged major events for several Associations, including the APHA and AQHA World Shows. CRAIG CAMERON JOINS THE EXTREME MUSTANG MAKEOVER Georgetown, Tex. January 11, 2010 - One of America's favorite equine clinicians, Craig Cameron, will join with the Extreme Mustang Makeover as it brings a Makeover to Lincoln, Nebraska, September 24-26. Cameron, of Bluff Dale, Tex., is one of the original clinicians and is on the road more than 44 weeks a year covering 80,000 miles demonstrating the style of horsemanship he has perfected in the last 23 years. Called the "public defender of the horse," Craig dedicates himself to those who educate their horses by first educating themselves. At an age where most have long since retired the thought of starting colts, Craig Cameron known as "The Cowboy's Clinician," starts hundreds of horses each year; plus his four-day clinics held at his ranches in Bluff Dale, TX and Lincoln, NM blend education with entertainment. Cameron will share some of those techniques and his expert evaluation of the horses as a clinician and the course designer for the Extreme Mustang Makeover. Offering a purse of $12,500, the Extreme Mustang Makeover, the exclusive production of the Mustang Heritage Foundation (MHF), provides horsemen with an opportunity to receive and train a wild Mustang for a period of approximately 100 days and then compete for cash prizes, as well as commission on any adoption fees generated during oral bidding adoption. During competition, trainers are evaluated on the body condition of their American Mustangs, as well as their ability to handle the horse "in hand" through a series of maneuvers which include picking up the horse's feet, maneuvering it through obstacles and loading it into a trailer. Following the "in hand" course, trainers will mount their animals and complete a "horse course" that will include a series of obstacles, with cattle work optional, and require the trainer to demonstrate the level of competency the horse as accomplished. Three skilled horsemen will judge the competition. The public will be invited to participate in adopting one of the Mustang Makeover event at the close of competition. Trainers will also receive a 20 percent commission on horses adopted for $200 or more, as well as $700 reimbursement for travel costs. The MHF in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management created the Extreme Mustang Makeover event to highlight the recognized value of mustangs through a national training competition. Presented by Pfizer Animal Health, and sponsored by Western Horseman, Smith Brothers, Martin Saddlery, Roper Apparel and Daily 72, the event will give the public a unique opportunity to see the results of wild horses becoming trained mounts and then participate in a competitive bidding process to adopt one of these treasured animals. One hundred percent of the horses placed for adoption at through Extreme Mustang Makeover events have been adopted. The Foundation plans to place more than 1,000 horses for adoption in 2010, having placed nearly 2,000 since the beginning of the Extreme Mustang Makeover in September 2007. Since it's creation, an estimated 100,000 fans have filled the stands and walked the barns of events held across the U.S. Fans will be able to enjoy an upcoming Makeover and adopt a gentled mustang in Albany, Ore., at the Northwest Horse Fair and Expo March 24-26 where more than 30 mustangs will be available for adoption. |
BF Yates
Dr. Doug Householder
Bill James
