2020 Meeker Mustang Makeover Auction Brochure and Event Info

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THE MEEKER MUSTANG MAKEOVER IS AN INDEPENDENT, VOLUNTEER-RUN ENTITY THAT IS UNAFFILIATED WITH ANY OTHER MUSTANG EVENT, ORGANIZATION OR ASSOCIATION.

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Meeker Mustang Makeover 15 Colorado Trainers have 100 Days to take their Mustang from Wild to Mild

H Event Details H Friday, September 11th, 2020 H H H “NEVER FORGET” H H H

Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds, 779 Sulphur Creek Road, Meeker, CO

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by the Rio Blanco Herald Times & Level Head Audio

Facebook @MeekerMustangMakeover or meekermustangmakeover.org

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10 to 12 a.m. Obstacle Course, 3-year-old saddle competition, gaits, cow work 4 to 7 p.m. Youth Freestyle with Yearlings, Saddle Horse Freestyles with 3-year-olds 7 p.m. Live & Online Auction by Longhorn Video Auctions (must pre-register!)

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Live & Online Auction by Longhorn Video Auctions starts at 7 p.m.

YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER TO BID! Complete BLM and Auction form at: LonghornVideoAuctions.com THE MEEKER MUSTANG MAKEOVER IS AN INDEPENDENT, VOLUNTEER-RUN ENTITY THAT IS UNAFFILIATED WITH ANY OTHER MUSTANG EVENT, ORGANIZATION OR ASSOCIATION.

Meet the

Mustangs

CO Horse - Buckskin Filly w/ Star #19260571, Yearling Sweet, precious, handling well, picks up feet, making good progress, goes on walks , 12H

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Trainer: Leah Allen (youth) Steamboat Springs, CO adonnatroy@zirkel.us 970-846-6793 or 970-846-3526

CO Horse - Sorrel Filly w/ Blaze #19260588, Yearling Leads everywhere, has little fear, great on obstacles, 12H

H RUBY

Trainer: Rylee Allred (youth) Rangely, CO rylee.allred2023@gmail.com 970-675-8642 or 970-620-3022

CO Horse - Buckskin Filly #19260577, Yearling Smart, fun, sweet, curious, loves to be groomed, good with feet, ground ties, loads in trailer, loves Parelli games, 13.1 H

H CHICKAPEA

Trainer: Sam Hieb (youth) Littleton, CO tara@cottonwoodridingclub.com 303-346-0484 or 303-619-5101

WY Horse - Bay Gelding #19863086, Yearling Loves to work, has a strong bond with humans, sweet, will make an amazing ranch horse someday, 12H

Trainer: Brittney Iacovetto (youth) Steamboat Springs, CO ciacovetto@zirkel.us 970-846-5274

H HANK

NV Horse – bay gelding #19633649, Yearling Good with all aspects of grooming, has been on a 3mi hike in the mountains, exposed to obstacles(tarp, cones, jump ‌), takes experienced hand (can be pushy), 12H Trainers: Alexzee/Zeneray Questen (Youth) Conifer, CO aspenparkvet@gmail.com 303-838-3371

H CESAR

CO Horse - Gray Mare w/ Blaze #17260573, 3-year-old Tough as nails, been on trail & with cows, travels incredibly well, great to ride, no buck, still growing, 14H

Trainer: Colt Allred Rangely, CO coltallredt@gmail.com 970-620-5678

H SANDY

WY Horse - Bay Gelding (both ear tips frozen) #17863411, 3-year-old Been on trail & with cows, has a sense of humor, very much a people horse, 14.2 H

H FROSTY BOB

Trainer: Wade Allred Rangely, CO wade.allred17@gmail.com 970-675-8642 or 970-620-5308

WY Horse – Gray Gelding #17863457, 3-year-old Athletic, fun to work with, strong & sturdy, huge heart, gentle soul, 15.1H

H THE DUKE

Trainer: Hayleigh Aurin Steamboat Springs, CO aurinhayleigh@gmail.com 970-819-6030

WY Horse - Paint Gelding - #17863474, 3-year-old Chill like a ‘beach bum’, fun, safe, willing, comical, worked cows, loves people, 14H

H STONEY

Trainer: Dana Casey Brighton, CO caseydana45@gmail.com 970-213-7465 or 720-503-5252

WY Horse - Gray Mare #17862638, 3-year-old Loads/hauls well, super cute, athletic, total sweetheart, 14H

Trainer: Wendy Lind Hayden, CO wendy@axialarts.com 970-471-2789

H MUSTANG SALLY

WY Horse - Bay Gelding #17863380, 3-year-old Athletic, level headed, loving, has a ton of heart, 14.3H

Cosette McLauglin Steamboat Springs, CO cosettechili07@gmail.com 970-367-6697

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WY Horse – Bay Mare #17862789, 3-year-old Fun, safe, comical, been on cows, goes in the water, excellent work ethic, 14.1H

Trainer: Sam Rock Brighton, CO rocknsperformancehorses@outlook.com 720-503-5252

H SASHA

WY Horse - Bay Gelding #17863375, 3-year-old Kind spirited horse, willing partner. Wants to please, has a level head with obstacles, motorized vehicles, even helicopters flying low overhead. Smooth gait. You have to earn his trust but once you have it, it is GOLD!!! Green broke horse has all the tools to go from trail, dressage to a working horse a medium to advanced rider would enjoy. 13.2H

H Pardner

Trainer: Cindy Rohde Meeker, CO rodhehorse75@gmail.com 307-640-3086

WY Horse - Bay Mare #17862915, 3-year-old Been on the trail, been packed on, super sweet, good mover, has moved cows on Marvine. 14H

H sandy

Trainer: Deana Wood Meeker, CO wjoe604@aol.com 970-688-0249

WY Horse - Pinto Gelding #17863360, 3-year-old Been on the trail, been packed on, super smooth, fun with lots of personality.

14.1H

H geronimo

Trainer: Leah Wood Meeker, CO codeofthewestoutfitters@gmail.com 970-433-1790

Meet the

Trainers

Click on the button under each trainer’s photo to watch their interview on our YouTube channel!

Leah Allen Leah’s dream WATCH job is to own INTERVIEW a ranch in Steamboat, Colorado with her younger brother. She has grown up around horses and participated in team roping, moving cattle, and is enjoying her first experience training a horse.

Colt Allred Colt has been WATCH training horsINTERVIEW es with his dad since he was 13 years old. He enjoys training colts and wants to have a career as a colt starter.

Rylee Allred Rylee’s dream WATCH job is to be INTERVIEW a wildlife biologist. She has competed in her local gymkhana and cow sorting, which she wants to do more of.

Wade Allred Wade has been WATCH around horses INTERVIEW his entire life, and has made a career of horse training. He joined last year’s Meeker Mustang Makeover because he was challenged by his kids, Rylee and Colt, and this year he challenged them to participate.

Hayleigh Aurin WATCH Hayleigh Aurin INTERVIEW is a recent graduate from the University of Wyoming with a bachelor’s degree in animal science. She has competed in events, barrel racing, and rodeo and has a passion for training foals.

Dana Casey Dana enjoys WATCH barrel racing, INTERVIEW Western pleasure riding, and spending time with her mustang. Dana’s future goals are to continue to adopt mustangs, become a trainer for the Trainer Incentive Program (TIP), and above everything else she wants to give mustangs great homes and spread awareness of mustangs.

Have questions for the trainers? Contact info is listed with each mustang’s description!

Sam Heib Sam has been WATCH working with INTERVIEW horses since she could walk, and started training horses around age 9-10 years old.

She has started two horses, one is a homebred who she trained for her aunt’s polo team, and the other is a Norwegian Fjord horse who is doing hunter jumper.

Brittney Iacovetto WATCH Brittney has INTERVIEW wanted to train a mustang since watching Unbranded as a little girl. She is a part of 4H, participates in jackpot roping and her local gymkhana, and hopes to be on the rodeo team in college.

Wendy Lind Wendy is an WATCH architect and INTERVIEW a freelance writer. Her experience with horses is in trail riding, 4H, showing paints, derby, and quarter horses, competing in all around, reigning, and the National Reining Horse Association, and buying horses from the slaughter pen and rerouting them.

Cosette Mclaughlin WATCH Cosette is a sophINTERVIEW omore at the Colorado School of Mines majoring in petroleum engineering. She has ridden horses since about age 4 and has shown horses in hunter-jumper, pony club, 4H, English, Western, gymkhana, ranch horsing, cows horse events, and placed in the top 10 at the Quarter Horse world show.

Alexzee & Zeneray WATCH Questen INTERVIEW Alexzee and Zeneray are a team of sisters participating together. Alexzee dreams of being an intellectual property manager and Zeneray dreams of being a judge. They have both been around horses their whole life, and help their mom with her horse rescue.

Samantha Rock WATCH Sam started INTERVIEW working with horses at age 7, and has shown English, Western, rodeo, team roping, polo, dressage, hunter jumper, and has participated in 7 other mustang makeover events.

She is originally from Hawaii and is moving back after the Meeker Mustang Makeover.

Cindy Rohde Cindy was a WATCH professional INTERVIEW horse trainer, but was forced into an early retirement due to an illness. After 14 years Cindy decided it was the right year to participate in the Meeker Mustang Makeover and has a goal to help find mustangs a happy home.

Deana Wood Deana had a WATCH great experiINTERVIEW ence participating in last year’s Meeker Mustang Makeover and enjoys seeing the growth of the mustangs from pickup to the event.

She has worked around horses her whole life and her dream job is to be a horse trainer.

Leah Wood Leah does roWATCH deo every week INTERVIEW in Meeker and has participated in pony races and ranch horsing. She wants her horse, Geronimo, to be versatile and good to ride.

Find photos, videos and more from each trainer on our Facebook page @meekermustangmakeover!

2020 Judges & Course Designer H Steve Mantle (Mantle Ranch) is a Meeker native and a contract wild horse trainer for the BLM with over 26 years of professional experience from Wheatland, Wyoming.

H Mindy Bower (UhOh Ranch) is a well-known horse and dog trainer from Kiowa, Colorado.

H Bridget Strang (Strang Ranch) has been on a farm and around horses her whole life, and enjoys developing young horses as well as young riders and adults.

H Course Designer: Maree McAteer is an internationally known horse trainer and endurance rider from New Zealand.

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More about

Mustangs

Where Did the Mustange in Northwest Colorado Come From? ~ adapted from J.B.Sullivan, Ph.D.

The wild horse herds in Pieance and Douglas Creeks, the Little Book Cliffs and Sandwash Basin most likely came from Ute Indian horses.

While originally introduced by Spanish settlers, many of these horses escaped or were released and were quickly embraced by American Indian tribes.

In 1879 the Ute Reservation covered almost all of the Western Slope of Colorado and Eastern Utah. The horse was critical to the Indian’s lifestyle.

Authors who have written about the local area history generally agree that an argument between a local Indian Ute Shaman Cavanish Johnson and area Indian Agent Nathan Meeker, in which Meeker told Johnson that he would have to shoot some if not all of his horses, led to the death of Meeker, the Battle of Milk Creek and the ultimate loss of the Ute Reservation which covered much of NW Colorado at that time.

Estimates are that the Utes had anywhere from 3,000 to 5,500 horses. At the end of the conflict, the Indians were forced to leave most of their horses behind, which were scattered, thus starting some of the four herd areas that remain today. Farmers and ranchers over the years have taken some of the horses and introduced some of their own. Wild horse herds double in size roughly every four years. They live on dry and delicate rangeland thus it is important to monitor the health of the rangeland and look for healthy stable homes for some of these animals. There are currently some 50,000 wild horses in pens. This event is an effort to both educate the public about the history and ecosystem of the western wild horse and find homes for these horses.

Unlike other Mustang Makeovers, the Meeker Makeover encourages trainers to enlist as many helpers as possible to help create a horse that is comfortable with many people and training styles.

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