Unofficial

The unofficial word is that our trainer, Mark Burnette took 4th place in the 2008 Extreme Mustang Makeover in Fort Worth, Texas. No word on how much money his horse, Hoof Hearted brought at auction. I will post it here when I hear from Mark.

As a side note, we currently have three horses left that were trained by Mark, so you had better buy them while they are hot. Leroy, a bay ApHC leopard gelding, Zana, a sorrel AQHA mare and Heath, a red dun AQHA gelding have all had 30 days training with Mark Burnette. Joe, a Palomino gelding was also trained by Mark during the winter months and was not touched all Spring or Summer, he recently sold for $2500, he had not forgotten any of his training after sitting idle all of those months.

Videos

I got all of the videos of Mark Burnette and his Mustang, Hoof-Hearted, uploaded to YouTube.com. These were taken on the same day that they left for Fort Worth, Texas, for the 2008 Extreme Mustang Makeover. This was his last practice ride at home. The last video is of my Husband riding him.

The radio program did air this morning and Mark mentioned us as one of his sponsors and commented on the good horses that we have for sale.

You can see all of the videos here: My YouTube Channel. I currently have 34 videos there, so you will have to click the "see all" link under the videos listed on the first page.

Crossed Wires

Well, I guess someone got their wires crossed. Mark Burnette was suppose to be interviewed on "Talk of the Town" on 1340 WBIW this morning but they had Military Recruiters on there instead. My Son called to ask me if I was trying to get him to join the military, since he had read my last blog and was dutifully listening to the show this morning. So now I don't know when the show will air or if it has already aired and we missed it.

I did get some of the pictures of Mark and his Mustang ready to post here but I haven't edited the videos yet.

We were very impressed by Hoof-Hearted (think about this name being announced at the Extreme Mustang Makeover and you will understand the joke). He was already named when they got him but Mark and his family call him Buddy. He is heavy boned, thick legged, Mark said that he is sound and has a lot of stamina. He has a natural low head set and is friendlier with strangers than Mustang Sally was. Mustang Sally was the horse that Mark trained for the Midwest Mustang Challenge.


Buddy has a nice head, a kind eye and a nice sized ear for a Mustang. He is also a decent sized horse, Mustang Sally was a tad too small but Buddy is big enough for a man to ride but also not too tall for a height challenged person to own. So if you are in the market for a good trail horse and you are going to be at the Extreme Mustang Makeover Auction, then you should take a look at Buddy.

Here are some more pictures that I took, but I didn't take many still shots, I took mostly videos. The last picture below is my DH riding Buddy before Buddy's long trip to the Fort Worth, Texas competition.

Extreme Mustang Makeover

Our trainer, Mark Burnette is now on his way to the Extreme Mustang Makeover held in Fort Worth, Texas on September 18-21, 2008. More than 300 Mustang Trainers will be competing on 3-4 year old Mustangs that they have been training for the last 100 days.

We went to see Mark and his 3 yr. old bay gelding, Hoof-Hearted, also known as Buddy, go through their last day of training before their trip. I took some pictures and videos that I will try to get posted on here as soon as I can. But I wanted to post this tonight for those who live in the area, so you can listen to an interview with Mark on "Talk of the Town" tomorrow morning at 8:30 on 1340 WBIW.

I got to handle Buddy a little bit today and my Husband rode him. He is going to make whoever gets the highest bid at the auction at the end of the event at great horse.

More on Mark and Buddy later...

Mustang Results

I finally found the results of the Midwest Mustang Challenge listed here:

Freestyle Winners

Overall Scores

We haven't had the opportunity to talk to him but it looks like our favorite Trainer, Mark Burnette and Mustang Sally didn't make the top 10 winner's list but did finish up at number 13 in the total scores in this competition of 50 trainers.

I have also searched through some blogs of other trainers and found out that Mustang Sally sold at auction for $2700.

One trainer even said that Mark should be a comedian:
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Midwest Mustang Challenge

We went to Mark Burnette's today and got to see him work with Mustang Sally. She is as cute as can be. She is small and proud, a little feisty because she has finally started eating her grain. She let me pet her, Mark said that she has been a little shy with strangers, so he was pleased that she let me touch her face.

She carries herself very well under saddle and is riding nicely. She had an audience today to show off for.

The Mustang Challenge idea is just a stroke of genius in my opinion, it works out great for everyone involved and gives these horses some value.

She drops her head and keeps it low whenever he stops her, she stands very still and waits patiently for her next assignment.

Mustang Sally

TMNews.com | Times Mail

This article appeared in our local newspaper about a friend of ours. He has entered the Midwest Mustang Challenge and has drawn a 4 yr. old Mustang mare named Sally to train, he picked her up in Illinois on January 12th. She will be spending the next couple of months with Mark Burnette in Williams, Indiana.

She is not very big, just a large pony really that has not been handled, as he says in the article, “This is a horse that’s never been touched really, and within 20 minutes (of unloading her) I was petting her on the shoulder. I thought she’d be nuts. She’s very well behaved, she’s never tried to kick me.”

Mark will have Sally for around 100 days and will then take her to Wisconsin, where he will be competing with 60 other amateur trainers and their newly trained Mustangs.

They will be competing for a share of the $12,000 in prize money, then their horses will be auctioned off to the public. At last year's auction some of the trained Mustangs brought thousands of dollars, as compared to the usual $125 adoption fees.

Rumor has it that Sally has already put Mark on the ground but that is nothing new for him, he has been thrown before by much bigger horses.

Good luck, Mark, we are rooting for you!