 | Bill Bumgardner of Boron, California sent this email note on April 24, 2008:
"'The lady' (Miss B's Lady) is doing so well thought you might like to see. You can believe me when I say I made sure she understood whoa real good before we stated working without reins and bridle. We have also worked her with cattle with great results. She gets right in with them and moves them around with no fear."
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 | | Matt Repogle stands with Las Vegas Mayor Oscar B. Goodman and the Mustang Challenge horse temporarily named B.A.M. (Beautiful American Mustang) at a press conference on April 17 to announce the "name the mustang contest" for school children throuoghout Clark County, NV. The name will be announced at the Las Vegas Helldorado Days on May 17. |
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 | Matt Sheridan of Tehachapi, California gets to know the mustang he named "Luna" on their first day
Matt wrote on March 31, "She is progressing along and doing excellently in hand. Luna is doing well at trail obstacles such as bridges, jumps, and back through "L". She also has been saddled numerous times and I am getting ready to start some serious riding on her. It did take little longer than expected to get her settled. By this I mean that she was a lot more jumpy about being touched, sudden movement and having things over the top of her. I have noticed that when she latches onto an idea things start moving rapidly in a positive direction."
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 | Shelley Simmons of Redmond, Oregon with "Samson" being ground driven at week 2 of training.
Shelley wrote in a April 1, 2008 email note, "My Samson is doing great. His training is coming along better than I expected. He wears a blanket every night, is loading in the trailer, I've ridden him 5 times now, he is easy to catch, he is VERY curious of anything new, he is picking up all four feet and has decided grooming is a treat. I've had the clippers on him, but still needs some work with them. When working Samson, his favorite gear is PARK. I tell people he likes park so he can stop, relax and take a snooze. He is very laid back and mellow."
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 | Rachel Thorp of Rigby, Idaho and her mare, "Picabo" on day 23
Rachel wrote about the day's training on her website, "Picabo is afraid of things so I am trying to show her everything I can think of...today we introduced her to barrels. At first she was terrified and didn't want to be near them, she progressed to approaching and leaping without hesitation, and didn't even care if she hit them or they moved." |
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 | Saunya Bolton and Diva, Good Ride! week 5 in Bishop, CA
The time is just flying by and we are making huge progress everyday. I cannot tell everyone enough about what a great little mare she is. She has learned alot this week. She sidepasses both ways, will do a rollback, performs a slow 360 planting a pivot foot, It isn't quite a fast spin YET. She lopes ok but we still need a whole lot of work. So far she has not been afraid of anything that I have asked.
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 | | Willow Bay and Charles Wilhelm of Castro Valley, Callifornia on April 24, 2008 |
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 | Andrew Stephens of Lewiston, California makes friends with "Gracie" on their first day. ©J.Gross
From Dixie's Mustangs website, April 6, 2006, "Today Andy got on Gracie. She stood very quite and did great disengaging her hind end and she had a nice flex. Andy just got her comfortable with him getting on and off and moving just a bit. Tomorrow he is going to do it all over again. They look so cute Together, you know two little spit fire red heads ready for anything."
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 | Matt Zimmerman of Adrian, Oregon takes "Ally" for their first ride at the end of week one
From Arpril 5, 2008 email note, Matt writes "She is doing very well. I've had 9 rides on her and today I was cracking the bullwhip, standing on her, roping and dragging a barrel around. We've already rode in the BLM (lands)directly behind my house. I'm enjoying this horse and this experience." |
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 | | Dixie LaFountain of Weaverville, California and her mare, "Bertie," named after Bertha Blancett, a pioneer in women's rodeo competition ©J.Gross |
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