Join a Life-Changing Journey: Gentle a Wild Mustang!
Our Wild Mustang Training Competition provides a unique chance to work closely with wild mustangs, gentle them with compassion, and guide them towards finding their forever homes. As a competitor, you will play a crucial role in connecting these majestic animals with loving families, ensuring they receive the care and affection they truly deserve.
photo courtesy of Jessica Farren Photography
The experience of taking a previously untouched animal to one that can be happy and successful in domestic life is a journey like no other. Competitors have approximately 150 days to train their equine partner and equip them with the skills needed to easily transition into their new home. The competition gives trainers a chance to showcase their horse’s skills, what makes them special and culminates in horses going home with their new adopters. The friendly competition at MYWY helps to show the public and potential adopters how versatile these mustangs can be.
Applications for 2025 are now open!
If you’d like to join our email list for the 2025 season, please fill out the contact form below. In the meantime, join our Mustang Madness Facebook page to see all the action in 2024 and consider supporting the program with a donation or signing up to volunteer.
The MYWY Success Story of Lani, Juno & Whisper
My eyes first glanced at Whispers in the spring of 2015. She was 2, I was 15. Initially, Whisper was not meant to stay with me, but just a day into our journey I knew Whisper was going to be with me forever. Our partnership has grown from tentative and youthful, into something quite powerful. We have taken on the world together, conquering our fears and living our dreams. From helping me start young horses under saddle, teaching kids about wild horses, and riding every scenic trail we can, Whisper is by my side. I cannot imagine life without her, I am so thankful her number was matched to my name all those years ago. Then in 2022, I had talked myself out of competing in MYWY, thinking I’d switch my focus to clients. After the applications had closed, a few weeks later I glanced at a post saying they had reopened. A sign? Absolutely! I tentatively peeked at the photos of “leftover” horses, and there she was. A solid bay mare, two years old. I was immediately drawn to her. This would become Juno. Now at 22, I was going to compete again, this time as a rising trainer in the industry. After a hard year myself Juno brought me back to life and reminded me the power and healing touch these mustangs have. In just a little over a year, Juno has become one of my closest equine partners. She has traveled across the United States and back with me, been on countless adventures, and has been started under saddle becoming a solid riding partner. Juno has officially wiggled her way right into the center of my life and herd of mustangs where she will stay forever.