Impact of the Horse

November 3rd & 4th, 2023

60-Day In Hand Application:
Mega 100-Day Application:
Impact Mega 100-Day Rules:
Mustang vs Domestic Adult & Youth Application:
Mustang vs Domestic Adult & Youth Rules:

Location:

Sage Creek Equestrian
3181 West 3000 South
Heber City, Utah 84032

Schedule:

FRIDAY  November 3rd, 2023

11:00am: Rugged Mountain Trail Challenge: 
  • 60-Day In-Hand Mustangs
  • Mega 100-Day Mustangs
  • Youth Division
  • Lunch Break
  • Mustang vs. Domestic- Main Division

SATURDAY  November 4th, 2023

10:00am: Freestyle Finals/Auction:
  • 60-Day In-Hand Mustangs
  • Mega 100-Day Finalists
  • 60-Day & 100-Day Award’s Ceremony
  • 12:30pm:  Adoption/Auction
  • Youth Division Finalists
  • Mustang vs. Domestic- Main Division Finalists
  • Championship Award’s Ceremony

Impact Of The Horse

Our Goal:
To promote the Mustang as a viable horse for adoption through the platform of  Impact Of The Horse.
This competition brings both Domestic and Wild Born Horses together in a friendly competition followed by both a Mustang & Burro Adoption.
The current estimated on-range Wild Horse and Burro population (as of March 1, 2016) is 67,027,  a 15 percent increase over the 2015 estimate of 58,150.
That means the current West-Wide On-Range population exceeds AML by more than 40,000.
The population of Off-Range (unadopted or unsold) Wild Horses and Burros maintained in holding facilities is more than 45,000 as of August 2016.

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*  BLM – Utah, Wild Horse & Burro Public Affairs, Marketing & Outreach
Lisa Reid
*  BLM – Salt Lake Field Office, Wild Horse & Burro Specialist
    Tami Howell
*  BLM – Utah State Office, State Wild Horse & Burro Program Manager
    Gus Warr

Jim Hicks and his Mustang Ringo.
The mustang that inspired the partnership between BLM and Sage Creek Equestrian.

Sponsor a Mustang
Sponsor a Stang & Rider Combo

For more information contact:
Founder:
Donnette Hicks
ImpactOfTheHorse@gmail.com

Impact Hosting Manager:
Tricia Carlson
ImpactOfTheHorse@gmail.com

Impact Coordinator:
Brooke Sweat
ImpactOfTheHorse@gmail.com

The American West is rich with Horses, Cowboys and Pioneer Heritage.
A sanctuary of rugged desert that meets rolling hills, where one will find the free roaming American icon, the Mustang.
Drought conditions across the West have impacted the sanctuary of rangelands, leaving little water and forage for America’s Wild Mustang herds.
Sage Creek Equestrian has been in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management for Ten years, since its opening. and has created a platform for Impact of the Horse, a competition created for the plight of the American Mustang to showcase the usability of our Wild Born Legacy.

Three divisions of the contest:

1. Impact of the Horse: Mustang vs Domestic Adult & Youth:
A friendly competition between seasoned Domestics and the Mustang.
Day One: Rugged Mountain Trail Class.
Day Two: The Top Adult 5 Domestics and Top 5 Mustangs, as well as all the Youth, come together for a Freestyle Championship.

2. Impact of the Horse: 100 Day Mega Impact Division:
A group of trainers will have drawn for 4 & 5 year old Mustangs and have 90 Days to prepare for Day One: Rugged Mountain Trail class.
Day Two: Freestyle Championship.

Pick up for the 100 Dayers TBA

3. Impact of the Horse: Adult & Youth 60-Day In-Hand Mustang Division:
Mustang Yearlings & 2 year olds.
These competitors have 60 days to get ready for their Championship Freestyle class on Saturday.

Pick up for the Youth and Yearling TBA