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Extreme Mustang Makeover draws horse lovers to Chicopee Ag Center
Horses tamed, adopted at event by Mustang Heritage Foundation
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Erica Milbourn, 13, walks her horse Gizmo alongside her barn friend Jasmine Boone, 18, during the Extreme Mustang Makeover event Saturday at Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center in Gainesville. The Extreme Mustang Makeover is a wild horse training competition. - photo by Erin O. Smith
After 100 days of hands-on training, horse trainers from around eastern United States worked to tame wild American mustangs for the Extreme Mustang Makeover held Friday and Saturday at the Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center on Calvary Church Road in Gainesville. Two divisions, youth and adult, competed for cash and prizes awarded to the trainer that demonstrated the horse’s abilities and talent during a short freestyle performance. Youth competitors ages 8-17 had a 3«-minute showcase to demonstrate the work and training they’ve done with their adopted mustangs.