From the wild to the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo. The FWSSR Mustang Magic showcases what a good trainer can do when paired with a wild Mustang.
“It’s kind of a 2-way street of respect and trust,” trainer Eloise Ogier said. “You give them some, they give you some, and they don’t see your size, they see how in control you are.”
They must not see age either. Ogier is from Round Rock and is just 13-years-old. She hasn’t even started high school yet!
“I went to a show and they had a youth division, and I joked with my parents in the stands, you think i could do that,” Ogier said. Now she’s trained 3 wild mustangs to show. “When people think America, they think Wild West, they think Mustangs, but they’re really gentle, awesome creatures.”
“Not everyone can train a wild Mustang,” trainer Craig Moore of Stephenville said. “So it’s something we can train that horse, and offer it to the general public, and then they can have a really neat horse that they can actually ride and get along with.”
Moore said competitions like the FWSSR Mustang Magic help spread awareness of the breed and help find them homes, kind of like getting a pet from a shelter.
“You don’t always know what you’re gonna get, but yeah,” Moore said. “It is like adopting a dog, but it’s adopting a horse.”
Moore’s Mustang is ‘A Boy Named Sioux’. The pair placed first in their first class and 6th in their second class.
“So in August, he was completely wild. You couldn’t touch him. He as tons of personality. He’s just really a unique, special horse, and really shows how good a mustang can be,” Moore said. “It’s kinda like the harder the climb, the better the view.”
About 20 Mustangs will be sold after the Mustang Magic finals at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, January 24th, with pricing expected to range from about $500 to $25,000. You can get tickets to the finals here.
