A Pathway Event for Amateur Adults
Kaimanawa Legacy Wild to Willing
Kaimanawa Legacy Foundation developed the Wild to Willing competition to help foster amateur adults who have a passion for wild horses and horsemanship. .
With 230 horses targeted for removal in 2024, and musters now held annually, KLF recognised the need to appeal to a broader range of equestrians, to help KWHAG reach their rehoming targets. This new competition has been designed to offer a pathway for amateur adult trainers, to help them gain the skills and passion to tame mature Kaimanawa horses from future musters. Our greatest hope is that the trainers chosen to compete will become part of an emerging legacy of trainers who will continue to advocate for the Kaimanawa horses in future years.
The Wild to Willing Challenge is for trainers aged 18-years and over, who have been randomly assigned a juvenile from the 2024 Kaimanawa Horse Muster. This year’s amateurs are all under the mentorship of a professional trainer, and had the option to have a KLF Approved Trainer do the initial handling, or they could tame the horse themselves under their mentorship.
The primary focus is about fostering amateurs to upskill their horsemanship, so they are able to offer their wild horse a positive transition to domestic life.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Amateur trainers, aged 18 years or older, as of October 1st 2024, are eligible to compete
- Trainers will have had approximately six months to domesticate their juvenile, before competing at Equifest.
- Each competitor will compete in a Horsemanship and Obstacle class, which will include a freestyle element
MIKE PERO MORTGAGES HORSEMANSHIP CLASS
$800 in prize money
- In this class the horses will complete an inhand horsemanship pattern, working through a variety of manoeuvres. This includes walking and trotting in-hand, rein-back, lunging in both directions and a side pass in either direction.
BASELINE EQUINE OBSTACLE CLASS
$800 in prize money
- In this class, competitors are required to complete a course of 10 obstacles inhand. You will be informed of the course on the day and have a chance to walk through the course with a KLF steward immediately before the class begins. The obstacles are to be completed inhand only and you will have 4 minutes to complete up to 10 obstacles
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