Scooter: 2023 Heart of The Horse Trainers Challenge

05/20/2023

Scooter your heart of the horse 2023 fan favorite!!! Thank you all so much for making this possible!! Your likes and shares mean the world to us!!! Photo dump to come!!

05/19/2023

We are so excited!! Follow along our journey over the next couple days!! Team Scooter!!!!

05/19/2023

We are only 89 likes away you guys!! Wooo hooo!! Let’s get this thing done today!

TEAM SCOOTER - Madison Brown
Scooter: 2023 Heart of The Horse Trainers Challenge

05/19/2023

Scooter has arrived in Jackson Mississippi and he is ready to take on the challenge tomorrow!! Go Team Scooter!! Mississippi Horses The Safe Horse Project

05/18/2023

First of all…. WOW!!! The Naked Zebra has absolutely blown it out of the water!!!! Scooter looks fantastic in his new bling and I am absolutely over the moon about it! She is one of scooter’s sponsors and I cannot thank her enough heres a little about her business!

The Naked Zebra is a small business specializing in custom, hand painted tack and designs. We create unique, specialized, individual tack that you won’t find anywhere else! We only work with quality, heavy duty leather and hardware to make your unique pieces last for years. I pride myself on clean, clear, and beautiful detail of all types in my work; these pieces are all special to me, each set is different and unique in its own way. That’s why I make tack and continue to try to grow my business, making people’s dreams and visions come true!!

Oh and… WE ARE HEADED TO HACKSON BABY!!! TEAM SCOTERRRRR!!!!!

05/18/2023

Me and scooter had a good round pen session today. We leave tomorrow morning on an 8 hour drive to Jackson MS. Send all your love and prayers our way for safe travels.

05/18/2023

Scooter has almost 500 followers on his page alone! Please click on this photo and like it to vote for Scooter!!! We are setting second and need a surge of likes!!! Thank you!!

TEAM SCOOTER - Madison Brown
Scooter: 2023 Heart of The Horse Trainers Challenge

05/13/2023

Please vote scooter as your fan favorite!!!

05/12/2023

The Scoot got to go out today if you can’t tell🫠🫠

The many faces of the Scoot!

We are almost to the fan favorite time!! Please vote for Scotter for your fan favorite!!!!

Jackson here we come!!!

05/05/2023

Scooters biggest supporters! Thank you Heel-O-Matic Training Systems!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞?
𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯, 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘪 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘮

The Safe Horse Project is a non-profit project that is looking to grow horse ownership and provide secure futures for unwanted horses. One way they do this is by sponsoring training programs such as the Heart of the Horse Trainers Challenge. This challenge works to change unwanted horses into loved companions and send them to good homes. For this challenge, 30 professional, amateur, and youth trainers compete with one another to showcase their skills by adopting one of the horses from the program and training them within 120 days. Each horse competes in different categories such as health and ground manners, horsemanship, and a freestyle category of the trainer’s choice. At the end of the challenge, horses are judged based on their skills and behavior, and the top three will be given a cash prize. Horses will then be auctioned off to pre-approved bidders to ensure they're forever home.

Heel-O-Matic supports Madison Brown and her efforts with her horse, Scooter, by providing her with the tools and confidence to accomplish her goals. With her training abilities and access to the ground-driven Heel-O-Matic, she has been able to desensitize Scooter to moving objects and ATVs. Once he became more comfortable with the concept of pulling the sled, it led to throwing a rope off him and allowed him to look past things that he would not have normally done in the past. Our team is looking to help Madison find a good home for Scooter as she has been working extensively to grow his abilities using our products.

Madison is a 22-year-old from Cookeville, Tennessee, with a diverse background in the equine industry. From showing hunter-jumper horses to rodeoing and queening, she has seen many different sides to the industry, however, training is where her passion lies. She credits her uncle, Bub Stockton, as her biggest role model and for all her knowledge of training a horse. Madison originally saw the Heart of the Horse Trainers Challenge posted on Facebook and thought it would be a good way to showcase her talents. Her goals for the challenge include getting her name out there in the training business, winning the freestyle event, and sending Scooter to a good home. Madison is very thankful to her parents for allowing her to have versatility in the equine industry which has allowed her to compete in many different disciplines. This has helped her succeed as a trainer because it has allowed her to ride a variety of different breeds that work differently and compete in multiple events that each require different skills.

Scooter is the gray 8-year-old gelding that Madison decided to take a chance on. His original owner forfeited possession once he continued to escape the property and was breeding other mares. The Safe Horse Project adopted him into their program and decided to place him in the Heart of the Horse Challenge. Before the challenge ever began, they nicknamed him ‘Outlaw’ since no one wanted to be around him or get in his stall. Out of all the other horses, Scooter was ranked first in worst behavior which inspired Madison to pick him in order to prove her training abilities.

Each horse will perform various activities throughout the challenge including, walking, trotting, and cantering in both directions in the round pen, pivoting on both ends, picking up all four feet, staying tied up, etc. They will then move to the riding portion using obstacles such as poles, tarps, and crossing water to showcase their horsemanship abilities. Lastly, they will compete in the freestyle event chosen specifically by each trainer. Due to his size, Madison chose breakaway roping as she saw it would fit him well with hopes that Scooter can go on to help kids advance in their roping.

Madison’s methods of working with Scooter have included creating a trusting relationship with him, a lot of groundwork to make him comfortable before getting on his back, and spending a lot of time with him each day as needed. The most rewarding aspect of training for Madison is when a horse understands what you are asking of them and takes something that was once considered “wild” and makes them into something anything can handle.

To learn more, follow Scooter: 2023 Heart of The Horse Trainers Challenge.

04/30/2023

Updated body shots! Isn’t he just sooo handsome❤️😍

04/21/2023

Scooter posing with his favorite machine🖤🖤 Heel-O-Matic Training Systems

04/15/2023

Scooters 3 month check in! If you want a jam up all around pony this is your boy!

He has seriously transformed in the time I have had him to such a well rounded pony! I can’t wait to meet the potential adopters so please get in touch if you would like to meet him!

Excuse me looking down at a book it’s just easier that way😂

04/10/2023

A good day and a tired Scoot!

He’s just the fanciest man!

Roping videos to come!

04/10/2023

❗️❗️EXCITING NEWS❗️❗️

If you live close to the Jackson Mississippi area or Jackson is closer to you than we are and you would like to see Scooter we will be at the expo center on the 18th!! If you would like to come meet him that day we would love to have you! Please message me and let me know if you would like to see him on that day because we have to get you approved through mhr! Cookeville and surrounding people. If you would like to come see Scooter as a potential buyer please get in touch with me soon! On the 19th we will be exactly 1 month away from the challenge. please please get in touch with me if you plan to see him or bid. I don’t want anyone to not be able to bid because they aren’t approved! Thanks guys!

04/07/2023

Scooters biggest sponsor!

04/06/2023

Scooter being a real life rocking horse with the teetering bridge!

He is the easiest going little dude!

03/31/2023

Sponsor Highlight!

🖤Heel-O-Matic Training Systems🖤

Shoutout to Heel-O-Matic as they are Scooters biggest advertising sponsor!

Our family has been purchasing Heel-O-Matic products for years and we have always been extremely satisfied with the products!

A huge THANK YOU to Heel-O-Matic and their continuous support for Scooter! We appreciate it greatly!

03/31/2023

I have nothing that makes my heart more full than seeing this boy come around like he is. Y’all watch out for this little guy he’s gonna be awesome!

03/31/2023

I have nothing that makes my heart more full than this guy coming around the way he is. Watch out for this little guy he’s gonna be awesome!

03/18/2023

My niece got to hang out with the Scoot today! Unfortunately scooter hasn’t been rode since Monday because I’ve been sick with something nasty! But…. she wanted to climb on and he didn’t move a step so I’m pretty proud of that! Scooters first time with a kiddo!

03/15/2023

Now that the word is out I can finally share!!!

Scooter is now being sponsored by Heel-O-Matic Training Systems and I couldn’t be more grateful it’s truly one of the coolest experiences and I hope to find this boy the perfect home!

We're so excited to be a part of Madison and Scooter's journey... Scooter: 2023 Heart of The Horse Trainers Challenge.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚?
Back in January, horse trainers from five states met up at the MS State Fairgrounds to select their equine challenge partner from a line up of over 30 untrained rescue horses. After selecting their horse, the trainers return home with them for a 120 day training period. The horses will have an extensive list of tasks to learn before returning to exhibit the results of their training and compete for over $15,000 in cash and prizes on May 19th and 20th at Kirk Fordice Equine Center in Jackson.

The horses participating in the Heart of the HorseTrainers Challenge will be available for adoption through the Safe Horse Auction on May 20th, along with a number of other horses that have been fully vetted, evaluated and trained.

Follow along as we watch Scooter's progression!

03/14/2023

Scooters two month check in post!!

Scooter has had lots of new things introduced to him this month! We started jumping a little, crossing some logs, making our transitions smoother, learning what a rope is, crossing some creeks, trail ridding with others and by his self, ridding outside of the arena, and having our first full bath!

Scooter has done amazing and I can’t believe two months has already went by!

We are so excited to see what the future will bring for Scooter!

If you have any questions about Scooter please feel free to reach out! We would love to hear from you all!

Don’t forget to purchase raffle tickets for the side by side! Those dollars are what keeps us going and able to do this whole thing!

Thank you guys!

03/14/2023

Scooter enjoying watching lessons!

03/10/2023

Scooter Scooter Scooter….

You blow me away everyday with how far you have come from when I brought you home.

Scooter got his feet trimmed for the second time yesterday only this time he stood ground tied for it!!

He’s really coming along nicely!

03/02/2023

I just wanted to make a post about donations since a few people have asked!

Scooter would love to accept donations as everything is really high right now!

He is currently eating one bag of Purina Strategy a week. If you would like to donate a bag to Scooter send me a message and we can make it happen!

If you would like to donate something else you have in mind please just send me a message and we can work something out! Thanks guys!

(Cute pic of the man himself after a full bath!)

02/25/2023

The Scoot man figured out last night that he loves to jump! This boy is going to be a complete all around special!

02/21/2023

Who’s this handsome boy?!

Scooters new tack set and boots looks absolutely killer on him!