Eventer Elisa Wallace is always up for a challenge, so when she heard about the Extreme Mustang Makeover, she knew she had to try.

Started in 2007 by the Mustang Heritage Foundation, the competition pairs trainers from all over the country with wild mustangs looking for adoptive homes. Trainers have 120 days to turn the mustangs into suitable pleasure horses. The horses are then shown and auctioned off to the public at the finals, held this year in Clemson, S.C.