BECOME A TIP TRAINER
Learn more and become a TIP trainer. Use your skills to help place wild horses and burros into private care.
TIP MARKETPLACE
Use the database to find horses and burros in training with TIP trainers nationwide.
TIP in action
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The Trainer Incentive Program (TIP) is a training and adoption program that engages talented horse trainers nationwide. Approved TIP trainers gentle and halter train a Bureau of Land Management-branded wild horse or burro, then market and find a new home for the animal. Once a home is approved by BLM the TIP trainer is reimbursed for their training and marketing services.
Learn more and become a TIP trainer. Use your skills to help place wild horses and burros into private care.
Use the database to find horses and burros in training with TIP trainers nationwide.
Interested in competing in a training challenge? TIP Challenges are competitions that allow competitors to showcase the talents of their wild horses or burros.
TIP Challenge competitors adopt or purchase their competition animal at the scheduled TIP Challenge pick up, and gentle it in-hand in preparation for the in-hand only TIP Challenge event. Competitors will compete for prizes and more. You do not have to be a TIP trainer to compete in a TIP Challenge – all are welcome!
Challenges are hosted by TIP trainers with a successful record of placements. All animals adopted at pick up are considered TIP animals, and the TIP Challenge Manager will be compensated for each adoption/ purchase to help produce the event, purchase prizes, and more!
If you would like to host a TIP Challenge event, please complete the interest form.