At each Walkabout Tour, Clinton and tour feature sponsor Ritchie Industries team up to select a local nonprofit organization to run the Ritchie Charity Ball Toss. The Ritchie Charity Ball Toss is a contest in which horsemen in the audience throw numbered tennis balls they’ve purchased from our chosen non-profit group into the arena, trying to be the closest to a pre-determined marker. The owners of the three closest tennis balls to the marker receive Clinton’s instructional videos and Downunder Horsemanship training tools. All money raised throughout the ball toss goes straight to the non-profit organization. It’s one of Clinton’s ways to give back to the communities he visits and a fan favorite at Walkabout Tours.
Our Redmond, Oregon non-profit group is Teens and Oregon Mustangs. The group has taken the “I want a horse one day” dream to a whole new level. Each year trainers (youth ages 10 to 18 and adults) are given the opportunity to spend time doing something that most adults wish existed when they were young. Each horseman is given 98 days to gentle and train a wild Oregon mustang and then return to showcase their horsemanship skills and their hard work while competing for prizes, including a grand prize trophy saddle. A live horse auction/ adoption follows the awards ceremony and places horses in adoptive homes. The trainers receive the proceeds from the auction minus a $100 transfer fee if they are not keeping their mustang.
Members of Teens and Oregon Mustangs will have a booth at the tour and will be busy raising funds for its cause. Learn more about Teens and Oregon Mustangs on its website.
