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<blockquote data-quote="Ridgerunner665" data-source="post: 997191" data-attributes="member: 12660"><p>They have Mule Days in CA? Wow...didn't know that.</p><p></p><p>I've been to the one in TN several times.</p><p></p><p>Mule/horse tales and wrecks...I could write a book, lol...wiped out on a lil mustang/app mare I used to have at full speed (upwards of 45 mph, very fast lil horse)...she slipped on her right front foot taking a mild turn, stumbled, almost fell but didn't...dumped me over to the inside and sorta over her shoulder (I was a little intoxicated)....she jumped over me to keep from stepping on me (she was the very best "horse" I ever had)...all that hitting the ground and rolling and flipping...and when it was over I still had my beer in my hand!</p><p></p><p>But it was mostly empty by then, lol...I wasn't hurt.....that happened on a weekend wagon train, just a bunch of friends riding and having a good ole time.</p><p></p><p>I miss that horse, she died giving birth in 2006...the foal lived, I still have her...she's OK, but she's not 1/2 the horse her mother was.</p><p></p><p>Another one on that horse...me and those same friends were riding in Bays Mountain Park...not supposed to be in there with horses, but we came in from the back side of the mountain, no fences there...ate dinner at the fire tower, was just finishing up when the park service people showed up on 4 wheelers, lol...they didn't catch any of us, we scattered...I headed back east about a mile and went down the bluff, full steam ahead...much like the scene from Snowy River...nobody followed me, lol...got down the mountain, followed the valleys back around to Blairs Gap road...and rode on home...about 12 miles, didn't take long to get there either.</p><p></p><p>Not just any ole horse could or would do that...mule either for that matter.</p><p></p><p>For the record...we weren't running blind, we both knew exactly where we were, where we were going, and how to get there.</p><p></p><p>That lil horse was amazing...only about 14 hands, maybe 900 lbs...but solid as a rock, very well cut, oh so very fast...and she could, and would, run all day (with a few rest stops)....she never questioned a que, if you didn't want her to do something...don't ask her to....because she wouldn't hesitate.</p><p></p><p>Gonna see if my wife will text me a pic...I'll add it later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ridgerunner665, post: 997191, member: 12660"] They have Mule Days in CA? Wow...didn't know that. I've been to the one in TN several times. Mule/horse tales and wrecks...I could write a book, lol...wiped out on a lil mustang/app mare I used to have at full speed (upwards of 45 mph, very fast lil horse)...she slipped on her right front foot taking a mild turn, stumbled, almost fell but didn't...dumped me over to the inside and sorta over her shoulder (I was a little intoxicated)....she jumped over me to keep from stepping on me (she was the very best "horse" I ever had)...all that hitting the ground and rolling and flipping...and when it was over I still had my beer in my hand! But it was mostly empty by then, lol...I wasn't hurt.....that happened on a weekend wagon train, just a bunch of friends riding and having a good ole time. I miss that horse, she died giving birth in 2006...the foal lived, I still have her...she's OK, but she's not 1/2 the horse her mother was. Another one on that horse...me and those same friends were riding in Bays Mountain Park...not supposed to be in there with horses, but we came in from the back side of the mountain, no fences there...ate dinner at the fire tower, was just finishing up when the park service people showed up on 4 wheelers, lol...they didn't catch any of us, we scattered...I headed back east about a mile and went down the bluff, full steam ahead...much like the scene from Snowy River...nobody followed me, lol...got down the mountain, followed the valleys back around to Blairs Gap road...and rode on home...about 12 miles, didn't take long to get there either. Not just any ole horse could or would do that...mule either for that matter. For the record...we weren't running blind, we both knew exactly where we were, where we were going, and how to get there. That lil horse was amazing...only about 14 hands, maybe 900 lbs...but solid as a rock, very well cut, oh so very fast...and she could, and would, run all day (with a few rest stops)....she never questioned a que, if you didn't want her to do something...don't ask her to....because she wouldn't hesitate. Gonna see if my wife will text me a pic...I'll add it later. [/QUOTE]
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