Equine Harmony Rescue & Rehab

12/11/2024

Twirl Girl aka..Fancy Pants ❤️

11/29/2024

I just fed breakfast and now I’m getting lunches ready for the horses. Thank you Elk Grove Milling,Inc. for your continued support and supplying bags of your Stable Mix pellets. I love that they are clean and w**d free. ❤️😊

10/19/2024

McCloud 🌻

10/17/2024

McCloud ❤️

10/16/2024

That time of year again for some of the rescues. Dental day with Bo Felix.

09/29/2024

Roar

09/29/2024

Rascal

09/28/2024

09/27/2024

Big shout out to Elk Grove Milling Inc. for their sponsorship with the rescue. I love their products and all are certified w**d free which makes a huge difference. They began sponsoring the rescue when Diego arrived in very bad shape last year. The rescue appreciates their generosity. Thanks again Elk Grove Milling! . 😊

09/21/2024

Little Lasso the mini mule wants to be a jumper. ❤️😊

09/17/2024

McCloud

08/27/2024

Lunchtime 😊

08/16/2024

From Cynthia Attar's book the Mule Companion:

1976 Endurance Ride
The mule has great endurance and independence, and desires a working partnership with man. One of the most famous endurance rides, The Great American Horse Race, was held in 1976. The object was to take your favorite horse or mule, along with a back up mount, and the three of you trek clear across America, from the starting line in New York to the finish line in California. The first one to cross the finish line won the pot of money put up for the courageous event. Below is how Emerson Johnson recalls the race:

On memorial day 1976, 175 horses and five mules gathered for the start of The Great American Horse Race at the Herkimer County Fairgrounds in Frankfort New York. The finish line was in Sacramento California Exposition Grounds 3200 miles away. The 100 or so riders of both sexes and mixed ages, had all paid an entry fee of $500. The purse was $50,000 to be appropriated among the first 10 place winners. Each rider was permitted to lead a spare mount if he or she chose, and most of them did.

A 60 year old steeplejack and horse rancher from San Jose California named Virl Norton had posted his $500. He was as tough as the two mules he would be riding. His lead mule was Lord Fauntleroy, son of a thorough bred mare and a Mammoth Jack. His spare mount, Lady Eloise, was of the same mixture. Both were dark brown and 16 hands.

98 days later, Norton pulled up before the battery of television cameras and reporters in Sacramento, winner by 9 hours and 17 minutes over the second-place horse, an Arabian trotter! This was the equivalent of 75 miles by Nortons estimate. (Averaging 30 miles per day at pace of 8.5 mph) A few of Nortons competitors complained about the way the race was run. Two maintained that if it had been a bit longer their horses would have won. Norton replied, OK, give me 72 hours and we'll turn around and race back. We'll each put up $10,000, winner takes all. No one stepped forward.

The mules each lost 150 pounds during the race. Norton lost 26. All arrived lean, hard, and well. Norton was richer by 25,000 and two western mules had made racing history. When those mules left New York, they were headed for their barn in San Jose. There are few places a mule would rather go than to the barn!

08/12/2024

Little Lasso is feeling it.

08/09/2024

Happy 8th birthday to Happy. He’s still a baby in mule years. ❤️🎈

08/06/2024

Slumber party for McCloud (right) and Atlas tonight. 😊❤️

08/03/2024

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