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  • From: "Sherry Hicks" <shicks@nwinc.net>
  • To: Mounted search and rescue <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [MSAR] Mules / Foal Watch
  • Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:01:01 -0500

Around here gaited mules are higher dollar than grade gaited horses. They use
them for hunting largly because of their jumping ability.


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Jorene Downs" <Jorene@CEOates.com>
Reply-To: Mounted search and rescue <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:40:24 -0800

>From: "philip easley" <easleyranch@foothill.net>
>> When I got my first mule, I was packing horses. Vincent Van Go put all
>> the
>> horses to shame. He rode so well in the back country that I considered
>> riding him and packing the horses as well. [...] The mules will go
>> straight down the trail like they are on a rail and will tend to avoid
>> hitting anything. They also inherited the survival instincts of the
>> donkey.
>
>Multiple sources also tell me that the riding mule is often a softer,
>smoother ride than the average horse. And some mules are gaited. Also, the
>mule commonly has more endurance than the horse, and in general can pack
>more weight.
>
>What would you consider the typical height of riding mules?
>
>-Jorene
>
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