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Topic: Pikes Peak Rodeo Posted: 11 August 2003 at 02:49
Hey SADDLESORE . . . looked for you at the rodeo, but didn't see any mules. My favorite event is still barrel racing . . . although there sure ain't much room in that dang arena for those gals to manuever. Wish they would go someplace else. I mean, like, c'mon, who in the heck watches a rodeo with no dust and an air conditioner blowing on them? Even the bulls were shivering!
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Posted: 11 August 2003 at 07:34
Yep, this whole rodeo deal is oging south for sure. You don't see many mules in rodeos. When they learn to buck, they get better and better, and few can ride them, and they don't see a lot of sense in them other games. They need a job to do that they can get serious about.
Saddlesore
If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles
Wall now, we got our races and fair and rodeo going on the next two weeks. Just snuck out and watched my boy in the team penning. Funny, I didn't see no mules. Now a mule man will say it's 'cause they's too smart for this line of work. But a cow man knows a quarter hoss is the best for these white-collar jobs. Mules is only good for them low-end, grunt work, blue-collar jobs.
I really feel guilty when I got to throw a decker on these fine quarter hosses. They're highly over-qualified for that line of work.
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Posted: 13 August 2003 at 12:36
Mules. They are really peculiar beasts. They are really good when they are being good and hell when they decide to be done.
My wife tried to round pen ours to get some fitness on him. He went around one time and figured he'd seen the whole thing. Then he walked up to the gate and started rocking against it. I've seen what he can do to the strongest welded 2 1/2 tube gate I could buy without even grunting. That was the end of trying to round pen him. If he wants to hump a heavy load when he's not very fit I guess he knows best....he's lame now though so his working days....and days in general may very well be drawing to a close. The doc shot him up and is giving him 70% odds of being sound to use this year, and 10% less every year after.
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Posted: 14 August 2003 at 04:41
As I have said before, mules need a job to do. Running them around in a circle doesn't do much. You will get real tired before the mule even works up a sweat. About the only way to condition them is a lot of riding or a lot of pulling in harness
Steely, sorry about that mule. It's hell when you finally get a dead broke one and they go south on you. Raisin younster take a lot of work. I have a 2 and a 3 yr old that are coming on. The 3 yr old will be pretty good for this yrs hunt, but the 2 yr old will probably just do some light packing. It took me 3 yrs to convince myself to raise another young one and train it, but buying mature mules just has never worked for me. I hate inhertiting someone elses screw ups.
Saddlesore
If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles
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