Fox Hunting Life with Horse and Hound

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macy the muleIt’s the ears, of course. At a walk, the long, warm-brown ears swing with metronomic precision forward and back, forward and back, to her hoof beats. At the trot, they stiffen forward, and at a check they go into neutral, except when something catches her attention. Then she points with them, head up.

Macy the foxhunting mule is an eight-year-old, 15.2-hand molly (or mare) with zebra markings on her hocks and knees, a dorsal stripe, and a cross on her withers. Her coarse dun hair and sparse tail are more similar to her donkey father than to her quarter horse mother.

She is owned by Suzanne Dow of Dundalk, Ontario, honorary whipper in of the Eglinton and Caledon Hunt and  MFH of the Bethany Hills-Frontenac Hunt from 1998 to 2004. Suzanne kindly offered to let me ride Macy for a Monday hunt recently, and I took her up on the offer. A landowner issue caused the hunt to be cancelled, but we did go out for a trail ride so I could sample the virtues of a mule. There are many.

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# Judy Jones 2013-12-11 08:10
There was also "John Henry" from the States that also Hunted for years back in the 80"s & 90's who also competed at Walnut Hill & The Canadian Carriage Classic in Driving!
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# Guest 2020-11-21 21:59
Hi hello beautiful pics.. i was wondering if i could ask " has any one seen a -N FREEZ BRAND on mules left shoulder???? Were do they come from??? I am in Arizona and we have a brand for the Reservation like that BUT THEY DO NOT FREEZ BRAND ANYTHING to my knowledge... can any one help me find the answer?
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