Rush arrived at the ranch on February 8, 2004, heavily pregnant.  Wyeth had suddenly cut Premarin contracts and thousands of mares (all pregnant) were headed for slaughter.  We had just gotten home with three weanlings from Canada and were now adopting two pregnant mares.   We waited for three days in Nevada for Rush and Dusty, since the hauler was waylaid by snowstorms.  She was 14 years old, and had just been separated from her foal.  Once she was settled in at our place, we started taking her for walks, along with Dusty, to begin the process of bonding.  She delivered her last foal on June 4, 2004, a beautiful palomino colt, who was adopted and lives about 5 miles from us.  Her delivery was complicated by a retained placenta, probably due to being transported late in her pregnancy.  Rush is now under saddle, and will be used in our programs for ‘city kids’.