Gold Rush
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 three days in Nevada for Rush and Dusty, since the hauler was waylaid by snowstorms.
Rush, born in 1990, was 14 years old and had just been separate from her foal. Once she settled in at our place, we started taking her and Dusty for walks to begin the process of bonding. Rush delivered her foal on June 4, 2004. 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’.