The Challenge has started, it is the end of February, the adventure is coming to fruition. A lot of work upstream from all the members of the association and the coaches. We hope that it will live up to our hopes and your expectations. This event is our way of introducing you to mules. The coaches volunteered spontaneously and on a voluntary basis, we can never thank them enough. It turns out that chance has done things well, because they all have their own approach, a mixture of knowledge, experience and intuition, to share with you.
Raphaëlle, a professional teacher from Île-de-France, does not have much experience with mules, but an approach that suits them well.
Raphaëlle is therefore participating in the RMMO with Duende, an 8-year-old Spanish mule, who had already been re-educated by a professional, but the work could not be completed. Duende is a mule who got off to a bad start in life. You have to go very slowly, because he is a nice, hypersensitive and tender mule. During their first weeks, the work done was to get to know each other and be accepted into their bubble. Duende is tied up, but not yet ready to come out of his meadow.
The MMO Globe-Crotters, not being teachers, have extensive experience with mules. Dominic has no formal equestrian training; he naturally rubbed shoulders with mules and interacts with them intuitively, which works well. Anouk, for her part, has extensive background: classic equestrian training, a profession as an equine podiatrist, and ethological knowledge. They met mules several times before choosing the four pearls for their long journey of 10,000 kilometers over two years. Their approach is a blend of knowledge, intuition and strong experience. Their 4-year-old mule Kalinka, of unknown origin, was purchased from a horse dealer. Kalinka lived with a deceased gentleman, hence her wanderings. She is a very inexperienced mule, who has everything to learn, including approach. The first weeks were dedicated to approach, contact and presentation of the halter.
Jeremy Had a setback in getting Fortune, the little 6-year-old mule, half-Arab blood. He may introduce us to a young mule that he will begin training for work in show business. Fortune is therefore still in her meadow, making her adorable owners go crazy, until May, while waiting to meet Jeremy for their participation in RMMO
Nadja, a teacher in the Meuse, has extensive experience in the animal world, also being a farmer. She knows mules well, adopting an approach mixing a little of this, a little of that: experience, intuition, anchoring and a heart that big, all accompanied by a good dose of 'humor. She is participating in two challenges: in the MMO with Préciosa, a magnificent 4-year-old Spanish mule, and in the RMMO with Nikita, a 12-year-old mule, the smallest but certainly the most difficult of the mules in the challenge. Nikita was recovered in a state of intense anger towards humans. His beginnings were truly catastrophic and marked by abuse.
She crossed paths with her first fairy who explained to her that despite everything, humans can be something else. Nikita consented, then she went to other humans, again evil. She then returned to her fairy godmother, who left her alone. And here she is now with Nadja, who takes up the challenge. Nikita has a kissable face, a sharp look, and a little rebellious side, she is particularly intelligent. The first weeks were dedicated to adaptation and making contact. Nadja had the opportunity to practice mule skiing a lot, a discipline that she would soon master.
Coralie Des Hautes-Alpes, teacher, still in training, with an ethological approach in the world of leisure riding, her goal is to open her center for rides with mules, for which she has fallen completely in love since a few years already. She will team up with her handsome boy, bought from an owner, a shepherd who no longer did anything. So I name the handsome Kouli, a nice 4-year-old mule, Franche-Comté/Baudet du Poitou, who does not have a complicated history. Kouli is haltered and begins to learn the basics of working on foot: halter assignment, neckline assignments. He doesn't like to give in too much...They will participate in the MMO
Joshua Professional mule rider, his first horse was a mule, that dates back a bit... Joshua is the Dordogne cowboy, cutler and blacksmith in his spare time. He was selected for the Missouri Mule Makeover in 2020, a project that failed due to Covid. His approach is strongly inspired by North American culture, the land of mules. Another mule culture, an opening to the world of mules. Julia, his companion for the MMO, is a 7-year-old mule, Lusitanian/Catalan donkey, very green in her work, difficult to approach, lively in her reactions. As Joshua says: "Bound but not always bound and not by just anyone..." He worked on the relationship and connection with Julia
Patricia Last minute candidate who opens the challenge to Switzerland and Europe, Patricia is indescribable, lost in her mountains, with her yaks, her goats and her mules. You have to follow it to know it, but a relationship with mules that dates, everything goes through feeling, feeling, love. For reasons related to the regulations, she participates in the MMO, but with a mule from a shelter. The beautiful Eporédo, a small appaloosa mule aged... Between 12 and 22 years old! He will stay with Patricia.
Let's support our coaches, the road is going to be long
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