Rancho Verano was first established
in 1963 in Escondido, California where our family first became
involved with horses.
In 1980 I told my father I would like a Draft
Horse for Christmas. At that time there was not a lot of
Draft Horses in the area, but we found a man in Vista who
raised Clydesdales.
We purchased a six month old Filly named Chica
and she ended up giving us six colts that helped start our
carriage and hay ride company in 1993.
Our Clydesdales have been seen on Home and
Family, Blind Date and have been featured in many magazines
and newspapers.One of Chica's colts, Cisco, was chosen to
be on the 2002 Los Angeles County Fair pin. Cisco has shown
in Colorado, California and Utah and has taken many Blues
along with lots of ribbons. We are very proud to have such
wonderful horses.
Chica is retired now and out to pasture with
another Clydesdale named Delight who has had her share of
of making special memories for brides and audiences.
We also have a team of draft mules who pull
their weight and then some and have been a feature at the
Del Mar Fair. They weigh about 1400 lbs. each. Rancho Verano's
services are available for many events including weddings,
birthday parties, parades, rodeos, reenactments, festivals
and much more!
We also do educational programs about horses
and other farm animals. Please call us at 760.749.6503 for
more information.
Clydesdales
Clydesdales originated
in Scotland in the valley of the Clyde river in Lanarkshire
district. The
Clydesdale association originated in 1877 in Scotland. The
horse is a versatile breed, it’s height is from 16’3
to 19 hands (a hand is 4 inches). One of the identifying features
of this breed is the long hair on the lower part of the leg
called ‘feathers’. Clydesdale colors range anywhere
from roan (a mixture of white hairs with a base coat of another
color) to Bays (reddish brown body color with a black mane,
tail and lower legs. Bay is one of the most common coat colors
in many horse breeds) to blacks. For more information go to
Clydesdale Breeders of the United States http://www.clydesusa.com/
.
Mules
Mules are offspring between
a male donkey (jack) and a female horse (mare). Mules are normaly
born sterile
so they
cannot reproduce. George Washington was a big promoter of
the mule. He believed they could do twice the work for one
third
the cost. A very resilent animal. They were used as beast
of burden on the farm or to pull wagons in the days of the
early
settlers to military support in the early days of the west
to WWII.
The draft mules we use are a cross between a Percheron draft
horse and donkey and their names are Jimmy And Jessie |
