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Bishop Mule Days Packs the House

Driver with two-mule cart team.

The Bishop Mule Days Celebration stampeded into Bishop, CA, over the Memorial Day Weekend like it has for the past 43 years.  Despite the high cost of fuel and a struggling economy, the loyalists and fans came out in droves, as they do year after year. But that could be expected; Mule Days has grown […]

43rd Annual Bishop Mule Days

The journey to Bishop Mule Days on Memorial Day weekend was a long and strange one this year. It was long, because I drove from Los Angeles to Prescott to pick up a trailer. Had I known the drive from Prescott to Bishop would take 11 hours, I would not have spent the night drinking […]

Development Drama

Plans are in the works to replace some of the last open space on the Palos Verdes Peninsula with a private golf course and a massive housing complex. For a period of time it appeared that the equestrian community would come to the rescue, but now it seems that the group has splintered into two […]

Bull Market in Anaheim

Spectators showed up in droves for the Anaheim Invitational, the third event in the “Built Ford Tough Bull Riding Series,” nearly filling the Honda Center, Jan. 21–22. Silvano Alves took top honors in the championship round on a bull named Hawaiian Ivory, and had the highest point average for the four rounds: 946.25, with total […]

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