Galloping Grace Youth Ranch Dinner/Auction

Last Saturday night, Galloping Grace Youth Ranch (GGYR) held its third annual Dinner and Auction at the Santa Ana Star Center. The theme this year was a County Fair.

Here's a video overview of the night that includes a pregnant cow, hundreds of people, a petting zoo with ducks, chickens, rabbits, goats, miniature goats and miniature horses (all from the ranch), a silent auction, a live auction and good old-fashioned country music.

However, the most exciting event took place before the dinner and auction started. Max asked Betty and me to use our small horse trailer to get the animals for the petting zoo from the ranch to the arena. This included two miniature horses, two full-size goats and two miniature goats.

With the help of our good friends, Laura and Jerry Burton, we were able to get them into the trailer at the ranch. However, we had a little excitement.

Betty and Laura were getting the full-size goats from their pens on a lead line. As they were taking them out the pen gate, the two miniature goats made a mad dash out the gate. Betty, with one full-size goat in one hand managed to grab the collar of one miniature goat. Laura did the same with the collar of the other miniature goat.

There they both were, being pulled in different directions with a full-size goat in one hand and a miniature goat in the other.

I was close and was able to grab the lead lines of the full-size goats so they could get the miniature goats back into the pen and hook up their lead lines. With a little control back, we were able to get them over to the trailer and loaded with the miniature horses.

Once in the trailer we had to unhook their lead lines so they wouldn't get all tangled up in the ropes while we made the trip to the arena.

At the arena, we had to organize an orderly way to rehook the lead lines and get the various animals out of the trailer and into the arena. Laura volunteered to get into the cramped trailer with the six animals, get them hooked up and coordinate getting them out of the trailer in an orderly way.

Here's a video of that amazing process. There was a thunderstorm close so there's a significant amount of wind noise, but I think you can still appreciate what was done. I suspect military landings such as Normandy didn't have any more coordinated planning.

All in all, a fun and exciting night for all and a successful fundraiser for the Youth Ranch.

 

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