"Gill Favor" at 34 days

Dam -  Roan

Sire - Scooter's Grand Sun

On the morning of March 2, I had been waiting forever on my cutting AQHA mare "Roan" to foal and she seemed no closer than the previous 3 or 4 days.  Sheila had gone to a Richard Shrake clinic, so I decided to go with Rick Sayre and look at some mares in northern Missouri and then on to the mule sale in Kahoka, MO.  I left around 7:00 AM fully expecting not to be back before 7:00 or 8:00 in the evening.  Steve and Sherry Gill were to bring their nice AQHA mare down to leave for breeding to Sunny. Around noon Steve called my cell and asked if I knew I had a new baby.  I didn't and he asked if I wanted the baby and Mom to be together!!  She had evidently shot him under a gate when she had him and he was up and dried off, but they couldn't get together.  No idea when she had had him.  I told Steve it would be a great favor if he would put them together for me.  When I got home they were doing fine and everyone lived happily ever after. 

Steve and Sherry Gill did me a great favor.............. thus, "Gill Favor" and besides, I'm a big "Rawhide" fan (those of you as old as me will understand)

Gill has a huge hip, nice head and neck, straight legs and a great mind.  He is our 5th foal from this mare and I think he is the nicest of them all.  I have to credit that to Sunny.

Weird how the "tall" seems important today ... hmmm.... is this the "priorities" thing I hear about??????????

 He spends about 1/4 of his life tied up right now.  He really is the deal!!!!!!!!!

Cain't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2/06/07 -  Our 9th Anniversary

- I did a little trading with Roger and Julee Smith, Rocking S Mules, Jackson, OH and Roger is going to start Gilly for me!!  He is 57 1/2" tall now and I am really looking forward to getting to RIDE him!!

Cain't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9/06/07

I GOT HIM BACK AND HE IS AMAZING!!!!!  Roger made me a heck of an offer to buy him, he and Julee say he is the best minded mule they have had on the place, but I have told myself for years I was going to keep a mule out of Roan, and I AM GOING TO KEEP HIM!!!!!!!!  Some folks are really trying hard to buy "Noggin" and I want to spend my time on Gill, so........

10/13/07

NASMA Zone 5 VTP Trail Ride, Norman, OH

Lori Montgomery won the NASMA Photo Contest at the trail ride in Indiana with this photo of Gill.

2/06/08 - Our 10th Anniversary!!!!!!!

TERRIBLE WINTER!!!! and I haven't been on my buddy for 2 months!!  I hate it!!  Ol' Noggin doesn't live here anymore so me and Gilly are going to spend a bunch of time together from now on.

Cain't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!