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Premier Mule Sale

43 JUNIPER Grade

Dark Bay
Molly
14.3 HH Year Born: 2012
Juniper is a 13-year-old gorgeous dark Bay Molly mule standing
14.3 HH. This Molly’s personality will have you falling in love with
her from the beginning. She hands down is one of the kindest and
willing mules I’ve had the pleasure to work with. Juniper has been
used in the show ring for youth riders, been on tons of trails, and is a packing
machine! She is the ultimate package. Juniper has been actively used in a lesson
program with a variety of riders on her. You can ride her western, english or
bareback. She is rock solid at the mounting block and will stick right by your side
when doing liberty work. She really wants to please her rider. Juniper moves nicely
off your seat and legs and has very smooth gaits. She is well acquainted with the
trail obstacles, tarps, flags, and dogs. Juniper loves ear and butt scratches and
can stand tied for hours to be groomed. This lovely molly has been hobbled and
high-lined. Juniper has attended Ty Evans clinics and is a solid mule no matter
where you take her. She is the first to meet you at the gate and gets along great in
a herd or stalled alone. Juniper is the type of mule that can sit for a period of time
and just get on and go.
Kendra Bandock • Bandock Performance Horses & Mules, LLC
(509) 424-1468

44 SHADOKA Grade

Brown
Molly
14.3 HH Year Born: 2008
Shadoka aka UnsurpAssed is a very youthful 2008 model Quarter
type molly mule. She is as beautiful and conformationally correct
as a mule can be. Standing at a stout 14.3 HH, she is a very easy
keeper, has no metabolic issues and she is sound in every way.
Her only vice would be an addiction to soft round peppermints. Shadoka was the
Champion Quarter Type Molly Halter Mule at Bishop Mule Days in 2022 where
she also won 2nd in Ranch Pleasure, 4th in Western Dressage and was Top 10 in
several other events. She was also the Reserve Champion All Around Open Mule at
the 2022 Fort Worth Stock Show. But she’s not just a fancy broke show mule! Sha-
doka is a fantastic trail mule going easily through water and over any obstacle in
her path. She spent the entire 2019 hunting season packing with Timberline Lodge
and Big Country Outfitters in the mountains of Wyoming. They begged to use her
again the following season due to her versatility. Shadoka always meets you at the
gate and brays when she sees you coming. She is excellent for the farrier, easy to
clip, good with her ears, ties well, rides bareback and is easy to bridle and saddle.
She doesn’t need shoes under normal use. Her current rider is a 67-year-old wom-
an with bad knees and a bad back, so she is trained to come pick you up off the
fence, trailer fender, step stool, etc. She is a wonderfully smooth ride at all gaits
and this gal really walks out, covering lots of ground on the trail. Due to her perfect
conformation, she holds a saddle well with no need for a crupper or britchen. We
use her to pony young horses and she lives with, and kindly puts manners on,
our young stud colts (but her naturally beautiful long tail sometimes suffers). Her
trainer is Dr. Kelly Riccitelli who has shown several mules to World and Reserve
World Championships in Halter, Jumping, Reining, and Driving Events. Email kelly.
riccitelli@ttu.edu or call for more information or to come test ride Shadoka before
the sale!
Kelly Riccitelli • (979) 324-3215
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