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Doug Waugh
#10012
Director Zone 6
Mays Lick, KY
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Doug Waugh is the owner of Locust Creek
Mules, located in Mayslick, KY. Originally from Olive Hill, KY, Doug
comes from a large family with 8 sisters and 2 brothers. As a second
generation muleman, Doug grew up with mules. His father, Hayden Waugh,
had work mules. Hayden didn't own a tractor. He plowed the garden,
mowed the fields and logged with teams of mules. Doug remembers going
to horse and mule sales when he was big enough to tag along. As a
young boy, there were several mornings he woke up too sick to go to
school, but felt better by the time his Dad was leaving for the horse
sale. He felt good enough to go to the sale with his Dad. It didn't
take long for Doug's father and mother to realize what was going on.
At the sales, Hayden would buy a load of horses and ponies. After
bringing them home and turning them out in the barn lot, Doug
remembers he and his brothers not going to bed that night until they
got to ride them to see if they were broke or not. As a teenager, Doug
was a regular entrant in the local mule races. His mule 'Lucille' was
undefeated in mule races and was eventually retired. Lucille, now
close to 30 years old, resides at the Locust Creek farm.
Doug met his wife, Julie, when they were teenagers, at a horse sale
held at the stockyards in Winchester KY. Now married 18 years, Doug
and Julie are the parents of Jonathan Waugh. Jonathan, a senior at
Mason County High School, is the vice president of his local FFA
chapter and vice president of the NASMA youth association.
As the owner and trainer at Locust Creek Mules, Doug's specialty is
gaited show and trail mules. Doug and his mule 'I'm Mr. Slick' won two
AGMA World Championship titles at the 2006 Great Mule and Donkey
Celebration held in Shelbyville TN. Doug also trains the 2006 AGMA
World Champion 4 and under TN Walking Mule 'Gen and Ton'. Gen also won
the Ladies Amateur and the Youth Trail Pleasure.
As a newly elected zone 6 director, Doug encourages everyone to take
the time to come visit him at the farm or look him up at the many mule
shows and sales that he attends across the country. You can visit
Doug's website at
www.locustcreekmules.com or email him at
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