LS Biscuit, NASMA registration # NM0036

by Joyce Stratton
Owned by Joyce Stratton and Shelby Bishop, Scio, OR (Charter member #17)

Biscuit has been a show mule since she was 4 years old. She is now 26 and we are celebrating her 22th.show season anniversary. Her birth year was 1986 and she was foaled and raised on the family farm.

She does a variety of disciplines including Western, English, Jumping, Driving, and Trail. In 2004, Biscuit showed her incredible versatility by winning the Oregon Horseman’s Association individual Battle of the Breeds Championship. She was the only animal in the field of 14 breeds to gain points in all 5 events and she was first in 3 of the events: Reining, Trail, and Jumping.

Biscuit has also helped a lot of youth and novice riders along the way. She has been an Oregon High School Equestrian winner, 4-H medallion winner, and novice adult champion at open and mule shows. She has a multi-state fan club and the name Biscuit is well loved within that club. She has helped riders that had given up riding to renew love of the sport and return with confidence.

Driving is one of Biscuit’s greatest loves. She has driven to a Year End Championship with the American Mule Association, a reserve national championship with North American Saddle Mule Association, and a reserve world championship with Bishop Mule Days. Biscuit returned to the show arena for 2010 after a severe injury to a suspensory ligament. She thanks the great services of Drs. Revanaugh and Emerson for treatment measures and then took an entire year off. We are proud to announce she is completely free of any unsoundness and back to full competition.

Biscuit has entered many parades over the years as a single and with groups. Her first parade was in Haines, OR at the July 4 Celebration when she was 4. She has been in the Hells Canyon Mule Days Parade, Bishop Mule Days Celebration Parade, Lebanon Strawberry Festival Parade, Fossil Mule Show Parade, Montana Mule Days Parade, Brownsville Pioneer Picnic Parade, and other small community parades.

Biscuit has participated as a breed demonstration equine at the Northwest Equine Expo in Albany, OR almost every year since they started in 1998. She has been ridden and driven in these events often with small children since she is so dependable in a crowded situation.

For the last 6 years, excepting for her off-year with the injury, Biscuit has been a faithful 4-H mount. Many years, she has been used by multiple youth at the 4-H fair. She is a usual mount for first year riders that don’t have an equine available that is good for a novice. She has also participated in the advanced classes with Shelby Bishop, granddaughter, as Shelby has grown through the years.

Biscuit continues to maintain a show and exhibition schedule but she can’t participate in NASMA shows anymore because travel to the mid and eastern parts of the country would be too much for her. She doesn’t show in open competition as much as she once did but still drives in open shows and in youth shows. Biscuit’s latest open driving competition was at the Oregon State Fair in 2012. She was 1st in 3 of 4 driving classes and was the only mule in the classes. The 4th class she was 2nd.

Probably one of the greatest testimonies to Biscuit and her fans in the equine world happened just recently. After participating in the All Breed Challenge at the Equine Expo, I was having coffee in our local shop and mentioned the name Biscuit to my friend I was having coffee with. A lady passing by our table stopped and said “were you talking about Biscuit? I saw her last weekend and we loved her. We were rooting for her all the time.”

  
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