OH Breeder said:
Olson Family Shorthorns said:
Sugar Ray just looks nuts!
As others have said, I remember the first sugar steers. OUCH is all I have to say. If I remember right there were lots of Brindles and some wild colors.
I had a sugar ray steer my 8th year in 4-H, I am 40 now. One of the smartest calves I ever had and the one that gave me the worst headaches. He always knew when it would be the easiest to escape, just when you went through the gate into the ring, as I stepped around the bar of the chute while pulling him into the chute, etc. I ended up bringing our old roping horse out of the retirement just so I could go through the gate with him without him getting away from me. The funny thing with him was though he never hurt anyone or tried to hurt anyone, it was kind of a big game, once he got away you could walk right up to him and he would be fine the rest of the day.
The absolute funniest thing was the night of our show at the fair, because of his attitude we never took him to a show until the fair so it was his first trip to town. Once it started to get dark he saw the midway rides moving up above the display building and completely freaked out. He wouldn't let anyone take his halter but me and would not let me leave his side. Of course the judge couldn't be merciful and put me third in the class, I won the first class and had to keep him out walking for another hour waiting for the cross championship. I finally had my mom go with me to our motor home because I had to go to the bathroom, which was luckily right across from the entrance door to the RV. There I was on the throne, the door wide open and the calf standing with his head in the door so he could still see me. AHHHH the memories!
