GULLWING's owners have over 50 years combined experience in the horse industry.

Mike Kropp has 30+ years experience with horses, having produced show ring champions in Hunter, Western and English pleasure, and In-Hand. He has also coached and instructed amateur and junior exhibitor riders to top honors in their divisions.
In his first appearance at the Morgan Grand National - as a junior exhibitor, he garnered a top 10 in the Open Mares Western Pleasure. That same year, he was the NYSMHS High Point Equitation Champion, Reserve High Point Junior Exhibitor Western Pleasure, and Reserve High Point Western Pleasure. Mike is a former Western District director of the New York State Morgan Horse Society, and has been a member of the show committee for the NY Morgan Horse Show since the spring of 2001. In the fall of 2004, Mike became the show chairman/manager for the NYSMHS Western NY Morgan Show, held over Memorial Day weekend in Horseheads, NY.

Sharon Skelly has 30 years experience in the horse world, having started out with hunters, then moved to the Morgan breed. Her Morgan background includes show horses - she has shown winners in English, Classic and Western pleasure and In Hand. She has also been involved in the sport horse disciplines, working with hunter, dressage and carriage driving horses. Sharon is currently a member of the NY Morgan Show committee, which she joined in the fall of 1999.