Saturday - It was a bit warmer this morning, and when we walked over to the fairgrounds for the morning session, it was getting close to 70. We went over in jeans, and I had a long-sleeve t-shirt on, and carried a denim shirt, and Joe had his sweatshirt on, but we didn't need all of that and after the first 2 events, we walked back to the RV and changed clothes, then went back over to finish the morning show.
The first event today was Gambler's Choice, and it involved an obstacle course and specific maneuvers, in 2 minutes. My roan Clydesdale, Angel's sister Rosebud, competed in this. She took first place in some competition today, but I can't remember if it was this one. I still think these are the prettiest horses here.
Joe's gray Percheron was in this one also.
One of the acts between competitions has been an acrobatic act. I was able to get photos of this in the daylight. They were pretty good.
And we had a lady riding sidesaddle on one of the beautiful Suffolk draft horses.
It warmed up!!
The last morning competition was Four Up Driving Competition. One team had raccoons driving their cart. They didn't win but should have gotten points for creativity.
We walked through the arts and crafts barn that we had missed yesterday. They had some interesting things.
We headed back to the RV, but stopped along the way to watch the horseshoeing competition.
After we rested for a while, we headed back over to catch some of the concerts. They were doing a tribute to Jason Aldean, and the singer also did an imitation of Kenny Chesney.
Then it was the night competition. There were long lines at both gates tonight, and they had to delay the start of the show for about 20 minutes so everyone could get seated. The first competition was Singles, Ladies, Pleasure Type. The other breed, American Cream, was represented in this one. This is the only breed of draft horses that was developed in this country. It is a creamy color, rather than the white or gray of the Percherons.
The next competition was the Six-Up Rail -- it's pretty impressive to see six of these monsters all pulling one wagon. This is that beautiful team of Shires, black with white feet.
And this team of Belgiums is one of the best-looking teams out here. We've seen it various times in different competitions and it is always impressive.
The next competition was called Americana, and it involved pulling some kind of "period" cart or wagon, and the drivers were to were period costumes. My favorite was this Cinderella coach, which lit up. (It didn't win.)
The last competition was Unicorn, Hitch Type, which had 3 horses, with the lead horse in front, then the other two behind the leader. This is a really hard team to drive, the announcer said. I didn't take any pictures of this, but it was interesting to watch.
So another full day at the horse show. We've seen and learned a lot here, and found out there is a draft horse show in Prescott, Arizona every year, so we will have to check that out. It is supposed to be just a little warmer again tomorrow, so that should make for a lovely day. And we will finish up this horse show.
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