The Verdant Valley Ag Society is bringing back the Verdant Valley Draft Horse Competition.
The Society will be hosting its fourth event on Saturday, July 24, at the Verdant Valley Community Centre. The event proved to be popular, and after a hiatus in 2019, and then not staging the event during COVID, they are back.
“We’re hoping to get about a dozen competitors for the show,” said organizer Austin Veno. He says there are teams coming from all over Alberta. There may also be a few local teams.
These are teams of two horses, mostly Belgian, Percherons, Thoroughbred crosses, and Clydesdales.
The competition puts the horse teams and drivers through a gamut of activities to demonstrate their skills, emulating common chores.
“There will be a log pull and a wagon event. You have to back into a loading dock and parallel park. They are going to pull a log through a serpentine pylon course,” he said. It will be pretty similar to previous years.”
The Verdant Valley Community Centre is about 15 kilometres east of Drumheller on Highway 576. Gates will open at 11 a.m., with a concession and kids activities on site. The chore horse competition begins at noon.
