Fair event draws out-of-town competitors

Monday, Sept. 29 at the fair was the open draft horse and pony hitch show at 10 a.m. in the outdoor arena.

Ben Hastings of Ashland won first place in-cart for the men’s draft pony hitch show.

A dress code applies in the competition including shirts with sleeves, Western footwear, a hat but no ball caps and a draft-type harness. Hastings complied from his hat down to his boots, with sleeves rolled up, but it was hot that day.

Hastings’ Haflingers are a family-owned and operated team out of Redhaw.

"We've been coming here close to 20 years,” he said. “It's a little drive for us to come from Ashland, but we travel all over the United States. This is one of our favorite fairs."