Draft Horse thunder on Virden Ag grounds

Percheron, Belgian and Clydesdale heavy horses showed in the two-day event held in Virden on July 27 and 28. Wade Joorisity of Kipling, Sask. judged the show. A good crowd watching from the covered grandstand applauded the classes. Three chore teams watered the ring, keeping the dust to a minimum.

July 27 & 28, 2019 Results

Judge: Wade Joorisity, Kipling, Saskatchewan

Light Draft Mare or Gelding sponsor: Creekside Belgians

1. Lone Oak Percherons
2. Bourns Family Percherons
3. Charleswood Percherons
4. Prairie View Percherons
5. Wallace Clydesdales

Heavy Draft Mare or Gelding sponsor: Don & Marg Gee

1. Charleswood Percherons
2. Charleswood Percherons
3. Lone Oak Percherons
4. Wallace Clydesdales

Registered Gelding: 2-Year-old & Under sponsor: Elkview Percherons

1. Rae-Ann Kryshewski

Registered Gelding: 3-Year-old and over sponsor: Vern & Anne Anderson/Family

1. Charleswood Percherons
2. Bourns Family Percherons
3. Wallace Clydesdales
4. Lone Oak Percherons

Champion Gelding: Charleswood Eli - Charleswood Percherons

Broodmare sponsor: Main Line Enterprises

1. Banga Clydes
2. Banga Clydes

Yearling Filly sponsor: Don Brown

1. Banga Clydes
2. Luc Plett
3. Creekside Belgians

2-Year-Old Filly sponsor: D.B Higginbotham Electric Ltd.

1. Woodenspoke Clydesdales
2. Silver Oak Percherons
3. Gardiner’s Belgians
4. Sadie Jo Luba

3-Year-old Mare sponsor: Lone Oak Percherons

1. Silver Oak Percherons

Yeld Mare sponsor: Murray & Bev Peel, Trent & Sandra Peel

1. Johnson Belgians
2. Wallace Clydesdales

Champion Registered Mare: Banga’s Reba – Banga Clydes

Stallion All Ages sponsor: H & G Directional Drilling

1. Creekside Belgians
2. Charleswood Percherons

Champion Stallion: Creekside Duke – Creekside Belgians

Progeny of Dam sponsor: Warkentin Farms

1. Banga Clydes

Best 3 Horses, Don Jeremy Memorial sponsor: Paton Farms

1. Banga Clydes
2. Charleswood Percherons
3. Silver Oak Percherons
4. Creekside Belgians

Supreme Champion Draft Horse, Ken Brown Memorial sponsor: Brown Families

1. Banga’s Reba – Banga Clydes

Junior Showmanship (7-13 years) sponso: Kola Café

1. Ava Ruthven – Johnson Belgians
2. Luc Plett
3. Meadow Mennie – Prairie View Percheron

Junior Showmanship (14-18 years) Perry Thomson Memorial sponsor: Shirley Thomson

1. Robin Collier – Lone Oak Percherons
2. Owen Anderson – Charleswood Percherons
3. Darrien Ruthven – Johnson Belgians
4. Rachel Armstrong – Wallace Clydesdales
5. Mathew Strain – Silver Oak Percherons

Youth Decorating (7-13 years) sponsor: Heartland Livestock Services, Virden

1. Ava Ruthven – Johnson Belgians

Youth Decorating (14-18 years) sponsor: Heartland Livestock Services, Virden

1. Taylor Horn – Delgaty Clydes
2. Rachel Armstrong – Wallace Clydesdales
3. Owen Anderson – Charleswood Percherons

Best Dressed, Matched: Mannered & Driven Team, Lloyd Robinson Memorial

1. Lone Oak Percherons
2. Wallace Clydesdales
3. Prairie View Percherons
4. Charleswood Percherons

Four Horse Hitch sponsor: Taylor Oilfield Services

1. Lone Oak Percherons
2. Johnson Belgians
3. Charleswood Percherons
4. Delgaty Clydes
5. Wallace Clydesdales

Men’s Cart sponsor: Strike Welding Specialties Inc.

1. Johnson Belgians
2. Lone Oak Percherons
3. Wallace Clydesdales
4. Bourns Family Percherons
5. Gardiner’s Belgians

Ladies Cart sponsor: Virden Animal Hospital

1. Charleswood Percherons – Marnie Anderson
2. Lone Oak Percherons – Cortney Collier
3. Johnson Belgians – Jacquie Fargo
4. Bourns Family Percherons – Chelsea Bourns
5. Delgaty Clydes – Jodi Fehr

Junior Driver Cart (14-18 years) sponsor: Valleyview Co-op Virden

1. Charleswood Percherons – Owen Anderson
2. Lone Oak Percherons – Robin Collier
3. Silver Oak Percherons – Mathew Strain
4. Johnson Belgians – Darrien Ruthven
5. Wallace Clydesdales – Rachel Armstrong

Junior Driver Cart (7-13 years) sponsor: Castle Oilfield Construction Ltd.

1. Johnson Belgians – Ava Ruthven
2. Luc Plett
3. Prairie View Percherons – Meadow Mennie

Unicorn, Ken & Elaine Horn Memorial sponsor: Horn Families

1. Charleswood Percherons
2. Lone Oak Percherons
3. Johnson Belgians
4. Prairie View Percherons
5. Silver Oak Percherons

Amateur 4 sponsor: Woodville Ranch, Kelvin & Pat Siemens

1. Prairie View Percherons – Caitlyn Mennie
2. Wallace Clydesdales – Rachel Armstrong
3. Charleswood Percherons – Tanner Anderson
4. Delgaty Clydes – Adrian Delgaty

Equitation sponsor: Virden Super Thrifty

1. Twylla Newton – Tail Winds
2. Robin Collier – Lone Oak Percherons

Six Horse Hitch sponsor: GWT Hot Shot Services, Calum & Kim Mooney, Garth & Jacquie Mooney

1. Charleswood Percherons
2. Lone Oak Percherons
3. Bourns Family Percherons
4. Delgaty Clydes

Heavy Draft Team sponsor: Town of Virden

1. Charleswood Percherons
2. Lone Oak Percherons
3. Delgaty Clydes
4. Wallace Clydesdales
5. Prairie View Percherons

Light Draft Team sponsor: Four Seasons

1. Charleswood Percherons
2. Johnson Belgians
3. Lone Oak Percherons
4. Wallace Clydesdales

Registered Mares sponsor: Andrew Agencies & RFNOW

1. Johnson Belgians
2. Banga Clydes
3. Silver Oak Percherons
4. Silver Oak Percherons

Champion Draft Horse Team: Charleswood Percherons

Lady Driver Team sponsor, Twin Valley Co-op

1. Johnson Belgians – Jacquie Fargo
2. Charleswood Percherons – Marnie Anderson
3. Banga Clydes – Linda Banga
4. Bourns Family Percherons – Breanne Bourns

Junior Driver Team (14-18 years) sponsor: Sunrise Credit Union

1. Silver Oak Percherons – Mathew Strain
2. Johnson Belgians – Darrien Ruthven
3. Charleswood Percherons – Owen Anderson
4. Wallace Clydesdales – Rachel Armstrong

Junior Driver Team (7-13 years) sponsor: Sunrise Credit Union

1. Johnson Belgians – Ava Ruthven
2. Delgaty Clydes – Adrian Delgaty
3. Prairie View Percherons – Meadow Mennie
4. Silver Oak Percherons – Luc Plett

Driver of the Show: Kent Anderson

Chore Teams sponsors: RM of Wallace-Woodworth, Virden Mainline Motors, Ernie Hey, & Virden Chrysler Dodge Jeep

1. Jody Plett
2. Michelle Newton                                                        
3. Twylla Newton