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DRAFT HORSE—MULE WORKING
CLASS SINGLE HORSE TWITCH
Sunday, October 13, 2024
at 8:30 a.m.
Horse Logging Ring (16)
Chair: Bruce Locke 603-435-7268
See Animal Health Rules and Regulations
These events are intended to give working horse drivers and teams an
opportunity to demonstrate their skill. We invite anyone who is working with horses to join us for a day of friendly competition and to help educate the public about the usefulness of working horses today.
Total number of entrants may be limited.
Draft Horse - Mule
Premiums for each class
1st $100 2nd $90 3rd $80
4th $70 5th $60 6th $50
7th $40
Single Horse Twitch Rules:
1. Hitch horse to a log and negotiate the course.
2. Event may involve hitching and unhitching second log
in middle of course.
Team Log Yarding Scoot Class -
Sunday to follow Twitching Class
1. Teamster uses horses to load scoot and negotiate
course. Ring crew will set chain.
2. Parade time may interrupt this event. Teamster uses
horses to load scoot and negotiate course.
Ring crew will set chain.
Team Wagon Class - Sunday to follow Scoot Class
1. Team hitches to the wagon and proceeds through
the course. Everyone will use same wagon and evener.
2. Backing wagon with team will be included.
General Rules
1. Current Negative Coggins Certificate & Rabies
Vaccine Certificate required at registration
2. Scoring is the same for all three events.
3. Horses must be under driver's control at all times.
4. Uprights on course represent trees- teamster
and reins must stay between them.
Scoring
1. Everyone starts with 100 points.
2. Five points deducted for each obstacle hit.
entrants also judged for horsemanship. The
judge may award up to ten points for overall
performance. Ten points will be deducted if
entrants need help hitching or loading logs onto scoot.
3. Entrants also judged on horsemanship.
The judge may award up to ten points for
overall performance.
4. Ten points will be deducted if entrants
need help hitching or loading onto the scoot.
5. Time will only be used to break ties.