Mini-Horse Pull

The mini-horse pull was well underway when I arrived at the Chelsea Community Fair this morning.  Teams of two miniature horses took turns pulling thousands of pounds of weight piled on a stone-boat, a sort of runnerless sled.  Moving the boat forward ten feet is a “full pull,” just as it is for the teams… Continue reading Mini-Horse Pull

Horse Pull

My neighbor Todd and I went to the Saline Community Fair today.  Todd’s wife Anne had planned to go, too, but was under the weather and stayed home.  That meant she missed the Big Event:  the draft horse pull.  Today’s horse pull offered six teams of two Belgian horses the opportunity to pull a sled… Continue reading Horse Pull