Showcase: Clydesdales pull a wagon during the 2019 Echuca-Moama Steam Rally at Echuca’s Rotary Park.
Working horses were once a staple of the country, helping to breathe life into farms across the lands.
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Echuca-Moama Steam, Iron and Trades Revival maintains this tradition with a Clydesdale and Working Horse showcase and competition as part of the event.
Run by the Commonwealth Clydesdale Horse Society Australia, Victoria branch at the revival, entry is open for anyone who, with their horses, would like to take part.
Commonwealth Clydesdale Horse Society Australia, Victoria branch member Josh Taylor will be at the revival with three of his horses.
“I will bring Clydesdales to the event to perform all sorts of historic agricultural displays, from wool loading and ploughing to demonstrating how horses were used in days gone by,” Mr Taylor said.
“The horses I will be bringing are pure-bred Clydesdale that have competed at national-level shows but are also used at the farm at home to earn their keep.’’
The showcase will include driving competitions for exhibitors to enter.
“Driving competitions are obstacle courses that demonstrate the skills of the horse and driver,” Mr Taylor said.
“They depict what would have been done in the logging industry, in particular, driving in amongst trees and such.
“We will not be competing for sheep stations; our purpose is more to demonstrate what we do with horses in the modern era.’’
Log snig and obstacle driving competitions will be held across the weekend.
Working horse: Josh Taylor’s Clydesdales earn their keep on the farm.
It is not only Clydesdales that are welcome to attend the showcase, with entries open to other breeds of heavy horses.
Exhibitors in the showcase at the revival must be Commonwealth Clydesdale Horse Society Australia members.
If you would like to take part, you must register by May 31.
To register, contact Mr Taylor at 0407 814 338 or prestige.clydesdales@gmail.com for an entry pack.
Echuca-Moama Steam Iron Trades Revival is at Echuca’s Rotary Park on June 8-9, 2024.
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