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All information regarding the fair can be found here or at www.4hmiddlesexfair.org
What to Bring: For You: Helmet 2-3 Show shirts Show Jacket Rat catcher/Stock tie Stock pin Gloves Belt 2-3 Show pants Boots Clothes to cover your show clothes (common choices are PJ pants and club windbreaker) Overnight Supplies: Club polo or other club attire Relaxing Clothes Bathing Suit/Flip-flops (for showers) Toiletries PJs Sweater or jacket Sleeping bag + pad Chairs Flashlights Bobby pins + barrettes Hair nets/Safety pins/elastics Jumping vest (not necessary) Boot Polish Towels Pillows Tent Money Coolers with WATER and snacks Meal tickets Some of the above items may be different depending on what style you ride, how old you are, the classes you are doing, and your horse.
| For Your Horse: 2 Crossties Water pail Grain pail Hay net Butt bar or chain 6-8 eyehooks 6-8 double-ended snaps Clean brushes Bridle Halter Spare bridle Spare halter 2 White saddle pads Saddle (bring spare leathers if you have them) Girth (bring a spare if you have one) Saddle stand (not necessary, but very helpful!) 2 Lead ropes (1 chain lead) Bagged Grain (+ Supplements) Miracle groom (more helpful for white horses) Treats Hoof Polish Crop (Black for the show ring) and/or spurs Fly Spray Snaffle bit if riding dressage red ribbon for tail (if horse kicks or rider/horse is nervous) Hoof polish in the correct color If braiding, supplies to repair Safety stirrup elastics if you have safety stirrups Medical Records (Coggins, etc) Dry shampooo (for last minute stains) Washing Supplies: Sponge Squiggy Bucket Towels Sweat scrapers (can use back of shedding blade) SOS pads (for hooves) Excalibur + gloves (for geldings) Clean Rags (to clean mare's parts or nose/ears) Shampoo |
For those attending the fair for the first time here are a few other pointers. If the member has created projects at home or school and would like to submit them for display and competition they need a fair booklet and fill out the paper work for the static exhibit. There is more to the fair than the horseshow. Members can exhibit art, beef, cage & game birds, cloverbud, crafts, dairy, dairy goat, displays, dog, environmental awareness, feline, flower, food, food preservation, honey, needlework, photography, poultry, rabbit & Cavy, sewing, sheep, swine, vegetable, fruit and field crops, wool, workshop and writing. There is also an apple pie contest with the rules listed in the fair book. Static exhibit entries earn money according to the danish rule system and how they score. Depending on how many items you enter and how well you do you can earn a lot through your 4H work.
Activities that can be enjoyed at the fair are the corn husking, pony rides, checking out all the displays and exhibits, moonwalk, hay rides, storytelling, model railroad, Smokey Bear, watermelon eating contest, chicken BBQ, auction, Discovery Museum, Lizzie the clown, paint a face, antique engines, Michelle's Menagerie, Marcia Williams Owls and much much more.
You must trim and shave the horse's face, muzzle and legs and make sure that shoes are up to date. Manes should be free flowing and neat or pulled.