Moose Jaw Hometown Fair Not Forgetting Its Rural Roots
The Moose Jaw Hometown Fair hasn’t forgotten about it’s agricultural roots with two free attractions occurring during the June 21st - June 23rd event.
The Golden Mile Arena will feature a miniature horse show while the Bellows - Gommersall Arena (the former rodeo arena) will feature a 4H beef show and sale.
Miniature Horse Show
The miniature horse show will held in the Golden Mile Arena - located in the north end of the fair grounds - and are included in your gate admission.
Presented by the Saskatchewan Miniature Horse Club the ever popular miniature horses are sure to delight both young and old.
The show is a competition where competitors are trying to earn points to go to other shows George Fowler general manager with the Moose Jaw Exhibition said.
“We have to stress it’s not a performance it is a competition,” Fowler said.
“They are cute perfect miniature little horses,” he said.
The miniature horses size can be best described as the size of a big dog.
“They put them through different competitions. One of the competitions is they have little carts that they pull around with their owner sitting in the cart which people like to watch.”
The show runs Saturday and Sunday commencing at 9 am and running until finished for the day.
4H Beef Show and Sale
The Moose Jaw Inter 4H Show and Steer Sale takes place outdoors Saturday and Sunday at the Bellows - Gomersall Arena located north (behind) of the Golden Mile Arena).
The Moose Jaw Inter 4H Show and Steer Sale is an amalgamation of 4H clubs who come together for what is the wind up of their season.
The clubs are Long Laketon 4H Multi-Club, Missouri Coteau 4H Multi-Club, Moose Jaw 4H Beef Club and the Old Wives 4H Beef Club.
The event runs from 10 am - 3 pm on both days.
On Sunday the awards will be given out at 3:30 pm with the steer sale following at approximately 4 pm.
The Moose Jaw Hometown Fair kicks off this Thursday June 20th at 7 pm with the 2024 parade down Main Street North.
The Moose Jaw Hometown Fair runs this coming Friday June 21st - Sunday June 23rd.
The hours are:
June 21st - 3 pm until 11 pm
June 22nd - noon until 11 pm
June 23rd - noon until 8 pm