Columbus Carriage Classic

This Father's Day weekend saw the annual Columbus Carriage Classic in south-central Wisconsin. It was very hard to watch knowing my Percheron Julian was just sitting home mowing the grass. If he wasn't such a dancer (he takes his ancient Arabian lineage very seriously) he'd make for some stiff competition up here. As it is, he'd probably just break some undesired speed records.

There were a few Percherons and Percheron crosses represented this weekend, along with the Belgian crosses and Shires or Shire crosses. The carriages were, without exception, exquisite, and their drivers managed to smile through their wool period costumes very convincingly!

The parade on Saturday evening seemed to go without a hitch (pun intended), though the number of cars making their way through the route was a bit disturbing. As I'll soon be a Columbus resident myself, I hope to volunteer next year to keep those gas-guzzlers a little further at bay.

Click here to see a few pictures taken with my most expensive disposable camera.

To check out the official link for the Columbus Carriage Classic, click on the title of this post.