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Draft horse pulls

Published 1:30 am Monday, August 12, 2024

A packed grandstand watches as Belgian draft horses Rusty and George, with teamster Jeff Lee aboard, strain to pull the sled with 6,500 pounds on it the required 27 feet, 9 inches during the draft horse pulls competition at the Jefferson County Fair on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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A packed grandstand watches as Belgian draft horses Rusty and George, with teamster Jeff Lee aboard, strain to pull the sled with 6,500 pounds on it the required 27 feet, 9 inches during the draft horse pulls competition at the Jefferson County Fair on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

A packed grandstand watches as Belgian draft horses Rusty and George, with teamster Jeff Lee aboard, strain to pull the sled with 6,500 pounds on it the required 27 feet, 9 inches during the draft horse pulls competition at the Jefferson County Fair on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
A packed grandstand watches as Belgian draft horses Rusty and George, with teamster Jeff Lee aboard, strain to pull the sled with 6,500 pounds on it the required 27 feet, 9 inches during the draft horse pulls competition at the Jefferson County Fair on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Belgian draft horses lift the 5,500-pound sled off the ground during a draft horse pull competition at the Jefferson County Fair on Saturday at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.