2026 EXHITBITOR SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE
Entries to be postmarked by Saturday, August 29th or emailed to [email protected] no later than midnight on August 31st. Electronic entry submission is available at www.assistexpo.ca/orono-fair. Online entries will shut down at midnight on August 31st, and late entries for most classes (excluding animals) will not be accepted. In-person drop off during fair week will not be accepted either, we kindly ask that you enter online, email or mail in your entries.
Our Office Administrator will be available in the portable building on the grounds from 10am – 2pm, Saturday, August 29th and Sunday, August 30 for last-minute drop-offs of paper copy entries.
COMMERCIAL HORSES CLASS 10
TO REGISTER, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK www.assistexpo.ca/oronofair
Saturday, September 12th at 9:00 am
The 2026 Light and Heavy Horse Show is dedicated to the Memory of 66yr Horse Show volunteer Robert Robinson.
Chairperson: David Robinson 905 244-5365.
Committee: Glen Wood, Suzanne Robinson, Tom Moffat, Jim Moffat, Stuart Cochrane, Jess Boyd, Jacob Robinson.
Rules and Regulations:
All Classes Show in the East Ring. All livestock exhibitors must show proof of Liability Insurance with livestock entry form. Entries are due by Wednesday, September 4th, 2024. Exhibitors may depart upon completion of their classes. All halter classes to be commenced at 9:00 a.m. Prize money to be paid out only to worthy exhibitors. Where there is no competition in any section, not more than two prizes shall be awarded to the same exhibitor.
No stallions may be ridden or handled by a youth under 18 years of age.
NO Entry Fee to be deducted.
We would like to thank our sponsors The Moffat Family, Mel Hartwig Sand and Gravel and Excavating.
LINE CLASSES
1. Draft/Commercial Filly or Colt foaled in 2026
Prize Money: $75.00, $65.00, $55.00, $45.00, $40.00, for each additional entry. (Limit 2 entries per exhibitor)
2. Draft/Commercial Filly or Colt Yearling foaled in 2025
Prize Money: $75.00, $65.00, $55.00, $45.00, $40.00, for each additional entry. (Limit 2 entries per exhibitor)
3. Draft/Commercial Filly or Colt 2yr old foaled in 2024
Prize Money: $75.00, $65.00, $55.00, $45.00, $40.00, for each additional entry. (Limit 2 entries per exhibitor)
4. Draft/Commercial Filly or Colt 3yr old foaled in 2023
Prize Money: $75.00, $65.00, $55.00, $45.00, $40.00, for each additional entry. (Limit 2 entries per exhibitor)
5. Best Commercial Horse on Line.
Prize Money: $100.00, $90.00; $80.00; $70.00 for each additional entry. (Limit 2 entries per exhibitor)
6. Best Draft Horse on Line.
Prize Money: $100.00, $90.00; $80.00; $70.00 for each additional entry. (Limit 2 entries per exhibitor)
7. Draft/Commercial Junior Showmanship (open to boys and girls who have not reached their 18th birthday by January 1 of show year) – cash prizes. : $50.00, $45.00, $40.00,$35.00, $30.00, for each additional entry.
HARNESS CLASS (Teams must be hitched to a vehicle).
Prize Money: $150.00, $140.00; $130.00; $120,00 for each additional entry.
8. Draft/Commercial Team, Heavy.
9. Draft/Commercial Team Light.
SINGLE HITCH
Prize Money: $125.00, $115.00; $110.00; $100.00 for each additional entry.
10. Draft/Commercial Single, Heavy.
11. Draft/Commercial Single, Light.
12. SPECIAL Open Draft/ Commercial Team of Horses Driven by a Lady.
Prize Money: $150.00, $140.00; $130.00; $120,00 for each additional entry.
13. Junior Driver, 17 & Under, Driving a Draft/Commercial Single (with partner).
Prize Money: $100.00, $90.00; $80.00; $70.00 for each additional entry.
14. Draft/Commercial Single Stake (open to hitches who showed in Class 8 & 9; one entry per exhibitor)
Sponsored by WEIR/ESCO Port Hope
Prize Money: $150.00, $140.00; $130.00; $120,00 for each additional entry.
HITCH CLASS
15. Aleck Moffat Memorial Four Horse Draft/ Commercial Hitch (to include Driver & Helper)
Prize Money: $300.00; $280.00; $260.00; $250.00 for each additional entry.
Sponsored by The Moffat Family in Memory of Aleck and Norma Moffat – Trophy to be presented.
16. Unicorn Hitch Draft/Commercial (to include Driver & Helper).
Prize Money: $200.00; $185.00; $160, $150.00 for each additional entry.
17. Champion Draft/Commercial Team (open to Teams who showed in Class 6 & 7; one entry per exhibitor).
Prize Money: $200.00; $190.00; $180.00, $175.00 for each additional entry.
Light & Heavy Horse Show Order of Go- 2026
Dedicated to the Memory of Robert Robinson
9:00 AM SHARP
| CLASS | SECTION | CLASS NAME |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | Draft/Commercial Filly or Colt foaled in 2026 |
| 10 | 2 | Draft/Commercial Filly or Colt Yearling |
| 10 | 3 | Draft/Commercial Filly or Colt 2yr |
| 15 | 16 | Open Horse on Line |
| 10 | 4 | Draft/Commercial Filly or Colt 3yr |
| 10 | 5 | Best Commercial Horse on Line. |
| 10 | 6 | Best Draft Horse on Line. |
| 10 | 7 | Youth Showmanship |
| 15 | 19 | Open Hunter Pleasure |
| 15 | 9 | Open Hackney Horse/Pony |
| 10 | 9 | Commercial/Draft Team, Light |
| 15 | 20 | Open Hunter Pleasure Stake |
| 15 | 2 | Single Roadster to Wagon (Under 15.2) |
| 10 | 12 | SPECIAL- Open Commercial/Draft Team of Horses Driven by a Lady |
| 15 | 17 | Open English Saddle Seat |
| 15 | 10 | Open Hackney Horse/Pony Stake |
| 15 | 1 | Single Roadster to Wagon (Over 15.2) |
| 15 | 18 | Open English Saddle Seat Stake |
| 10 | 8 | Commercial/Draft Team, Heavy |
| 15 | 7 | Bill Reid Memorial Roadster to Wagon Stake / Sponsored by Elva Reid |
| 10 | 17 | Champion Commercial/Draft Team |
| 15 | 21 | Open Western Pleasure |
| 15 | 4 | Single Roadster to Bike (Under 15.2) |
| 10 | 15 | Aleck Moffat Memorial Four Horse Hitch / Sponsored by the Moffat Family |
| 15 | 22 | Open Western Pleasure Stake |
| 15 | 3 | Single Roadster to Bike (Over 15.2) |
| 15 | 11 | Single Road Pony – Hitched to Bike, with Colours |
| 10 | 16 | Commercial/Draft Unicorn Hitch |
| 15 | 8 | Lloyd Nugent Memorial Green Roadhorse to Bike / Sponsored by Canadian Road Horse Association |
| 15 | 25 | Open Command |
| 15 | 12 | Single Road Pony Stake/ Sponsored by The Nugent Family |
| 10 | 11 | Commercial/Draft Single, Light |
| 15 | 6 | Lady Driver - Roadster to Bike/ Sponsored by Eleanor Shetler in Memory of Robert Robinson |
| 15 | 13 | Hackney Pleasure Horse/Pony |
| 10 | 13 | Youth Driver 17 & Under Driving a Single |
| 15 | 23 | Open Pleasure Driving |
| 15 | 14 | Hackney Pleasure Horse/Pony Stake |
| 10 | 10 | Commercial/Draft Single Heavy |
| 15 | 15 | Single Reg. Open Hackney Horse/Pony Junior Driver 17yrs & under |
| 15 | 5 | Gerald Rainey Memorial Roadster to a Bike Stake |
| 15 | 24 | Open Pleasure Driving Stake |
| 10 | 14 | Draft/Commercial Single Stake Sponsored by WEIR/ESCO |









