SEPTEMBER 10th to 13th 2026 - Phone: (905) 983-9510 - Email: [email protected]
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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

CLASSSECTIONCLASS NAME
101Draft/Commercial Filly or Colt foaled in 2026
102Draft/Commercial Filly or Colt Yearling
103Draft/Commercial Filly or Colt 2yr
1516Open Horse on Line
104Draft/Commercial Filly or Colt 3yr
105Best Commercial Horse on Line.
106Best Draft Horse on Line.
107Youth Showmanship
1519Open Hunter Pleasure
159Open Hackney Horse/Pony
109Commercial/Draft Team, Light
1520Open Hunter Pleasure Stake
152Single Roadster to Wagon (Under 15.2)
1012SPECIAL- Open Commercial/Draft Team of Horses Driven by a Lady
1517Open English Saddle Seat
1510Open Hackney Horse/Pony Stake
151Single Roadster to Wagon (Over 15.2)
1518Open English Saddle Seat Stake
108Commercial/Draft Team, Heavy
157Bill Reid Memorial Roadster to Wagon Stake / Sponsored by Elva Reid
1017Champion Commercial/Draft Team
1521Open Western Pleasure
154Single Roadster to Bike (Under 15.2)
1015Aleck Moffat Memorial Four Horse Hitch / Sponsored by the Moffat Family
1522Open Western Pleasure Stake
153Single Roadster to Bike (Over 15.2)
1511Single Road Pony – Hitched to Bike, with Colours
1016Commercial/Draft Unicorn Hitch
158Lloyd Nugent Memorial Green Roadhorse to Bike / Sponsored by Canadian Road Horse Association
1525Open Command
1512Single Road Pony Stake/ Sponsored by The Nugent Family
1011Commercial/Draft Single, Light
156Lady Driver - Roadster to Bike/ Sponsored by Eleanor Shetler in Memory of Robert Robinson
1513Hackney Pleasure Horse/Pony
1013Youth Driver 17 & Under Driving a Single
1523Open Pleasure Driving
1514Hackney Pleasure Horse/Pony Stake
1010Commercial/Draft Single Heavy
1515Single Reg. Open Hackney Horse/Pony Junior Driver 17yrs & under
155Gerald Rainey Memorial Roadster to a Bike Stake
1524Open Pleasure Driving Stake
1014Draft/Commercial Single Stake Sponsored by WEIR/ESCO
Thank-you to our sponsors: Canadian Road Horse Association, Elva Reid, The Moffatt Family, The Rainey Family, The Nugent Family, Carol Robinson, Eleanor Shetler, WEIR/ESCO