Unlocked Horse Pull

Rural Wisconsinites have taken the pandemic panic with a grain of salt and have decided to get back to normality by embracing a traditional summer activity, the draft horse pulling contest. Horse enthusiasts gathered near the Mecca of the sport, Mondovi, for an afternoon of competition in a contest that predates the internal combustion engines that now propel farm machinery. For a few hours on a beautiful day the bizarre condition of the country could be ignored.

Hometown lady teamster Becky Loomis lines out her team of heavy-weight Belgians on the way to winning their class.

 
Josh Wickham's gorgeous team of perfectly-matched Belgians won the light-weight class.

 
Gentle giants wait their turn to pull the loaded stone boat the required 27'6".

The Wickham team's winning pull.