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Max Williams of East Bend brought his Halflinger for a means of transportation
around the fair grounds.
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Doug Morris of Vanceboro liked “Lady” so much he wanted to bid on her.
Belgian’s were popular horses at the auction.
Linda Wilson
IREDELL CITIZEN
Over 500 horses and 300 bug
gies and wagons were sold last
weekend at the Iredell County
at the Dixie Draft Horse Sale
at the Fairground in Troutman.
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“This auction took place in
Forsyth at the Dixie Classic
Fair Ground for several years
but grew so big that they ran
out of stabling facilities.
Iredell happens to have
enough accommodations for
the horses,” said Jim Head,
Iredell County Fair Ground
manager.
Each year the auction takes
place the last weekends in
March and November. “In
November, 580 horses and 300
buggies and wagons were
sold,” Head said. Mules and
miniature horses were also sold.
Marty Morchart from New
Holland, Ohio, brought five
Shetland ponies, a Pony of the
Americas and a miniature
horse to the auction. ‘Tve
accumulated too many horses
and this is a good way to thin
my herd,” she said.
It was a good weekend for
those who wanted to thicken
herds, too.
Many forms of transportation were displayed.
Mom and baby Belgian were sold as a package.
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Why walk when you can catch a ride on a wagon?
Bobby Beachy tried out a standardbred horse.
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John Reed brought a wagon and two large black
mules.