Department D:
Draft Oxen
Sunday, September 20, 2026 – 12 noon
Chairman: John Hammarlund • Co-Chairman: Tom Baker
Tel. (203) 214-4256 • Fairgrounds (203) 453-3543
Announcing: Lana Bonacassio • Assistant: Barbara DeMartino
Pit Crew: Bob Coskey, Bill Green, Bill Leete, Dina MacDougall, Brian MacKinnel, Missy Fisher, Connor Ball, Craig Davis, George Bartlett & Kevin Marlowe
• DRIVERS MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO START OF THE PULL.
• ALL CATTLE MUST HAVE AN OFFICIAL USDA IDENTIFICATION
• Copies of ALL required Health Certificates Must be Provided to the Superintendent upon registering for Pull.
See 2026 CT Fair & Show Requirements
Rules as adopted by the Connecticut Oxen Owners & Drivers Association will be used. Oxen may only pull in one class per day. Conventional whip or goad stick of wood no longer than 4 feet in length with a 1-inch diameter butt end and a 1/2-inch diameter tip end.
All draft oxen must weigh in at Guilford on the day of the Fair. Scales will be on Fairgrounds.
The society will pay $25.00 for any team entered on the Secretary’s books that does not place.