November 17th, 2022Horse comp postponed, but Kyneton show will go on

Recent rain may have forced the horse competition to postpone, but this Saturday’s Kyneton show will otherwise still go on, organisers say.

The impact of recent rain events means the committee will run a separate horse show early 2023 with dates to be announced after the show.

However, the committee says the good news is that the show will go ahead as scheduled, rain, hail or shine, with the dog show to move to the main oval in front of the grandstand.

“It is one of the oldest shows in Victoria that’s still running and the 160th is a great time to be celebrating the importance of country shows,” Kyneton Agricultural Society president Andrew Ferrington said. The show opens with a Friday night carnival featuring fireworks, with show day this Saturday, November 19. The Kyneton Show began in 1858, running until the military occupied the showgrounds during World War II then continuing every year until COVID shut down community gatherings. The ag society ran a free fireworks display last year when the pandemic postponed the 160th show a second time. “Last year’s fireworks kept the show alive for everybody. It gave people hope that life would get back to normal and the show would be back, bigger and better than ever,” secretary Josephine Rutledge said. The old favourite, the woodchop, returns to the show after a long absence with demonstrations during the day on Saturday.