Instead of horses, think camels and children on ponies, but you can still place a bet and cheer on entrants taking part in the first-ever Celebrity
Hobby Horse Grand National.
The Veolia Scrap Dragon, his
Hobby Horse companion and the Boom Bike Band also made some appearances at Southwater.
If I remember right Kenneth's
hobby horse is proportional representation and his challenge to the validity of the UK referendum using jargon and irrelevant statistics is par for the course!
The history of rocking horses can be traced back to the Middle Ages, when a popular children's toy was the
hobby horse - a fake horse's head attached to a long stick.
Local artists will offer handcrafted items such as jewelry, gourd art, crocheted items, Christmas ornaments and decorations, shopping bags, antiques and collectibles,
Hobby Horse Unicorns, and more.
Police were called to the scene on the southbound carriageway just north of the
Hobby Horse roundabout at around 11.40pm on Thursday night last week.
Kids also enjoyed junior jousting on a
hobby horse.
There's a new castle-and-train playground at Clayton West and children will be able to take rides on trusty donkey steeds as well as take part in arts and crafts activities,
hobby horse jousting and circus skills workshops.
Lively activities for yards across the country include a team relay with wheelbarrow driving skills, a 'sing-along battle', a best turned out showdown in the parade ring and the much-anticipated stable staff national - a test of accuracy and speed involving horseshoe tossing, an egg and spoon race and a
hobby horse sprint.
On Thursday and Friday local schools are visiting the show, bringing along their horticultural, craft and artwork entries for their very own competitions and having a go at
hobby horse racing.
Lots to see and do, including
Hobby Horse jumping/Grand National, stalls, pony rides, treasure hunt, bouncy castle, kids make crafts stall, raptors and reptiles, tarot reading, raffle, tombola.
Though the
hobby horse has been seen as more than just a toy in Finland since the 1980s, this odd sport has only recently begun to garner attention.