Billings Farm & Museum Announces 23rd Annual Plowing Match Awards

Billings Farm & Museum announces the results of the 23rd Annual Plowing Match held on May 3, 2009. The competition featured teamsters from the region competing in walking and sulky events with their teams of horses and oxen in the Billings Farm fields.

Draft Horse Competition: Team Walking Plow

1st Place: Sam Rich, Abington, CT
2nd Place: Evelyn Pike, Chichester, NH
3rd Place: F. James Brady, Lee, NH
4th Place: Peg Dockham, Gilmanton, NH
5th Place: Dan Dockham, Gilmanton, NH

Draft Horse Competition: Team Sulky Plow

1st Place: Sam Rich, Abington, CT
2nd Place: Evelyn Pike, Chichester, NH
3rd Place: Peg Dockham, Gilmanton, NH
4th Place: James Brady, Lee, NH
5th Place: Dan Dockham, Gilmanton, NH
6th Place: David Heisler, Dunbarton, NH

Grand Champion Horse — Sam Rich

Oxen Competition: Team Walking Plow

1st Place: Marissa Winslow, Falmouth, ME
2nd Place: Justin Winslow, Falmouth, ME
3rd Place: Dan Conklin, Milford, NY
4th Place: Mark Whitney, Chelsea, VT
5th Place: John Jenkinson, Jr., West Berlin, VT
6th Place: Miles Conklin, Haverhill, NH

Oxen Competition: Team Sulky Plow

1st Place: Dan Conklin, Milford, NY
2nd Place: Marissa Winslow, Falmouth, ME
3rd Place: Justin Winslow, Falmouth, ME
4th Place: Mark Whitney, Chelsea, VT
5th Place: John Jenkinson, Jr., West Berlin, VT
6th Place: Miles Conklin, Haverhill, NH

Grand Champion Oxen — Dan Conklin