GALLERY: Crawford County Fair harness racing

By Don Tudor

Crawford County Now

July 22, 2026 10:06 pm

Brown horse pulling a racing sulky with a driver in red and white helmet and maroon outfit, number 6 on the saddle cloth, racing on a track with banners in the background. — Don Tudor

Elderly woman in a bright blue hat sits on a blue striped chair, writing in a notebook from a red backpack outdoors.

Harness racing horse in a sulky with a blue-suited driver, wearing number 6, on a dirt track with a scoreboard in the background.

Harness racing scene: a brown horse pulls a two-wheeled sulky with a driver in red‑white attire on a dirt track, banner in background.

Brown horse pulling a two-wheeled sulky, rider in helmet and blue gear on a dirt track (pink bib 7).

Harness racing driver in a red jacket and white helmet sits in a sulky behind a dark bay horse wearing a green saddlecloth with the number 4 on a dirt track.

Horse-drawn sulky carriage racing on a dirt track, driver in blue star uniform and helmet at the reins

Red agricultural tractor with oversized front and rear tires parked on a paved lot, two people visible inside the cab.

White pickup truck with American flag graphics leads harness racing sulkies on a dirt track.

Two horses in harness race pull sulkies at full speed on a dirt track, drivers in blue and white racing outfits with a scoreboard in the background.

Jockey in a red racing jacket drives a brown horse in a green two-wheeled sulky on a dirt track, pink number 7 visible on the horse.

Horse in a sulky race, harnessed to blue sulky, driven by a helmeted jockey wearing blue and white, #3 on the saddle cloth, kicking up dust on track next to banners

Harness racing scene: dark brown horse with blue tack and yellow number 6 racing on dirt track, driver in sulky and helmet behind.

Large agricultural sprayer vehicle with extended arms driving on a dirt road, spraying field nearby.

Brown horse pulls a sulky with a rider in blue-and-white gear during a harness race, number 5 on the harness plate, on a dirt track.

Harness racing scene: brown horse pulling a pink sulky, driver in helmet and colorful attire, blue number-2 saddlecloth, on a dirt track with advertising banners behind.

Dark brown harness racing horse in a two-wheeled sulky, driven by a jockey in blue and maroon, mid-race on a dirt track.

Dark brown horse in red harness pulls a two-wheeled sulky, driven by a jockey in red and blue on a dirt race track.

Brown racehorse in harness with sulky, wearing number 3, driven by a jockey in blue and white on a dirt track.

Two sulkies race side by side on a dirt track, drivers in red and blue, horses pulling with green and white shafts and numbered blue and red banners Vivid action finish.

Two dark horses sprint side-by-side in a harness race, pulling a sulky with a blue number-2 bib and a driver in red-blue gear present on a dirt track.

Group of people in a red elevated booth at a Crawford County Fair, banner visible

Brown racehorse in blue tack pulling a sulky with a driver in a blue racing outfit on a dirt track, number 2 saddle cloth visible

Driver in blue and white racing suit rides a sulky-drawn horse on a track, kicking up dirt as it sulkies forward.

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