Wiener dog races prove a big hit at Riverfest – Farmington Daily Times

FARMINGTON — More than 50 dogs competed in the 2022 renewal of wiener dog races, one of the more popular events of Riverfest activities on Saturday at Berg Park in Farmington.Turnout for the races resulted in packed bleachers and standing room only crowds around the fenced in course at the park’s River Reach Terrace, where a total of 57 dogs competed in five trial races, with the winners of those races then meeting for the championship.Twitch, owned by Farmington’s Joshua Mike, was the overall winner, winning the second trial heat of the day, then running past his competition in the finals to claim the award as fastest wiener dog of the day.More: Riverfest website launched in anticipation of festival’s return on Memorial Day weekendEvent coordinator Marsha Rutledge was pleased with the turnout of spectators as well as the record number of entrants for the competition.”We had 57 entrants this year, which is just amazing,” Rutledge said. “We had 44 runners in 2019, when the event was last held here.”The pandemic forced the cancellation of the wiener dog races, and the Riverfest itself, over the last two years.”It’s by far one of the most popular events on the calendar for Riverfest,” Rutledge said. “I had…
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