For the 2024 Allen County Horse Queen, Elayna Smith, that perspective starts bright and early in the morning in the barn with her horse Cherokee.
ALLEN COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - They get more done before other kids their age get up during the summer. We are talking about 4-H kids, and we asked some in the Horse Barn about getting to work at the Allen County Fair as the sun starts to rise.
The early mornings at the fair have been Brooklynn Moralez's life for 7 years, and she is not used to her 5:30 a.m. wake-up call to take care of her horse Bubba.
"Because I used to come out here and ride the rides every day, and the next two years after that, I became a 4-H kid, and I got a new basically perspective of what fair was," says Elayna Smith, 2024 Allen County Horse Queen.
For the 2024 Allen County Horse Queen, Elayna Smith, that perspective starts bright and early in the morning in the barn with her horse Cherokee.
Besides responsibility, Moralez says she has gained another important thing from 4-H.
"We wake up at 6:30 every morning, and then we get up here. We make sure they are all good and fed. We say our good mornings, and then we have to go get him water and food, which is just a hay bale and just like four or five flakes of hay. Then we get the water, then we have to pick out their stalls, and if it is show day, we go straight into show day," adds Smith.
The early mornings at the fair have been Brooklynn Moralez's life for 7 years, and she is not used to her 5:30 a.m. wake-up call to take care of her horse Bubba.
"No, it's still tiring. I still wake up tired, look tired, act tired," says Brooklynn Moralez, 7th year showing horses.
"So, is it a good kind of tired at the end of the day?" asked the reporter.
"Oh, it's tiring. It teaches you self-discipline, and it teaches you how responsibility works. You wouldn't get it from doing other things.
We asked some 4-H in the Horse Barn about getting to work as the sun starts to rise.
Besides responsibility, Moralez says she has gained another important thing from 4-H.
"I basically gain a family by it. 4-H becomes a second family. So, it's like you deal with all the little kids; they all run up to you; the first thing they do, good morning. The last thing they do is always a good night. They all have to get their hugs morning and night. They see you out in the fair just walking; they have to acknowledge you; they have to run up and hug you. It's just like gaining a whole big family," adds Moralez.
