Light rain fails to dampen spirits at Dookie

“We had a few teething problems, but we sorted it out and got things moving,” show president Peter Shields said.

Some of the 179 sheep got stage fright and refused to run.

“Maybe they they were spooked by the crowd, but in the end we rounded up a few more volunteers to push them through (including City of Greater Shepparton Mayor Geoff Akers) and got them going.

“It turned out to be a crowd pleaser,” Mr Shields said.

Stock agent Lucy Broughton had the right number.

The crowd also enjoyed the dog jump, eventually won by Scott Lang from Dookie, with his kelpie.