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May 19, 2006

Merinos will test the best sheep dogs

Merino wethers that have not seen a shepherd for nearly four months will soon be mustered off the high-country hills for the week-long Tux New Zealand sheep-dog trials in Omarama from May 29. Tim Cronshaw reports.

The wethers will be among 3000 merino sheep used during the trials. They will provide a challenge for trialists and dogs more accustomed to working with crossbred sheep. Last mustered at the end of January, the wethers will come from Otematata Station next week and be put before the dogs in two heading events.

Entries have already reached about 475 dogs and more than 250 competitors for the trials at a site at Omarama Station, near the fringe of the Mackenzie Country township. MORE>>

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