Mt Ascot attempts world record with mega Merino fleece

Hayley Kennedy
Updated April 15 2019 - 12:01pm, first published January 17 2019 - 4:00pm
Charlie Brumpton, Jolly Jumbuck Poll Merinos, Mitchell, and James Carson, South Muthong, Dirranbandi with Gidgee Gordon who was carrying a fleece weight of 35.4 kilograms.
Charlie Brumpton, Jolly Jumbuck Poll Merinos, Mitchell, and James Carson, South Muthong, Dirranbandi with Gidgee Gordon who was carrying a fleece weight of 35.4 kilograms.

It wasn’t all serious business at the Mt Ascot Ram Sale at Mitchell on Wednesday, with an attempt to beat the current world record for the heaviest Merino fleece weight.

Hayley Kennedy

Hayley Kennedy

Livestock Editor

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