Benalla's Harriet Donnelly, 11, placed first in the pony class on her Welsh A pony named Talsarn Prince Harry.
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Rechelle Zammit
Light rain on Saturday morning settled the dust at Dookie Show, but the weather improved as the day wore on.
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The 2026 show introduced “sheep counting” for the first time and 20 contestants stepped forward to accept the challenge.
“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.
Berrigan's Don Bradley with his Lister Jr stationary engine at the Dookie Show.
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Rechelle Zammit
Edward WIlkinson, 8, from Mystic Angus Stud in Gooroombat, with his dad Peter Wilkinson’s heifer Mystic Ester, who was the under 20 months champion female and also took out supreme exhibitor of the Dookie Show.
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Rechelle Zammit
Barooga's Claire Stevenson, 6, soaring to new heights on the bungee trampolines at the Dookie Show.
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Lima's Christine Murray and her Daschund Edward, 4, took a tour of the Dookie Show.
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Numurkah's Amber Jervies, 5, had her hands full of goodies from the Dookie Show.
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Benalla's Matilda Donnelly, 13, was placed third in the local pony class on her Welsh A pony Salron Park Toy Show (Paddy).
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Rechelle Zammit
Dookie's Seb Harmer, 2, had some fun climbing on a tractor at the Dookie Show.
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Rechelle Zammit
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