A RECORD number of entries helped to make Muker Show, in Swaledale, a success yesterday - despite having no sheep classes.
The livestock competition was cancelled because of movement restrictions imposed after the foot-and-mouth outbreak in the South. Although the restrictions were lifted on Monday, the showfield had not been free of grazing animals for 28 days as required by the regulations.
The sheep dog trials went ahead using sheep already grazing the showfield.
Secretary Kathy Scott said: "We have had bumper entries in the other classes, a total of 1,465, which is more than in the 100th show two years ago, and that was a record." Doreen Whitehead, who retired from providing the show lunches after 30 years, was given a voucher for a helicopter ride, flowers, a cake and a bottle of Pimms.
Show president Peter Nimmins asked showgoers to treat the event as a celebration of the lifting of the foot-and-mouth threat.
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