Racing Baa Blacks
When the world’s largest sheep producer is also globally famous for its sporting prowess, it was only a matter of time before someone in New Zealand put two and two (or should we say, ewe and ewe) together.
So when sheep racing made its debut in the South Island town of Methven last weekend (11.07.09) it could well have kicked off a new spectator sport that might see New Zealand’s biggest export on the menu for a different reason.
A group of specially trained sheep, nick-named the ‘Racing Baa Blacks’ hoofed it around an 80-metre track in a mid-winter charity event in the mid-Canterbury town on Saturday night.