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Shearing record set in Western Australia

A Western Australian shearer has broken the world record for the most Merino ewes shorn in eight hours.

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 Lou Brown on his way to breaking the eight-hour-day shearing record in Western Australia on the weekend. Picture courtesy Lojik Shearing Training.

Lou Brown on his way to breaking the eight-hour-day shearing record in Western Australia on the weekend. Picture courtesy Lojik Shearing Training.

Thirty-one-year-old Lou Brown shore 497 sheep, 31 more than the previous benchmark, on a farm near Kojonup in Western Australia on the weekend. The shearing feat was captured on Facebook courtesy of...

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