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The Festival

With festival events such as the Poets Breakfast, Iron Kelpie Hill Climb, Stockman’s Challenge, Kelpie Triathlon and the Novelty Events such as the hilarious Mutton Mayhem- audiences are kept entertained and amused all weekend.

But one of the most famous events is undoubtedly the Kelpie High Jump and hundreds of people crammed into the make shift arena to catch a glimpse of the ever increasingly popluar event. The hour long event is insanely dramatic; a spectacle that has the audience holding its breath one moment and exploding into cheers the next.

The obstacle to clear is a barrier of wooden boards, one that is steadily raised. It’s effectively akin to the tail of a flatbed truck and owners are allowed to stand on bales behind the barrier and encourage their dogs to jump up and join them. With the fence starting at a little less than 1.5m, the height of a chest of draws proves no match for the entrants. But at the end of the competition the height practically doubles, with this year Kelpies endeavoring to beat the 2007 World-Record of an astonishing 2.91m but to no avail but with results resting on a mighty height of 2.625m last year .

The past 7 years have shown a dynamic array of Kelpies step up and take the crown of High Jump champion.

Kelpie Muster raffle tickets on sale now

TWO nights accommodation at the luxurious Crowne Plaza Torquay is one of five fantastic prizes up for grabs in this year’s Australian Kelpie Muster raffle.
The $1500 first prize is one the whole family can enjoy with two nights in a three-bedroom apartment at Crowne Plaza Torquay on offer.
 

A hallmark as this years Muster is proving to be can only mean one thing- That something must be branded as so. It is with pleasure this year that the Casterton Kelpie Association introduces the “Kelpie Hall of Fame”.  The hall of fame has been designed to grant any dog (not the owner) that has won any single event three times hall of fame status.

Once entered into the Hall of Fame, their mark has been set and they will not be permitted to compete in that event. As a crowd favourite, Riley, consecutive winner of the Kelpie High Jump returned this year to make it a hattrick and did so unflinchingly. Consequently, Riley will now be entered into the Kelpie "Hall of Fame" for his senstational efforts.