Crowds flocked to cheer on sheep with knitted woollen jockeys race down high street

Crowds lined the pavement to watch the fourth annual Moffat Sheep Races on Sunday afternoon.



The sheep, with knitted woollen jockeys on their backs, raced down Moffat High Street in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.



The sheep were first inspected by official race starter Donald Gillespie before proceeding down the street.


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The sheep races celebrate Moffat’s sheep farming and centuries old woollen industry. All of the ewes were supplied by local farmers.