King Country shearer Sacha Bond has taken out a world record by becoming the first woman to shear more than 700 sheep in a nine-hour day.

Bond smashed the current record of 661 with a total of 720 at Centre Hill in Southland on Tuesday.

Shearing a lamb every 45 seconds, she also became the first woman to shear 700 sheep in a day.

  • @Fizz
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    6 months ago

    She’s not just a machine she’s a dam factory

  • @DaveOPMA
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    46 months ago

    I wonder how your back is after 9 hours of shearing…

    • @eagleeyedtiger
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      26 months ago

      There’s a video of her doing the record on youtube. I can’t imagine being bent over at the waist like that and shearing 700 sheep! Must feel insane to finally straigten up after that

  • ColonialSpore
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    36 months ago

    Yikes. That’s like an average of 45 seconds per sheep. I’m going to add her to my list of people I’m going to arm wrestle when I meet them: Valerie Adams, Lisa Carrington, and now Sacha Bond.

    I’m a bit worried.

  • Quokka
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    26 months ago

    Congrats NZ, you guys seem to really know your way around a sheep.