A popular if somewhat "chaotic" event has celebrated 20 years at Wanaka's A&P Show.
The Jack Russell dog race was an idea taken from British agricultural shows and introduced to the Wanaka Show in 1998.
It now attracts about 60 dogs each year.
Jack Russell race organiser Richard Burdon, of Glen Dene farm at Lake Hawea, has owned Jack Russells all his life and said the dogs enjoyed the event as much as the spectators.
Finding the winner after the race was often the hardest part, he said.
"Most of the owners know whose dog has wonl but sometimes it is such chaos it is hard to work it out."
