At Centre Hill Station near Mossburn in Northern Southland yesterday, Sacha Bond beat the nine-hour lamb-shearing world record.
Ms Bond beat the previous record of 661 lambs by 59, shearing 720 lambs.
Ms Bond said achieving her goal was a great feeling.
"It hasn’t really sunk in yet, it’s pretty cool though," she said.
"I was pretty dialled in."
She surpassed the previous record after eight hours and 18 minutes of shearing but was unaware she had done so at the time.
"I never count my chickens before they hatch.
"I just kept in the frame of mind that I needed to get one more than what the tally was and I just worked towards that."
She shore a lamb every 45.1 seconds.
Her family sacrificed a lot for her, she said.
To reach a tally of more than 700 meant a lot to her, she said.
"After I realised I was capable of doing it, I wanted it.
"I’m very proud of how it all worked out."
After the first run, she had shorn 162 lambs and was on pace to reach 700.
A lot of credit had to go to her team, she said.
"The most experienced people you’ll ever meet."
Despite earning the record, the celebration will be short, she said.
In eight weeks, she would attempt to break another record.
She would attempt to break the women’s nine-hour strongwool ewes record.
"I can’t celebrate until after that — I’ll have a couple of days off to clean up around here then I’ll head home on Thursday [tomorrow] and get back into it."
Gore shearer Megan Whitehead held the previous nine hour lamb-shearing world record.
Whitehead broke the solo women’s eight-hour strong wool lamb record last week, a record previously held by Ms Bond.
