Annual ploughing match draws big crowds - with video
An annual ploughing match saw tractors take on horses to be the best in a competition.
The event at Langley Mill, in Lower Penn, yesterday attracted around 300 people.
The competition first began back in 1996, and it features specially trained horses that plough traditionally as opposed to using machinery.
The match, organised by farmer and South Staffordshire councillor Robert Reade, is split into eight categories.
They range from horse drawn ploughs and a vintage tractor to horticulture where a person walks behind a two wheel plough.
The ploughing is completed in a competitive fashion with entries on the plough's appearance and uniformity.
Families flocked to the event which enabled children to get up close and personal with the horses before the match began.
Councillor Reade said: "It's so nice to see such a tradition carried out and long may it continue.
"I have a training school for the horses so it's great to see them work well and be so reliable after training them to pull and stand still during the ploughing.
"As long as I am fit enough I shall host the competition, I love hosting it."
