Who’s the cutest of them all?

Albie and Liv Sexton with their calves Rocky and Messi. Photo: Jeremy Smith

Some special guests took centre stage at St Patrick’s Catholic School’s ag day last week.

Among the action, even Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi – owned by Liv Sexton – and 101 Dalmatians’ Cruella de Vil, and her owner Addyson van der Poel, made an appearance.

Teacher in charge of ag day Nicole Voorend said 18 lambs and seven calves came along with their owners – for lambs there were call, follow, run, leading and rearing categories, while for calves there were leading, rearing and beef and dairy categories.

Cruella de Vil, aka Addyson van der Poel, with her lamb Oreo. Photo: Jeremy Smith

School classes which didn’t have animals entered in ag day also made sure to check out proceedings.

“It’s a bit of work to put together,” Voorend said while looking around at entrants.

“But it’s so fun when it arrives and we see everyone having fun like this,” she said.

Ultimately, Liv and her lamb Messi were crowned best dressed winners for their creative efforts.

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