SCORES of men, women and children took to the streets of Tumbarumba on Friday to watch as the roads filled with horses.
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The horses paraded through the town's main strip led by Tumbarumba Rodeo committee members ahead of the Tumbarumba Rodeo's 75th anniversary event.
The gesture paid homage to the past, as that is how the horses used to be transported to the showground ahead of the event in the early days.
Attention was then shifted to the showgrounds where the rodeo kicked off on Saturday, having brought in an array of promising entrants and "good stock".
The schedule commenced with committee-run events from 2pm, including junior and senior barrel races, before the main program, including breakaway roping and steer wrestling, got underway at 5pm.
Committee member Rodney Bartell said it was fantastic to see the return of the event after the previous two years were cancelled - in 2019 due to the Black Summer bushfires and in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"We've been two years behind, but we've got there now," he said.
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But the entrants and stock weren't the only highlight of the event.
Hannah Matthews from Oh, Goodness CAKES was given the honour of creating a 75th-anniversary cake for the event, which proved popular among attendees.
"I was asked by a local woman who knew I made cakes to make one for their official 75th-anniversary two years ago," Ms Matthews said.
"After re-planning a couple of times due to the fires and COVID, we were finally able to do it this year.
"It was a huge privilege to be asked to do the cake for such a big event in Tumbarumba and a bittersweet moment that we finally were able to do it."
The project took the self-taught cake decorator three days to complete, but the result was worth it.
"I am so happy with how the cake turned out," she said.
"I am self-taught with almost everything I know about cake decorating so to see the final design of the cake have come to light was exciting."
The work that goes into making a cake that size according to Ms Matthews includes baking, icing, covering it in fondant, making handmade decorations and then painting it.
Ms Matthews said as a business owner, it is also helpful for her to be able to cover large events like the rodeo.
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