RECORD numbers of people have turned out for this year's New Forest Show, according to the organisers.

The event, which ran from Tuesday to Thursday at New Park in Brockenhurst, featured a host of attractions including farm animals, horse and carriage displays, falconry, hundreds of stalls and food and kitchen demonstrations.

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Queues of people lined up to get into the event yesterday after being advised to stay at home on Wednesday due to unprecedented numbers of ticket holders arriving and waiting to get in for around two hours.

Denis Dooley, New Forest Show secretary, said: "We have had huge numbers this year. We had a record number of cars in on Tuesday and on Wednesday there was around 10,000 cars, so it looks like it's going to be record numbers.

"I think that the event has gone really well. I'm sorry to all the people who thought that they were being turned away on Wednesday.

"We hope that the people who have come to the event have enjoyed it.

"The Household Cavalry had a meet and greet event on Wednesday evening, which is the first time that they have done that, and it was our most popular event during the show."

Ahead of the event, the show's organisers predicted that around 95,000 people would head to the event over the three days.

Rebecca Moy, senior manager of landscaping at Stewarts Gardenlands, which has bases in Christchurch and Wimborne, said that the response to their landscaped garden at the show had been fantastic.

She said: "Everybody loves this garden. I think that it feels like a little oasis for people in amongst all the stalls and unlike at Chelsea and Hampton Court, they can come in and walk among the garden.

"It's always well received and we always bring something different."

Mark Young from Wessex Ferret Club, who compered the hugely popular ferret racing in the countryside area of the show's site, said: "It's been absolutely fantastic. I think that the club has been coming to the New Forest Show nearly as long at the event has been running.

"I think ferret racing is a bit unique and ferrets themselves are unusual. Every penny the public spend on their ferret racing bets goes back into looking after rescued ferrets."

Dates for next year's event have been released and the event will take place on July 26, 27 and 28.