Outback campdrafts one of the nation's richest horse sports at up to $100,000 a throw

Campdrafting may not be able to fill the stands of Sydney's Olympic Stadium, but it can fill hundreds of acres of outback paddocks with well-kept horses and trucks worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Nominations have been on the rise for the past 10 years and according to new research from the National Campdraft Council of Australia it is also becoming one of the richest horse sports in the country.

"Everyone knows that there's a lot of money generated from the racehorse industry. Campdrafting would nearly have to be second with what's involved now," the council's vice president Ron Berkley said.

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Article written by: Eric Barker