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The impressive enterprise that is Kooringal Stud has been more than 100 years in the making.
In 1910 John and Christina Lamont moved with their three children from Wimmera in Victoria.
They moved onto a 3000 acre property 22 kilometres from Wagga which was the north-west corner of Eunonyhareenyha Station, which had been cut off from the rest of the station the railway line.
They named the block Kooringal which is aboriginal for “home on the hill.”
Here they built a house, stables, woolshed and workshop which are all still used for their initial purposes today.
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The stables were used to house Clydesdales but today house the stud’s thoroughbred stallions.
Sadly, in 1917 John Lamont died in a horse accident on the farm.
Christina ran the farm successfully while raising three young children for the next 30 years.
In 1937 the eldest son Murdoch married and part of Kooringal was split off for him. He named it "Kooringal West.”
The Second World War next intervened and the younger son Colin joined up and was away until 1945. In 1953 Colin purchased three broodmares that were to form the basis for Kooringal Stud.
In 1956 he brought his first stallion Kerry Piper (GB) and in 1960 Epsom Cup winner Timor joined the ranks transforming the stud to a commercial enterprise.
Kooringal Stud is owned and managed by Stuart and Penny Lamont and their children, Angus, James, Richard and Georgie. The fourth generation of Lamont's are now involved which is having a very positive impact.
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