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End of an Exalted Era at Narrung

Media Release - Thursday May 26

The final chapter of a wonderful contribution to South Australian racing and breeding is about to close.

Ken and Helen Smith will be offering a complete dispersal of their bloodstock interests via online auction website Bloodstockauction.com, with the catalogue going live on Thursday 26th May 3022 and the auction concluding on Tuesday 31st May 2022. Click to see it now.

Click to see the catalogue now.

In addition to relinquishing the bloodstock, the historic Narrung Stud property on the shores of Lake Albert has also been listed for sale with Sam Hayes of TOOP+TOOP RURAL.

“The time has come. Ken is not in the best of health and managing such a significant bloodstock business requires a lot of drive and attention,” Helen Smith explained.

Exalted Kate is being readied for sale.

The EXALTED pronoun of Ken & Helen Smith’s stock can be traced back to the stallion EXALT, that featured in the breeding of their foundation mare and Group III Auraria Stakes winner ALLEGED LADY.

She in turn went on to be the dam or granddam of no less than nine Stakes-performed EXALTEDs, including the 2006 Adelaide Cup winner EXALTED TIME.

The EXALTED family is a prolific source of winners, with four generations producing 79 runners for 58 individual winners (73.4%) of 227 races.

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Anthony Gafa, Director and founder of Bloodstockauction.com, is full of praise for the team who have worked tirelessly to bring this 45-lot sale together.

“Bringing together foals, yearlings, mares and unraced stock for a single sale is no mean feat and we are proud that Ken and Helen and their team at Narrung have entrusted Bloodstockauction.com to host this historic sale,” Gafa said.

The 351-hectare property on the shores of Lake Albert is fittingly being sold by another name synonymous with racing in Sam Hayes.

“Narrung Stud has always known success and whilst it is the end of one chapter it is also the start of another. This is fertile farming land and will continue to deliver,” Hayes said.

Bidding opens at 7:00pm AEST on Thursday 26th May 2022 with the Final Countdown commencing at 7:00pm AEST on Tuesday 31st May 2022.

Make sure you visit bloodstockauction.com or call them today on 1300 849 349 and become a member, so you can participate in this historic sale

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