Kenmore Lodge was established in 2009 by Cameron and Kellie Bond, both accomplished horse people who dreamed of making it big in the thoroughbred world. In a relatively short space of time they’ve made their presence felt with multiple success stories in the auction ring and on the racetrack. This family-owned business started from nothing and is now prominent player at Australia’s major thoroughbred sales, particularly the breeze up sales, selling to industry big-hitters like Gai Waterhouse, Peter and Paul Snowden, and Peter Moody. Kenmore Lodge has topped the Magic Millions Horses In Training Sale twice since 2010 and sold several other six-figure lots through their drafts. Cameron Bond, a former Australian champion bronc rider, has gained a wealth of experience with racehorses having worked with Shaun Dwyer, a foreman for the esteemed Bart Cummings, and ridden trackwork at Toowoomba before embarking on the Kenmore Lodge journey. His business and life partner Kellie is an avid campdrafter and won an Australian title in 2008. Together, Cameron and Kellie are a formidable union, who have lived by the mantra “sink or swim”.
“90 percent of what I know in the thoroughbred world has been the result of someone good enough to teach me…”
Kellie Bond
The Kenmore Lodge timeline
2006 – Cameron and Kellie Bond sell their first thoroughbred
2008 – Kellie Bond wins Australian Campdrafting title in Champion Lady Rider category
2010 – Kenmore Lodge sell top-priced lot at Magic Millions Horses In Training Sale, turning a $15,000 yearling into a $180,000 2yo
2013 – Kenmore Lodge sell second highest-priced lot at Magic Millions Horses In Training Sale for $220,000
2014 – Kenmore Lodge sell the second and third highest-priced lots at Magic Millions Horses In Training Sale for $220,000 and $205,000 respectively
2015 – The Bond family relocate Kenmore Lodge from Dulacca to Wyreema
2017 – Kenmore Lodge sell top-priced lot at Magic Millions Horses In Training Sale for $320,000 after being passed in for $40,000 as a yearling
2018 – Kenmore Lodge sell fourth highest-priced lot at Magic Millions Horses In Training Sale for $260,000 after being passed in for $80,000 as a yearling
2019 – Kenmore Lodge sell third highest-priced lot at Magic Millions Horses In Training Sale, turning a $120,000 yearling into a $300,000 2yo
2019 – Kenmore Lodge breaker WINNING WAYS claims victory in the Group 1 Queensland Oaks
2020 – Magic Millions Horses In Training graduate TYZONE wins the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap
2020 – Kenmore Lodge sell the third highest-priced lot at Magic Millions Horses In Training Sale, turning a $100,000 yearling into a $270,000 2yo