For 91-year-old dairyman Pat McDonald, the judging ring at the Murwillumbah Show is sacred ground.

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It was here, 79 years ago, that he first nervously led a cow.

Last weekend, he made his final graceful turn under his cherished stud prefix, Kenarie Jerseys.

With the complete dispersal booked for November 27, a lifetime's work will go under the hammer.

Afterwards, there will be some cows to milk and perhaps a stand-out female to prepare for show, but she won't be led under the Kenarie name.

At the age of 12, Mr McDonald led his father's stud cow, a Kendonvale

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