Kingston Town Classic
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Group 1 race | |
Location | Ascot Racecourse |
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Inaugurated | 1976 |
Race type | Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Tabtouch (2015) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,800 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three year old and older |
Weight | Weight for age |
Purse | A$1,000,000 (2015) |
The Kingston Town Classic is a Perth Racing Group 1 Thoroughbred horse run under Weight for Age conditions for three year olds and older over a distance of 1800 metres at Ascot Racecourse in Perth, Australia in early December.[1] Total prizemoney is A$1,000,000.
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Race history
The race is named after the Australian Racing Hall of Fame horse, Kingston Town who won the race in 1982.[1] The stakemanoy was increased to A$1 million in 2015.
Race name
- 1976–1979 - Marlboro 50,000
- 1980–1983 - Western Mail Classic
- 1984–1987 - Rothwells Stakes
- 1988–1991 - Winfield Stakes
- 1992–1994 - Beat Diabetes 2 Stakes
- 1995–2006 - Fruit 'N' Veg Stakes
- 2007 onwards - Kingston Town Classic
Race distance
- 1976–1998 - 1800 metres
- 1999–2000 - 1600 metres
- 2001–2002 - 1800 metres
- 2003 - 2000 metres
- 2004 onwards - 1800 metres
Race grade
- 1976–1978 - Principal race
- 1979 onwards - Group 1
Double winners
Thoroughbreds that have won the Railway Stakes – Kingston Town Classic double:
- Better Loosen Up (1989), Old Comrade (2001), Modem (2004), Sniper's Bullet (2009)
The winners
- 2015 - Perfect Reflection [2]
- 2014 - Moriarty [3]
- 2013 - Ihtsahymn [4]
- 2012 - Luckygray [5]
- 2011 - Playing God [6]
- 2010 - Playing God [7]
- 2009 - Sniper's Bullet [8]
- 2008 - Niconero [9]
- 2007 - Megatic [10]
- 2006 - Niconero [11]
- 2005 - Early Express [12]
- 2004 - Modem [13]
- 2003 - True Steel [14]
- 2002 - Blevvo [15]
- 2001 - Old Comrade [16]
- 2000 - Old Comrade [17]
- 1999 - St. Clemens Belle [18]
- 1998 - Old Nick [19]
- 1997 - Summer Beau [20]
- 1996 - Summer Beau [21]
- 1995 - Forge On [22]
- 1994 - Island Morn [23]
- 1993 - Credit Account [24]
- 1992 - Red Javelin [25]
- 1991 - Old Role [26]
- 1990 - Bar Landy [27]
- 1989 - Better Loosen Up [28]
- 1988 - Vo Rogue [29]
- 1987 - Doodlakine Lass [30]
- 1986 - Military Plume [31]
- 1985 - Rant And Rave [32]
- 1984 - Importune [33]
- 1983 - Bounty Hawk [34]
- 1982 - Kingston Town
- 1981 - Little Imagele
- 1980 - Sovereign Red
- 1979 - Mighty Kingdom
- 1978 - Family Of Man
- 1977 - Stormy Rex
- 1976 - Family Of Man
See also
References
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