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Kingston Town Classic

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Location
  
Ascot Racecourse

Race type
  
Thoroughbred

Surface
  
Turf

Inaugurated
  
1976

Distance
  
1,800 metres

Sponsor
  
Peters Investments (2016)

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. 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. The stakemoney 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)

    • References

    Kingston Town Classic Wikipedia
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