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Named after the Australian Racing Hall of Fame horse Kingston Town, the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic is the last of the three elite level races held during November – December over the  Perth Summer Racing Carnival. Held at Ascot Racecourse, the weight-for-age race is worth $1 million dollars in prize money and is contested over 1800m.

The best lead-up race to the event is the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) run a fortnight earlier. Horses out of the Kingston Town Classic field may go on to contest the Group 1 Perth Cup (2400m).

Four horses have completed the Railway Stakes – Kingston Town Classic double in the same year with the latest to do so being Sniper’s Bullet (2009).

The 2020 Kingston Town Classic ran on Saturday December 5, 2020 at Ascot Racecourse in Perth and was won in an upset by Truly Great. 

Kingston Town Classic 2020
Date:	Saturday December 5, 2020
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1800m
Race Type:	3YO+ Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 1
Prizemoney:	$1 million

2020 Kingston Town Classic Results

• 1st: #11 Truly Great
• 2nd: #12 Inspirational Girl
• 3rd: #15 Dom To Shoot

The Kingston Town Classic 2020 results were dominated by Grant & Alana Williams who trained the quinella in Australia’s final Group 1 race of the year, Truly Great ($18) getting up in a nearly two length upset over his better fancied stablemate Inspirational Girl ($2.10F) to hand jockey Chris Parnham with his first elite level win.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	11	TRULY GREAT	Grant & Alana Williams	Chris Parnham		8	59kg		$18
	2	12	INSPIRATIONAL GIRL (NZ)	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	1.89L	15	57kg		$2.10F
	3	15	DOM TO SHOOT	Sean & Jake Casey	Peter Knuckey	2.94L	6	52kg		$10
	4	4	TOO CLOSE THE SUN	Lindsey Smith	Joseph Azzopardi	3.54L	9	59kg		$7
	5	1	GAILO CHOP (FR)	Matthew Williams	Brad Rawiller	4.19L	4	59kg		$41
	6	7	PLATOON	Neville Parnham	Paul Harvey	4.91L	12	59kg		$31
	7	14	GEMMA’S SON	David Harrison	Jason Whiting	5.27L	3	52kg		$31
	8	16	WATCH ME DANCE	Steve Wolfe	Shaun McGruddy	6.33L	5	50kg		$15
	9	10	UNI TIME	Sharon Miller	Alan Kennedy	6.57L	11	59kg		$31
	10	13	KAY CEE	Neville Parnham	Brad Parnham	6.58L	10	56.5kg		$10
	11	9	ARCTIC STREAM	Ross Price	Jarrad Noske	6.79L	2	59kg		$151
	12	3	TAXAGANO	Fred Kersley	Mitchell Pateman	7.33L	16	59kg		$151
	13	2	TRAP FOR FOOLS	Lindsey Smith	Peter Hall	7.51L	14	59kg		$51
	14	8	CUP NIGHT	Bernie Miller	Patrick Carbery	7.55L	1	59kg		$31
	15	6	NEUFBOSC (FR)	Neville Parnham	Jason Brown	8.99L	7	59kg		$31
	16	5	MISSILE LAUNCH	Vaughn Sigley	Troy Turner	11.52L	13	59kg		$201
		19e	WESTERN EMPIRE (NZ)	Grant & Alana Williams	Ms Jade McNaught		0
		18e	NAUGHTY BY NATURE	Jason Miller	Jordan Turner		0
		17e	SNICKERDOODLEDANDY	Daniel Morton			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Kingston Town Classic Odds & Betting

The top Kingston Town Classic 2020 odds will be provided below along with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au for you to back your insider Kingston Town Classic betting tips at the right price this summer.

2020 Kingston Town Classic Field

The Kingston Town Classic field is usually filled out with some of the better Perth thoroughbreds as well as visiting stayers from the eastern states.

Horses traditionally run in the Railway Stakes a fortnight earlier leading-up to the Kingston Town Classic and Sniper’s Bullet (2009) was the last to do the double in a single season.

Three-year-old runners in the Kingston Town Classic field may have their final lead-up in the Group 2 W.A. Guineas and Arcadia Queen (2018) was the last WA Guineas winner to back-up and beat the older horses in the Kingston Town Classic field next start. In 2019 the Neville Parnham-trained filly Kay Cee improved on a lead-up second in the WA Guineas to take out the Kingston Town Classic.

The 2020 Kingston Town Classic field is announced on the Monday of race week and will be published in full below once released by Perth Racing.

The Kingston Town Classic 2020 final field features a capacity line-up of summer hopefuls led in betting by the Railway Stakes winner Inspirational Girl and runner-up in the same key lead-up Too Close The Sun.

The official 2020 Kingston Town Classic Barrier Draw took place on Tuesday evening and saw Inspirational Girl draw out wide in barrier 18, which will become 15 of 16 if all emergencies come out.

2020 Kingston Town Classic Nominations

More and more interstate raiders trained outside of W.A. are featuring in the Kingston Town Classic nominations that close about a month out from the Group 1.

A bumper 114 weight-for-age hopefuls make-up the 2020 Kingston Town Classic nominations with all-in betting led by the reigning champion Kay Cee who is out to emulate her sire Playing God (2010-11) as the last back-to-back winner of the event.

Kingston Town Classic History

First raced in 1976 and won by Family Of Man, the Kingston Town Classic has undergone plenty of name changes. Starting with the Marlboro 50,000, the event then went on to be named the Western Mail Classic, Rothwells Stakes, Winfield Stakes, Beat Diabetes 2 Stakes and Fruit ‘N’ Veg Stakes. In 2007 it was officially named the Kingston Town Classic after the great horse’s victory in 1982.

Summer Beau won the race in two consecutive years in 1996 and 1997 and Old Comrade followed in 2000 and 2001. Niconero managed to win the Classic twice in 2006 and 2008 as did the race’s first winner Family Of Man in 1976 and 1978.

More recently Playing God (2010-11) went back-to-back in the race as a three-year-old and four-year-old, while in 2015 Perfect Reflection became the first three-year-old filly to win the Kingston Town Classic.

Three years later and another filly was in the mix, Arcadia Queen dominating the 2018 Kingston Town Classic results with a 4.5 length win. The following summer, a daughter of two-time champion Playing God – Kay Cee – became the third filly to win the Kingston Town Classic.

Kingston Town Classic Winners

The table below shows the winners and place-getters of the Kingston Town Classic since 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Truly Great	1 minute 48.27 seconds
	2nd	Inspirational Girl
	3rd	Dom To Shoot
2019 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Kay Cee	1 minute 51.29 seconds
	2nd	Gailo Chop
	3rd	Best Of Days
2018 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Arcadia Queen	1 minute 48.55 seconds
	2nd	Material Man
	3rd	Galaxy Star
2017 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Pounamu	1 minute 49.50 seconds
	2nd	Material Man
	3rd	Achernar Star
2016 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Stratum Star	1 minute 49.49 seconds
	2nd	Scales Of Justice
	3rd	Perfect Reflection
2015 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Perfect Reflection	1 minute 53.78 seconds
	2nd	Delicacy
	3rd	Dark Musket
2014 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Moriarty	1 minute 48.71 seconds
	2nd	Disposition
	3rd	Elite Belle
2013 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Ihtsahymn	1 minute 49.95 seconds
	2nd	Luckygray
	3rd	Rohan
2012 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Luckygray	1 minute 50.7 seconds
	2nd	Mr Moet
	3rd	God Has Spoken
2011 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Playing God	1 minute 49.6 seconds
	2nd	Ranger
	3rd	King Saul
2010 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Playing God	1 minute 48.9 seconds
	2nd	Impressive Jeuney
	3rd	Trusting
2009Kingston Town Classic	1st	Sniper’s Bullet	1 minute 46.96 seconds
	2nd	God Has Spoken
	3rd	Scenic Shot
2008Kingston Town Classic	1st	Niconero	1 minute 46.9 seconds
	2nd	Gilded Venom
	3rd	Sniper’s Bullet
2007Kingston Town Classic	1st	Megatic	1 minute 48 seconds
	2nd	Guyno
	3rd	New Spice
2006Kingston Town Classic	1st	Niconero	1 minute 47.4 seconds
	2nd	Scenic Shot
	3rd	Daka’s Gem
2005Kingston Town Classic	1st	Early Express	1 minute 48 seconds
	2nd	Lock The Vault
	3rd	Bon Argent
2004Kingston Town Classic	1st	Modem	1 minute 50.1 seconds
	2nd	Free At Last
	3rd	True Steel
2003Kingston Town Classic	1st	True Steel	2 minutes 3.6 seconds
	2nd	Milanova
	3rd	Hardrada
2002Kingston Town Classic	1st	Blevvo	1 minute 52.1 seconds
	2nd	Finito
	3rd	Corporate Bruce
2001Kingston Town Classic	1st	Old Comrade	1 minute 50 seconds
	2nd	Miss Precisely
	3rd	Shot Of Thunder
2000Kingston Town Classic	1st	Old Comrade	1 minute 6.2 seconds
	2nd	Umrum
	3rd	Slideaway