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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).

The 2019 Kingston Town Classic ran on Saturday December 7, 2019 at Ascot Racecourse in Perth and was won by gun young filly Kay Cee. 

Kingston Town Classic 2019
Date:	Saturday December 7, 2019
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1800m
Race Type:	3YO+ Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 1
Prizemoney:	$1 million

2019 Kingston Town Classic Results

• 1st: #15 Kay Cee
• 2nd: #1 Gailo Chop
• 3rd: #5 Best Of Days

For just the third time in history a filly was on top of the Kingston Town Classic 2019 results with the gun Neville Parnham-trained Kay Cee ($11) scoring an upset win. The victory saw her follow in the footsteps of her sire Playing God who won back-to-back editions of the race in 2010-11. Kay Cee defeated the Matthew Williams-trained veteran Gailo Chop ($41) who jumped at big odds, while Godolphin galloper Best Of Days ($5.50) rounded out the trifecta in third. Race favourite Tuscan Queen was the better fancied filly in the mix, but could only manage to run three and a half lengths back for seventh.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	15	KAY CEE	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	–	1	50kg	$11
2	1	GAILO CHOP (FR)	Matthew Williams	John Allen	0.65L	12	59kg	$41
3	5	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	James Cummings	Brad Rawiller	1.27L	2	59kg	$5.50
4	14	SUPERSTORM	Grant & Alana Williams	Shaun McGruddy	1.8L	4	52kg	$14
5	2	GATTING	Darren Mcauliffe	Ms Lucy Warwick	2.98L	9	59kg	$19
6	8	REGAL POWER	Grant & Alana Williams	Damien Oliver	3.15L	15	58.5kg	$9
7	16	TUSCAN QUEEN	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	3.41L	3	50kg	$3.40F
8	3	TALLY	James Cummings	Martin Harley	4.28L	8	59kg	$21
9	11	MISSISSIPPI DELTA	Grant & Alana Williams	Chris Parnham	5.01L	6	57kg	$19
10	12	DIG DEEP	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Joseph Azzopardi	5.28L	5	52kg	$21
11	7	PACODALI (IRE)	Lindsey Smith	Dean Yendall	5.46L	13	59kg	$14
12	10	PLATOON	Neville Parnham	Brad Parnham	6.1L	7	58.5kg	$26
13	4	STAR EXHIBIT	Adam Durrant	Peter Hall	6.15L	14	59kg	$61
14	6	ACHERNAR STAR	Simon A Miller	Paul Harvey	6.37L	16	59kg	$41
15	9	THE VELVET KING	Darren Mcauliffe	Mitchell Pateman	7.22L	10	58.5kg	$31
16	13	JERICHO MISSILE	David Harrison	Peter Knuckey	9.68L	11	52kg	$31

2019 Kingston Town Classic Odds & Betting

The top Kingston Town Classic 2019 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.

2019 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 2019 Kingston Town Classic field is announced on the Monday of race week and will be published in full below once released by Perth Racing.

A 16-horse Kingston Town Classic 2019 final field is now out featuring four for last year’s winning trainers Grant and Alana Williams led by the classy filly Tuscan Queen who leads betting with William Pike to ride.

The 2019 Kingston Town Classic barrier draw took place on Tuesday evening and saw the early favourite Tuscan Queen come up trumps with barrier three.

Read more on the official Kingston Town Classic field for 2019.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	2142×03790	GAILO CHOP (FR)	Matthew Williams	John Allen	12	59kg	–
2	5122515027	GATTING	Darren Mcauliffe	Ms Lucy Warwick	9	59kg	110
3	6770×64219	TALLY	James Cummings	Martin Harley	8	59kg	105
4	7051145×18	STAR EXHIBIT	Adam Durrant	Peter Hall	14	59kg	105
5	5Nx7380352	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	James Cummings	Brad Rawiller	2	59kg	108
6	9x211x5244	ACHERNAR STAR	Simon A Miller	Paul Harvey	16	59kg	107
7	51252×4431	PACODALI (IRE)	Lindsey Smith	Dean Yendall	13	59kg	–
8	2321211×21	REGAL POWER	Grant & Alana Williams	Damien Oliver	15	58.5kg	92
9	21412×2136	THE VELVET KING	Darren Mcauliffe	Mitchell Pateman	10	58.5kg	100
10	05138×1123	PLATOON	Neville Parnham	Brad Parnham	7	58.5kg	78
11	x6121214x1	MISSISSIPPI DELTA	Grant & Alana Williams	Chris Parnham	6	57kg	92
12	141×7336	DIG DEEP	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Joseph Azzopardi	5	52kg	82
13	1x120x5129	JERICHO MISSILE	David Harrison	Peter Knuckey	11	52kg	82
14	3215	SUPERSTORM	Grant & Alana Williams	Shaun McGruddy	4	52kg	60
15	4112132	KAY CEE	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	1	50kg	65
16	1121	TUSCAN QUEEN	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	3	50kg	64

2019 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.

The 2019 Kingston Town Classic nominations will be published in full once announced in early-mid November.

The Kingston Town Classic 2019 nominations attracted 97 hopefuls including last year’s winner Arcadia Queen now prepared by star Sydney horseman Chris Waller and the early favourite, Tuscan Queen who is a three-year-old filly prepared by last year’s winning trainers Grant & Alana Williams.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	x5315x8124	A SHIN ROOK (JPN)	G	6	Anthony Freedman	59kg	–
2	09x211x524	ACHERNAR STAR	G	5	Simon A Miller	59kg	107
3	x2250622x0	ACTION	G	5	Adam Durrant	59kg	97
4	201116×254	ALPHA SKY	G	5	Simon A Miller	59kg	87
5	19x12111x7	ARCADIA PRINCE	G	5	Adam Durrant	59kg	100
6	x5Nx738035	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	G	6	James Cummings	59kg	–
7	6870×80129	BLACK HEART BART	G	9	Lindsey Smith	59kg	–
8	245×523134	CAPTAIN COOK (GB)	G	7	Chris Waller	59kg	–
9	x128x54713	CASCADIAN (GB)	G	5	James Cummings	59kg	–
10	667045×071	CELLARMAN	G	6	Chris Waller	59kg	–
11	7x6306x010	CHIEF IRONSIDE (GB)	H	5	Kris Lees	59kg	–
12	16×3206620	CLIFF’S EDGE	H	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	59kg	–
13	3523×76358	DARK MUSKET	G	8	Graeme Ballantyne	59kg	83
14	8404×44370	DISPOSITION	G	8	Chris Gangemi	59kg	97
15	2421218211	DR DRILL (GB)	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	59kg	–
16	09311×8076	FASTNET TEMPEST (IRE)	G	7	Lindsey Smith	59kg	–
17	1x6720x211	FIERCE IMPACT (JPN)	H	6	Matthew Smith	59kg	–
18	110×676825	FIFTY STARS (IRE)	H	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	59kg	–
19	2142×03790	GAILO CHOP (FR)	G	9	Matthew Williams	59kg	–
20	x512251502	GATTING	G	6	Darren Mcauliffe	59kg	–
21	72x3234x33	GREAT SHOT	G	7	Rhys Radford	59kg	106
22	111×112	HARBOUR VIEWS (FR)	G	5	Matthew Williams	59kg	–
23	719×006380	HARLEM (GB)	G	8	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	59kg	–
24	x5496x0408	KAONIC (NZ)	G	5	Chris Waller	59kg	–
25	236Px58166	KINGS WILL DREAM (IRE)	G	6	Chris Waller	59kg	–
26	1113×00068	LE JUGE (IRE)	G	7	Chris Waller	59kg	–
27	8124×03374	LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE)	G	8	Chris Waller	59kg	–
28	1650×62400	MAHAMEDEIS	G	5	Nick Ryan	59kg	–
29	45x8001x1x	MAN BOOKER	G	7	Daniel Morton	59kg	110
30	72240×9245	MANOLO BLAHNIQ (NZ)	G	6	Tony Noonan	59kg	–
31	12511x880x	MANTASTIC (IRE)	G	6	Chris Waller	59kg	–
32	0x1200x610	MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE)	G	8	Chris Waller	59kg	–
33	4000×59260	NIGHT’S WATCH (NZ)	G	6	Chris Waller	59kg	–
34	451252×443	PACODALI (IRE)	G	7	Lindsey Smith	59kg	–
35	99x58248x4	PROPERANTES	G	8	Colin Webster	59kg	88
36	6x8756x017	PUSHIN’ SHAPES	G	7	Daniel & Ben Pearce	59kg	–
37	1653138×71	REYKJAVIK	H	5	Lindsey Smith	59kg	–
38	100x040x50	RUNAWAY	R	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	59kg	–
39	811x37242x	SAMBRO	G	5	Chris Waller	59kg	–
40	170×463460	SIKANDARABAD (IRE)	G	7	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	59kg	–
41	450×125040	SO SI BON	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	59kg	–
42	x211234243	SO YOU WIN	G	5	Chris Waller	59kg	–
43	77051145×1	STAR EXHIBIT	G	8	Adam Durrant	59kg	105
44	13211×4939	STAR OF THE SEAS (NZ)	G	5	Chris Waller	59kg	–
45	4x0x318009	SUPER TITUS (GB)	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	59kg	–
46	x6770x6421	TALLY	G	7	James Cummings	59kg	–
47	13x723x411	TELLEM WE’RE COMIN	G	5	Grant & Alana Williams	59kg	94
48	32225×8370	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	G	9	Chris Waller	59kg	–
49	34x523x272	VARIATION	G	6	Stephen Miller	59kg	94
50	1x00x79851	YULONG PRINCE (SAF)	H	5	Chris Waller	59kg	–
51	x71422x121	COCKNEY CREW	G	4	Kieran McDonagh	58.5kg	83
52	54134×3240	GEM SONG	H	4	Kris Lees	58.5kg	–
53	2523131037	JUNIPAL	H	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	58.5kg	–
54	31111×5111	KOLDING (NZ)	G	4	Chris Waller	58.5kg	–
55	x031210x88	LORDHELPMERUN	G	4	Steve Wolfe	58.5kg	86
56	x13422x978	MADISON COUNTY (NZ)	G	4	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	58.5kg	–
57	x08210x365	MAHIS ANGEL	G	4	Lloyd Kennewell	58.5kg	–
58	2x151213x4	PHAISTOS	G	4	James Cummings	58.5kg	–
59	3x05138x11	PLATOON	G	4	Neville Parnham	58.5kg	74
60	32321211×2	REGAL POWER	G	4	Grant & Alana Williams	58.5kg	92
61	1x3047100x	RINGERDINGDING	H	4	Anthony Freedman	58.5kg	–
62	x13x11x651	SAMIZDAT	G	4	Chris Gangemi	58.5kg	82
63	211×90	STOCKTAKA (NZ)	G	4	Michael Kent	58.5kg	–
64	x21412x213	THE VELVET KING	G	4	Darren Mcauliffe	58.5kg	89
65	4144641×78	CELEBRITY DREAM (NZ)	M	7	Chris Waller	57kg	–
66	x823854x25	LUVALUVA (NZ)	M	5	John Sargent	57kg	–
67	x147x27882	MISS SISKA	M	6	Grahame Begg	57kg	–
68	1x6121214x	MISSISSIPPI DELTA	M	6	Grant & Alana Williams	57kg	92
69	4187445×55	MIZLECKI	M	5	Fred Kersley	57kg	94
70	158×836190	NETTOYER	M	6	Wendy Roche	57kg	–
71	73447×5456	NOIRE	M	6	Chris Waller	57kg	–
72	x684830x93	PERFECT JEWEL	M	5	Adam Durrant	57kg	92
73	113111×105	ARCADIA QUEEN	M	4	Chris Waller	56.5kg	–
74	22x2351x44	LADY COSMOLOGY	M	4	Simon A Miller	56.5kg	90
75	11384×1837	LADY SASS	M	4	Daniel Morton	56.5kg	67
76	1×575	BOGART	G	3	Grant & Alana Williams	52kg	64
77	141×733	DIG DEEP	G	3	Daniel & Ben Pearce	52kg	82
78	1386×396	DIVIDE THE SEA	G	3	Trevor Andrews	52kg	66
79	4×116265	HILO	C	3	James Cummings	52kg	–
80	1x120x512	JERICHO MISSILE	G	3	David Harrison	52kg	78
81	8x313x847	MAROCCHINO	G	3	Lou Luciani	52kg	66
82	1×163	SILKINIZE	G	3	David Harrison	52kg	62
83	221	SPECIAL BEAU	G	3	Grant & Alana Williams	52kg	60
84	115224	SUBEDAR	G	3	James Cummings	52kg	–
85	321	SUPERSTORM	G	3	Grant & Alana Williams	52kg	60
86	31	THREE EZE	G	3	Lou Luciani	52kg	–
87	823x421x0	TINSNIP	G	3	Adam Durrant	52kg	78
88	3×41304	TRITON RISING	C	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	52kg	–
89	1×1	WINDSTORM	G	3	Grant & Alana Williams	52kg	64
90	21132	BORN TO TRY	F	3	Grant & Alana Williams	50kg	62
91	125	CELEBRITY QUEEN	F	3	Grant & Alana Williams	50kg	65
92	41121	KAY CEE	F	3	Neville Parnham	50kg	64
93	51121×04	MISS TYCOON	F	3	Neville Parnham	50kg	68
94	x11333x186	MISS WEST COAST	F	3	Trevor Andrews	50kg	76
95	90×223	NATIVE CHIMES	F	3	Justin Warwick	50kg	56
96	2×12	SPECIAL CHOICE	F	3	Grant & Alana Williams	50kg	58
97	112	TUSCAN QUEEN	F	3	Grant & Alana Williams	50kg	60

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
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