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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).

Most recently the ill-fated Truly Great scored an upset win in the Kingston Town Classic before winning the Group 2 Ted Van Heemst Stakes next-up ahead of a second in the Perth Cup results.

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 2021 Kingston Town Classic ran on Saturday December 4, 2021 at Ascot Racecourse in Perth and was won in an upset by Regal Power ($14). 

Kingston Town Classic 2021
Date:	Saturday December 4, 2021
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1800m
Race Type:	3YO+ Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 1
Prizemoney:	$1 million

2021 Kingston Town Classic Results

• 1st: #1 Regal Power ($14)
• 2nd: #7 Western Empire
• 3rd: #9 Kissonallforcheeks

Grant & Alana Williams’ 2020 All-Star Mile winner Regal Power ($14) was back in winning form scoring an upset win over his better fancied stablemate Western Empire ($1.20F) – who ran second as the beaten odds-on favourite after racing three-wide no cover – in the 2021 Kingston Town Classic results.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	REGAL POWER	Grant & Alana Williams	Patrick Carbery		8	59kg		$14
	2	7	WESTERN EMPIRE (NZ)	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	0.48L	9	58.5kg		$1.20F
	3	9	KISSONALLFORCHEEKS	Daniel Morton	Chris Parnham	0.9L	4	56.5kg		$19
	4	4	TOO CLOSE THE SUN	Lindsey Smith	Joseph Azzopardi	1.21L	10	59kg		$61
	5	8	DANCE MUSIC	Simon A Miller	Brad Parnham	2.1L	2	57kg		$26
	6	3	NEUFBOSC (FR)	Neville Parnham	Jason Brown	2.74L	1	59kg		$101
	7	10	SEARCHIN’ ROC’S	David Harrison	Ms Kyra Yuill	2.87L	3	50kg		$13
	8	5	PLATOON	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	3.75L	5	59kg		$91
	9	6	NOTORIOUS ONE	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Clint Johnston-Porter	5.73L	6	59kg		$31
	10	2	TRAP FOR FOOLS	Lindsey Smith	Brad Rawiller	6.84L	7	59kg		$51

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 Kingston Town Classic Odds & Betting

The top Kingston Town Classic 2021 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.

2021 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 2021 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 2021 final field features just 10 runners dominated by Railway Stakes winner Western Empire who is odds-on to make it seven straight wins.

The 2021 Kingston Town Classic barrier draw took place on Tuesday and saw the favourite Western Empire draw barrier nine.

Click here to read more on the key horses in the Kingston Town Classic 2021 field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	21x90x9x44	REGAL POWER	Grant & Alana Williams	Patrick Carbery	8	59kg		114
2	2467232x3x	TRAP FOR FOOLS	Lindsey Smith	Brad Rawiller	7	59kg		107
3	190×650956	NEUFBOSC (FR)	Neville Parnham	Jason Brown	1	59kg		100
4	x750x31x85	TOO CLOSE THE SUN	Lindsey Smith	Joseph Azzopardi	10	59kg		104
5	30284×6460	PLATOON	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	5	59kg		97
6	65×1311224	NOTORIOUS ONE	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Clint Johnston-Porter	6	59kg		98
7	3131111×11	WESTERN EMPIRE (NZ)	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	9	58.5kg		110
8	1x3323x136	DANCE MUSIC	Simon A Miller	Brad Parnham	2	57kg		106
9	1121×21613	KISSONALLFORCHEEKS	Daniel Morton	Chris Parnham	4	56.5kg		100
10	5111×121	SEARCHIN’ ROC’S	David Harrison	Ms Kyra Yuill	3	50kg		82

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 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.

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
2021 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Regal Power	1 minute 48.81 seconds
	2nd	Western Empire
	3rd	Kissonallforcheeks
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