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The Keith F Nolan Classic – now run as the Kembla Grange Classic – is a Group 3 race run at Kembla Grange Racecourse each March by the Illawarra Turf Club during the autumn.

The event is a 1600m mile event for three-year-old fillies at set weights plus penalties and offers $200,000 in total prize money.

Fillies in the Kembla Grange Classic field may come off a Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival lead-up in a race like the recently upgraded Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m).

The best out of the race may back-up in a tougher Sydney race including the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill Gardens at the end of the month and Single Gaze (2016) was the last filly to complete the Keith Nolan Classic – Vinery Stud Stakes double. More recently, Frankely Awesome ran second in both the Kembla Grange Classic and Vinery Stud Stakes in 2019. The Group 1 ATC Oaks (2400m) during Royal Randwick’s The Championships in April is another later option.

The Kembla Grange Classic 2020 ran on Friday March 13, 2020 and was won narrowly by the Godolphin-raced Asiago.

2020 Kembla Grange Classic
Date:	Friday March 13, 2020
Track:	Kembla Grange Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO Fillies / Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2020 Kembla Grange Classic Results

• 1st: #1 Asiago
• 2nd: #14 Shout The Bar
• 3rd: #8 All Saints’ Eve

The James Cummings-trained Asiago ($12) made it two wins from as many starts at the track scoring a narrow victory over Shout The Bar ($10) in a narrow Kembla Grange Classic 2020 result. In a thrilling finish under a length separated the first six over the line, jockey Hugh Bowman holding on to take it out with Godolphin’s Group 1-bound daughter of Medaglia D’Oro.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	1	ASIAGO	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	–	2	56kg	$12
2	14	SHOUT THE BAR	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	0.1L	15	54kg	$10
3	8	ALL SAINTS’ EVE (NZ)	John O’Shea	Brenton Avdulla	0.3L	5	54kg	$14
4	2	MISSILE MANTRA	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	0.5L	7	55kg	$3.70F
5	4	SUBPOENAED (NZ)	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	0.6L	14	54kg	$4.20
6	9	ICEBATH (NZ)	Brad Widdup	Christian Reith	0.8L	1	54kg	$51
7	3	AKARI	Brad Widdup	James McDonald	1L	3	55kg	$5
8	7	DOROTHY OF OZ	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Sam Clipperton	1.5L	9	54kg	$31
9	6	GAME OF THORNS	Kris Lees	Tim Clark	1.6L	12	54kg	$12
10	5	NUDGE	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	1.8L	10	54kg	$18
11	10	STRANGE CHARM	Anthony Cummings	Jean Van Overmeire (a)	2.6L	13	54kg	$101
12	13	BUBA	Gerald Ryan	Ms Rachel King	5.6L	6	54kg	$81
13	15	PIERRO ROSE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Winona Costin	7.6L	11	54kg	$101
14	12	DONNACHIARA	Anthony Cummings	Mitchell Bell	9.1L	8	54kg (cd 55kg)	$101
15	16	SORRIDERE	Kerry Parker	Jay Ford	12.4L	4	54kg	$201
–	17e	LADY TAVISTA (NZ)	Brad Widdup	–	–	0	–	–
–	11	DARLING POINT	Brad Widdup	–	–	0	–	–

2020 Kembla Grange Classic Odds

The autumn’s best Kembla Grange Classic 2020 betting odds will be available below the week of the race complete with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au.

2020 Kembla Grange Classic Field

The Keith F Nolan Classic field – now the Kembla Grange Classic – features a classy line-up of three-year-old fillies progressing to tougher and or longer distance races during the autumn in Sydney.

The official 2020 Kembla Grange Classic field and barriers are set for release the Wednesday before the race and will be published in full below.

The Kembla Grange Classic 2020 final field features a capacity line-up of three-year-old fillies led in betting by the Team Snowden-trained Thousand Guineas runner-up Missile Mantra dropping back in grade after her fifth in the Group 1 Surround Stakes last start.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	87x11181x3	ASIAGO	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	2	56kg	78
2	11x5552x05	MISSILE MANTRA	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	7	55kg	92
3	23x2111x77	AKARI	Brad Widdup	James McDonald	3	55kg	81
4	1x2160x12	SUBPOENAED (NZ)	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	16	54kg	78
5	7x61231x5	NUDGE	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	10	54kg	76
6	154x832x1	GAME OF THORNS	Kris Lees	Tim Clark	14	54kg	76
7	442x151x5	DOROTHY OF OZ	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Sam Clipperton	9	54kg	67
8	5×4121	ALL SAINTS’ EVE (NZ)	John O’Shea	Brenton Avdulla	5	54kg	68
9	859x2x11	ICEBATH (NZ)	Brad Widdup	Christian Reith	1	54kg	65
10	8725×5531	STRANGE CHARM	Anthony Cummings	Jean Van Overmeire (a)	15	54kg	63
11	2x163x95	DARLING POINT	Brad Widdup	TBA	11	54kg	61
12	98×4811	DONNACHIARA	Anthony Cummings	Mitchell Bell	8	54kg	59
13	415×1	BUBA	Gerald Ryan	Ms Rachel King	6	54kg	64
14	11	SHOUT THE BAR	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	17	54kg	67
15	645x37x1	PIERRO ROSE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Winona Costin	13	54kg	60
16	8x530x031	SORRIDERE	Kerry Parker	Jay Ford	4	54kg	56
17e	37×14	LADY TAVISTA (NZ)	Brad Widdup	TBA	12	54kg	59

Keith F Nolan Classic History

The Keith Nolan Classic – officially the Keith F Nolan Classic – is named in honour of the Illawarra Turf Club’s founding chairman Keith F. Nolan who passed away in 2005. The event has been run and won since 2003 and the inaugural winner was Ain’t Seen Nothing. Since then plenty of quality fillies have won the race including Hot Danish (2007), Allez Wonder (2009), Brazilian Pulse (2011), Appearance (2012) and Single Gaze (2016).

The race began as a Listed event and gained its current Group 3 status in 2010. For one year in 2011 the Keith Nolan Classic ran at Rosehill Gardens due to the unsuitable conditions at Kembla Grange Racecourse, which is one of New South Wales’ leading provincial race tracks.

Recent Keith F Nolan / Kembla Grange Classic Winners

See below for the full list of Keith Nolan Classic winners and results going back to the inaugural edition in 2003.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Kembla Grange Classic	1st	Asiago	1 minute 36.10 seconds
	2nd	Shout The Bar
	3rd	All Saints’ Eve
2019 Kembla Grange Classic	1st	Pohutukawa	1 minute 37.57 seconds
	2nd	Frankely Awesome
	3rd	Scarlet Dream
2018 Kembla Grange Classic	1st	Luvaluva	1 minute 35.55 seconds
	2nd	Torvill
	3rd	Wedgie
2017 Kembla Grange Classic	1st	Dawn Wall	1 minute 36.6 seconds
	2nd	Lubiton
	3rd	Faraway Town
2016 Keith F Nolan Classic	1st	Single Gaze	1 minute 37.3 seconds
	2nd	Dixie Blossoms
	3rd	Asinara
2015 Keith F Nolan Classic	1st	Slightly Sweet	1 minute 35.4 seconds
	2nd	Wine Tales
	3rd	Heavens Above
2014 Keith F Nolan Classic	1st	Zanbagh	1 minute 37.8 seconds
	2nd	Role Model
	3rd	Metaphorical
2013 Keith F Nolan Classic	1st	Cameo	1 minute 35.1 seconds
	2nd	Royal Descent
	3rd	Gold Epona
2012 Keith F Nolan Classic	1st	Appearance	1 minute 38 seconds
	2nd	She Goes To Rio
	3rd	Aliyana Tilde
2011 Keith F Nolan Classic	1st	Brazilian Pulse	1 minute 52 seconds
	2nd	Fibrilation
	3rd	Honor Net
2010 Keith F Nolan Classic	1st	Slapstick	1 minute 35.8 seconds
	2nd	Mirrasalo
	3rd	Spinnawitch
2009 Keith F Nolan Classic	1st	Aleez Wonder	1 minute 34.6 seconds
	2nd	Above Perfection
	3rd	Miss Darcey
2008 Keith F Nolan Classic	1st	Bernicia	1 minute 37.5 seconds
	2nd	Raise
	3rd	Heavenly Glow
2007 Keith F Nolan Classic	1st	Hot Danish	1 minute 37.21 seconds
	2nd	Miss Pageantry
	3rd	Rose Of Sharon
2006 Keith F Nolan Classic	1st	Pasikatera	1 minute 36.81 seconds
	2nd	No Name For A Lady
	3rd	China Jade
2005 Keith F Nolan Classic	1st	Ponte Piccolo	1 minute 36.28 seconds
	2nd	Pleasure Ground
	3rd	Villa Bled
2004 Keith F Nolan Classic	1st	La Nikita	1 minute 35.21 seconds
	2nd	Timbourina
	3rd	Touched By God
2003 Keith F Nolan Classic	1st	Ain’t Seen Nothin’	1 minute 34.80 seconds
	2nd	Domielle
	3rd	Huit