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The Kembla Grange Classic is a Group 3 event run in March at Kembla Grange Racecourse in New South Wales by a field of three-year-old fillies with ATC Oaks potential.
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 | |
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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 |
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 |
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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 | – | – |
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.
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 |
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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 |
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.
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 |
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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 |