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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.
2022 Kembla Grange Classic Results
- 1st: #6 Pretty Amazing
- 2nd: #3 Hope In Your Heart
- 3rd: #2 Gin Martini
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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.
*Note: The 2022 Kembla Grange Classic ran at Goulburn Racecourse due to the Kembla Grange meeting being abandoned.
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 2022 ran on Friday March 11, 2022 but with the Kembla Grange meeting abandoned due to heavy rainfall around New South Wales, the race took place at Goulburn Racecourse and saw the Chris Waller-trained favourite Pretty Amazing ($2.90F) salute for the punters.
| 2022 Kembla Grange Classic | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Friday March 11, 2022 |
| Track: | Kembla Grange Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1600m |
| Race Type: | 3YO Fillies / Set Weights + Penalties |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $200,000 |
2022 Kembla Grange Classic Results
- 1st: #6 Pretty Amazing ($2.90F)
- 2nd: #3 Hope In Your Heart
- 3rd: #2 Gin Martini
The decision to scratch the Chris Waller-trained American Pharoah filly Pretty Amazing ($2.90F) from Saturday’s Group 2 Kewney Stakes at Flemington in favour of a run in the wet in Sydney on Friday paid dividends with the favourite dominating the Kembla Grange Classic 2022 results at Goulburn to take her record to three wins (on the trot) from four starts.
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | PRETTY AMAZING | Chris Waller | Tommy Berry | 11 | 54kg | $2.90F | |||
| 2 | 3 | HOPE IN YOUR HEART | Kerry Parker | William Pike | 1.04L | 2 | 54kg | $4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | GIN MARTINI (NZ) | John Sargent | Robbie Dolan | 1.57L | 6 | 54kg | $11 | ||
| 4 | 12 | DALCHINI | Lee & Cherie Curtis | Ms Kathy O’Hara | 1.68L | 3 | 54kg | $16 | ||
| 5 | 10 | CHARITY SPIRIT | Gary Portelli | Ms Alysha Collett | 2.16L | 9 | 54kg | $26 | ||
| 6 | 4 | LEKVARTE (NZ) | Joseph Pride | Jay Ford | 2.73L | 8 | 54kg | $9 | ||
| 7 | 8 | ELLENMAC | Matthew Smith | Jason Collett | 5.17L | 12 | 54kg | $12 | ||
| 8 | 15 | YOUTHFULL | Brad Widdup | Brock Ryan | 5.29L | 13 | 54kg | $81 | ||
| 9 | 9 | EMPRESS EL (NZ) | Chris Waller | Kerrin McEvoy | 6.02L | 5 | 54kg | $20 | ||
| 10 | 16 | CHANCE REWARD | Nell Foley | Ms Winona Costin | 6.54L | 10 | 54kg | $101 | ||
| 11 | 5 | MISS MADISON (NZ) | Bjorn Baker | Ms Rachel King | 7.62L | 7 | 54kg | $51 | ||
| 12 | 14 | ULTIMATE PRIDE (NZ) | Chris Waller | Tom Sherry (a) | 11L | 1 | 54kg | $31 | ||
| 13 | 7 | SUMMERBEEL (NZ) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 11.31L | 4 | 54kg | $11 | ||
| 1 | ROOTS | Chris Waller | 0 | |||||||
| 11 | SANSTOC (NZ) | Mark Newnham | Tom Sherry (a) | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | YASAMINE | Richard & Michael Freedman | Tyler Schiller (a) | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2022 Kembla Grange Classic Betting Odds
The autumn’s best Kembla Grange Classic 2022 betting odds will be available below the week of the race complete with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au.
Pretty Amazing ($2.90 in 2022) was the last favourite in Kembla Grange Classic betting to win.
2022 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 2022 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 2022 final field will face off at a new location, Goulburn Racecourse, with the Kembla Grange meeting on Friday abandoned due to heavy rainfall and the lightly-raced Chris Waller-trained Press Statement filly Roots is favourite to win.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 123×1 | ROOTS | Chris Waller | (late alt) | 2 | 54kg | 71 | ||
| 2 | 6238×2811 | GIN MARTINI (NZ) | John Sargent | Robbie Dolan | 7 | 54kg | 68 | ||
| 3 | 74x141x336 | HOPE IN YOUR HEART | Kerry Parker | William Pike | 3 | 54kg | 68 | ||
| 4 | 62x3451x12 | LEKVARTE (NZ) | Joseph Pride | Jay Ford | 10 | 54kg | 68 | ||
| 5 | 27418983 | MISS MADISON (NZ) | Bjorn Baker | Ms Rachel King | 8 | 54kg | 67 | ||
| 6 | 811 | PRETTY AMAZING | Chris Waller | Tommy Berry | 13 | 54kg | 65 | ||
| 7 | 8×711 | SUMMERBEEL (NZ) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 5 | 54kg | 63 | ||
| 8 | 131 | ELLENMAC | Matthew Smith | Jason Collett | 15 | 54kg | 63 | ||
| 9 | 1×3 | EMPRESS EL (NZ) | Chris Waller | Kerrin McEvoy | 6 | 54kg | 62 | ||
| 10 | 24x8521x42 | CHARITY SPIRIT | Gary Portelli | Ms Alysha Collett | 11 | 54kg | 61 | ||
| 11 | 31 | SANSTOC (NZ) | Mark Newnham | Tom Sherry (a) | 14 | 54kg | 61 | ||
| 12 | 342×31 | DALCHINI | Lee & Cherie Curtis | Ms Kathy O’Hara | 4 | 54kg | 60 | ||
| 13 | 6×165 | YASAMINE | Richard & Michael Freedman | Tyler Schiller (a) | 9 | 54kg | 56 | ||
| 14 | 453×2 | ULTIMATE PRIDE (NZ) | Chris Waller | (late alt) | 1 | 54kg | |||
| 15 | 0x3723x5 | YOUTHFULL | Brad Widdup | Brock Ryan | 16 | 54kg | |||
| 16 | 3×3 | CHANCE REWARD | Nell Foley | Ms Winona Costin | 12 | 54kg |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2022 Kembla Grange Classic Nominations
Early nominations for the Kembla Grange Classic in 2022 will be provided below the week of the race.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Ballot | Weight | True Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2111026×71 | HINGED | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 1 | 58kg | 100 | ||
| 2 | 4x3111x15 | FANGIRL | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 2 | 57kg | 93 | ||
| 3 | 1x23204x54 | HERESY | F | 3 | James Cummings | 3 | 56kg | 84 | ||
| 4 | 11×23 | ESPIONA | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 4 | 55kg | 94 | ||
| 5 | 36×7217110 | SWEET RUBY | F | 3 | Kim Waugh | 5 | 54kg | 76 | ||
| 6 | 123×1 | ROOTS | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 6 | 54kg | 71 | ||
| 7 | 6238×2811 | GIN MARTINI (NZ) | F | 3 | John Sargent | 7 | 54kg | 68 | ||
| 8 | 62x3451x12 | LEKVARTE (NZ) | F | 3 | Joseph Pride | 8 | 54kg | 68 | ||
| 9 | 4211x | FINEPOINT | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 9 | 54kg | 70 | ||
| 10 | 74x141x336 | HOPE IN YOUR HEART | F | 3 | Kerry Parker | 10 | 54kg | 68 | ||
| 11 | 24x8521x42 | CHARITY SPIRIT | F | 3 | Gary Portelli | 11 | 54kg | 61 | ||
| 12 | 811 | PRETTY AMAZING | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 12 | 54kg | 65 | ||
| 13 | 131 | ELLENMAC | F | 3 | Matthew Smith | 13 | 54kg | 63 | ||
| 14 | 342×31 | DALCHINI | F | 3 | Lee & Cherie Curtis | 14 | 54kg | 60 | ||
| 15 | 8×711 | SUMMERBEEL (NZ) | F | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 15 | 54kg | 63 | ||
| 16 | 8x3x232 | RUINART | F | 3 | John O’Shea | 16 | 54kg | |||
| 17 | x8209x6483 | GALACTIC ANGEL | F | 3 | Anthony Cummings | 17 | 54kg | |||
| 18 | 31 | SANSTOC (NZ) | F | 3 | Mark Newnham | 18 | 54kg | 61 | ||
| 19 | 27418983 | MISS MADISON (NZ) | F | 3 | Bjorn Baker | 19 | 54kg | 67 | ||
| 20 | 7×10 | I’M DIVINE | F | 3 | Edward Cummings | 20 | 54kg | 61 | ||
| 21 | 453×2 | ULTIMATE PRIDE (NZ) | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 21 | 54kg | |||
| 22 | 6×165 | YASAMINE | F | 3 | Richard & Michael Freedman | 22 | 54kg | 56 | ||
| 23 | 0x3723x5 | YOUTHFULL | F | 3 | Brad Widdup | 23 | 54kg | |||
| 24 | 1×3 | EMPRESS EL (NZ) | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 24 | 54kg | 62 | ||
| 25 | 3×3 | CHANCE REWARD | F | 3 | Nell Foley | 25 | 54kg | |||
| 26 | 4 | NAUTICAL MISS (NZ) | F | 3 | Gwenda Markwell | 26 | 54kg |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
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.
In 2022 the event was moved to Goulburn Racecourse due to heavy rainfall and an unsuitable track at Kembla Grange.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Kembla Grange Classic |
1st | Pretty Amazing | 1 minute 39.21 seconds |
| 2nd | Hope In Your Heart | ||
| 3rd | Gin Martini | ||
| 2020 Kembla Grange Classic |
1st | Miravalle | 1 minute 35.76 seconds |
| 2nd | Elizabeel | ||
| 3rd | Pippali | ||
| 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 | ||
