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The Kingston Town Stakes is a Group 3 staying event held at Randwick Racecourse in September each year during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.

The Kingston Town Stakes runs on The Shorts Day. The event shares the program with three other Group status races including the now $1 million Group 2 The Shorts (1100m) for The Everest-bound sprinters and the Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes for three-year-old fillies looking at a run in the Flight Stakes next-up.

Replacing the George Main Stakes – which now runs as the Group 1 $5 million King Charles III Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on The Everest Day in mid-October – on the card as of 2023 is the $1 million 7 Stakes (1600m) which offers an Epsom Handicap ballot exemption.

Held over 2000m, the Kingston Town Stakes is now run under set weights plus penalties conditions and presents an early staying challenge. Open to horses aged three years and older, the Kingston Town Stakes is a great race for form guidance in later features in Sydney over the spring. With a total purse of $250,000, the Kingston Town Stakes draws some very talented horses each year.

Those horses that perform well in the Kingston Town Stakes often seek to target the Group 1 The Metropolitan Handicap (2400m) at Royal Randwick a fortnight later with the winner of the Group 3 exempt from The Metropolitan ballot.

The latest gallopers to complete the Kingston Town Stakes – The Metropolitan double in the same season were Herculian Prince (2010) followed by Just Fine (2023).

In 2018 Brimham Rocks ran second in both the Kingston Town and The Metropolitan before returning to run third in the latter again two years later in 2020.

The race can also serve as a lead-up into the Melbourne majors including the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington that the 2019 Kingston Town Stakes winner Finche ran second in before a Caulfield Cup fifth and seventh in that year’s Melbourne Cup results.

Trainer Chris Waller has an outstanding record in the race preparing seven Kingston Town Stakes winners from 2007-20, most recently Finche (2019).

Gai Waterhouse meanwhile has prepared eight winners since 1999 with her latest being Taikomochi (2020), Just Fine (2023), and Eliyass (2024) all in partnership with Adrian Bott.

The 2021 Kingston Town Stakes form was franked with the runner-up Montefilia winning The Metropolitan next start before a fourth in that year’s Caulfield Cup results. She also returned the following autumn and won the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes in 2022.

The 2022 Kingston Town Stakes third placegetter Knight’s Order went on to frank the form running third in the Caulfield Cup trifecta before a solid ninth in the Melbourne Cup. He also returned the following autumn and was third in the 2023 Sydney Cup results.

The 2024 Kingston Town Stakes took place on Saturday, September 21, 2024 at Randwick offering the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained winner Eliyass ($4) a The Metropolitan ballot exemption. 

2024 Kingston Town Stakes Results

• 1st: #6 Eliyass ($4)
• 2nd: #11 Ceolwulf
• 3rd: #12 Golden Path

The Metropolitan on October 5 is calling for talented French import, Eliyass ($4), following the galloper’s strong win in the 2024 Kingston Town Stakes results to remain unbeaten in three runs in Australia for the Waterhouse/Bott stable.

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Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Kingston Town Stakes Betting Odds

The spring’s top Kingston Town Stakes 2024 betting odds and links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

She’s Ideel ($2.80 in 2021) and Just Fine ($3.30 in 2023) are the latest favourites in Kingston Town Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

There was a notable upset in 2022 with Alegron winning at Kingston Town Stakes odds of $20.

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2024 Kingston Town Stakes Form

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2024 Kingston Town Stakes Tips

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• To Win: #12 Golden Path ($7 at time of publish) – BET NOW

The Group 3 Kingston Town Stakes boasts a competitive field, but Golden Path, trained by Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr, stands out as a strong contender. This talented five-year-old has been on a winning streak, securing three consecutive victories, including a dominant performance in the Premier’s Cup Prelude. Gets some weight relief now and his recent form and ability to excel at the distance make him a promising candidate for the Kingston Town Stakes.

2024 Kingston Town Stakes Field

The 2024 Kingston Town Stakes field is announced by Racing NSW on the Wednesday leading-up to The Shorts Day and will be provided in full below along with the official Kingston Town Stakes Barriers & Weights.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Kingston Town Stakes Nominations

Nominations for the Kingston Town Stakes in 2024 close the Monday of race week and will be published for punters below as soon as announced.

Kingston Town Stakes History

Columnist won the inaugural edition of the Kingston Town Stakes in 1948. Since then, the race has enjoyed considerable spectator support and strong fields from great stables. Named in honour of champion racehorse Kingston Town (who won the race twice prior to its renaming), the Kingston Town Stakes is rich with history.

Known as the STC Cup between 1948 and 1983, the Kingston Town Stakes was not given its current name until the 1984 edition, a few years after Kingston Town’s wins in 1980 and 1981. Initially, the race was 1.5 miles in length, which is approximately 2400 metres. This was normalised to 2400 metres in 1972 and stayed that way until the 1991 edition ran over 1900 metres. Since 1992, however, the Kingston Town Stakes has remained 2000 metres in length.

Initially a Principal Race, the Kingston Town Stakes was given Group 3 status in 1979 and has remained at this grade since. Usually held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, in 1991 the Kingston Town Stakes was hosted by Canterbury Park for a year.

Notable Kingston Town Stakes winners include Monte Carlo (1958), Tails (1969), Kingston Town (1980, 81), Swiss Echo (2001), Lamasery (2011), Finche (2017), and Avilius (2018).

Kingston Town Stakes results since 2000 are listed below.

Kingston Town Stakes Results

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