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Kingston Town Stakes

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History

JUST FINE winning the JAMES SQUIRE KINGSTON TOWN STAKES at Randwick in Australia.
JUST FINE winning the JAMES SQUIRE KINGSTON TOWN STAKES at Randwick in Australia. Picture: Steve Hart

The Kingston Town Stakes is a Group 3 race run under Set Weights and Penalty conditions for open class horses at Randwick conducted by the Australian Turf Club.

The Kingston Town Stakes is run over 2000m. It was first run in 1948 and was won by Columnist.

The Kingston Town Stakes moves from its traditional home at Rosehill to Randwick in 2017.

The Kingston Town Stakes was at 2400m but came back to 2000m from 1992.

It was a Group 2 race until 1990 when it was downgraded to Group 3.

The race was previously known as the STC Cup and the legend Kingston Town won the race twice himself in 1980 and 1981.

Ready To Lift was the last mare to win the race in 2009 before She's Ideel in 2021.

Two recent winners McCreery and He's Your Man dropped back to feature mile G1s and performed so well. Chris Waller has a great record at doing that.

Waller trained the first four over the line in 2017 led by Libran and made it 5 winners in 8 runnings with the 2019 winner Finche.

In winning that race, Finche scored for three famous sets of owners including Khalid Abdullah (Frankel/Enable), Neil Werrett (Black Caviar) and Peter Tighe (Winx).

2018 winner Avilius would become a dual G1 winner the next Autumn winning the Ranvet and Tancred Stakes.

The 2007 race was not held due to the Equine Influenza break out.

The Kingston Town Stakes was worth $250,000 in 2023.

Notable winners of the Kingston Town Stakes include Just Fine (2023), Alegron (2022), Finche (2019), Avilius (2018), McCreery (2016), He's Your Man (2014), Herculian Prince (2010), Dress Circle (2002), Vita Man (1999), Yobro (1996), Lord Revenir (1991), Kingston Town (1980/1981), Gold And Black (1976), Analie (1973), Tails (1969/1971) and Valerius (1959/1960).

The 2023 Kingston Town Stakes was won by Just Fine from Benaud and Montefilia.


Racing and Sports

Previous Kingston Town Stakes Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
JUST FINE (IRE) 5G
SEA THE STARS (IRE) - BINT ALMATAR (USA) KINGMAMBO (USA)
REGAN BAYLISS 55.0 G WATERHOUSE & A BOTT 9
ALEGRON (AUS) 4G
TEOFILO (IRE) - ALEGRIA (AUS) MEDAGLIA D'ORO (USA)
RACHEL KING 55.0 JAMES CUMMINGS 1
SHE'S IDEEL (AUS) 6M
DUNDEEL (NZ) - ANA'S MAIL (AUS) ANABAA (USA)
JASON COLLETT 53.5 BJORN BAKER 2
TAIKOMOCHI (AUS) 7G
SNITZEL (AUS) - GEISHA (AUS) FUSAICHI PEGASUS (USA)
TIM CLARK 56.0 G WATERHOUSE & A BOTT 5
FINCHE (GB) 5G
FRANKEL (GB) - BINCHE (USA) WOODMAN (USA)
K MCEVOY 56.0 CHRIS WALLER 4
AVILIUS (GB) 4G
PIVOTAL (GB) - ALESSANDRIA (GB) DAIWA MAJOR (JPN)
G SCHOFIELD 56.0 JAMES CUMMINGS 8
LIBRAN (IRE) 6G
LAWMAN (FR) - TRUE CRYSTAL (IRE) SADLER'S WELLS (USA)
G SCHOFIELD 57.0 CHRIS WALLER 5
MCCREERY (GB) 4G
BIG BAD BOB (IRE) - DOLMA (FR) MARCHAND DE SABLE (USA)
JOAO MOREIRA 54.0 CHRIS WALLER 8
SILVERBALL (FR) 6G
KAHYASI (IRE) - MIKALIA (FR) KALDOUN (FR)
B AVDULLA 58.0 CHRIS WALLER 4
HE'S YOUR MAN (FR) 5G
CAPE CROSS (IRE) - VIA SALERIA (IRE) ARAZI (USA)
HUGH BOWMAN 56.5 CHRIS WALLER 12
PRINCE CHERI (FR) 4H
LANDO (GER) - PRINCESS CHERI (GER) MONDRIAN (GER)
J FORD 54.0 DAVID VANDYKE 11
STOUT HEARTED (USA) 4G
DYNAFORMER (USA) - SEEBE (USA) DANZIG (USA)
G SCHOFIELD 54.0 CHRIS WALLER 8
LAMASERY (AUS) 5G
COMMANDS (AUS) - VERSE (AUS) QUEST FOR FAME (GB)
B AVDULLA 53.0 DAVID VANDYKE 9
HERCULIAN PRINCE (NZ) 5G
YAMANIN VITAL (NZ) - SEA ISLAND (NZ) WOODMAN (USA)
HUGH BOWMAN 55.5 MS G WATERHOUSE 2
READY TO LIFT (AUS) 6M
MORE THAN READY (USA) - ON THE RISE (NZ) CRESTED WAVE (USA)
G SCHOFIELD 58.0 GERALD RYAN 1
HURRAH (NZ) 7G
BAHHARE (USA) - SHOCK ATTACK (NZ) INVITING (IRE)
HUGH BOWMAN 55.0 CHRIS WALLER 10
MR MARTINI (AUS) 5H
BIANCONI (USA) - POSY (AUS) MARAUDING (NZ)
D MCLELLAN 52.5 MARC CONNERS 11
STORMHILL (AUS) 4H
DANEHILL (USA) - TORRENTIAL STORM (NZ) SIR TRISTR (AUS)
HUGH BOWMAN 55.0 T R MARTIN 6
JUST POLITE (AUS) 5M
DEHERE (USA) - POLLY'S POCKET (USA) PIRATE'S BOUNTY (USA)
D BEASLEY 53.0 SHAUN DWYER 2
ARIANTE (AUS) 4G
FILANTE (NZ) - ARIETTA (NZ) SNAADEE (USA)
L BEASLEY 54.0 MS G WATERHOUSE 6
DRESS CIRCLE (NZ) 6G
ZABEEL (NZ) - FLIGHT QUEEN (NZ) NOBLE BIJOU (USA)
L BEASLEY 60.5 MS G WATERHOUSE 3
SWISS ECHO (AUS) 4G
DON'T SAY HALO (USA) - BEDIMPLED (NZ) STATELY DON (USA)
G BOSS 52.5 MS G WATERHOUSE 6
DASHING SCENE (AUS) 5G
SCENIC (IRE) - ROSE BABU (AUS) TATTENHAM (AUS)
L BEASLEY 52.0 MS G WATERHOUSE 3

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