19-454: Kingston Town may refer to: Kingston Town (horse) (1976–1991), an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse "Kingston Town" (song) , by Lord Creator, 1970, covered by UB40 in 1989 List of places called Kingston Kingston, Jamaica See also [ edit ] Kingston (disambiguation) " Jamaica Farewell ", a song by Lord Burgess made famous by Harry Belafonte Topics referred to by
38-618: A further 16 wins, were unusual in that he only raced at the spring carnivals of 1980, 1981, and 1982, and injury prevented him from campaigning at the 1981, 1982, or 1983 autumn carnivals. Each of the three preparations consisted of winning weight-for-age races in Sydney, such as the Warwick Stakes and the George Main Stakes , often against small fields, before racing in Melbourne. In each of
57-738: A row, including the Rosehill Guineas , the Tancred Stakes , the AJC Derby , and the Sydney Cup . At the Brisbane winter carnival, he extended his winning run to eight races by winning twice more, including the Queensland Derby . At season's end, his record stood at 14 wins from 18 starts, and he was named Australia's champion racehorse. The final 23 starts of Kingston Town's career, which produced
76-557: A two-year-old, and, in his only start as a colt, ran last, but returned as a gelding in the final weeks of the season to win the Round Table Handicap at Rosehill at odds of 33/1. This was the beginning of a six-race winning run, which culminated in his first Group One win, the Spring Champion Stakes . Sent to Melbourne, the 'Sydney Champion', as he was dubbed, could only finish third, fourth, and second, respectively, in
95-546: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kingston Town (horse) Kingston Town (31 August 1976 – March 1991) was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won three Cox Plates and 11 other Group One races and was the 1980 Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year . He was by Bletchingly , later a Leading sire in Australia , his dam, Ada Hunter (GER)
114-607: The Caulfield Guineas , the Caulfield Cup , and the Victoria Derby . The pattern of consistent success in Sydney and mixed fortunes in Melbourne would be repeated throughout his career: Kingston Town won 21 races from as many starts in Sydney between June 1979 and August 1982, interspersed with four trips to Melbourne, where he won five of his 13 starts. In the autumn of his three-year-old season, Kingston Town won six races in
133-399: The 1982 Cox Plate was marked by Bill Collins 's famously incorrect prognostication that 'Kingston Town can't win', which was hastily revised to '... he might win yet the champ ... Kingston Town's swamping them ... Kingston Town...' According to The Age's Glenn Lester, 'the call is so intricately woven into the "King's" history-making third Cox Plate win that it's difficult to decide which was
152-547: The Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, including Saintly , Might And Power , Northerly , and Makybe Diva . In March 1991, Kingston Town was put down after failing to recover from a leg injury that he suffered while playing with another horse, his favourite paddock-mate. Sydney Cup The Sydney Cup is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred handicap horse race, for horses three years old and older, run over 3200 metres at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in
171-496: The autumn during the ATC Championships series and it is the longest race in the club. Total prize money is A$ 2,000,000. The origins of this race are associated with colonial Sydney and the growth of thoroughbred racing in the colony during the 1850s. The Australian Jockey Club initiated an Autumn race meet of initially two days and expanded it as horse racing became the most attended sport meeting. The inaugural running of
190-464: The most memorable element of the race: the broadcast or the victory itself'. Elsewhere, however, it is described as a 'gaffe', and the replay supports this view in that Kingston Town was within a few lengths of the lead at the time. Greg Miles, however, a well-respected racecaller of longstanding, who was also broadcasting the Cox Plate of 1982, states that he also made the same claim as Collins at almost
209-552: The race twice (1889–90). In the 20th century the race held its prominence and although it never overtook the Melbourne Cup the race complemented the Australian Racing Calendar by being held in the autumn. Other dual winners include: Mosaic (1939–40), Veiled Threat (1942, 1944), Tie The Knot (1998–99). In 1973 the race was set at a distance of 3,200 metres due to the metric conversion in Australia. Kingston Town
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#1733084774727228-627: The race was 1 May 1862 as part of the Metropolitan Autumn Meeting at Randwick. The race was known as Jockey Club Handicap and it was the third race on the card. The race attracted 9 runners over the famed 2 miles and was won by the odds on favourite Talleyrand in a time of 3 minutes 52 seconds. In 1863 the Randwick Autumn Meeting, the third race on the first day of the meet was the Randwick Grand Handicap. The race
247-422: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kingston Town . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kingston_Town&oldid=950690546 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
266-552: The same time. After running his last race in Australia, in November 1982, Kingston Town was sent to America on 15 February 1984 in an attempt to overcome his leg problems, but he did not race in the United States . He was returned to Australia, and, in 1985, an attempt was made to resurrect his career, but he was scratched from his scheduled race and retired. Along with Carbine , Phar Lap , Bernborough , and Tulloch , Kingston Town
285-614: The three years, he won the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley , and recorded back-to-back wins in the Caulfield Stakes in 1981 and 1982, but tried and failed to win the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups on multiple occasions. He was third in the 1980 Caulfield Cup , 20th in the 1981 Melbourne Cup , and runner-up in 1982 beaten a neck carrying 59 kg. Kingston Town won 21 successive stakes races in Sydney - beaten by Winx who retired winning her last 24 starts in succession. Kingston Town's win in
304-495: Was by Andrea Mantegna (FR). Ada Hunter was the dam of nine foals, but Private Thoughts (a brother to Kingston Town) was her only other stakes winner. She was later exported to the United States . Kingston Town was bred by David Hains, who sold a share in him to G. Monsborough and his wife after the horse failed to reach his reserve as a yearling. He was trained throughout his career by Tommy Smith and ridden in 25 of his 30 wins by Malcolm Johnston . Kingston Town made his debut as
323-547: Was one of five inaugural inductees into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame . From 30 wins and seven placings from 41 starts, Kingston Town won $ 1,605,790 in prize money, and was the first horse in Australia to pass the million-dollar barrier. He was given the extraordinary Timeform Rating of 137 - the second highest of any Australian horse in the period (1950s onward). Kingston Town's rating remains well above those of several Cox Plate winners who have won either or both
342-475: Was presented to jockey Samuel Holmes and the immensely popular colonial horse, Yattendon, who demonstrated prowess by winning 11 out of his 17 starts. The gold cup was presented for the first time in this race and was made of 18 carat gold. Of the more famous horses to win the race was dual winner of the race The Barb (1868–69) and also winner of the Melbourne Cup and from the same era Carbine who also won
361-668: Was run by five entrants with the winner Traveller in a time of 3 minutes 42 seconds. By 1865 the race was called the Randwick Grand Handicap Sweepstakes. With influx of money that was being offered by the Victoria Racing Club in Melbourne for the Melbourne Cup the AJC decided to change the name of the race in 1866 to the Sydney Gold Cup and move its scheduling to the second day of the meet. The 1866 Sydney Cup
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