View the final field for Saturday’s G1 Kingston Town Classic to be run over 1800m at Ascot racecourse on 3/12/2016.
Time: 8PM AEST – 5PM Local Time
Distance: 1800m
Comment: A 16 horse field will line-up in Saturday’s G1 Kingston Town Classic with the barrier draw to be conducted on Tuesday. The early market favourite for the race was last start G1 Railway Stakes winner Scaled Of Justice.
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Field:
| No | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOOD PROJECT | Chris Waller | Hugh Bowman | 5 | 59kg | |||
| 2 | IHTSAHYMN | Fred Kersley | Steven Parnham | 13 | 59kg | |||
| 3 | STRATUM STAR | Darren Weir | Damian Lane | 1 | 59kg | |||
| 4 | KAWI (NZ) | Allan Sharrock | Michael Walker | 4 | 59kg | |||
| 5 | DISPOSITION | Grant & Alana Williams | Glenn Smith | 8 | 59kg | |||
| 6 | HE OR SHE | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Chris Parnham | 14 | 59kg | |||
| 7 | DUBAI ESCAPADE | Justin Warwick | Ben Kennedy | 6 | 59kg | |||
| 8 | BASS STRAIT (NZ) | Neville Parnham | Brad Parnham | 11 | 59kg | |||
| 9 | TRADESMAN | Robert & Todd Harvey | Dwayne Dunn | 9 | 59kg | |||
| 10 | SCALES OF JUSTICE | Lindsey Smith | Douglas Whyte | 16 | 58.5kg | |||
| 11 | VANBRUGH | Chris Waller | Ben Melham | 7 | 58.5kg | |||
| 12 | MACKINTOSH (NZ) | Chris Waller | Damien Oliver | 10 | 58.5kg | |||
| 13 | HEART STARTER | Grant & Alana Williams | Peter Hall | 12 | 58.5kg | |||
| 14 | NEVERLAND | Grant & Alana Williams | Jarrad Noske | 3 | 57kg | |||
| 15 | TICK TICK BLOOM | G Durrant & J Miller | Patrick Carbery | 15 | 57kg | |||
| 16 | PERFECT REFLECTION | Grant & Alana Williams | William Pike | 2 | 56.5kg |
News:
France, a full-brother to Group One winner Peeping, has shaken off a bump in the straight to score a maiden win at Canterbury.
The three-year-old colt won Wednesday’s Schweppes Maiden Plate (1200m), hanging on to win by a half head after a tense battle in the closing stages.
France, an $8 chance, locked horns with leader El Venetian ($3.50) at the 100m mark and came out on top despite El Venetian shifting out and making contact.
Harper’s Choice, who was the $2.35 favourite, chased them home into third.
France’s co-trainer Peter Snowden said the horse had done a good job to overcome the interference.
“He’s just a brilliant horse to work with and well-related,” Snowden said.
“These sorts of horses I’ve had in the past have gone on and become handy horses.”
In France’s other start he finished eighth as a two-year-old at Warwick Farm in June.
The Snowdens tipped him out for a spell and he returned to win a barrier trial at Gosford on November 11.
“He’s improved out of sight this preparation,” Snowden said.
“He’s still quite soft and new but definitely got a bit of talent.”
Jockey Glyn Schofield said France’s mentality was beyond his years.
“He is like a six-year-old gelding,” Schofield said.
“You cannot buy an attitude and that’s what the good horses have.”
France is by Redoute’s Choice out of Miss Marielle, the same parents of the now deceased Peeping who won the Coolmore Classic earlier in the year.
