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Group races total over 540+ races each year which works out around 2-3% of total races held each season in Australia.
Group races are divided into 4 categories;
Group 1 - at least $250,000 prizemoney - 60+ races per season
Group 2 - at least $125,000 prizemoney - 80+ races per season
Group 3 - at least $75,000 prizemoney - 110+ races per season
Listed - at least $50,000 prizemoney - 280+ races per season
The Australian horse racing season runs from August to July each year and we have listed all the Group 1 and Group 2 races on the racing calendar.
The Fruit n Veg Stakes had its named changed to Kingston Town Classic in 2007 and is the second biggest race held during the Perth summer racing carnival with prizemoney of $500,000 and attracts quality gallopers from interstate who match it with the locals to create a race of much interest.
The Kingston Town Classic is an 1800 metre Australian thoroughbred horse race run under Weight for Age conditions. It is named in honor of the Australian Racing Hall of Fame horse, Kingston Town who won the race in 1982.
A Group One event, the Kingston Town Classic is held each December at Ascot Racecourse in Perth, Western Australia .
Horses may come from the Gr2 Lee Steere Stakes (1400m WFA), Gr2 WA Guineas (1600m 3yoSW) or the Gr1 Railway Stakes (1600m Hcp) on their way to this event.
Recent winners of the Kingston Town Classic have been Sniper's Bullet in 2009, Niconero twice in 2008 & 2006 and Megatic in 2007.
| Year | Fruit 'N' Veg Stakes | Race Name |
| 2009 | Snipers Bullet | Kingston Town Classic |
| 2008 | Niconero | Kingston Town Classic |
| 2007 | Megatic | Kingston Town Classic |
| 2006 | Niconero | WATC Fruit 'N' Veg Stakes |
| 2005 | Early Express | WATC Fruit 'N' Veg Stakes |
| 2004 | Modem | WATC Fruit 'N' Veg Stakes |
| 2003 | True Steel | WATC Fruit 'N' Veg Stakes |
| 2002 | Blevvo | WATC Fruit 'N' Veg Stakes |
| 2001 | Old Comrade | WATC Fruit 'N' Veg Stakes |
| 2000 | Old Comrade | WATC Fruit 'N' Veg Stakes |
| 1999 | St. Clemens Belle | WATC Fruit 'N' Veg Stakes |
| 1998 | Old Nick | WATC Fruit 'N' Veg Stakes |
| 1997 | Summer Beau | WATC Fruit 'N' Veg Stakes |
| 1996 | Summer Beau | WATC Fruit 'N' Veg Stakes |
| 1995 | Forge On | WATC Fruit 'N' Veg Stakes |
| 1994 | Island Morn | WATC Beat Diabetes 2 Stakes |
| 1993 | Credit Account | WATC Beat Diabetes 2 Stakes |
| 1992 | Red Javelin | WATC Beat Diabetes 2 Stakes |
| 1991 | Old Role | WATC Winfield Stakes |
| 1990 | Bar Landy | WATC Winfield Stakes |
| 1989 | Better Loosen Up | WATC Winfield Stakes |
| 1988 | Vo Rogue | WATC Winfield Stakes |
| 1987 | Doodlakine Lass | WATC Rothwells |
| 1986 | Military Plume | WATC Rothwells |
| 1985 | Rant And Rave | WATC Rothwells |
| 1984 | Importune | WATC Rothwells |
| 1983 | Bounty Hawk | WATC Western Mail Classic |
| 1982 | Kingston Town | WATC Western Mail Classic |
| 1981 | Little Imagele | WATC Western Mail Classic |
| 1980 | Sovereign Red | WATC Western Mail Classic |
| 1979 | Mighty Kingdom | WATC Marlboro '50,000' |
| 1978 | Family Of Man | WATC Marlboro '50,000' |
| 1977 | Stormy Rex | WATC Marlboro '50,000' |
| 1976 | Family Of Man | WATC Marlboro '50,000' |