Kingston Town

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Kingston Town was a champion Australian racehorse of the 1980s by Bletchingly out of Ada Hunter. Kingston Town was owned by Mr. D Hains and Mr & Mrs. G Monsborough. He was trained by T J Smith, arguably Australia's greatest ever trainer, and ridden by Malcolm Johnston for 25 of his 30 victories.

He won 14 Group One races, including, amongst others, three consecutive Cox Plates from 1980-1982, a feat which has never been equalled.

The 1982 victory was marked by caller Bill Collins famous words:

"Kingston Town can't win........he might win yet the champ..Kingston Town's swamping them...Kingston Town...".

Kingston Town was inducted, as one of the five inaugural horse inductees into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame, alongside the other turf immortals Carbine, Phar Lap, Bernborough and Tulloch. His great record was 41 starts, for 30 wins and 7 placings. He won $1,605,790 in prizemoney, an Australian record at the time.