Kembla Grange Classic

Kembla Grange Classic
registered as the Keith F Nolan Classic

Group 3 race
Location	Kembla Grange Racecourse
Inaugurated	2003 (Listed Race)
Race type	Thoroughbred - flat
Sponsor	Carlton Draught (2022)
Race information
Distance	1,600 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	Three year old fillies
Weight	Set weights with penalties
Purse	A$200,000 (2022)

The Kembla Grange Classic, registered as the Keith F Nolan Classic, is an Illawarra Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race, for three-year-old fillies, at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1600 metres, held annually at Kembla Grange Racecourse in New South Wales, Australia in March. Total prize money for the race is A$200,000 including trophies.

History

The registered race is named after Keith F. Nolan, founding chairman of the Illawarra Turf Club and was instrumental in saving the Kembla Grange racecourse and establishing it as one of the premier provincial race tracks in New South Wales. The Illawarra Turf Club named a new grandstand after him - the Keith F. Nolan Stand - and named a feature race, the Keith F. Nolan Classic. Keith F. Nolan died in 2005 at the age of 76.

Name

• 2003–2015 - Keith F Nolan Classic
• 2016 - Arrowfield Kembla Grange Classic

Grade

• 2003–2009 - Listed Race
• 2010 onwards - Group 3

Venue

The 2011 race was run at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse after the scheduled race meeting at Kembla Grange was abandoned due to the track condition. The distance of the race at Rosehill was 1800 metres.

The 2022 race was run at Goulburn Racecourse.

Winners

See also

• List of Australian Group races
• Group races