A field of 15 has accepted for Saturday’s Group 1 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) at Ascot, which is the final Group 1 race in Australia for 2011.

Australia and New Zealand have hosted 31 Group 1 races to date this season. Fastnet Rock (Danehill - Piccadilly Circus, by Royal Academy) has produced the winners of four Group 1 race in the first half of the 2011/12 term but does not have a runner in the Kingston Town Classic.

Vinery Stud stallion Testa Rossa (Perugino - Bo Dapper, by Sir Dapper) has the chance to win his second Perth Group 1 race in a fortnight. Ortensia (Testa Rossa - Aerate’s Pick, by Picnicker) claimed the newly-promoted Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) while Ranger can atone for a luckless Railway Stakes run in the Kingston Town Classic.

Bradbury’s Luck (Redoute’s Choice - Skating, by At Talaq) scored his first Group 1 win as a sire in controversial fashion when Luckygray (Bradbury’s Luck - Damah Lady, by Mukaddamah) won the Railway Stakes on protest on November 19. Luckygray will have a chance to show his Railway Strakes win was no fluke.

Below is the final field for Saturday’s $500,000 Group 1 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) at Ascot. Perth Racing will conduct the barrier draw for the weight-for-age race on Wednesday.

Luckygray (4 g Bradbury’s Luck - Damah Lady, by Mukaddamah) will be shown as the winner Saturday’s Gr 1 $1 million Carlton Draught Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot, finishing second past the post but being awarded the race in the stewards room at the end of  a controversial protest.

New Zealand-visitor He’s Remarkable (Pentire) was first past the post but Luckygray’s rider Shaun O’Donnell fired in a protest alleging interference at the 400-metre mark.

The interference came shortly before the turn for home where McEvoy eased He’s Remarkable away from the inside. The squezze came when Marco Chui attempted to keep Big Ted in the three-wide line and in the interference that followed Waratah’s Secret nearly  fell with race favourite Ranger severely hampered and Luckygray stopped in his forward move.

Luckygray ran on strongly but failed by a long neck to catch He’s Remarkable with Westriver Kevydon (Danetime) three and three-quarter lengths away in third.

Stewards questioned Chui about his tactics before holding McEvoy solely responsible for the scrimmage and reversed the finishing positions.

“It was unfortunate the incident happened,” O’Donnell said. ”My thoughts were that we should have won and I was a shattered man coming back in. I didn’t know who did it (the interference) and I told the trainer Gino Poletti we should look at the film.”

“I’m happy. I’ve won a Group One before but this is my first win in a million dollar race.”

Poletti purchased Luckygray for $48,000 as a yearling at the 2009 Magic Millions Perth Sale and he is the first Gr 1 winner for his sire, who stands at Glenlogan Park Stud in Queensland.

Queensland’s Glenlogan Park Stud enjoyed a day out on Tuesday at Taree with the leading breeding operation producing a treble at the meeting.

Bradbury’s Luck (Danehill - Skating, At Talaq) filly Luck And Fun (Bradbury’s Luck - Countess Of Fun, by Encounter) began Glenlogan Park’s day with a win in the Winning Post Function Centre Maiden Plate (1312m). Former international sprinter Falvelon (Alannon - Devil’s Zephyr, by Zephyr Zing) completed Glenlogan’s treble with his own pair of winners at the fixture.

Calais Lion (Falvelon - Calais Jewel, by Esperanto) provided the first leg of Falvelon’s double with a win in the Banrick Station Benchmark 60 Handicap (1267m). Alioop (Falvelon - Alute, by Last Tycoon) completed the dual Group 1-winning stallion’s double when the five-year-old took out the NBN Television Benchmark 55 Handicap (1007m).

Meanwhile, Coolmore Stud enjoyed its own success on Tuesday with a double of its own at the Echuca and Townsville fixtures.

Fastnet Rock (Danehill - Piccadilly Circus, by Royal Academy) picked up yet another winner when the David Hayes-trained Mystic Tere Toa posted an eight-length win over older horses in the Become an ERC Member Maiden Plate (2108m).

Speed Secret (Tale Of The Cat - Trizeel, by Zabeel) provided another Coolmore success when the mare won the Colliers International Class 2 Handicap (1200m) at Townsville.

Leading Queensland breeder Glenlogan Park Stud has announced fee reductions for four of its stallion roster for the 2011 breeding season.

Glenlogan Park Stud will stand seven stallions in 2011. The operation’s headline act, Show A Heart (Brave Warrior - Miss Sandman, by Regal Advice) will stand for $25,000 (plus GST) next season, a drop from last year’s service fee of $27,500 (plus GST).

Jet Spur (Flying Spur - Verocative, by Bletchingly) will also stand at a reduced fee next season. The sire served 111 mares at $17,500 (plus GST) last season but mare owners will benefit from Glenlogan Park setting a lower price of $15,000 (plus GST) for the upcoming breeding season.

Consistent sire Falvelon attracted a book of 58 mares at last season’s fee of $12,000 (plus GST). The dual Group 1 winner will commence duties in 2011 with a service price of $10,000 (plus GST).

The Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Bradbury’s Luck (Redoute’s Choice - Skating, by At Talaq) will stand for $8,000 (plus GST) this season. Bradbury’s Luck covered 53 mares in his fifth season at stud at a fee of $10,000 (plus GST).

Third season stallion Real Saga (Tale Of The Cat - Windy Kate, by Air Express) will retain his $14,000 (plus GST) service price for 2011. Typhoon Tracy’s (Red Ransom - Tracy’s Element, by Last Tycoon) stakes-winning brother Red Element (Red Ransom - Tracy’s Element, by Last Tycoon) will stay at $8000 (plus GST) next season.

Glenlogan Stud has decided to start Group 2 winner Rothesay (Fastnet Rock - Schiaparelli, by Woodman) at a fee of $11,000 (plus GST) for his first season.

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