# Classique Legend

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{{short description|Australian thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Classique Legend
| image = 
| image_name = 
| caption = 
| sire = [Not A Single Doubt](/source/Not_A_Single_Doubt)
| grandsire = [Redoute's Choice](/source/Redoute's_Choice)
| dam = Pinocchio 
| damsire = [Encosta De Lago](/source/Encosta_De_Lago)
| sex = [Gelding](/source/Gelding)
| foaled = 8 September 2015
| country = [Australia](/source/Australia)
| colour = [Grey](/source/Gray_horse)
| breeder = Wallings Bloodstock
| owner = Bon Ho
| trainer = Les Bridge
| jockey = [Kerrin McEvoy](/source/Kerrin_McEvoy)
| record = 15: 6-2-2
| earnings = [A$](/source/A%24)9,385,500<ref>{{cite web |url=https://racingaustralia.horse/InteractiveForm/HorseFullForm.aspx?horsecode=MjQ4ODExNDQyNzQ%3d&stage=Results&Key=2020Oct17,NSW,Royal%20Randwick&src=horseform&raceentry=NjA4OTgyODczMTU%3d |title= Classique Legend Horse Search |publisher=racingaustralia.com |accessdate=17 October 2020}}</ref>
| race = [Arrowfield 3YO Sprint](/source/Arrowfield_3YO_Sprint) (2019)<br>[The Shorts](/source/The_Shorts_(ATC)) (2020)<br>[The Everest](/source/The_Everest) (2020)
}}

'''Classique Legend''' (foaled 8 September 2015) is an Australian bred thoroughbred racehorse that is most notable for winning the 2020 running of [The Everest](/source/The_Everest).

==Background==

Classique Legend was sold for [A$](/source/A%24)400,000 at the 2017 [Inglis](/source/William_Inglis_and_Sons) Classic Yearling sale.  He was purchased for Hong Kong businessman Mr Bon Ho.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.breednet.com.au/horse/classique-legend |title=Breednet Classique Legend |publisher=breednet.com.au |accessdate=18 October 2020}}</ref>

==Racing career==

Classique Legend won at his race debut as a three-year-old on the 20 February 2019 at [Randwick](/source/Randwick_Racecourse).  He then went on to win two of his next three starts, culminating in victory in the [Arrowfield 3YO Sprint](/source/Arrowfield_3YO_Sprint).<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.racingandsports.com/amp/news/racing/news/2019-04-13/2019-arrowfield-3yo-sprint-classique-legend-with-a-powerful-sprint/480603 |title=Classique Legend with a powerful sprint |publisher=racingandsports.com |accessdate=18 October 2020}}</ref>

At just his eighth career start, Classique Legend raced in [The Everest](/source/The_Everest) of 2019, where he finished an unlucky sixth placing, beaten 2.5 lengths behind [Yes Yes Yes](/source/Yes_Yes_Yes_(horse)).  Jockey [Nash Rawiller](/source/Nash_Rawiller) said after the race, "I was pretty luckless. I never got a run at all when I needed it."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.racenet.com.au/news/what-the-jockeys-said-after-the-everest-2019-20191019 |title=What the jockeys said after the 2019 Everest |publisher=racenet.com.au |accessdate=18 October 2020}}</ref>

After victories in the 2020 June Stakes and [The Shorts](/source/The_Shorts_(ATC)), Classique Legend started the $4.20 favourite in the 2020 edition of [The Everest](/source/The_Everest).  Jockey [Kerrin McEvoy](/source/Kerrin_McEvoy) settled him well back in the field but he went on to defeat [Bivouac](/source/Bivouac_(horse)) by 2.5 lengths.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.breednet.com.au/news/11838/Classique-Legend-Simply-Breathtaking-in-The-Everest |title=Classique Legend simply breathtaking in The Everest |publisher=breednet.com.au |accessdate=18 October 2020}}</ref>

==Pedigree==
{{ Pedigree
| name = Classique Legend (AUS) 2015
| f = [Not A Single Doubt](/source/Not_A_Single_Doubt) (AUS)<br>2001
| m = Pinocchio (AUS)<br>2009
| ff = [Redoute's Choice](/source/Redoute's_Choice) (AUS)<br>1996
| fm = Singles Bar (AUS)<br>1991
| mf = [Encosta De Lago](/source/Encosta_De_Lago) (AUS)<br>1993
| mm = Surrealist (AUS)<br>1996
| fff = [Danehill](/source/Danehill_(horse))
| ffm = Shantha's Choice
| fmf = [Rory's Jester](/source/Rory's_Jester)
| fmm = Easy Date
| mff = [Fairy King](/source/Fairy_King_(horse))
| mfm = Shoal Creek
| mmf = Kenny's Best Pal
| mmm = Sunset Beach
| ffff = [Danzig](/source/Danzig_(horse))
| fffm = Razyana
| ffmf = Canny Lad
| ffmm = Dancing Show
| fmff = Crown Jester
| fmfm = Rory's Rocket
| fmmf = Grand Chaudiere
| fmmm = Scampering
| mfff = [Northern Dancer](/source/Northern_Dancer)
| mffm = Fairy Bridge
| mfmf = Star Way
| mfmm = Rolls
| mmff = [Bletchingly](/source/Bletchingly)
| mmfm = Eau d'Etoile
| mmmf = Kenmare
| mmmm = Hula Gold
|}}

==References ==
{{reflist}}

Category:Racehorses bred in Australia
Category:Racehorses trained in Australia
Category:2015 racehorse births
Category:Thoroughbred family 1-x

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