Classique Legend
{{short description|Australian thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Classique Legend
| image =
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| sire = Not A Single Doubt
| grandsire = Redoute's Choice
| dam = Pinocchio
| damsire = Encosta De Lago
| sex = Gelding
| foaled = 8 September 2015
| country = Australia
| colour = Grey
| breeder = Wallings Bloodstock
| owner = Bon Ho
| trainer = Les Bridge
| jockey = Kerrin McEvoy
| record = 15: 6-2-2
| earnings = A$9,385,500{{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}}
| race = Arrowfield 3YO Sprint (2019)
The Shorts (2020)
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.
Background
Classique Legend was sold for A$400,000 at the 2017 Inglis Classic Yearling sale. He was purchased for Hong Kong businessman Mr Bon Ho.{{cite web |url= https://www.breednet.com.au/horse/classique-legend |title=Breednet Classique Legend |publisher=breednet.com.au |accessdate=18 October 2020}}
Racing career
Classique Legend won at his race debut as a three-year-old on the 20 February 2019 at Randwick. He then went on to win two of his next three starts, culminating in victory in the Arrowfield 3YO Sprint.{{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}}
At just his eighth career start, Classique Legend raced in The Everest of 2019, where he finished an unlucky sixth placing, beaten 2.5 lengths behind Yes Yes Yes. Jockey Nash Rawiller said after the race, "I was pretty luckless. I never got a run at all when I needed it."{{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}}
After victories in the 2020 June Stakes and The Shorts, Classique Legend started the $4.20 favourite in the 2020 edition of The Everest. Jockey Kerrin McEvoy settled him well back in the field but he went on to defeat Bivouac by 2.5 lengths.{{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}}
Pedigree
{{ Pedigree
| name = Classique Legend (AUS) 2015
| f = Not A Single Doubt (AUS)
2001
| m = Pinocchio (AUS)
2009
| ff = Redoute's Choice (AUS)
1996
| fm = Singles Bar (AUS)
1991
| mf = Encosta De Lago (AUS)
1993
| mm = Surrealist (AUS)
1996
| fff = Danehill
| ffm = Shantha's Choice
| fmf = Rory's Jester
| fmm = Easy Date
| mff = Fairy King
| mfm = Shoal Creek
| mmf = Kenny's Best Pal
| mmm = Sunset Beach
| ffff = Danzig
| fffm = Razyana
| ffmf = Canny Lad
| ffmm = Dancing Show
| fmff = Crown Jester
| fmfm = Rory's Rocket
| fmmf = Grand Chaudiere
| fmmm = Scampering
| mfff = Northern Dancer
| mffm = Fairy Bridge
| mfmf = Star Way
| mfmm = Rolls
| mmff = Bletchingly
| mmfm = Eau d'Etoile
| mmmf = Kenmare
| mmmm = Hula Gold
|}}