Classique Legend

Classique Legend’s winning The Everest slot sold

Posted on April 28, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News, Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Classique Legend has failed to fire a shot in Hong Kong since relocating from Australia, and there is rising speculation his Hong Kong career will be cut short to return to Australia for a tilt at defending his title in Australia's richest sprint race. But the 2020 Everest winner will be faced with dealing with[...]

Posted on March 31, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Classique Legend, acclaimed as the world's equal top sprinter in 2020, is likely to return to Australia after he bled from his left nostril following trackwork at Sha Tin this morning (Wednesday, 31 March). The winner of The Everest (1200m) at Randwick Racecourse last October, the grey finished 11th in the Group 1 LONGINES Hong[...]

Posted on March 24, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Classique Legend has taken another significant step towards a competitive return with a blistering 1000m trial victory at Sha Tin on Tuesday morning (23 March) as Francis Lui indicated the Group 1 FWD Champions Mile on 25 April was Golden Sixty's likely next objective. Rated the world's equal-top sprinter in the year-ending 2020 LONGINES World's[...]

Posted on March 2, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Classique Legend has taken a small – but significant – step towards returning to competition with a soft trial win at Conghua on Monday (1 March). Pitted against three other rivals, the world's equal top-rated sprinter cruised over the 800m journey to win the trial after sitting at the tail of the small field. All[...]

Posted on February 24, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Gun sprinter Aethero pleased trainer Caspar Fownes at Sha Tin yesterday morning (Tuesday, 23 February) as he ramped up his preparation toward a return to the races. The hulking chestnut – who holds Sha Tin's 1000m course record – appeared to move freely and with relative ease under championship leading jockey Joao Moreira this morning[...]

Posted on December 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian sprint star Classique Legend has finished unplaced in the Hong Kong Sprint with honours going to Japanese raider Danon Smash.

Posted on December 12, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) preparation – both flawed and challenging – is complete, but Caspar Fownes won't know the success of the operation until Classique Legend shapes to unleash his scorching late sprint at Sha Tin on Sunday (13 December). Classique Legend arrived in Hong Kong on 11 November, presenting Fownes with a[...]

Posted on December 12, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Wary and respectful of world-class opposition, Francis Lui carries a characteristically understated sense of confidence into the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile with Golden Sixty at Sha Tin on Sunday (13 December), hopeful his flagbearer can continue an extraordinary winning streak. Only the fourth horse to win 10 consecutive races in Hong Kong's professional[...]

Posted on December 11, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Classique Legend will have to defy LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) history after the joint world's top-rated sprinter drew barrier one in the HK$22 million Group 1 feature at Sha Tin on Sunday (13 December). In 14 previous editions of the race, the inside alley on Sha Tin's “A” course is yet to produce a[...]

Posted on December 10, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian sprinter Classique Legend will jump from the inside barrier in the Hong Kong Sprint at Sha Tin's annual International meeting.

Posted on December 5, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

John Size is banking on Waikuku's class to offset a lengthy absence from competition as the 11-time champion trainer prepares to launch an audacious tilt on the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday, 13 December. Waikuku will have been off the scene for 231 days before he throws down the[...]

Posted on December 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Kerrin McEvoy has confirmed he won't travel to Hong Kong to continue his partnership with Classique Legend in the International Sprint.

Posted on December 2, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Classique Legend took a crucial step towards his Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) tilt with his first Hong Kong barrier trial on the turf at Sha Tin yesterday morning (Tuesday, 1 December). But while satisfied with the grey's effort, trainer Caspar Fownes implied caution as he swiftly prepares the talented grey for his[...]

Posted on November 26, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Magical is among a stellar line-up of 45 horses selected for the HK$95 million LONGINES Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin on Sunday, 13 December. Aidan O'Brien's superstar mare is just one of 17 Group 1 winners set to compete. The globetrotting daughter of Galileo is bidding to make history by becoming O'Brien's most[...]

Posted on November 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star jockey Kerrin McEvoy will wait as long as possible before deciding whether to travel to Hong Kong to continue his partnership with Classique Legend.

Posted on November 18, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The world's joint-highest rated sprinter Classique Legend completed his first piece of fast work on the Sha Tin dirt Tuesday morning (17 November) in preparation for the HK$22 million Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) on 13 December. Classique Legend stands equal-fourth in the LONGINES World's Best Racehorse Ranking with a rating of 125[...]

Posted on November 11, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Classique Legend has landed in Hong Kong, with the AU$15 million The Everest (1200m) victor touching down in his new home ready for a tilt at the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) in December. The six-time winner joins the stable of championship leader Caspar Fownes, alongside his half-brother and fellow speedster, Aethero. “He[...]

Classique Legend’s winning The Everest slot sold

Classique Legend setback, likely to return to Australia

Classique Legend dazzles in trial as Lui mulls Champions Mile for Golden Sixty

Classique Legend passes early test with Conghua trial win

Aethero pleases Fownes, Classique Legend continues to progress

Classique Legend Unplaced In HK Sprint

Fownes poised to unleash a potent Hong Kong International Races squad

Golden Sixty on target to add to imposing record in the Hong Kong Mile

Mixed fortune for Caspar Fownes

Everest Winner Draws Rails For HK Sprint

Size hopes history repeats on two fronts at the Hong Kong International Races

McEvoy Relinquishes Classique Legend Ride

Clock ticks as Classique Legend trials towards his Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint tilt

Magical heads world class line-up selected for HKIR

No Decision On Hong Kong Trip For Mcevoy

Top sprinter Classique Legend steps out, Columbus on Cup mission

Classique Legend touches down in Hong Kong

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