Classique Legend

Concorde An Everest Audition For Splintex

Posted on September 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

With nine slots in The Everest still up for grabs, trainer Mark Newnham will use the Concorde Stakes at Randwick as an opportunity to showcase the credentials of Splintex. Competition for the remaining spots in the $15 million sprint is fierce but Newnham believes Splintex is a worthy contender. The four-year-old faces the daunting task[...]

Posted on August 26, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Kerrin McEvoy has given Classique Legend his tick of approval after making the trek to Newcastle to partner The Everest contender in a barrier trial. Trainer Les Bridge was keen to give the horse a hitout on a good surface so he sent him to Broadmeadow for Wednesday's 800m heat on the course proper. Classique[...]

Posted on August 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Group One Lightning Stakes winner Gytrash has become the third horse to secure a slot in the $15 million The Everest, joining Nature Strip and Classique Legend. Trained at Morphettville by Gordon Richards, the five-year-old has been confirmed to represent sales company Inglis. One of the country's most improved sprinters, Gytrash has won eight of[...]

Posted on June 6, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Les Bridge was ruffled, Kerrin McEvoy was feeling the pre-race nerves but Classique Legend remained unperturbed by the emotion surrounding his Sydney return to stamp his class at Randwick. The striking grey was all but on a plane to Hong Kong but due to a mixture of the coronavirus pandemic and owner Bon Ho securing[...]

Posted on June 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Andrew Adkins has set himself one simple goal for the remainder of the season – not to break any more bones. The young jockey has recently returned to the saddle following a run with injury which started during the 2019 Sydney autumn carnival when he suffered multiple fractures in a race fall. He has since[...]

Posted on June 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

In almost any other year, Hugh Bowman would be preparing to ride at Brisbane's flagship winter carnival meeting. But against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, he instead finds himself heading to Randwick on Saturday for a motley crew of winter rides. Among them is multiple stakes winner Tactical Advantage, who will clash with top[...]

Posted on May 31, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Les Bridge had cleaned out the stable, said his goodbyes and wondered if he would ever put a bridle on another horse as good as Classique Legend. The four-year-old was all but on a plane to Hong Kong, the homeland of his owner Bon Ho who planned to continue the horse's burgeoning career in the[...]

Posted on March 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Hong Kong businessman Boniface Ho has made a three-year commitment to The Everest by buying the Australian Turf Club's slot in the $15 million race. The Ho-owned Les Bridge-trained Classique Legend finished midfield in last year's Everest and could be a contender again although he has been transferred to Hong Kong. Ho has been active[...]

Posted on January 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Classique Legend appears to have run his last race in Australia with trainer Les Bridge all but resigned to losing the horse to Hong Kong. Bridge revealed at Randwick on Saturday that Classique Legend had not returned to his stable and while the international transfer had yet to be confirmed, the veteran trainer was not[...]

Posted on November 22, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lightly raced mare Seasons is likely to play only a cameo role over the late spring and summer as trainer Les Bridge looks to give her some match practice ahead of the autumn. The winner of half of her six starts and runner-up in the other three, Seasons will race for the first time in[...]

Posted on October 29, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Punters have swarmed to Arcadia Queen to win the Golden Eagle with the mare backed from $4.20 to $2.80 after drawing barrier five of 17 in the inaugural running of the $7.5 million race at Rosehill. The mare has displaced former favourite, Doncaster Mile winner Brutal, who will start from the outside gate and has[...]

Posted on October 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sir Dapper and Emancipation were great rivals on the track and more than 30 years after the pair's exploits, their respective trainers find themselves with a common Everest bond. Les Bridge, the 81-year-old trainer of Sir Dapper, will saddle up Classique Legend who is owned by the Hong Kong-based Bon Ho but doted upon by[...]

Posted on September 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Kerrin McEvoy has been locked in as Redzel's rider for an attempt at an Everest three-peat. In one of the most anticipated jockey moves of the spring, McEvoy has selected Redzel as his Everest mount over emerging younger sprinter Classique Legend. Syndicator Triple Crown confirmed McEvoy would ride Redzel, winner of the first two Everests[...]

Posted on September 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Progressive sprinter Classique Legend and veteran Happy Clapper have starred in barrier trials at Randwick. Ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, Everest contender Classique Legend circled the filed nearing the turn in his 1000m-heat on the course proper on Tuesday and comfortably beat Home of The Brave by 2-1/4 lengths. Carmel Size, racing manager for Hong Kong-based[...]

Posted on August 27, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Classique Legend has shown no ill effects from a delay to his Everest preparation with a solid second to speedster Sunlight in a Randwick barrier trial. Both are headed to the $14 million Everest on October 19 with the markets posting the pair at $9 each. The Les Bridge-trained Classique Legend missed his first scheduled[...]

Posted on August 14, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Everest contender Classique Legend has resumed preparations for his tilt at the $14 million Randwick sprint after overcoming a minor setback that ruled him out of a scheduled barrier trial. The four-year-old was due to have a hit-out at Randwick on Monday but trainer Les Bridge scratched him as a precaution when he presented with[...]

Posted on August 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Glamour mares Arcadia Queen and Enticing Star will stay home a little while longer before trialling in public. The two Bob Peters-owned mares joined Chris Waller's stable a few weeks ago from Perth. Both are headed to the $14 million Everest and had been listed to run in barrier trials at Randwick on Monday but[...]

Concorde An Everest Audition For Splintex

Classique Legend Tunes Up For Everest Bid

Gytrash Books Inglis Slot In The Everest

Classique Legend A Class Above At Randwick

Adkins After A Lucky Break In Listed Race

Bowman Fears Legend Class In Listed Sprint

Bridge Starts Everest Climb With Legend

Bon Ho Buys Everest Slot From ATC

Classique Legend Could Be Hong Kong Bound

Mare For All Seasons Has Autumn Goals

Arcadia Queen Favourite For Golden Eagle

Veteran Trainer Believes In Everest Legend

Mcevoy To Partner Redzel In $14m Everest

Classique Legend Has Shone In A Trial

Sunlight Wins Trial From Classique Legend

Bridge Focus Turns To Stable Lesser Lights

Stars Come Out For Barrier Trials

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