 |
|
 |  |  |
Trainer Les Bridge has confirmed that Classique Legend won’t race again this spring instead, the octogenarian with over five decades of training horses at Randwick behind him, says he is already planning to win The Everest next year.
“Classique Legend will go out for a long spell now. He’s earnt a good rest in the sun in a nice paddock,” he said.
“Hopefully we will be able to have a shot at the T J Smith in the Autumn before we try and get that Everest trophy back next year,” said Bridge.
“Some have got four-cylinder motors; he’s got a V8,” says Bridge of his flashy grey six-year-old.
“If I can get him in the same mental and physical state he went to The Everest last year, he can win it again.
“Last year’s race was unbelievable. The feeling was quite surreal, I knew he was going to win.
“I didn’t even watch the last 200m of the race because I knew it was all over.
“This year after the year he has had, I just wanted to make sure the horse was ok after the race and I wanted to see him pull up well.
“He was a little sore after the race, but I guess you could say I was proud of him.
 |  |
“Not many horses could be that competitive against the best sprinters in the world on the back of the unusual preparation he had. I was proud,” says Les Bridge.
Classique Legend, who finished fifth in his The Everest defence, will be spelled for a long three or four months before he is brought back for the back end of the Autumn Carnival.
“Classique Legend’s (Everest) performance was very credible,” he said
“It was his first race in nearly a year and he had a less than ideal preparation.
“Of course with a horse like him you want to win every race you compete in, but under these circumstances, I was more than happy with his performance,” said the legendary NSW trainer of his charge.