It sometimes featured one or more of the season's Classic winners.
He was the first Classic winner to win the title, just three years after its inaugural running.
By the end of the century it had been won by five Classic winners.
If he runs well, he will become the first Classic winner to return in the race.
Her performances had been promising, but did not suggest that she was a likely classic winner.
We've stepped up into the class of this year's classic winners.
She became the first of five classic winners trained by Elsey between 1949 and 1959.
The win provided a first Classic winner for his owner, trainer and jockey.
We always give them three days after a race, whether it's a $25,000 claimer or a classic winner.
He never won again and has been regarded as one of the least distinguished of classic winners.