Classy 'n Smart (May 20, 1981 – September 28, 1999)[2] was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred and raced by Sam-Son Farm, she won five of nine career starts, including two legs of what would later be known as the Canadian Triple Tiara. Although she was voted the 1984 Canadian Champion 3-Year-Old Filly, her primary legacy is as a champion broodmare.

Classy 'n Smart
SireSmarten
GrandsireCyane
DamNo Class
DamsireNodouble
SexFilly
Foaled1981
CountryCanada
ColourBay
BreederSam-Son Farm
OwnerSam-Son Farm
TrainerJames E. Day
Record9: 5-3-0
Earnings$303,222[1] (converted from Canadian earnings)
Major wins
Fury Stakes (1984)
Bison City Stakes (1984)
Ontario Colleen Handicap (1984)
Canadian Oaks (1984)
Awards
Canadian Champion 3-Year-Old Filly (1984)
Canadian Broodmare of the Year (1991)
Honours
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2004)
Classy 'N Smart Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack

Background

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Classy 'n Smart was bred by and raced for Ernie Samuel's Sam-Son Farm. She was trained by Jim Day, an Olympic gold medal winner in show jumping who became a Sovereign Award winning racehorse trainer.[3]

Classy 'n Smart was sired by Smarten, a tough and consistent racehorse who became a leading regional sire in Maryland.[4] She was produced by the misnamed mare No Class, by Nodouble. No Class was one of the foundation mares on which the success of Sam-Son Farm was built and was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1997. In addition to Classy 'n Smart, No Class was the dam of Canadian champions Grey Classic, Regal Classic and Sky Classic, the latter also the 1992 American champion male turf horse.[5][6]

Racing career

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Classy 'n Smart was unraced at age two, but won in her racing debut on May 24, 1984 at Woodbine Racetrack. She then stepped up in class to win the Fury Stakes on June 3 before finishing second in the Selene Stakes on June 17.[1]

Classy 'n Smart's next start was on July 2 in the 9-furlong Canadian Oaks (now known as the Woodbine Oaks), the most prestigious race for Canadian-bred three-year-old fillies. Classy 'n Smart stamped herself as the best filly of her generation with a wire-to-wire victory. It was the first of five Oaks wins for Jim Day and the first of seven Oaks wins for Sam-Son Farm.[7]

On August 4, Classy 'n Smart finished second in the 7-furlong Duchess Stakes. Two weeks later, she won the Bison City Stakes, now the second leg of the Canadian Triple Tiara, at Fort Erie Racetrack. On September 8, she followed up with a win in the Ontario Colleen Handicap, run over Woodbine's turf course. She then finished second when she tackled older fillies and mares in the Canadian Stakes on October 7.[2]

Classy 'n Smart's final start was in the Grade I Spinster Stakes at Keeneland, where she finished sixth behind champion racemare Princess Rooney.[1][8] She finished her career with a record of five wins and three second placed finishes from nine starts. She was named the Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 1984.[9]

Broodmare

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For all her talent on the racecourse, Classy 'n Smart is best known as an outstanding producer, causing her to be given the Sovereign Award for Outstanding Broodmare in 1991. She produced nine foals, five of whom were winners. Her foals include:[2][9]

Classy 'n Smart died at age eighteen on September 28, 1999 at Sam-Son Farm. Inaugurated in 1997, the Classy 'N Smart Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack was named in her honor.[2] In 2004, she was inducted in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.[9]

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Classy 'n Smart, bay mare, foaled May 20, 1981[16]
Sire
Smarten
dark bay or brown 1976
Cyane
b. 1959
Turn-To
b. 1951
Royal Charger
Source Sucree
Your Game
br. 1948
Beau Pere
Winkle
Smartaire
dkb/br. 1962
Quibu
b. 1942
Meadow
Querendona
Art Teacher
dkb/br. 1958
Olympia
Teaching
Dam
No Class
bay 1974
Nodouble
ch. 1965
Noholme
ch. 1956
Star Kingdom
Oceana
Abla-Jay
b. 1955
Double Jay
Ablamucha
Classy Quillo
dkb/br. 1969
Outing Class
dkb/br. 1960
Nasrullah
Track Medal
Quillopoly
b. 1958
Princequillo
Tonga (Family 23-b)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Classy 'n Smart Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Avalyn Hunter. "Classy 'n Smart (horse)". American Classic Pedigrees. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  3. ^ "James E. (Jim) Day | Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame". Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  4. ^ Avalyn Hunter. "Smarten (horse)". American Classic Pedigrees. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  5. ^ Stitch, Lauren. "Family line runs from misnomer to Plate". Daily Racing Form. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  6. ^ Avalyn Hunter. "No Class (horse)". American Classic Pedigrees. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Woodbine Oaks facts" (PDF). Woodbine Entertainment. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  8. ^ "Top 5 Moments in Spinster History". www.keeneland.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  9. ^ a b c "Classy n' Smart | Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame". Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Czech Stallion Secret 'n Classy Dead". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  11. ^ "Influential figure in Canadian thoroughbred racing dies at 47 | Toronto Star". www.thestar.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  12. ^ "Dance Smartly's Woodbine Mile Influence". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  13. ^ "Champion Sire Smart Strike Euthanized". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  14. ^ "Smart Strike Stallion Sons". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  15. ^ "Royally-bred 'Leopard' Eyes Queen's Plate". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  16. ^ "Classy 'n Smart Pedigree". Equineline. Retrieved 2018-03-12.