Classic Park (horse)

[4] At stud Robellino sired several good winners over a wide variety of distances including Mister Baileys, Royal Rebel and Rebelline (Tattersalls Gold Cup).

After a late summer break the filly returned in the Round Tower Stakes at the Curragh on 8 September and finished second, beaten a head by the Dermot Weld-trained Desert Ease.

She showed little form in her two remaining races, finishing unplaced in both the Listed Blenheim Stakes at the Curragh on 5 October and the Two-Year-Old Trophy at Redcar Racecourse twelve days later.

On 19 April 1997 Classic Park began her second season in the Leopardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes in which she was ridden for the first time by Stephen Craine and started a 14/1 outsider in an eight-runner field.

The best fancied of the Irish runner was the O'Brien-trained Strawberry Roan, the winner of the Derrinstown Stud 1,000 Guineas Trial and the selection of the stable jockey Christy Roche.

After racing towards the rear of the field as Oh Nellie set the pace Classic Park began to make progress on the inside in the straight and went to the front a furlong from the finish.

[10] After training the longest priced winner in the history of the race Aidan O'Brien commented "Looking back on her two-year-old career, we probably took the wrong road by confining her to five and six furlongs.

[11] Classic Park returned to Longchamp on 19 October for the Prix de la Forêt over 1400 metres but ran poorly and finished last of the ten runners behind Occupandiste.