No Class (March 30, 1974 – 1993) was a Canadian

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Background

Bred by Jack Hood of

Stratford, Ontario Stratford is a city on the Avon River within Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a 2016 population of 31,465 in a land area of . Stratford is the seat of Perth County, which was settled by English, Irish, Scottish and German im ...

, No Class was out of Classy Quillo, whose damsire was

Princequillo Princequillo (1940–1964) was a Thoroughbred racehorse conceived in France and born in Ireland. He is known for his performances in long-distance races and his successes as a sire. Background His sire, Prince Rose, stood at the Haras de Cheff ...

. Her sire,

Nodouble Nodouble (1965–1990) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from 1967 to 1970, he won eleven races from across the country, including the Arkansas Derby, Hawthorne Gold Cup (twice) and the Santa Anita, B ...

, was an outstanding runner who was voted American Co-Champion Older Male Horse honours in 1969 and 1970 and was the

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in 1981. No Class was purchased by Sam-Son Farms for $25,000 at the 1975

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yearling sale.

Breeding record

While No Class had limited success on the track, her 1997 induction in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame was in recognition of her contribution to racing as a

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. No Class at the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame A winner of the 1985

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, she was the dam of eight foals of which seven raced. All seven were race winners, four were Canadian Champions of which two were Hall of Fame inductees. No Class's eight foals were: * Classic Cannonade (b. 1980) - sire

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: stakes winner *

Classy 'n Smart Classy 'n Smart (May 20, 1981 – September 28, 1999) 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 T ...

(b. 1981) - sire

Smarten Smarten (April 17, 1976 – March 31, 2003) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and successful sire. Bred in Maryland by Jim and Eleanor Ryan and raced under their Ryehill Farm banner, he had a record of 27: 11-8-2 with career earnings of $716, ...

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; dam of Smart Strike and of Canadian and United States Hall of Fame super filly, Dance Smartly * Grey Classic (b. 1983) - sire Grey Dawn : won

Cup and Saucer Stakes The Cup and Saucer Stakes is a thoroughbred horse race held annually in October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Open to two-year-old horses foaled in Canada, it is currently run at a distance of miles on turf. Along with its dir ...

, Coronation Futurity Stakes; Canadian Champion 2-Year-Old Male Horse * Regal Classic (b. 1985) - sire Vice Regent : Canadian Champion 2-Year-Old Male Horse; career earnings of $1,456,584 * Sky Classic (b. 1987) - sire Nijinsky : Three-time Canadian Sovereign Award winner and American Champion Male Turf Horse, Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, career earnings of $3,320,398 * Classic Slew (b. 1988) an unraced daughter by U.S. Triple Crown winner,

Seattle Slew Seattle Slew (February 15, 1974 – May 7, 2002) was a champion American Thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse who became the tenth winner of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States), American Triple Crown (1977). He is one of only ...

* Classic Reign (b. 1989) - sire Vice Regent : multiple stakes winner, including stakes record time in the

Canadian Maturity Stakes The Canadian Maturity Stakes was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late November at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Inaugurated in 1953, the race was restricted to four-year-old horses bred in Canada. It was contested on t ...

* Always A Classic (b. 1993) - sire Deputy Minister : won U.S. G1 Turf Classic Stakes No Class died at age nineteen in 1993.

References

{{reflist 1974 racehorse births 1993 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in Ontario Racehorses trained in Canada Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductees Thoroughbred family 23-b