Classic Cliche to contest the Prix Kergorlay at Deauville, in which he was ridden by John Reid. Starting the 7/10 favourite, he took the lead in the straight and won by two lengths from Orchestra Stall. Classic Cliche's final race was the Irish St Leger at the Curragh in September. He started 2/1 joint favourite but was never a threat and finished tailed-off last of the seven runners behind Oscar Schindler. Classic Cliche stood at the Wood Farm stud in Shropshire before moving to the Kilbarry Lodge Stud in Ireland. His best flat racing performer was the filly Macadamia who won the
The Flat Stanley Project He was carried to safety in the briefcase of his travelling companion. Flat Stanley has also been photographed alongside such people as television personalities Steve Irwin, Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay, NASCAR drivers Joe Nemechek and Richard Petty, former heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali, NFL quarterback Peyton Manning, musicians Clay Aiken and Willie Nelson, as well as Ireland's oldest person. The Flat Stanley Project was featured in a 2004 episode of the animated TV series "King of the Hill" titled "How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Alamo", in which Peggy Hill takes photographs of a Flat Stanley doll