British Classic Races Oaks – St Leger), the last being Oh So Sharp in 1985. Many horses have won two classics, some of whom have gone on to attempt the Triple Crown, losing in the last leg at Doncaster. The most recent example of this was the Aidan O'Brien trained Camelot, who having won 2,000 Guineas and Derby, finished second in the St Leger in 2012. Most wins as a horse Most wins as a jockey British Classic Races The British Classics are five long-standing Group 1 horse races run during the traditional flat racing season. They are restricted to three-year-old horses and
Flat racing the world are run on a synthetic or all-weather surface, generally a blend of sand with synthetic fiber and/or rubber, often coated with wax or a similar substance. Flat races in Great Britain are run over a variety of distances from five furlongs () to over and are generally called sprints, middle distance, or stayers races. In Great Britain (and the majority of Europe), flat racing is split into two distinctive bands, conditions races and handicaps. Classic Races – In British horse racing, the classics are a series of horse races run over the flat (i.e. without jumps). Each classic