| Classic Cliche | |
|---|---|
 Racing colours of Godolphin | |
| Sire | Salse |
| Grandsire | Topsider |
| Dam | Pato |
| Damsire | High Top |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 13 March 1992 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Victor Matthews |
| Owner | Ivan Allan Godolphin |
| Trainer | Henry Cecil Saeed bin Suroor |
| Record | 16: 6-5-0 |
| Earnings | £678,705 |
| Major wins | |
| Dante Stakes (1995) St. Leger Stakes (1995) Yorkshire Cup (1996) Ascot Gold Cup (1996) Prix Kergorlay (1997) | |
Classic Cliche (13 March 1992 – 25 August 2016), was a Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire who was bred in Ireland and trained in Britain and the United Arab Emirates. In a career which lasted from August 1994 until September 1997, he ran sixteen times and won six races. He recorded his most important success when winning the Classic St. Leger Stakes as a three-year-old in 1995, the same year in which he won the Dante Stakes. In the following season he became the first Classic winner in fifty years to win the Ascot Gold Cup.