(ESTABLISHED SHOW) [noun] [C usually singular] often [disapproving] - a piece of music, television show, play or other performed piece of work which has often been performed or shown and is very famousI don't understand why a ballet company can't perform fresh new material instead of just bringing out the same old warhorses year after year.
WARHORSE
Meaning of WARHORSE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012