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Cox Plate hero Ocean Park – outside (pic: Steve Hart)

ALL TOO HARD (Casino Prince x Helsinge, by Desert Sun)
Premier: 4

All Too Hard was a four-time Group 1 winner as a three-year-old, beating his own age in the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas before victories at WFA level in the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes, Group 1 Futurity Stakes and Group 1 All Aged Stakes. A half-brother to champion racemare Black Caviar, he was crowned Australian Champion 3YO Colt in a stellar crop. Standing at Vinery Stud.

ANIMAL KINGDOM (Leroidesanimaux x Dalicia, by Actenango)
Premier: 1

American shuttle sire Animal Kingdom won two of the world's most iconic races, the Group 1 Kentucky Derby as a three-year-old and the Group 1 Meydan Dubai World Cup. Crowned the Champion 3YO Colt in the USA, he was runner-up on three other Group 1 occasions, including a luckless second in the Group 1 Breeders’ Cup Mile on turf. Standing at Arrowfield Stud.

AZAMOUR (Night Shift x Asmara, by Lear Fan)
Premier: 4
Select: 17
Festival: 3

Azamour was an undefeated Group 2 winning two-year-old and four-time European Group 1 winner. A shuttle stallion from Ireland, he visited New Zealand’s Brighthill Farm for just the one season and is already the sire of three Group 1 winners in the northern hemisphere including Dolniya, winner of the Group 1 Sheema Classic at this year’s Dubai World Cup race meeting.

BULLET TRAIN (Sadler’s Wells x Kind, by Danehill)
Select: 1

A stakes winning son of Sadler’s Wells, Bullet Train is a half-brother to 10-time Group 1 winner Frankel (Galileo). Winning as a juvenile, he went on to be a stakes winning three-year-old in England’s Group 3 Lingfield Derby Trial Stakes over 2200m, now standing at Bowness Stud.

BURGUNDY (Redoute’s Choice x Grand Echezeaux, by Zabeel)
Premier: 2
Select: 12
Festival: 6

Impeccably bred sire Burgundy is a son of Champion Sire Redoute’s Choice out of Group 1 winning Zabeel mare Grand Echezeaux, making him a three-quarter-brother to five-time Group 1 winner and successful sire Darci Brahma. A winner of five stakes races, including the Group 3 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes, Burgundy stands at Cambridge Stud.

EXCELEBRATION (Exceed and Excel x Sun Shower, by Indian Ridge)
Premier: 1
Select: 1

A shuttle stallion from Ireland is the Champion Miler Excelebration, a three-time Group 1 winner over 1600m. The son of Exceed and Excel was runner-up on three Group 1 occasions, each time finishing behind the great Frankel. Standing at Coolmore Australia.

FRANKEL (Galileo x Kind, by Danehill)
Premier: 1

Frankel is the highest rated horse of all time and was twice Horse of the Year in Europe. He was the first horse in 60 years to be crowned Champion at two, three and four years of age. Undefeated in his 14-start career, Frankel won a total 10 Group 1 races from 1400m to 2100m. Standing at Juddmonte Farm.

HE'S REMARKABLE (Pentire x Axiom, by Zabeel)
Premier: 1
Select: 12
Festival: 7

He’s Remarkable is a stakes winning son of Champion Sire Pentire. He was the winner of the Group 3 Newmarket Handicap and was runner-up in the Group 1 Railway Stakes in Perth, controversially relegated after being first past the post. Standing at Mapperley Stud.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED (Fastnet Rock x Suggestive, by Al Hareb)
Select: 4
Festival: 13

A son of hot sire Fastnet Rock, Highly Recommended was a winning juvenile before becoming a stakes winner at three in the Group 2 Alister Clark Stakes, defeating Group 1 winners Ethiopia and Sangster. Highly Recommended stands at Berkley Stud.

NIAGARA (Encosta de Lago x River Song, by Fusaichi Pegasus)
Select: 6
Festival: 10

Niagara was a $650,000 yearling purchase.

Niagara won amongst top company, beating a field which included Group 1 winners Happy Trials, All Silent, Absolutely and Gathering to claim the Group 2 Ajax Stakes over 1500m by 3.5 lengths earned himself a Timeform rating of 121. A $650,000 yearling purchase by proven sire of sires Encosta De Lago, Niagara’s dam River Song is a grand-daughter of Dancing Show, whose many Group 1 winning descendants include champion sire Redoute’s Choice.

OCEAN PARK (Thorn Park x Sayyida, by Zabeel)
Premier: 39
Select: 18

New Zealand Horse of the Year Ocean Park won five Group 1 races on both sides of the Tasman. In a stellar run of form in the spring of his four-year-old year, Ocean Park won four straight Group 1 races, culminating the Group 1 Cox Plate. Standing at Waikato Stud.

PIERRO (Lonhro x Miss Right Note, by Daylami)
Premier: 11
Select: 1

Brilliant racehorse Pierro won five Group 1 races in Australia as a two and three-year-old, winning up to a 1600m. The Group 1 Golden Slipper winner is only the sixth two-year-old in history to complete the Australian two-year-old Triple Crown, the son of Lonhro was the highest rated juvenile in Australia since 1977. Standing at Coolmore Australia.

POWER (Oasis Dream x Frappe, by Inchinor)
Premier: 9
Select: 13
Festival: 2

A Group 1 winner at two, Power won the Group 1 Curragh National Stakes as a juvenile before winning a second Group 1 race as a three-year-old in the Group 1 Irish Two Thousand Guineas. Standing at Cambridge Stud.

RELIABLE MAN (Dalakhani x On Fair Stage, by Sadler’s Wells)
Premier: 15
Select: 30
Festival: 6

Reliable Man was a Group 1 winner in both hemispheres, winning Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes in Australia, defeating five-time Group 1 winner It’s A Dundeel. From a Derby producing sire line, he won the Group 1 French Derby as a three-year-old at just his third start. Standing at Westbury Stud.

ROCK 'N' POP (Fastnet Rock x Popsy, by Sir Tristram)
Premier: 4
Select: 28
Festival: 3

The son of Champion Sire Fastnet Rock, Rock ‘n’ Pop is out of dual Group 1 winning Sir Tristram mare Popsy. A $1m yearling purchase at Karaka, Rock ‘n’ Pop is a Group 1 winning three-year-old with victory in the Group 1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas. Standing at Waikato Stud.

SUPER EASY (Darci Brahma x Parfore, by Gold Brose)
Premier: 1
Select: 17
Festival: 6

Dual Singapore Horse of the Year and Champion 3YO in 2013, Super Easy won 15 races, including a record 12 consecutive races and three at Singapore Group 1 level. He is out of Champion Broodmare Parfore, the dam of Group 1 winners Terravista and Tiger Tees along with Group 2 winner Ball of Muscle, a Group 1 runner-up, and multiple Listed winner Our Boy Lukas. Standing at Hallmark Stud.

YOUR SONG (Fastnet Rock x Zembu, by Fuji Kiseki)
Premier: 1
Select: 1

A Group 1 winning son of Champion Sire Fastnet Rock, Your Song was a dominant five-length winner of the Group 1 BTC Cup as a three-year-old, defeating the older horses such as Group 1 winners Buffering and Sea Siren. Standing at Widden Stud.