"You've got 220-something horses in this sale, and out of that there were probably 10 outstanding horses," he said.

"We got a little lucky, so take nothing away from the Shark, he's still an outstanding horse."

He was regarded by experts as one of the outstanding horses of his era.

Unable to purchase well-performed mares he bought half-sisters to top performers but not necessarily outstanding horses themselves.

This supposedly disqualified him from being labeled a truly outstanding horse and relegated his victories to a secondary status.

Java Gold, a sufficiently outstanding horse to win most Gold Cups, has little to beat going a mile and a half this afternoon.

"He's just an outstanding horse, and he keeps proving it to us," said James Bond, who trains Behrens.

His association with Hoysted assured him rides on outstanding horses and, over the next 25 years, he rode hundreds of winners for the Hoysteds.

It was a no brainer to give up my own training business and get back to working with some outstanding horses.

Discovery, however, was regarded as the year's outstanding horse.