As voted by our online community, here are five of the best racehorses to sport owner Derrick Smith's famous purple and white silks, with all horses trained by master Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien.
5 - Globetrotting stayer Highland Reel claimed seven Group Ones throughout his career, with victories at Sha Tin (2 x Hong Kong Vase), Ascot Racecourse (King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes & Prince of Wales's Stakes), Epsom (Coronation Cup), Santa Anita (Breeders' Cup Turf), and Arlington Park (Secretariat Stakes).
4 - Champion racemare Minding collected seven G1s during her racing career, featuring success in the Moyglare Stud Stakes, Dubai Fillies' Mile, 1000 Guineas, Epsom Oaks, Pretty Polly Stakes, Nassau Stakes and Queen Elizabeth Stakes II Stakes.
3 - Star middle-distance galloper St Nicholas Abbey allowed Joseph O'Brien (18-years-old) to become the youngest jockey to ever win a Breeders' Cup race, when winning the 2011 Breeders' Cup Turf at Churchill Downs. Among his G1 haul, he also boasts wins in the Racing Post Trophy, Dubai Sheema Classic and three Coronation Cups.
2 - By Galileo out of exceptional mare Ouija Board, Australia claimed one of the English Classics, the Epsom Derby and Irish Derby as a three-year-old. He also went on to win the Juddmonte International Stakes in the same season. He now stands at Coolmore Stud in Ireland.
1 - Prior to transferring to Ireland with Aidan O'Brien, So You Think (High Chaparral x Triassic) was trained in Australia by legendary conditioner Bart Cummings, a 12-time Melbourne Cup winner.
Under the tutelage of Cummings, So You Think won two Cox Plates at Moonee Valley, an Underwood Stakes at Caulfield, a Caulfield Stakes, one Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington and he also ran third in the 2010 Melbourne Cup behind French stayer Americain.
Whilst under the care of O'Brien, he travelled the world and ran in some of the richest races on offer (Dubai World Cup, Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe and the Breeders' Cup Classic).
Despite failing to fire in those races, So You Think achieved international G1 success in the Coral-Eclipse, 2 x Tattersalls Gold Cups, Irish Champion Stakes and the Prince of Wales's Stakes.
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