The best horse race ever

The 2000 Eclipse Stakes from Sandown Park is still the best race I've ever seen, not least because of the pedigree of the field. Below is a selection of the career Group 1 successes of the horses.

Giant's Causeway

Futurity Stakes (Ireland) (1999)

Prix de la Salamandre (1999)

Gladness Stakes (2000)

St. James's Palace Stakes (2000)

Eclipse Stakes (2000)

Sussex Stakes(2000)

Juddmonte International Stakes (2000)

Irish Champion Stakes (2000)

Awards:

European Horse of the Year (2000)

Leading sire in North America (2009, 2010)

Kalanisi

Heron Stakes (1999)

Queen Anne Stakes (2000)

Champion Stakes (2000)

Breeders' Cup wins:

Breeders' Cup Turf (2000)

Awards:

American Champion Male Turf Horse (2000)

European Champion Older Horse (2000)

Sakhee

Dante Stakes (2000)

Sandown Classic Trial (2000)

International Stakes (2001)

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2001)

Fantastic Light

Sandown Classic Trial (1999)

Great Voltigeur Stakes (1999)

Arc Trial (1999)

Dubai Sheema Classic (2000)

Man O' War Stakes (2000)

Hong Kong Cup (2000)

Tattersalls Gold Cup (2001)

Prince of Wales's Stakes (2001)

Irish Champion Stakes (2001)

Breeders' Cup Turf (2001)

Awards:

United States Champion Male Turf Horse (2001)

European Champion Older Horse (2001)

European Horse of the Year (2001)

Timeform Result of 2000 Eclipse Stakes