With the Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby behind us for another season, the postscript to the race is the new breed of stars that racing has been seeking has to all appearances arrived.
Other recent Derbies have produced the likes of top-class Collection and Viva Pataca but only in singles.
What looked clear before the Derby of 2010 was that any one of half a dozen horses might emerge as the Derby winner but all of them are capable of emerging as rival stars at the top end of things over the next couple of seasons.
In terms of performance ratings, the circumstances of Sunday's classic prevented some of those horses from producing their best form - a horse race is a unique chemistry of everything that goes into it on the day and rarely is it a definitive basis for deciding that one horse is better than another.
The slow tempo made a difference to the likes of Brave Kid and King Dancer, so it was no surprise to hear both of their trainers comment along those lines post race.
Unfortunately, in most runnings of the Hong Kong Derby that we've witnessed, the tempo isn't strong and the odds stack against some runners as a result - that's racing. Both Brave Kid and King Dancer ran short of what they had been doing in their lead-up events, in truer tempos, and Fair Trade ran well but wasn't able to produce his best form, given his preparation and the difficult run he endured from the outside gate while his main rivals drew more favourably.
But did the best horse lose?