It took Blue Point (GB) a frustratingly long time to register his first winner in Australia last season, but the son of Shamardal is off the mark with his first 2-year-old runner of the new season.

Worth a staggering $20million, The Everest is designed to showcase the very best the Australian breeding industry can produce as a 1200m sprint open to all aged horses with the vast majority of horses bred in this country featuring the basic genetics to put them in the mix, so who bred, bought and sold this years contenders?