So, what does that all mean? The quickest and easiest comparison for Australian fans is our top-rated horses by Timeform.
On peak performance alone, that is currently I Wish I Win, rated 127 off his win in the Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m). Star racehorse turned stallion Anamoe was rated 126 but ran to 125+ on five occasions.
There have been plenty of classy horses to venture to our shores. Benbatl was rated 129 off his Group 1 Dubai World Cup (1800m) win and would match that when second to superstar mare Winx in her fourth Cox Plate while Japanese star mare Lys Gracieux was rated 125 prior to coming here, a number she matched in her Cox Plate win.
Over a bit further we saw the 130 rated Septimus (once), 128 rated Yeats (once) and 127 rated Vinnie Roe (thrice) all tackle the Group 1 Melbourne Cup to no avail.
Few Hong Kong horses have come here, and only one has won. Cape Of Good Hope was a 125-rated sprinter who won the former William Reid Stakes, the Group 1 Australia Stakes (1200m).
Mighty High, trained by John Moore when racing there, was rated 123 before coming to Australia but couldn’t hit the scoreboard in three runs here.
Saturday will be interesting. Romantic Warrior might not be 100% screwed down and will need to be somewhere near his best, considering the unique set weights and penalties nature of the TAB Turnbull Stakes.