Note: This piece was written as Deputy Editor for Idol Horse.
When Forever Young and Voyage Bubble won Group 1 races on opposite sides of Asia within 15 hours in February 2025, they became the latest members of one of horse racing’s most exclusive groups – the US$10 million club.
In fact, after Forever Young became the 49th member with his Saudi Cup victory, Voyage Bubble quickly became the milestone 50th by taking out the Hong Kong Gold Cup. That came almost 25 years after T M Opera O became the first horse to top $10 million with his win in the 2000 Japan Cup.
It is a statistic brimming with numerous asterisks and caveats, given the global nature of racing and the many different ways such a metric can be calculated.
Read more about how the list was determined at Idol Horse.