Which is the greatest Derby horse of all time? Debate rages in pubs whenever the subject is raised - as it does over the best footballer of all time, the best cricketer, and so on.
Then, just when you’re having fun challenging the opinion of others, some anorak will advance a horse that ran in the 18th century. Talk about a conversation-stopper.
With the 230th Investec Derby to be run on Saturday, Julian Muscat confines this tribute to the best five horses he has seen in 30 years of watching the great race. This online series runs daily until Derby eve on Friday, when the best of them is revealed.
Fifth place: Troy, 1979
It is hard to fathom why Troy rarely features in debates