What do Mark Waugh, Brett Voss, Patrick McEnroe and a three-year-old galloper called Eighto all have in common? They have played second fiddle to an illustrious older sibling.
Weather permitting, Eighto, a full brother to former superstar Lonhro and multiple Group One winner Niello, is due to make his second racetrack start in a Class One event over 1407m at Seymour in country Victoria on Friday.
Trainer Peter Snowden will make a decision on Friday morning.
A rising four-year-old, Eighto has raced only once, winning by six lengths in a 1200m maiden at Geelong in late June.
At the corresponding stage of his career, Lonhro had already won nine races, including one at the elite level, and banked around 20 percent of the $5.79 million he won on the track.
Will Eighto ever reach those dizzy heights?
"He goes alright. Those sort of horses you compare him to, they haven't got that sort of ability when they start either," Snowden told Sportal.
"The good ones just keep getting better and the average one sort of level out. He fits the bottom grade at the moment."
"He's had one start for a win but he's got a long way to go. He shows nice ability but no horse shows champion qualities from day one, it's just a natural progression. It comes with time."
"He's midweek class at the moment, that's where I'd rate him."
While good-natured and 'very easy to work with', according to Snowden, Eighto has experienced joint problems, which explained why he has been so lightly raced.
"He's had issues. He's had a lot of joint problems that's why he's taken so long to get him going," Snowden told Sportal.
"He's been very unsound so that's why I'm always very guarded about his future."
One thing which won't be part of Eighto's future, unfortunately for him, will be a career at stud. He has already been gelded.
"That happened very early," Snowden said.
"If he wanted to be a racehorse it would have taken two or three years and having him as a colt was just a waste of time."
"His best chance of getting to the races was to geld him, keep him light and give him some chance of getting there."
Snowden does not have lofty goals for Eighto this campaign. By the sounds of things, just getting him onto the track will be a victory of sorts.
"Just try and keep him as sound as we can and race him for as long as we can," Snowden said.
"His next run could be his last run sort of thing. It's just a day to day thing."
"Those types of horses you never plan too far ahead."