Jim Ellis, Jim Gibbs, Bill Sanders, Graeme Rogerson, Brent Thomson and Dr Alex McGregor Grant, Rough Habit and Redcraze rounded out the list.
This year, for the first time, a special inductee was also recognised. Bart Cummings has done more to promote the New Zealand thoroughred through his buying and training than any other.
Brian Anderton (75) was a successful jockey on the flat and over fences, starting at age 13, and riding 398 winners. As a trainer, his winning tally is now close to 1300. He was one-time riding master for the Otago Apprentice School, past-president of the Otago Racing Club and Otago branch of New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Association.
In 1956 he founded White Robe Lodge, where he stood champion sires Mellay and Noble Bijou.
Show Gate, a winner at group level from 1200m to 2400m (narrowly beaten at 3200m), won 30 races and was nine-times placed from 51 starts for Mosgiel owner-trainer-breeder, the late Gordon Thomson.
Twice New Zealand Horse of the Year (1975 and 1977), she had an affinity with Riccarton and won three of the Canterbury Jockey Club feature races, the Stewards Handicap (1200m), Churchill Stakes (1600m) and Canterbury Gold Cup (2000m) twice.
She won the Trentham Stakes after breaking down at the 800m and was an unlucky second to Good Lord in the 1977 Wellington Cup.
