Description
Nijinsky
by Jacqueline Stanhope
Image Size: 17″ x 19″
Limited Edition of 500 giclee prints signed and numbered by the artist
NIJINSKY (Triple Crown winner, by Northern Dancer. An outstanding racehorse and stallion. Trained at Ballydoyle by Vincent O’Brien and owned by Charles W. Engelhard. Bred by Windfields Farm, Canada. Stood his entire career at Claiborne Farm, Kentucky)
Major wins
Railway Stakes (1969)
Anglesey Stakes (1969)
Beresford Stakes (1969)
Dewhurst Stakes (1969)
Gladness Stakes (1970)
2,000 Guineas (1970)
Epsom Derby (1970)
Irish Derby (1970)
K. George VI & Q. Elizabeth Stakes (1970)
St. Leger Stakes (1970)
Awards
United Kingdom Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt (1969)
Ireland Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt (1969)
15th U.K. Triple Crown Champion (1970)
European Horse of the Year (1970)
Timeform rating: 138
Leading sire in GB & Ireland (1986)
North American leading broodmare sire (1993 & 1994)
Honours
1970 Motion Picture – A Horse Called Nijinsky
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1976)
Sun newspaper – Horse of the Millennium
Nijinsky Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack
