This wonderful horse was the start of my life long love affair with racing - and followed the year after by Brigadier Gerrard and Mill Reef - what a time to be young and impressionable. Thanks John13 I was a 10-y-o in 1971, it's great to see my memories made real - top man yerself
Excellent Video clip! Apologies for butting in, I would appreciate your opinion. Have you considered - Riddleagan Profit Key Remedy (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now)? It is a great one of a kind guide for learning how to bet on horses minus the headache. Ive heard some extraordinary things about it and my BF got excellent success with it.
Me too. My love affair with horse racing began with the truly great Nijinsky. He really should have retired unbeaten. I'm sure that if Vincent O'Brien had been allowed to fully dictate Nijinsky's racing career, the horse would have remained unbeaten and perhaps been rated the finest of the 20th century.
The British triple crown - 3 races of length 1m, 1m 4f, 1m 6 1/2f spaced out between May and September - is much harder to win than the US triple crown - 3 races of 1m 2f, 1m 2f, 1m 4f all held within about 6 weeks. It's very hard to win the British Triple Crown. It's probably virtually impossible to win the British Triple Crown, the King George at Ascot in July and the Arc in October. With that narrow defeat in the Arc, Nijinsky ALMOST managed it. Amazing really !
Those horses hold up well to this day ; Those 3 came a few years b4 I became a fan & from a US standpoint after the T. Crown winners SECRETARIAT , Seattle Slew & Affirmed ; It was Spectacular Bid , who should have won it , and from the UK it was TROY ; Upon learning more , I would rank Niijinsky @ the Top , 4 the simple fact he had a gear in reserve , meaning , in a Legends Race , he & M. Reef get 1st run on Dancing Brave , who's a dead closer ; I don't doubt he could mow every 1 down , but u start stacking horses better than Sharastani on the track , it gets harder , and u could throw a few less talked about ones in the mix; @ 10F Frankel may have a chance ; @ 12 F , dont think he can last or outkick them ; I give Brigadier a better chance @ that distance .. An added feather is NIIJINSKY won @ 14 F , and though Piggott said he wasn't as impressive ; I thought it was a pretty good performance , all things considered
Yes. I felt the same. In 1970 I was 14 years old. It was Nijinsky who ignited my love of horse racing. I loved him. Perhaps STILL my favourite flat racehorse ever. A complete equine athlete.
@@keithf_ Cheers Keith - you never forget your first love, so many wonderful horses over the years but Nijinsky was my gateway horse, I'll never forget him or the excitement. Really missing a day at the races can't wait to get back - Good luck bud 👍
Tom Malarkey Maybe Mutley was as upset that Sassafras beat Nijinsky as we were ! LOL I also vaguely recall that maybe Nijinsky suffered the same old Arc curse that befalls MANY foreign trained horses in that race ... a terrible draw.
Won all his races as a 2 year old on the bridle, the guineas on the bridle, Derby 1 crack of the whip, St Leger on the bridle. Lester did get after him in the Arc and i don't think the horse ever recovered from it. Wasn't used to getting hit, maybe that had an effect on him in his last race. For me one of the best ive ever seen along with his son Golden Fleece.
I was just 15years old during that amazing season that Nijinksy won the triple crown. What a horse. What a jockey. No horse since has come close to his achievements, and probably never will. I feel lucky and privileged to have witnessed such an achievement by horse and jockey!
Nijinsky is one of the great great grandfather of my horse :) My horse’s (Lasting Bravo) grandpa was Nijinsky’s son Green Dancer, which’s son (Oak Dancer) was father of Por Brava, Lasting Bravo’s mother.
A true legend of racing. He would have won the Arc on any other day, but that's racing. The Champion was a race too far for him. Nevertheless, Nijinsky was the best horse of his era and very few since can match his performances. I doubt that there will ever be another triple crown winner. His progeny proved his class as a stallion, continuing the Northern Dancer line of top class horses.
Camelot showed that it could be possible with the right horse BUT, it's such an unfashionable route now & the 3yo Season isn't built around the opportunity, unlike in America that it's most likely that Nijinsky will be the last horse to perform the Triple Crown in England.
@@jean-emile5004 Oui Sea Bird n'a jamais eu d'égal en Europe. Il faut aller chercher Secretariat aux Etats-Unis pour le comparer à lui. Cependant les courses américaines et européennes n'ont rien à voir. Mais moi je choisirais quand même Sea Bird. Il m'a tellement impressionné dans l'Arc où il laissait Reliance et Diatome sur place. Sans lui, ces deux chevaux auraient été qualifiés de cracks à l'époque.
If he had won the Arc, Frankel simply would be exceeded by him despite winning two more races, because Frankel only went 10 furlongs twice, Nijinsky was 4/5 over 12 or more furlongs, including a 14 1/2 furlong win in the St. Leger.
We were robbed of seeing possibly the greatest since Nijinsky by them not running Frankel over the longer distance. It was so frustrating seeing Frankel win over a mile with so much in hand and crying out to be tested more on ten furlongs and then do the 12 furlong races. I want yo call Frankel the greatest and kinda think he was but I can't stand up and say "Frankel was the greatest" because of the lack of taking on more horses in longer races.
Nazirali US graded stakes winner great grandson of Nijinsky. Nazirali is 21 years old living in Lexington Ky. and acts like he's a three year old.All he wants to do is race,race and race some more.
Rose Scofield wow! Nijinsky is one of the great great grandfather of my horse :) My horse’s (Lasting Bravo) grandpa was Nijinsky’s son Green Dancer, which’s son (Oak Dancer) was father of Por Brava, Lasting Bravo’s mother. Lasting is also an ex-racehorse, now he’s a jumper :)
Rose Scofield wow! He’s gorgeous! Even if my horse’s name is Lasting Bravo, everyone knows him by King Kong :) He’s a nine year old, super sweet horse. He loves to be given orders, and he loves wallowing in his box, so he’s usually dirty 😅
Nijinsky était un crack et sa lutte avec Sassafras dans l'Arc de Triomphe restera dans les annales. Cependant je pense que l'année suivante Mill Reef montrera plus de classe que lui. Avant lui je citerai simplement Ribot et surtout Sea bird qui lui étaient largement supérieurs. Et je ne parle là que des chevaux européens.
Christiane, Nijinsky a perdu l'Arc à cause de Piggott. L'équipe en extase du gaigneur a avoué cą immediatement après la fin de la course. On doit louer Saint Martin, néanmoins.
@@stephenmcwilliams5842 Bien sûr. Sans Yves Saint-Martin, Sassafras n'aurait jamais gagné l'Arc. C'est une réalité de même que ce jour là, Lester Piggott n'a vraiment pas monté la course de sa vie. Mais c'est ainsi.
Most beautiful horse I ever saw and that includes Secretariat.
Without doubt my most favourite horse of all time .. remember watching with my dad with great excitement.
This wonderful horse was the start of my life long love affair with racing - and followed the year after by Brigadier Gerrard and Mill Reef - what a time to be young and impressionable. Thanks John13 I was a 10-y-o in 1971, it's great to see my memories made real - top man yerself
Excellent Video clip! Apologies for butting in, I would appreciate your opinion. Have you considered - Riddleagan Profit Key Remedy (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now)? It is a great one of a kind guide for learning how to bet on horses minus the headache. Ive heard some extraordinary things about it and my BF got excellent success with it.
Me too. My love affair with horse racing began with the truly great Nijinsky. He really should have retired unbeaten. I'm sure that if Vincent O'Brien had been allowed to fully dictate Nijinsky's racing career, the horse would have remained unbeaten and perhaps been rated the finest of the 20th century.
The British triple crown - 3 races of length 1m, 1m 4f, 1m 6 1/2f spaced out between May and September - is much harder to win than the US triple crown - 3 races of 1m 2f, 1m 2f, 1m 4f all held within about 6 weeks.
It's very hard to win the British Triple Crown. It's probably virtually impossible to win the British Triple Crown, the King George at Ascot in July and the Arc in October. With that narrow defeat in the Arc, Nijinsky ALMOST managed it. Amazing really !
Those horses hold up well to this day ; Those 3 came a few years b4 I became a fan & from a US standpoint after the T. Crown winners SECRETARIAT , Seattle Slew & Affirmed ; It was Spectacular Bid ,
who should have won it , and from the UK it was TROY ; Upon learning more , I would rank Niijinsky @ the Top , 4 the simple fact he had a gear in reserve , meaning , in a Legends Race , he & M. Reef get 1st run on
Dancing Brave , who's a dead closer ; I don't doubt he could mow every 1 down , but u start stacking horses better than Sharastani on the track , it gets harder , and u could throw a few less talked about ones in the
mix; @ 10F Frankel may have a chance ; @ 12 F , dont think he can last or outkick them ; I give Brigadier a better chance @ that distance .. An added feather is NIIJINSKY won @ 14 F , and though Piggott said he
wasn't as impressive ; I thought it was a pretty good performance , all things considered
Nijinsky my first love ❤ & what a speed merchant he was xx
The world monster is thrown about ALOT, but Nijinsky really was an absolute monster!! One of the best looking horses of all time aswell.
Just watched this again - remember the Arc defeat feeling like the end of the world as a child
Yes. I felt the same. In 1970 I was 14 years old. It was Nijinsky who ignited my love of horse racing.
I loved him. Perhaps STILL my favourite flat racehorse ever. A complete equine athlete.
@@keithf_ Cheers Keith - you never forget your first love, so many wonderful horses over the years but Nijinsky was my gateway horse, I'll never forget him or the excitement. Really missing a day at the races can't wait to get back - Good luck bud 👍
@@keithf_ and when watching Wacky Races Mutley just seemed to rubbing it in with his incessant Sassafrasnsassfrasnsassafrasn mutterings 🤣
Tom Malarkey
Maybe Mutley was as upset that Sassafras beat Nijinsky as we were ! LOL
I also vaguely recall that maybe Nijinsky suffered the same old Arc curse that befalls MANY foreign trained horses in that race ... a terrible draw.
Won all his races as a 2 year old on the bridle, the guineas on the bridle, Derby 1 crack of the whip, St Leger on the bridle. Lester did get after him in the Arc and i don't think the horse ever recovered from it. Wasn't used to getting hit, maybe that had an effect on him in his last race. For me one of the best ive ever seen along with his son Golden Fleece.
In those days they always seemed to give great horses such great names.
RIP
LESTER PIGGOTT,
LES PLUS BELLES
ANNÉES AVEC
TOI.
SAINT MARTIN.
RESPECT .
I cry every time. So many memories.
A SIGH... and so long ago stay well Anthony
Great piece, thanks for posting.
Beautiful to watch, strong and dreamlike...
Just gave me goosebumps what he win the Derby
Northern Dancer sired many great horses but i think Nijinsky might of been the greatest of them all that he sired
aye
Same here Tom. I was 10. Sassafras was 10, Nijinsky 9. When the numbers went up it remains one of my worst memories!
Nijinsky my first love ❤️ Xx
He was a monster,great colt bye the Dancer,bay with black main handsome stud
I was just 15years old during that amazing season that Nijinksy won the triple crown. What a horse. What a jockey. No horse since has come close to his achievements, and probably never will. I feel lucky and privileged to have witnessed such an achievement by horse and jockey!
Another BRILLIANT horse w/ Northern Dancer as the stallion.
Nijinsky is one of the great great grandfather of my horse :)
My horse’s (Lasting Bravo) grandpa was Nijinsky’s son Green Dancer, which’s son (Oak Dancer) was father of Por Brava, Lasting Bravo’s mother.
I hope you can understavd what you are talking about. I don't
The best!
A true legend of racing. He would have won the Arc on any other day, but that's racing. The Champion was a race too far for him. Nevertheless, Nijinsky was the best horse of his era and very few since can match his performances. I doubt that there will ever be another triple crown winner. His progeny proved his class as a stallion, continuing the Northern Dancer line of top class horses.
Camelot showed that it could be possible with the right horse BUT, it's such an unfashionable route now & the 3yo Season isn't built around the opportunity, unlike in America that it's most likely that Nijinsky will be the last horse to perform the Triple Crown in England.
Nijinsky gets my vote as the greatest ever.
Yep gets my vote too.
@@keithf_ yet Lester Piggott rated Sir Ivor better
SEA BIRD,
FÛT
LE PLUS GRAND.
DEVANT
NIJINSKY,
MILL REEF,
I think you have forgotten the greatest. Dancing brave!!!!
@@jean-emile5004 Oui Sea Bird n'a jamais eu d'égal en Europe. Il faut aller chercher Secretariat aux Etats-Unis pour le comparer à lui. Cependant les courses américaines et européennes n'ont rien à voir. Mais moi je choisirais quand même Sea Bird. Il m'a tellement impressionné dans l'Arc où il laissait Reliance et Diatome sur place. Sans lui, ces deux chevaux auraient été qualifiés de cracks à l'époque.
That Derby day, I had my money on Great Wall at 80/1. If he hadn't been squeezed, he'd have got 3rd.
If he had won the Arc, Frankel simply would be exceeded by him despite winning two more races, because Frankel only went 10 furlongs twice, Nijinsky was 4/5 over 12 or more furlongs, including a 14 1/2 furlong win in the St. Leger.
We were robbed of seeing possibly the greatest since Nijinsky by them not running Frankel over the longer distance. It was so frustrating seeing Frankel win over a mile with so much in hand and crying out to be tested more on ten furlongs and then do the 12 furlong races. I want yo call Frankel the greatest and kinda think he was but I can't stand up and say "Frankel was the greatest" because of the lack of taking on more horses in longer races.
They just don’t look like are always trying…
Its almost certainly old film, my eyes, etc but a lot of the time they don’t seem flat out
The greatest racehorse and jockey combination of all time!
Nazirali US graded stakes winner great grandson of Nijinsky. Nazirali is 21 years old living in Lexington Ky. and acts like he's a three year old.All he wants to do is race,race and race some more.
Right up there!
My ex-racehorse is a grandson of Nijinsky - 22 now and still hacking out!
Must be something to have a part of racing history to ride
Rose Scofield wow! Nijinsky is one of the great great grandfather of my horse :)
My horse’s (Lasting Bravo) grandpa was Nijinsky’s son Green Dancer, which’s son (Oak Dancer) was father of Por Brava, Lasting Bravo’s mother.
Lasting is also an ex-racehorse, now he’s a jumper :)
Mapi that’s fab! Bees (my horse) is now 25 and still hacking and acting like a three year old! That’s me riding him in my profile photo 😁
Rose Scofield wow! He’s gorgeous!
Even if my horse’s name is Lasting Bravo, everyone knows him by King Kong :)
He’s a nine year old, super sweet horse. He loves to be given orders, and he loves wallowing in his box, so he’s usually dirty 😅
Mapi ha ha Bees doesn’t really like the mud! He lives out all year with his mate my old show jumper - so has a large rug wardrobe!
High class Guineas that
just like his daddy.
I was lucky enough to see the Nijinsky at Claiborne Farms
I was lucky enough to see his father the greatest sire of all time imo at Winfields Farm in Oshawa Northern Dancer
Piggott thought Sir Ivor was the best he rode
till he rode nijinsky
Nijinsky était un crack et sa lutte avec Sassafras dans l'Arc de Triomphe restera dans les annales. Cependant je pense que l'année suivante Mill Reef montrera plus de classe que lui. Avant lui je citerai simplement Ribot et surtout Sea bird qui lui étaient largement supérieurs. Et je ne parle là que des chevaux européens.
Christiane, Nijinsky a perdu l'Arc à cause de Piggott. L'équipe en extase du gaigneur a avoué cą immediatement après la fin de la course. On doit louer Saint Martin, néanmoins.
@@stephenmcwilliams5842 Bien sûr. Sans Yves Saint-Martin, Sassafras n'aurait jamais gagné l'Arc. C'est une réalité de même que ce jour là, Lester Piggott n'a vraiment pas monté la course de sa vie. Mais c'est ainsi.
Frankel was the nearest horse to compare the great Nijinsky with.
Nijinsky was a very good horse but not a great one. If you examine his record you will find he didn't beat any really good horses.
Not as interesting as the Peter Cook and Dudley Moore version.
It is because of a horse like Nijinsky we can’t let the uneducated call a horse who didn’t harrow what Nijinsky ploughed the greatest horse ever.