Nijinsky (horse)

Infobox last modified on 18 August 2012.

Nijinsky II ( English thoroughbred horse, born February 21, 1967; † 15 April 1992) was one of the most famous racehorses in the history of horse racing and thoroughbred breeding. He was named after the dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. His father was Northern Dancer, his mother Flaming Page. He was born during a snow storm on the Windfields Farm by EP Taylor in Oshawa, Ontario, and as a yearling purchased by the active in platinum - trade U.S. industrialist Charles W. Engelhard, Jr. (1917-1971) for $ 84,000.

In Ireland, it was then trained by M. Vincent O'Brien and was after winning the " Dewhurst Stakes " as the best two- year-old from England and Ireland. In 1970 Nijinsky was three years old, the " Two Thousand Guineas Stakes ," the " Epsom Derby ," the " Irish Derby " for the first time and defeated older horses at Ascot in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes over one and a half miles. These victories made ​​Nijinsky and his regular rider Lester Piggott to probably the best horse - and - rider team in horse racing history. He then won the " St. Leger, " race and became the first horse in 35 years, won the English Triple Crown. Since there was no other winners of the Triple Crown.

Next, he took, in the same year, the famous French Prix de l' Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in Paris, where he was beaten by a head of Sassafras sensational under Yves Saint -Martin. In his last race, the ' Champion Stakes " from Newmarket, only 13 days after the defeat in Paris, who asked not to be accepted, he was beaten again. So after he had apparently passed its zenith, it has been used successfully in Kentucky on the Claiborne Farm for breeding.

In his brilliant racing career that was only overshadowed by his two second places in Longchamp, and Newmarket, he surpassed the European record of the winning amount for a racehorse. Its advantages are living in his offspring, for example, the Epsom Derby winners from 1982, 1986 and 1995: Golden Fleece, Shahrastani and Lammtarra. Lammtarra was in contrast to his father unbeaten, but only ran in four races, but he won in addition to the " Epsom Derby " and the " King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes ," the " Prix de l' Arc de Triomphe ." Nijinsky's son Seattle Dancer was sold as a yearling applicable for the long time world record price of $ 13,200,000. Seattle Dancer was for a short time at stud in Germany, where he died in the spring of 2007.

In breeding, especially of Nijinsky son Niniski represented a high Vererberklasse. With Lomitas ( stud Fährhof ), which, inter alia, Father Silvano and Meridiana was, he hired a successful stallion. Lomitas even won three Group I races ( Grand Prix of Baden, Prize of Europe, the price of Berliner Bank ). Also Lagunas is a grandson of Nijinsky, this has proven to be Mutterstutenvererber among others made a name for Peppercorn Pepper and Storm.